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Thu 23 Ramadan 1444AH 13-4-2023AD at 6:17 pm #89786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام – الحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني رحمه الله
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SALĀT (PRAYER)
SUJUD AS-SAHW [N1] AND OTHER MATTERS
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Buhaina رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ led them in the Zuhr prayer, and when he stood up at the end of the first two Rak’at and did not sit [N2], the people stood up with him. When he finished the Salat (prayer) and the people expected him to do the Taslim (salutation), he uttered the Takbir while sitting and made two prostrations before saying the Taslim [N3] (salutation), then he uttered the Taslim (salutation). [Reported by As-Sab’a and this is Al- Bukhari’s wording]. In the narration of Muslim, it is mentioned that, “He (ﷺ) uttered the Takbir for each prostration while sitting and the people prostrated with him to make up for the sitting he had forgotten.”
[N1] Sajdatus-Sahw (prostration due to forgetfulness) becomes compulsory if someone who is offering a prayer either adds or deletes something in it mistakenly.
[N2] We must know that the translation of Sahu and Nisyān is ‘forgetfulness’ but Sahw usually implies to actions, whereas Nisyān usually refers to a piece of information. But both of these words are also taken as synonyms of each other. Among the scholars, no one approves of using the word Nisyān for the Prophet ﷺ. Hence the Prophet never ever suffered from confusion in the matters related to preaching and propagation of the Islamic Message. How could he possibly suffer from it while Allah Almighty is saying: “We shall make you to recite (the Qur’an) and you will not forget.” (V. 87:6)
The righteous scholars maintain that the usage of the word Sahw for the Prophet is permissible as there are references from several Ahadith in this regard. All of the four famous Imāms agree that the situations concerning forgetfulness (Sahw) for the Prophet ﷺ are the proven ones. There is no objection to it; in fact, they carry several good intentions in their fold (i.e., the forgetfulness of the Prophet ﷺ).
[N3] This Hadith tells us that one can atone for leaving the first Tashahhud by performing Sajdatus-Sahw. Some scholars advocate that it should be performed before Salām, whereas some prefer it to be done after Salām. Both of these situations are proved from the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet never specified any hard and fast rule concerning it all through his life. It is mentioned in the book Nailul-Autār that if some omission occurs in the prayer the prostration should be performed before Salām. In case of any addition, it should be performed after Salām. Some of the scholars are of the opinion that in view of the documented evidence, the reports concerning prostration before Salām are more sound and proper.
اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
(To be continued…)
ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
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