Is My Prayer Valid if I Lost Concentration When Making Takbir and Did Not Prostrate for Forgetfulness?

Question:

Is my prayer valid, if I lost concentration when making takbir and did not prostrate for forgetfulness?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

If you pronounced the name of Allah Most High whilst in your heart you knew you were entering the prayer, the prayer has commenced. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]

Your gaze and concentration do not affect the validity of the prayer and therefore do not require any prostration of forgetfulness. [Ibid.]

Advice

I would strongly recommend brushing up on your basic Islamic jurisprudence. Knowledge is a great tool to prevent confusion and uncertainty in issues such as these.

Consider the basic fiqh classes offered here at www.seekers.flywheelstaging.com

I hope this helps,
Allah knows best.
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and a number of texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.