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Salah

Author:
Nasser

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Date Posted: 14:26:24 01/04/03 Sat
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Asalama Aleikum

I have two questions regarding salah i would be very greatful if you could answer them for me

1) During witr prayers when perfoming the third rakah do u have to make a supplication after you do salam, if so what supplication must you make

2)I have read a hadith about performing sujood al sow for forgetfulness in salah, but did not fully understand it, if i forget how many rakahs i have preformed but i know for certain that i have performed three and i can't remember whether i performed the fourth or not, do i perform the fourth again or stick to the three and just perform the sajda for forgetfulness before tasleem

Jazakallah

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[> Subject: Re: Salah

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Laila Nasheeba
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Date Posted: 23:40:57 01/04/03 Sat
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As Salaamu Alaikoum,

Praise be to Allah.

It is permissible to perform the witr by praying two rak'at [and concluding them] and then praying one rak'ah with a tashahud and taslim. Likewise, it is allowed to pray all the rak'at with two tashahuds and one taslim. One may pray a number of rak'at, one after another, without making any tashahud, save in the one before the last rak'ah in which case one makes the tashahud and then stands to perform the last rak'ah wherein one will make another tashahud and end the prayer with the taslim. One may also make only one tashahud and the taslim, in the last rak'ah of witr. All of that is permissible and can be traced to the Prophet.

After the Taslim the salat is over. There is no other duaa to recite.

In regards to forgetting how many rakaats one has performed in salat:

The "prostrations of forgetfulness" (sujjud us-sahu) are two prostrations which a person makes before the taslim. All of this has been confirmed from the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam. In the sahih, it is recorded from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that the Prophet said: "If one of you has some doubts during his salah and he does not recall (the number of rak'at) he has prayed, three or four, then he can put an end to his doubt by performing salah according to what he was certain of [the lesser amount] and then making two sujjud before the taslim." In the story of Zhul-Yadain, in the two Sahihs, we are told the Prophet sallallahu alehi wassalam made the prostrations after the taslim.

AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST

Laila Nasheeba