Fatwa ID: 08837

Answered by: Maulana Nuski Cassim

Question:

I’ve had this doubt many times where i think i havent stood up after the ruku position so i was reading the tashahud and it kept going on in my mind that i need to do it again. So i went back into the ruku said subhana rabbiyal adheem and stood up after. Then I think i remembered that I did in fact do the standing up after ruku position but wasn’t sure so i carried on with the prayer instead of going back to my original position. Which was the final tashahud.

Is my salah valid because of this? 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It is very difficult to understand the scenario that you were in. Nonetheless, because you did not perform sajdah al-sahw, you would need to repeat the salah.

References:

1.فما في المجتبى من أنَه لا سجود في تركه عمْدا إلا في مسألتين ذكره فخر الإسلام الْبَديعِيُّ إذا ترك القعدة الْأولى عمْدا أو شك في بعض أفعال صلاته فتفكر عمْدا حتَى شَغَلَه ذلك عن ركن

[البحر الرائق، باب سجود السهو، ج. ٢، صفحة ٩٩، دار الكتاب الإسلامي]

2. قلت: علم من هذا أن سجود السهو يجب بنفس السهو.

[البناية شرح الهداية، باب سجود السهو، ج. ٢، صفحة ٦٠١، دار الكتب العلمية]

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Nuski Cassim

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham