[أم أبي التراب]

KINDS OF SAHW

The prostration of forgetfulness (sujood ul-sahw) is required whenever one inadvertently adds extraneous parts or misses parts or is in doubt regarding parts of the arkaan (essential pillars) of the prayer .

WHEN SUJUOUD AL SAHW SHOULD BE DONE.

With regard to when the prostration of forgetfulness should be done, before or after the salaam, there is a great difference of opinion among the scholars to settle what is the best thing, as both, before or after are right.

The most correct view is that if a person does something extra in the prayer by mistake, the prostration must be done after the salaam, and if he omits something then he should do the prostration before the salaam. If he is not sure then it is subject to further discussion. If one thing seems more likely to him than the other then he should do the prostration after the salaam, and if neither seems more likely then he should do the prostration before the salaam.

FIRST... IF SOMEONE FORGETS ANY OF THE PRAYER PILLARS

If anyone forgets anything of the prayer pillars, deliberately or not, even if he forgets Takbeer Al Ihram, his prayer is invalid. But if anyone forgets any pillar of prayer in any rak'a and goes to the next rak'a, then this rak'a is invalid, i.e. it is omitted and the rak'a after it replaces it.