Ruling on four Rak’aat of Salat-uz-Zuhr forgetfully led by Shari’ah-declared travelling Imam

Ruling On Four Rak’aat Of Salat-Uz-Zuhr Forgetfully Led By Shari’ah-Declared Travelling Imam

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What have respected Islamic scholars ruled on the following matter? The Imam is a Shar’iah-declared traveller, whereas Muqtadis are Muqeem [who are not Shar’iah-declared travelers] . The Imam forgetfully leads four Rak’aat of Zuhr Salah. He also performs the Qa’dah after the second Rak’at but he does not perform Sajdah-Sahw at the end. After the Salah, the Imam who is a Shari’ah-declared traveller recalls that he has led four Rak’aat Salah despite being a Shari’ah-declared traveller. What will be the ruling on the Salah?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  If the Imam who is a Shari’ah-declared traveller forgetfully leads four Rak’aat Salah and also performs the Qa’dah after the second Rak’at, the ruling for the Shari’ah-declared traveller Imam will be different from the ruling for Muqeem Muqtadis. The ruling on the Salah led by such an Imam is that his own Fard will be valid and the last two Rak’aat will be Nafl. However, it is Wajib for the Shari’ah-declared travelling Imam to perform Sajdah-e- Sahw because of forgetfully completing four Rak’aat but he has not performed Sajdah-e- Sahw. Therefore, the Salah will have to be offered again with the intention of Wajib-ul-I’adah.  As for the ruling on the Salah offered by Muqtadis, their Salah will become invalid. This is for the reason that one of the conditions for the validity of Iqtida is that the Salah of the Imam must either be similar or superior to that of Muqtadis. If the Salah of the Imam is lower in rank than that of Muqtadis, the Iqtida will be invalid. In the above-mentioned case, the last two Rak’aat offered by the Shari’ah-declared travelling Imam are Nafl, whereas the same last two Rak’aat are Fard for Muqeem Muqtadis. For this reason, the Iqtida from Muqeem Muqtadis is not valid. Therefore, they must offer their Salah again. (Maraqi-ul-Falah Sharh Noor-ul-Izah, pp. 222)

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari