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If The Imam Stands Up For An Extra Rak'ah, What
Should The One Praying Behind Him Do?
𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑹❗️
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly: If the imam was sure that he was right,
and he did not pay any attention to the alert from the people praying behind
him, and he completed his prayer and had prayed five rak’ahs, then his prayer
is valid and he does not have to do anything else. Then if he finds out after
the salaam what had happened, he should prostrate twice (the prostration of forgetfulness)
then say the salaam.
Secondly: If the person who is praying behind an
imam realizes that his imam has stood up for an extra rak’ah, he has to alert
him to that. If he does not respond, it is not permissible for him to follow
him, rather he should stop doing so and sit and recite the final tashahhud and
say the salaam. If he follows him knowing that this is the fifth rak’ah, then
his prayer is invalid. But if he follows him not knowing about that or
forgetting, then his prayer is valid.
It says in Sharh Muntaha al-Iraadaat (1/223): If a
person makes a mistake but is alerted by two trustworthy persons, then he must
stop, unless he is certain that he is right, in which case it is not
permissible for him to stop.
Then he said that if he stands up for a fifth
rak’ah, it is not permissible for the person praying behind him to follow him
because he believes that he is wrong and what the imam stood up for is not part
of his prayer. But if he follows him out of ignorance or because he forgot, or
he stops following him, then his prayer is valid. The one who knows what is
happening must stop following him, and the one who has stopped following his
imam should say the salaam after he stands up for the extra rak’ah and then
alert him when he has completed the final tashahhud. End quote.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on
him) was asked: If the imam prays five rak’ahs by mistake, what is the ruling
on his prayer and the prayer of those behind him? Should the one who joined the
prayer late count this additional rak’ah (as part of his own prayer)?
He replied: If the imam prays five rak’ahs by
mistake, then his prayer is valid, and the prayer of those who follow him by
mistake or out of ignorance is valid too.
But if a person knows that it is an extra rak’ah,
when the imam stands up for the extra rak’ah he should sit and say the salaam,
because in this case he believes that his imam’s prayer has become invalid,
unless he is afraid that his imam has stood up for an extra rak’ah because he
failed to recite al-Faatihah (for example) in one of the rak’ahs. In that case
he should wait and not say the salaam (i.e., he should wait to say the salaam
with the imam).
With regard to the one who joined the prayer late
and joined the imam in the second rak’ah or later, then this extra rak’ah
counts for him. If he joined the imam in the second rak’ah, for example, he
should say the salaam with the imam when he does an extra rak’ah. If he joined
in the third rak’ah, he should do another rak’ah after the imam says the salaam
following the extra rak’ah. That is because if we say that the one who joined
the prayer late should not count the extra rak’ah, then he would have to add
another rak’ah deliberately, and that would make his prayer invalid. As for the
imam, he is excused for the extra rak’ah, because he forgot, so his prayer is
not invalid. End quote from Majmoo’ Fataawaa l-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (14/19).
And Allah knows best
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