[One who traveled and, out of forgetfulness, prayed in full (tamām)1]

Mufti:

Alsayyed Muhammad b. Abdallah Awad Al-Muayyady

تاريخ النشر: November 28, 2025

Fatwa number: 16595

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[One who traveled and, out of forgetfulness, prayed in full (tamām)1]

Fatwa number: 16595

Question: A man traveled a distance at which prayer may be shortened, but he forgot and prayed in full, serving as imam. He then returned to his home and, after returning, remembered that he should have shortened. What is required of him?

Answer: What appears to me is that nothing is required of him and his prayer sufficed, because he did not remember until the time for shortening had effectively lapsed—his arrival home is tantamount to the expiration of the time. Matters of juristic dispute are not made up nor repeated once their time has passed.
Source : Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.1