Question 226) - What must he do if he made the Sajdah of the fifth Rak'ah?

A: The Fard status of the Salaah is nullified because the Fard of the final sitting has been omitted. It now becomes Nafl and he should add a sixth

Rak'ah. (If he does not add the extra Rak'ah, there is nothing against him as per al-Hidayah. Does he make Sujudus Sahw? Fathul Qadir states, "There is no

Sajdah because the deficiency of nullification is not repaired with Sajdah.")

NOTE: Deduce from the above rule what to do when one forgets the final sitting in a two or three Rak'at Salah.

~ al-Quduri ~