Sajdah Sahw

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The following are excesses which necessitate Sajdah Sahw:

  1. Making more than one ruku’
  2. Making more than two sajdahs
  3. A pause for the duration of three Subhanallahs anywhere in the Salaat
  4. Recitation of Attahiyyaat twice in Qa’dah Ula (the first sitting in a three or four rakaat Salaat)
  5. In Qa’dah Ula, to recite the durood to the extent of Allahumma Salli Alaa Muhammad. If this much of the durood is recited in Qa’dah Ula, it will be an excess.

If any of the waajib acts are missed out or any excess is committed, then sajdah sahw becomes incumbent.

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