Question about Imam and Prostration of Forgetfulness

[Sad ibn Abu Waqqas]

Salam 'Alaykum,

If the Imam is leading maghrib prayers, and mistakenly starts to recite the Fatiha in the third rakat (when he should be silent), is he then required to perform a prostration of forgetfulness with the congregation?

Wa al-Salam,

[ozgurislam]

Salam 'Alaykum,

If the Imam is leading maghrib prayers, and mistakenly starts to recite the Fatiha in the third rakat (when he should be silent), is he then required to perform a prostration of forgetfulness with the congregation?

Wa al-Salam,

As salamu aleykum,

Yes he should make sahdah sawh because he omitted a waajib act.

Taken from heavenly ornaments;

8. It is wajib on the imam and the munfarid to make the qira'at softly in all the rakaats of zuhr and asr, and the latter rakaats of maghrib and esha.

The prostration for forgetfulness (Sajdah Sahw) is made when there is any delay of an obligatory act (fardh) or an omission or delay of a required act (Wajib) in performance of a prayer.

How The Perform A Prostration For Forgetfulness (Sajdah Sahw)

Recite the Supplication Of Witnessing (at-Tahiyyatu) in the last sitting at the and of a ritual prayer, make the salutation first to the right then to the left and then immediately prostrate with the utterance of takbir "Allah-u Akbar". We then make two successive prostrations as we do in each rakat of a ritual prayer. Afterwards, we recite the supplications of Witnessing Allahumma Salli, Allahumma Barik and One ore more prayers enshuring that they are from Quran or Hadeeth, and then we again make the salutation


Was salaam