To make the sajda-i sahw

Discussion in 'Hanafi Fiqh' started by abbasmadani, Jun 26, 2007.

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  1. abbasmadani

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    To make the sajda-i sahw, after making the salam to one side, you make two sajdas and then sit down to complete the namaz. It is also permissible to make the sajda-i sahw after making the salam to both sides as well as without making the salam at all.

    If a person forgets how many rakats he has performed, and if this is the first time it has happened, he must make the salam and perform the namaz again. If it is his habit to get confused, he thinks and performs it as he strongly guesses to be correct. If he cannot guess strongly, he must judge from the point of view that he has performed less of the namaz than he should have, and complete it. If a person doubts whether he has performed a namaz, he performs it if the time is not over yet. If the time is over, he does not perform it.

    If a person, getting confused on how many rakats of namaz he has performed, thinks and thus extends one rukn by one additional rukn and thereby delays the next rukn, he has to make the sajda-i sahw, even if he said some ayats or tasbihs in the interim. The fard (rules that must be fulfilled) in namaz are called rukn. Saying one ayat, the ruku, the two sajdas, and sitting in the last rakat are each a rukn. Thinking, when it delays a fard or wajib, necessitates a sajda-i sahw. For instance, if a person sitting in the last rakat thinks and delays the salam, the sajda-i sahw will be necessary. When the extra salawats and duas which one says are not intended to be sunnats but are due to wandering thoughts and reveries, delaying the wajib becomes a guilt. If one wonders whether one has performed some other prayer of namaz, or if one thinks of a worldly affair, the sajda-i sahw will not be necessary, even if it delays one rukn. If after finishing the namaz you have doubts as to how many rakats you have performed, this state is called having doubts. Just ignore it. If, after you have finished namaz, an honest Muslim says that you have performed it wrongly, you had better perform it again. If two true Muslims witness the same, it is wajib for you to perform it again. If the Muslim is not a sincere one, you must disregard what he says. If the imam says that they performed the namaz correctly while the jamaat says that they performed it wrongly, if the imam trusts himself or if he has a witness, the namaz does not have to be performed again.
     

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