The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1081 - If a person does not know whether the state, which he is in, is ‘doubt’ or ‘presumption’, he should act according to the rules of doubt.

Issue No. 1082 - If a person is reciting tashahhud or enters the following rak‘at and doubts whether he has performed the two sajdahs or not, and at the same time falls again into a type of doubt [about the rak‘ats] which would be valid only if it occurred after completing two sajdahs (e.g. doubt between two and three rak‘ats), in this case, one should assume that he has performed two sajdahs and should act according to the rules of doubt, making his prayer would be correct. However, if the doubt occurs when the time of sajdah has not passed yet, the prayer will be void.

Issue No. 1083 - If the first doubt changes into a new doubt, he should act according to the rules of the second doubt. For example, if he doubted first whether he had offered two or three rak‘ats, and later he becomes sure that he had performed three rak‘ats and doubts whether he has offered three or four rak‘ats, he should act according to the rules of the second doubt.

Issue No. 1084 - If a person knows that while performing prayer he doubted, but does not know, for example, whether his doubt was between two and four rak‘ats or between three and four rak‘ats, he should, as an obligatory precaution, act according to the rules of both, and offer the prayer again as well.

Issue No. 1085 - If a doubt in which one rak‘at of Precautionary prayer in standing posture or two rak‘at in sitting posture is required, occurs for a person who performs prayer in sitting posture, he should perform one rak‘at in sitting posture. And if a doubt in which two rak‘ats of Precautionary prayer in standing posture is required, occurs, he should perform two rak‘ats in sitting posture. The same ruling applies in other doubts.

Issue No.1086- If a person, who normally offers prayer in standing posture becomes unable to stand while offering Precautionary prayer, he should follow the ruling of one who offers prayer in sitting posture, which was explained in the previous issue. On the contrary, if a person who offers prayer in a sitting posture becomes able to stand while offering Precautionary prayers, the ruling of one who offers prayer in standing posture will apply to him from thereon.

Issue No.1089- If a person realises before starting the Precautionary Prayers that the prayer which he had offered was correct, it is not necessary to offer it, and if he realises this during Precautionary Prayers, it is not necessary to complete it.

Issue No.1090- If a person becomes certain before starting Precautionary Prayers, that the prayers he had offered had lesser Rak’ats (for example, instead of 4 Rak’ats he had offered 3 Rak’ats), if he has still not performed an act which would invalidate the prayers, he should complete those parts of the prayers that he had not performed, and as a precaution, also perform 2 Sajdatus Sahv for the extra Salam. And if he has performed an act which invalidates prayers, he should repeat the prayers.

Issue No.1091- If a person realises after Precautionary Prayers, that the deficiency in his original prayers was equal to Precautionary Prayers, like if he offers 1 Rak’at of Precautionary Prayers in the case of doubt about 3 and 4 Rak’ats, and it transpires later that he had actually offered 3 Rak’ats in the original prayers, his prayers will be in order. And if he realises that the deficiency in his original prayers was less than the Precautionary Prayers, he should, as an obligatory precaution, offer the deficiency of the prayers immediately, and should also repeat his original prayers. And if he learns that the deficiency of his original prayers was more than the Precautionary Prayers, if he has not performed an act after the Precautionary Prayers which invalidates the prayers, the obligatory precaution is that he should perform the deficiency of the prayers and then repeat his original prayers as well.

Issue No.1093- The rules of the Precautionary Prayers as to addition or omission of the Rukn and the non-Rukn parts and doubts in performing the parts are the same as those of other obligatory prayers.

Issue No.1095- If an act which is not a Rukn, is omitted or added forgetfully in Precautionary Prayers, it will not be necessary to perform sajdatus sahv for it.

Issue No.1096- If a person forgets Tashahhud or Sajdah in Precautionary Prayers, the obligatory precaution is that he should give its Qadha after Salam.