The imaam stood up for a third rak’ah during Tarawih prayers and he finished the prayer, then they told him that he had prayed three rak’ahs. Should he prostrate sajdat al-sahw (prostration of forgetfulness) or complete four rak’ahs?
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He prayed an extra rak’ah in Tarawih
Question: 8825
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allah preserve him, who answered as follows:
He should do sajdat al-sahw, then complete the prayer two by two, just as he should do if it were an obligatory prayer.
And Allah knows best.
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Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen
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