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What do I do if I forgot to perform sujud al-sahw after my prayer?

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What if one forgets to perform sujud al-sahw?

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Perform the missed sujud al-sahw as soon as you remember, even a short while after the prayer, followed by a salam. If a long time has passed, leave it; some scholars allow the after-salam type to be made up even later.

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Asked what happens if one forgets something in salah and then also forgets the sujud al-sahw, Mufti Abu Layth recalls the two types and says the scholars generally hold that a missed prostration should be done when remembered, more or less straight after the prayer, followed by a salam, even if some time has passed, for instance while still in the mosque half an hour later. If a considerable time has lapsed, one lets it be and it is not an issue. He notes that some scholars allow the prostration done after the salam to be made up even after a long time, since it was after the salam anyway, and encourages viewers to study further with local imams or on courses.

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What if you forget to do sujud al-sahw: not only have you forgotten something in salah, but you have then forgotten to do the sujud al-sahw?

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Mufti Abu Layth says a forgotten sujud al-sahw should be performed as soon as it is remembered, even after some time has passed while one is still in the mosque, and is simply left if a considerable time has lapsed.

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“just do it there and then followed by Salam even if a certain amount of time has lapsed but not an immense amount of time”

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attention to these kind of things it does not call you to pay attention to them I know some schools of law do but the school of Medina emphasizes that things should just be natural just stand that's all you do do not become obsessed about these tiny kind of details which almost make the whole thing too mechanical so the the whole point is to keep a spiritual and a natural connection within Salah this is an interesting question which follows follows up from our video and that is what if you forget to doah so not only have you forgotten

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something in Salah then you forgotten to doah as we have highlighted in the video that there are two types of uh there the the one done before or without a Salam and the the one done with a Salam okay now what the what what the would say generally is that if you've missed a if you've missed these the that you should do it if you remember it more or less or the straight after so straight after once you've let's say a person's finished his prayer and he's about to

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get up and then he realizes oh my God I forgot to do sud the sah just do it there and then followed by Salam even if a certain amount of time has lapsed but not an immense amount of time we're not talking like day or things like this so if you're still in the Masid let's say and you know you've been here for I don't know half an hour or something and you're about to and you realize oh I hadn't done you can do that okay uh obviously if a a considerable amount of time has lapsed then you would just let that be okay and that's that's fine you know

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inshallah Allah subhana is it's not actually an issue some do speak about well the one after could be made up for even if it's after an excessive amount of time because technically it was after the Salam anyway and that's also something that um that can be done and you can look into that you can research these issues further as well um by resorting to either your local imams or just studying inshallah further on courses as well do not restrict your learning just to things like this but this is just to give you some insight this is an interesting question what do

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2017-04-02-S09, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/bin9uqpopma/s/9/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2017, April 2). What do I do if I forgot to perform sujud al-sahw after my prayer? [Video, segment 2017-04-02-S09, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/bin9uqpopma/s/9/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2017. "What do I do if I forgot to perform sujud al-sahw after my prayer?" Video, segment 2017-04-02-S09, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded April 2, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/bin9uqpopma/s/9/

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  title = {{What do I do if I forgot to perform sujud al-sahw after my prayer?}},
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  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2017-04-02-S09, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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