Sahw Prostration: Difference between revisions

'''Sahw prostration''' (Arabic: {{ia|سجود السهو}}) or '''prostration of inadvertence''' refers to two [[prostration]]s which are performed after the end of the [[prayer]] as a compensation for some mistakes during the prayer. Sahw prostration should be performed immediately after [[Salam]] of the prayer and after the second prostration, performing [[tashahhud]] and Salam is necessary. Dhikr of Sahw prostration is different from the dhikr in prostrations in the prayer.

[[Fiqh]] scholars have different views regarding what entails [[obligatory]] Sahw prostration. Speaking during the prayer inadvertently, forgetting one prostration during the prayer and saying salam inadvertently where it should not be said are among cases when performing Sahw prostration becomes obligatory.

According to the [[fatwa]] of fiqh scholars, to make up for some mistakes during the prayer, the praying person should perform two prostrations which are called Sahw prostration (prostration for inadvertent mistakes). [[Shi'a]] fiqh scholars have discussed about Sahw prostration and its rulings under the rulings of Sahw (inadvertent mistakes) and [[doubts of prayer]].

The method of performing Sahw prostration is that immediately after the end of the prayer, the praying person should perform two prostrations with the intention of Sahw prostration in which special dhikr should be said and after the second prostration, he should recite tashahhud and Salam again. Most Shi'a fiqh scholars believe that Sahw prostration does not begin with takbir (saying "Allah-u Akbar"), but, according to [[Shaykh Tusi]]'s fatwa, one should say takbir before performing Sahw prostration. The author of ''[[Jawahir]]'' considered Shaykh Tusi's view weak and saying takbir [[recommended]].

Dhikr of Sahw prostration is different from dhikr of prostrations in daily prayers. In Sahw prostration, one of the following dhikrs are recited:

According to the fatwa of most Shi'a fiqh scholars, the time of Sahw prostration is after Salam of the prayer. According to Shaykh al-Tusi, some [[Twelver]] fiqh scholars consider the time of Sahw prostration before Salam of the prayer if Sahw prostration is due to a defect (missing something from the elements of the prayer). [[Ibn Junayd Iskafi]], the fiqh scholar of the fourth/[[tenth century]] accepted this view.

Shi'a fiqh scholars have different views about the cases when Sahw prostration becomes obligatory. With regards to different fatwas, performing Sahw prostration is obligatory in four, five or six cases. According to the view of most scholars, Sahw prostration is obligatory or [[obligatory caution]], in the following five cases:

* Some fiqh scholars added cases when the praying person inadvertently sits when he should stand or stands when he should sit to the above cases.

According to Shaykh al-Tusi, some Twelver fiqh scholars consider Sahw prostration obligatory in every case when anything is added or missed in the prayer (other than the foundational elements). [[Allama Hilli]] accepted this view. Some [[Marja'|religious authorities]] have considered this as recommended.

* There is a disagreement among fiqh scholars whether [[purity]] and facing toward the [[qibla]] are among the requirements of Sahw prostration.

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%88 {{ia|سجده سهو}}] in Farsi WikiShia.

 

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