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Making sajda sahw after every salaah

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Q: I always feel like I did a mistake in prayer so I always prostrate twice after I say salaam. While I was doing prayer today, in my mind something came that said if I prostrate, I prostrated to something other than Allah but I still prostrated. Did I commit shirk?

Bismillaah

A: Don’t pay attention to these stray thoughts, and to make two sajdahs after every namaaz is also wrong. You will only make the sajdah-e-sahw (mistake) if you are sure about the mistake.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

ولا يجب السجود إلا بترك واجب أو تأخيره أو تأخير ركن أو تقديمه أو تكراره أو تغيير واجب بأن يجهر فيما يخافت وفي الحقيقة وجوبه بشيء واحد وهو ترك الواجب، كذا في الكافي (الفتاوى الهندية 1/126)

باب سجود السهو … (يجب بعد سلام واحد عن يمينه فقط) … (سجدتان) … (بترك) متعلق بيجب (واجب) مما مر في صفة الصلاة (سهوا) فلا سجود في العمد (الدر المختار 2/77-80)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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