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Sunan Abi Dawud 1036 — If the Imam Stands After Two Rak'ahs
One Who Forgets The Tashah-hud While He Is Sitting
Hadith About Imam Standing After Two Rak'ahs
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1036
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1036
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، - يَعْنِي الْجُعْفِيَّ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُبَيْلٍ الأَحْمَسِيُّ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا قَامَ الإِمَامُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَوِيَ قَائِمًا فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِنِ اسْتَوَى قَائِمًا فَلاَ يَجْلِسْ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِي عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ .
Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When an imam stands up at the end of two rak'ahs, if he remembers before standing straight up, he should sit down, but if he stands straight up, he must not sit down, but perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness. Abu Dawud said: I have not narrated in this book of mine any hadith from Jabir Al-Ju'fi (one of the narrators) except this one.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1036In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 647English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1031
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1036
This hadith gives a clear case about an imam who stands at the end of two rak'ahs. The Prophet said that if the imam remembers before standing straight up, he should sit down. But if he has already stood straight up, he should not sit down; instead, he performs the two prostrations of forgetfulness. For users searching what if the imam forgets first tashahhud, this text is direct. It separates the case into two moments: before fully standing and after fully standing. The report also includes Abu Dawud's note about one narrator, but the teaching in the translated wording is focused on the imam's action and sujood as-sahw.
What we learn from this hadith
- If the imam remembers before fully standing, he sits down.
- If he is already upright, the text says he does not sit back down.
- The correction in that case is two prostrations of forgetfulness.
