Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Sajdah sahw behind the Imam

· 21 Rabiʻ I 1436 AH1 min readFatwa 31851English

Question

I was reading Namaaz with jamaat and I made a mistake under which sajdah sahw becomes mandatory, but I did not make sajdah sahw, will my namaaz be valid or not?

Answer

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

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

If a person is performing Salah with jama’ah behind the Imam and he commits a mistake which normally necessitates sajdah sahw, he should not make the sajdah sahw. Sajdah of sahw is obligatory only on a person leading the prayer (Imam) or on a person praying individually (Munfarid). Therefore, your Salah will be valid without the sajdah sahw.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Asim Patel

Student Darul Iftaa
Venda, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

(لَا بِسَهْوِهِ) أَيْ لَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُقْتَدِي بِسَهْوِهِ إذْ لَوْ سَجَدَ وَحْدَهُ خَالَفَ إمَامَهُ، وَإِنْ سَجَدَ مَعَهُ الْإِمَامُ انْقَلَبَتْ الْإِمَامَةُ اقْتِدَاءً

درر الحكام شرح غرر الأحكام (151/1) دار إحياء الكتب العربية

"لا بسهوه" لأنه لو سجد وحده كان مخالفا لإمامه ولو تابعه الإمام ينقلب التبع أصلا فلا يسجد أصلا قال صلى الله عليه وسلم "الإمام لكم ضامن يرفع عنكم سهوكم وقراءتكم" مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح (ص: 179) المكتبة العصرية

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