The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

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Issue No. 1051 - If a person doubts in the verses of sūrah al-fātiḥa or the other sūrah, like when he doubts whether he has recited the preceding verse or not, or doubts whether he has recited the preceding word [of one verse] or not, he should, as an obligatory precaution, return and recite it with the intention of proximity to Allah and then continue the rest.

Issue No. 1052 - If a person after rukū‘ or sajdah is certain that he has recited the obligatory dhikr yet doubts whether or not he has performed it correctly and with all the necessary conditions, he should ignore his doubt.

Issue No. 1053 - If a person doubts while rising to stand, whether or not he has performed tashahhud, or while going into sajdah, doubts whether or not he has performed rukū‘, the obligatory precaution is to go back and perform it.

Issue No. 1079 - Presumption [1] in the rak‘ats of prayer is treated as certainty. Meaning, one should take the side that he presumes to be correct and continue the prayer. However, if the doubt occurs in the first or the second rak‘at of prayer, he should also perform the prayer again as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.1088- Precautionary Prayers does not have Adhan, Iqamah, Surah and Qunut, and Surah al-Hamd should be recited silently, and the obligatory precaution is that its 'Bismillah' should also be pronounced silently. And one should not do any thing, between the original prayers and the Precautionary Prayers, which would invalidate the prayers.

Issue No.1092- If a person doubts whether or not he offered the Precautionary Prayers which was obligatory on him, if the time of prayers has lapsed, he should ignore the doubt. And if he has time at his disposal, and he has not performed an act which invalidates the prayers, he should offer Precautionary Prayers and if he has performed an act which invalidates the prayers, the obligatory precaution is that he should offer Precautionary Prayers and repeat his prayers as well.

Issue No.1094- When a person doubts about the number of the Rak’ats of Precautionary Prayers, he should decide on the higher side, but if the higher side renders the Precautionary Prayers void, he should decide on the lesser and his prayers will be in order.

Issue No.1099- As an obligatory precaution one should perform sajdah al-sahw after prayer in the following cases according to the method that will be explained: 1- Inadvertently speaking during prayer, Meaning engaging in speech [during prayer] assuming that the prayer has completed.2- Reciting salām at the wrong place, like in the second rak‘at of a four rak‘at prayer3- Forgotten sajdah,4- Forgotten tashahhud,5- If one inadvertently sits down where he should stand, and vice versa.6- When one doubts between four and five rak‘ats after the second sajdah, it is obligatory to complete the prayer, and then perform sajdah al-sahw. For omission or addition other than these cases, performance of sajdah al-sahw is mustaḥab.

Issue No.1102- If a person forgetfully says “اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْکَ اَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّهِ وَ بَرَکاتُهُ”, sajdah al-sahw will be recommended and not obligatory upon him. But if he says a part of the other two salāms, the obligatory precaution is to perform sajdah al-sahw. If at a place where the salām should not be said, a person forgetfully says the three salāms, it will be sufficient to perform sajdah al-sahw.

Issue No.1105- Immediately after the salām of prayer, one should make the intention of performing sajdah al-sahw, and then go to sajdah and say:“بِسْمِ اللهِ و َبِاللهِ اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْکَ اَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ وَ رَحْمَة ُاللهِ و َبَرَکاتُهُ”Then he should raise his head from sajdah and then perform another sajdah reciting the above-mentioned dhikr. After performing the second sajdah, one should sit and recite tashahhud and then say the salām of the prayer. The obligatory precaution is to recite only the obligatory phrases of tashahhud and recite the last salām only.

Issue No.1106- Sajdah al-sahw should be performed in the state of wuḍū while facing the qiblah with aṭāhir body and clothes, and one should place his forehead on an object on which sajdah is permissible.