How and when do we have to do it…
It’s bad enough you mess up your concentration and not remember how to make up for it…Bad…
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You talking about sajda sehav?????????
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^^
Yes ma'am...
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Is it like to improve your memory?
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No...
It's when you forget to do something important during Salat for which you have to make up for that mistake...
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You mean like if you think you forgot a whole rakaat…
I do that sometimes.
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hey all you have to do is to do do 2 sajda after "ATTAHIYAT" in last rakah AND after doing 2 sajdaz you have to say " Attahiyat" again and continue till end
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I thought you're supposed to repeat the whole namaaz again if you make a mistake.
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Here is what I could find:
1. When to offer Sujood al-Sahw (aka Sajdah of Forgetfullness)?
The prostration of forgetfulness in prayer is generally prescribed for three reasons:
1- Doing something extra - if a person adds something to his prayer – bowing, prostrating, standing or sitting – deliberately, then his prayer becomes invalid, because when he added it, that means that he did not do the prayer in the manner ordained by Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
2- Omitting something - if a person omits one of the essential parts of the prayer, one of the following two scenarios must apply:
Either he remembers it before he reaches the same point in the following rak’ah, so he has to go back and do that essential part of the prayer and whatever came after it,
Or he does not remember it until he reaches the same point in the following rak’ah, in which case the following rak’ah takes the place of the one in which he omitted that essential part, and he should make up the invalid rak’ah.
3- Being uncertain - such as if a person is not sure if he has done something extra or omitted something, e.g., he is not sure whether he has prayed three rak’ahs or four, one of the following two scenarios must apply:
Either he thinks that one or the other is more likely to be case, whether it is doing more or omitting something, in which case he should proceed on the basis of what he thinks is more likely to be the case, complete his prayer accordingly, then do the prostration of forgetfulness after saying the salaam;
Or neither appears more likely to be the case, so he should proceed on the basis of what is certain, namely the lesser amount, and complete his prayer accordingly, then do the prostration of forgetfulness before saying the salaam.
**2. When to offer the sujood (before or after salaam)? **
Thus it becomes clear that this should be done before the salaam if you have omitted one of the obligatory parts of the prayer or if you are not sure how many rak’ahs you have done, and neither of the two choices seems more likely to be the case. And it should be done after the salaam if you have added something extra to the prayer or you are not certain but one of the two choices seems more likely to be the case.
Source: Reasons for doing the prostration of forgetfulness
**3. How to do it? **
The prostration of forgetfulness is two prostrations, sitting in between them. It is Sunnah to sit muftarishan (with the left foot lying along the ground and sitting on it) in between them, and to sit mutawarrikan (with the left upper thigh on the ground and both feet protruding from one (i.e., the right) side) after them until one says the salaam. The way in which the prostrations are done and the dhikr to be said in them is the same as in the prayer. And Allaah knows best.
Source: What should be said in the two prostrations of forgetfulness and in between them?
There’s plenty more just in case anyone is interested: Forgetfulness During Prayer
I believe there is a bit more to it, which I cannot find the evidence for.
Barbie_Girl, I’ve been doing something similar to what you have said, but not exactly the same. Anyway, I feel I may not have been correct entirely.
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Thanks everyone for the great replies...
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hey lajjo i forgot to tell....you have to turn your face to your right shoulder and say " Allah hu Akbar" before doing sajda sehav.....
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Could you please provide proof for it because that’s how I’ve been doing (the way you’ve said) just that I can’t seem to find evidence for it.
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^^
In Sadiyah's reply it says just to complete your Salam and then do the two Sajdahs and then repeat Tashahhud till the end...
I would go with Sadiyah's posts as they come straight from an Aalim and is what I did before...
(Except I did only one Salam...)
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^^ yeaa its one salaam and then Sajda Sahu.
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i learnt this from Dr Asrar.......and many other alimz.......
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I read some ahadith last night in Bulugh Al-Maram on Sajdah of Forgetfullness. From what I could gather, there may be more than one correct method of offering it. And Allah (SWT) Knows Best.
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The ahadeeth I've ever come across regarding the sajdah sahu state only two conditions.
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Imam Malik wrote in Al Muwatta (3.15.65)
“Every forgetfulness [in prayer] which decreases from the prayer *, [then the two] prostrations for it come before the greeting [taslim], and every forgetfulness which is an addition to the prayer [e.g. if 5 rakahs have been prayed when it should have been 4], prostrations for it come after the greeting.”
i have always found the above to be the simplest formula to remember…
decrease in prayer = prostrations of forgetfulness before taslim
increase in prayer = prostrations of forgetfulness after taslim
depends what you mean by “mistake”*
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Hanafis do it one salaam on the right then sajda x 2 and then again tashahud.
Ahle hadith do it just before the salaam or just after.
Sadiyah
February 21, 2006, 3:35am
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I recently came across a fatwa stating that we should offer sujood as-sahw even for the nafil salah. Since this thread’s on sujood as-sahw, I thought I’d share it.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is prescribed to do sujood al-sahw in naafil prayers just as it is prescribed to do it in the obligatory prayers when there is a reason for doing it.
This is the view of the majority of scholars ancient and modern, because of the general meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “If any one of you forgets [something in the prayer], let him do two prostrations.” Narrated by Muslim, 402
Also, correcting the prayer and annoying the Shaytaan are things which may be needed in the naafil prayers just as in the obligatory prayers.
Some scholars – including Ibn Sireen, Qutaadah, ‘Ata’ and a number of the companions of al-Shaafa’i were of the view that there is no sujood al-sahw in voluntary (naafil) prayers. But the correct view is that of the majority.
Al-Bukhaari (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his Saheeh: “Bab al-Sahw fi’l-fard wa’l-tatawwu’ (Chapter on forgetfulness in obligatory and voluntary (prayers)). Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) did two prostrations after Witr, and al-Haafiz said in al-Fath, commenting on the report of Ibn ‘Abbaas: this was narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah with a saheeh isnaad.
The point of quoting what Ibn ‘Abbaas did is that Witr is not obligatory, but Ibn ‘Abbaas did sujood al-sahw in it, which indicates that sujood al-sahw should be done in both obligatory and naafil prayers.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: Sujood al-sahw is two sajdahs (prostrations), and should be done in both obligatory and naafil prayers if there is a reason for doing it.
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 14/68
See Kitaab Sujood al-Sahw fi Daw’ al-Kitaab wa’l-Sunnah al-Muttaharah by Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah al-Tayyaar.
Ref: Should a worshipper do sujood al-sahw in a naafil prayer?
I lose count.