Fatwa ID: 06471
Answered by: Maulana Ayat Hamid
Question:
What should a person do if he forgets how many sujoods he performed in the rakat. This is a persistent thing for me. I regularly forget if I performed one sujood or two. It may not occur at least once in 3 prayers and sometimes it occurs under this time period. So what should I do? And what if the doubt is not strong? And the same thing happens to me during the takbeer before Due e qunoot. I often forget if I did it or not. What to do in these cases. Please note that even though these things are persistent, they may not occur once every 3 prayers and sometimes they do.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
When doubt occurs this frequently whilst performing salah, you should base your decision on your predominant belief i.e to choose what you most probably think it is.
If there is still doubt whether you have performed one or two sajdah, then continue with what is the minimum i.e if you are unsure whether there were one or two sajdah performed, then act as if you have performed only one and then perform another sajdah.
You will have to perform sajdah sahw (prostration of forgetfulness) in this case.
Pertaining to tabkeer qunoot, if this was missed out you will also have to perform sajdah sahw also.
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Ayat Hamid
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
ومن شك في صلاته, فلم يدر أثلاثا صلى أم أربعا وذلك أول ما عرض له، استأنف الصلاة فإن كان يعرض له كثيرا، بنى غالب ظنه إن كان له ظن، وإن لم يكن له ظن، بنى على اليقين
Mukhtasar al Quduri pg 106 Maktabul Bushra
لا ترفع الأيدي إلا في سبع مواطن. وذكر منها القنوت
Al Hidaya Sharh Bayat al Mubtada V1 pg 291 Maktabul Bushra
إذا سها أحدكم في صلاته فلم يدر واحدة صلى أو ثنتين فليبن على واحدة فإن لم يدر ثنتين صلى أو ثلاثا فليبن على ثنتين فإن لم يدر ثلاثا صلى أو أربعا فليبن على ثلاث وليسجد سجدتين قبل أن يسلم
Jami’ At-Tirmidhi #398 pg 141 Darus Salaam
