Reciting a surah after surah faatiha before going into ruku
Question
I was praying maghrib. After reciting Surah Faatiha in the first rakah I forgot to add another surah and was going for ruku. I opened my arms but just when I said "Alla-"(of Allah Akbar) I realised my mistake. I once again joined my arms and recited the second surah and did rest of the salaah normally. I did not do sajda sahw. Is my prayer valid?
Also is sajda sahw valid for all mistakes in salaah or is it invalid if you missed fards of salah?
Answer
If you did not yet go into ruku, then your salaah was valid and sajdah sahw was not compulsory.
Sajdah sahw will be made for adding or leaving out a waajib of the salaah. Sajdah sahw will not suffice for leaving out a fard of the salaah.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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