How Do I Do The Prostration of Forgetfulness If I Already Recited Tashahhud?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question 

If we remember that we need to make the prostration of forgetfulness anytime after reciting tashahhud supplication (al-tahiyyat), do we recite it again or just directly make salaam and the sujood?

 

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

If one remembers that prostrations of forgetfulness are due after reciting the tashahhud supplication, they must make one salaam to the right, two prostrations, and then repeat the tashahhud supplication. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah] 

If they have already reached the salaam, they must go straight into the two prostrations then on to the tashahhud supplication till the end of the prayer. Note that this is in the case that they did not do anything after the initial salaam that would break the prayer, such as talking, turning away from the qibla, etc… [Ibid.]

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.