most of the scholars (2), except that al-Shafi'i deemed the prayer upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to be obligatory from among them, and he grouped it with the pillars. There is another narration from Ahmad like his opinion. We have previously mentioned the proof for their obligatoriness, [and Yahya ibn Khallad has narrated] (3) from his uncle that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said (4): "The prayer of none of the people is complete until he performs wudu' and places the wudu' in its proper places (5), then pronounces the takbir, praises Allah, extols Him, and recites whatever he wishes from the Quran, then says: 'Allahu Akbar,' then bows until his joints are at rest, then says: 'Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah' until he stands upright, then says: 'Allahu Akbar,' then prostrates until his joints are at rest, then says: 'Allahu Akbar,' and lifts his head until he sits upright, then says: 'Allahu Akbar,' then prostrates until his joints are at rest, then lifts his head and pronounces the takbir. If he does that, his prayer is complete." In one narration: "The prayer of any of you is not complete until he does that." Narrated by Abu Dawud. The ruling on these obligations, if we hold them to be obligatory, is that if he omits one of them intentionally, his prayer is invalidated. If he omits one of them out of forgetfulness, the two prostrations of forgetfulness become obligatory upon him; [because when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood up] (6) for a third rak'ah and omitted the first tashahhud (7), he performed two prostrations while sitting, [before he gave the salutation, then he gave the salutation. According to the hadith of Ibn Buhaynah] (8). If it were not for
(2) In (M): "The people of knowledge." (3) In (M): "And we mentioned the hadith," and the documentation of the hadith was previously mentioned on page 127, to which is added: Narrated by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Concession regarding Omission of the Remembrance during Prostration, from the Book of al-Tatbiq, al-Mujtaba 2/179, 180. (4) In (M), there is the addition: "Indeed it." (5) In (M): "Meaning its proper places." (6) In (M): "And the original basis for it is the hadith of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he stood." (7) In (M), there is the addition: "So they glorified him (subhanallah), but he did not return until he sat for the final salutation." (8) Omitted from (M). The hadith of Ibn Buhaynah was narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the one who does not see the first tashahhud as obligatory, from the Book of Adhan, and in: The Chapter on what has been mentioned regarding forgetfulness if one stands up from two rak'ahs of a fard prayer, from the Book of Forgetfulness, Sahih al-Bukhari 1/210, 2/85. And by Muslim, in: The Chapter on Forgetfulness in Prayer and Prostrating for it, from the Book of Mosques, Sahih Muslim 1/399. And by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the one who stands from two (rak'ahs) and does not perform the tashahhud, from the Book of Prayer, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/237. And by al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has been mentioned regarding the two prostrations of forgetfulness before the salutation, from the Chapters of Prayer, Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/185. And by al-Nasa'i, in: =
