FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
AL-KAFI #2013: HUKUM MENGULANGI SUJUD SEKIRANYA SUJUD TIDAK SEMPURNA
Is the prayer valid if a person repeats a prostration because the first one felt incomplete, so that it appears as three prostrations?
Short answer
If a person is certain that a prostration was invalid, he must repeat it because prostration is a pillar of prayer.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
If a person is certain that a prostration was invalid, he must repeat it because prostration is a pillar of prayer. The repetition is not counted as adding a pillar or making three prostrations, since only two are valid and the other is invalid, for example one done without tuma'ninah. If the prostration is knowingly and deliberately performed incompletely, the prayer is invalidated. If the person only doubts its validity, he continues the prayer without repeating it.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Jika seseorang yakin bahawa sujud yang dilakukannya tidak sah, maka dia wajib mengulangi semula sujud, kerana sujud merupakan salah satu rukun di dalam Solat.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #2013: HUKUM MENGULANGI SUJUD SEKIRANYA SUJUD TIDAK SEMPURNA”, 7 January 2025. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/6099-al-kafi-2013-hukum-mengulangi-sujud-sekiranya-sujud-tidak-sempurna. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-repeating-an-incomplete-prostration/