Prostrations Of Forgetfulness
Sujuoud Al Sahw
Definition...
Al Sahw... The thing is forgotten, the heart goes to others.
Al Sahw is at the end of the prayer or after it to amend any loss or increase.
The one who forgets anything in the prayer is not sinful.." *our lord don't punish us if we forget or fall into error* "
*عَنْ ابْي ذر الغفاري أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "إنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّسْيَانَ وَمَا اسْتُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ"* .
*Abi Zar Al Ghafary narrated *Verily Allah has pardoned [or been lenient with] for me my ummah: their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do under duress*. Sahih sunnan Ibn Majah.
" *إنما أنا بشر أنسى كما تنسون ، فإذا نسيت فذكِّروني* " .
The prophet, peace be upon him, forgot in his prayer and he said: *I am a human being like you and liable to forget like you. So if I forget remind me.*
The prophet, peace be upon him, forgot many times in his prayers and this is to show that he is a human being forgets like all the people, but he is infallible from Allah. He wanted to make legislations for his ummah, and also to make anyone who forgets in his prayer comfortable if he sees that the prophet also forgets in his prayers... Also this show that prophets forget like other people in their deeds but not in what they say to their people.
*The legitimacy of Sujuoud Al Sahw*
There are many hadiths to show the legitimacy of Sujuoud Al Sahw...
فعن أبي هريرة ـ رضي الله عنه ـ قال : قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ـ :
*إذا نُودِيَ بالصلاةِ أدبرَ الشيطانُ له ضُراطٌ حتى لا يَسمَعَ الأذانَ ، فإذا قُضِيَ الأذانُ أقبلَ ، فإذا ثُوِّبَ بها أدبَرَ ، فإذا قُضِيَ التثويبُ أقبلَ حتى يَخطِرَ بينَ المرءِ ونفسِه يقولُ : أُذْكُرْ كذا وكذا ـ ما لم يكنْ يَذكُرُ ـ حتى يَظَلَّ الرجلُ إنْ يَدري كم صَلَّى . فإذا لم يَدْرِ أحدُكم كم صلَّى ـ ثلاثًا أو أربعًا ـ فليَسجُدْ سجدتين وهو جالسٌ* "
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said *When the call to prayer is made, Satan runs back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made, and when the call is finished. he turns round*. *When Iqama is proclaimed he turns his back, and when it is finished he turns round to distract a man, saying: Re- member such and such; remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have in his mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed, so he should perform Sujuoud Al Sahw* Sahih Al Bukhari.
The legitimacy of Sujuoud in Fard (obligatory prayer) and Nafl (optional prayer).... The prayer should have rokoe and sujoud, so the Funeral prayer doesn't have Sujuoud Al Sahw as it has no sujoud.
The prophet, peace be upon him, said:
*إذا نسي أحدكم فليسجد سجدتين*
*If one of you forgot, let him prostrate two prostrations*. Narrated by Muslim.
Someone may say is Sujuoud Al Sahw obligatory for the one who forgets something obligatory in the Nafl (optional prayer), we say yes, it's obligatory, because if he doesn't do this his prayer is imperfect and he is mocking. The evidence of this what Al Bukhari said that Ibn Abbas
prostrated two prostrations after praying Al Watr.
Sujuoud Al Sahw in not needed when there is self talk, because is not found in the Shareea (religion), and one can't avoid it.
If someone leaves anything obligatory in the prayer deliberately, Sujuoud Al Sahw isn't needed because his prayer is invalid.
Advantages of Sujuoud Al Sahw....
*عن أبي سعيد الخُدريِّ قال : قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم " إذا شكَّ أحدُكم في صلاته فليلقِ الشكَّ وليبنِ على اليقين ، إذا استيقنَ التمامَ سجدَ سجدتين ، فإن كانت صلاتُهُ تامَّةً كانت الركعةُ نافلةً والسجدتانِ ، وإن كانت ناقصةً كانت الركعةُ تمامًا لصلاتِه وكانت السجدتان مُرْغِمَتَي الشيطان .*
*Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: When any one of you is in doubt about his prayer and he does Dot know how much he has prayed, three or four (rak'ahs). he should cast aside his doubt and base his prayer on what he is sure of. then perform two prostrations before giving salutations.
If he has prayed five rak'ahs, they will make his prayer an even number for him, and if he has prayed exactly four, they will be humiliation for the devil.*
Sahih Abi Dawood