Is My Prayer Valid If I Perform Two Salams after Sajdat Al-Sahw?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I used to do two salams of sajdat al-sahw, one on the right and left, instead of doing one salam and then completing the sajdat al-sahw, is this permissible?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
The forgetfulness prostration (sajdat al-sahw) is mandatory (wajib) to perform for the omission of one or more mandatory actions. One will, in the final sitting after the tashahhud, make one salam, which is a sunna, by turning his head to the right, performing two extra prostrations, sitting again, and completing the prayer as usual. However, if someone made two salams, his prayer is also valid. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Zayla’i, Tabyin al-Haqaiq]
I pray this helps with your questions.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
