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It is confirmed that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) sometimes forgot something in the salah (prayer). It is also true that he said: “I am a human being and forget like you forget. If I forget, remind me.” In instances like these, he (SAWS) performed what are known as the prostrations of forgetfulness (Sujud […]

The scholars agree that it is obligatory for one who has forgotten the salah or slept through its time to make up the missed [qada’) prayer. This opinion is based on the hadith of the Prophet mentioned earlier: “There is no negligence while one is asleep but forgetfulness occurs when one is awake. If one […]

An Niyyah (Intention) This is the firm resolve of the heart to perform wudoo in obedience to the order of Allaah ta’ala and His Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). Ibn Taimiyyah (rahimahullaah) said (Majmoo’at-ur-Rasaa-il il-Kubraa 1/243): “The place of the niyyah is the heart and not the tongue in all forms of ‘ibaadah – and […]