{"_id":"668da09e0b76658b4c233c0a","title":"What should I do if I make a mistake in one of the integrals of prayer?","question":"What should we do if halfway through Salah, or after finishing, we believe we might have missed one of the integrals in a Raka'ah? Does the entire prayer need to be repeated? Is there a difference if the doubt is weak vs strong? And what if some time has passed and we realize that possibility later on? What if after completing Salah I'm most certain that I didn't have wudu like maybe I intended to make wudu but got preoccupied and forgot then later remembered after finishing prayer? And does the correction differ between obligatory and supererogatory prayers? Does Sujud Al-Sahu not cover up mistakes made?","answer":"If, during your salah, you realize that you missed an integral part of the rak`ah(like not performing ruku' or sujud), whether you are certain or uncertain about it, everything done from the moment of the mistake onward becomes invalid. In such a case, you must rectify the missed integral part and resume your salah from that point. For instance, suppose you remember during the second sujud of a raka`ah that you didn't perform ruku'; rather, you recited the fatiha and went straight into sujud. In this scenario, promptly return to the standing position, perform the missed ruku', and continue your prayer from there. Disregard any actions done erroneously due to forgetfulness. Hence, you do not repeat the entire salah,  you merely backtrack to the moment before the error and continue from there.\nHowever, if this realization occurs after completing the prayer, the situation differs slightly. If you are certain that you missed an integral and it has been less than two minutes, and you haven't invalidated your wudu or engaged in prolonged speech (more than six words), you can stand up and perform another raka'a to complete your prayer. Otherwise, you'll need to redo the entire salah. This is when certainty is involved. If there's uncertainty about missing something in the prayer, apart from the intention and the opening takbir, no further action is necessary. If you doubt the intention and opening takbir, then you will need to repeat the prayer because doubt in these two means doubt in the entire prayer and not just a part of it, which requires extra precaution.\nIf you are certain that you were not in wudu, then no part of your salah counts at all. Also, there is no difference between fardh and sunnah salah.\nSujud al-sahw does not rectify these errors.","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fef0b76658b4c232985","tag":"Salah: Validity","count":156},{"_id":"668d9fe40b76658b4c232837","tag":"Tahara: Wudu","count":117},{"_id":"668d9fea0b76658b4c2328ed","tag":"Salah: Missed & Make-Up","count":92}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:42:06.294Z"}