What do you do if you are not sure you made one sajdah or two?

[zahed73]

The following happens when I am tiered and specially when I do my past Qada salah at night .
I usually try to complete at least one day of Qadah ( 20 rakah ) so the following mistakes are common.

What do you do if you are not sure you made one sajdah or two ? How do you rectify .

What do you do if your sure you missed a Sajdah .

[شعيب‎ محمد]

The following happens when I am tiered and specially when I do my past Qada salah at night .
I usually try to complete at least one day of Qadah ( 20 rakah ) so the following mistakes are common.

What do you do if you are not sure you made one sajdah or two ? How do you rectify .

What do you do if your sure you missed a Sajdah .

Video Recording from backside

[zahed73]

The following happens when I am tiered and specially when I do my past Qada salah at night .
I usually try to complete at least one day of Qadah ( 20 rakah ) so the following mistakes are common.

What do you do if you are not sure you made one sajdah or two ? How do you rectify .

What do you do if your sure you missed a Sajdah .

Video Recording from backside

Got an answer from an elder on this one. Can't give you references sources as I am not familiar with them.

What he says is to go for Sajdah in whichever point of salah you are in when you remember the mistake of not making sajdah. Then continue from the point you were doing salah .

Example remembering in the second rakat while reciting surah , go to sajda and then start the surah recitation again standing up .

[abuhajira]

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

1. Upon remembering (during Salāh) one should perform the missed Sajdah immediately and resume the Salāh from the same posture he left off. Thereafter, complete the Salāh with performing a Sajdah Sahw.[1]

2. If one misses a Sajdah and failed to perform Sajdah Sahw upon remembering, then to repeat the Salāh is necessary.[2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Zaid M Shelia,
Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, Illinois (USA)

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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