Question 777: What is the ruling for someone who intends to recite the Al-Fatiha in prayer but begins the 'Tasbihat' or intends to say the 'Tasbihat' but begins the Al-Fatiha?
Answer
✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narration:
1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ السَّهْوِ مَا تَجِبُ فِيهِ سَجْدَتَا السَّهْوِ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْعُدَ فَقُمْتَ أَوْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فَقَعَدْتَ أَوْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ فَسَبَّحْتَ أَوْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُسَبِّحَ فَقَرَأْتَ فَعَلَيْكَ سَجْدَتَا السَّهْوِ..... وَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ فَقَامَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ شَيْئاً أَوْ يُحْدِثَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ سَجْدَتَا السَّهْوِ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْ ءٍ وَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا سَهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَنْسَى أَنْ يَسْجُدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ قَالَ يَسْجُدُهُمَا مَتَى ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
📚 Al-Tahdheeb, vol. 2, p. 353
Ammar ibn Musa said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, about the mistakes for which the two prostrations of forgetfulness are obligatory.'
The Imam said:
'When you intended to sit down (for the tashahhud) but stood up,'
'Or you intended to stand up but sat down,'
'Or you intended to recite (the chapter Al-Fatiha) but said the tasbih,'
'Or you intended to say the tasbih but recited (the chapter Al-Fatiha),'
'Then two prostrations of forgetfulness are on you!'
And regarding a person who intends to sit down (for the tashahhud) but stands up, but remembers before he takes any action or does anything new, he said: 'There are no prostrations of forgetfulness on him until he speaks something (for example, he says 'bi hawli Allahi wa quwwatihi aqumu wa aq'ud' or a part of it).'
And regarding a person who makes a mistake in prayer but forgets to perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness, he said: 'Whenever he remembers, he performs those two prostrations.....'
✅ It is clear from the above narration that if a person makes a mistake in the first and second rak'ahs, where he is obligated to recite the chapter Al-Fatiha, and begins the 'Tasbihat al-Arba'ah' (the fourfold tasbih), or in the third and fourth rak'ahs where he intends to say the 'Tasbihat al-Arba'ah' but makes a mistake and begins the chapter Al-Fatiha, or vice versa, he is obligated to perform two prostrations of forgetfulness.
✅ For the method of the two prostrations of forgetfulness, please refer to the following link:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ