{"id":4218,"date":"2025-10-11T23:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4218"},"modified":"2025-10-11T23:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:38:16","slug":"what-should-i-do-if-i-forget-the-middle-tashahhud-in-zhuhr-or-isha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4218","title":{"rendered":"What Should I Do If I Forget the Middle Tashahhud in Zhuhr or Isha?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Question:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">What is the ruling if I forget to sit after the second<em> rak`ah<\/em> in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/forget-to-pray-zhuhr-prayer-until-asr-time\/\"><em>Zhuhr<\/em> Prayer<\/a> of <em>Isha&#8217;<\/em> Prayer? How to correct my prayer?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Answer:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of Allah, we praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">The first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/moving-the-index-finger-in-tashahhud-during-prayer\/\"><em> tashahhud<\/em> <\/a>(sitting after the second rak`ah) is <em>wajib<\/em> (mandatory) meaning it is an essential act of prayer and one should not miss it. However, the second <em>tashahhud<\/em> (the last <em>tasleem<\/em> in prayer), that is made after the last <em>rak`ah<\/em>, is a pillar of the prayer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">If someone missed the middle <em>tashahhud<\/em> and stood up for the third <em>rak`ah<\/em>, he should continue his prayer without coming back down to the sitting position to say the <em>tashahhud<\/em>. At the end of the prayer and after the last <em>tashahhud <\/em>(before making tasleem), one should perform <em>sujud as-sahw<\/em> (prostration of forgetfulness). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/make-sujud-as-sahw-correctly\/\"><em>Sujud As-Sahw<\/em><\/a> consists of two prostrations before the final tasleem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">`Abdallah ibn Buhaina said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) led them in the noon prayer, and when he stood up at the end of the first two <em>rak`ahs<\/em> and did not sit, the people stood up along with him. When he finished the prayer and the people expected him to give the tasleem (salutation of peace ending the prayer), he said \u201cAllahu Akbar&#8221; while sitting and made two prostrations before giving the tasleem. Then he gave it. (Agreed Upon)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In another hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: &#8220;If the Imam stands up after the second <em>rak`ah<\/em>, and remembers that he has to sit, before he straightens himself (upright), then he should sit down, and if he straightened upright, he should not sit and make two prostrations of forgetfulness.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/abu-dawud-the-faqih-and-scholar-of-hadith\/\">Abu Dawud<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">Watch this interesting talk with Sheikh Assem Al Hakeem to Know more about the Prostration of Forgetfulness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/what-should-i-do-if-i-forget-the-middle-tashahhud-in-zhuhr-or-isha\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling if I forget the middle tashahhud while praying Zhuhr or Isha prayer? 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