(5) 因拜中失误而作的叩头

　

出错是人之常情，如果你在礼拜时动作出了错，或读错经文或漏了重要的句语，则可以增加两次叩头去补偿。你应该在正常礼拜最后一次叩头后念「诚赞词」和「作证言」，然后头转右，眼望右肩方向，念「祝安词」，跟着再叩头两次(叩头时所念的赞词跟正常礼拜时所念的一样)；之后回复跪坐，并念「诚赞词」、「作证言」和「祝赞词」，最后头转右，念「祝安词」，再转左，念「祝安词」。

　

 (6)集体礼拜

      

凡是礼主命拜，若有超过一人的，便应一起集体做。到礼拜寺去做礼拜是受鼓励的，因为礼拜寺是穆斯林聚集的地方，在那里我们可以和其它人集体礼拜。

集体礼拜的排列：

集体礼拜的时候，须要由礼拜的人中选出一位学识最高的(在古兰和圣训方面有认识和遵守者)做领拜者，他应站在聚众前端的中央，在其后的跟随者应并肩横排成直线，人与人之间不可留有空隙，更不可让一人单独留在最后自成一行。如有妇女同在，她们应排在男界的后面。

若祗得二人礼拜，领拜者应站在跟随者的左边稍前些。如有第三者或更多的人在礼拜进行中加入，则领拜者可步前让新的加入者与原先的跟随者排成一行，或原先的跟随者退后与新加入者排成一行，这两种做法都是使领拜者单独站在最前端。在祗有妇女而没有男性的时候，妇女们可以自由选择集体或单独做礼拜(指主命拜)。若她们要集体礼拜的话，她们的领拜者是不需要如男性领拜者般单独站在最前端，她祗要排在第一行里的中央便可。

集体礼拜开始后中途加入礼拜行列：

       有时，我们到达礼拜寺的时候，集体礼拜已在进行中，我们应尽快加入礼拜的行列。不管在加入的时候礼拜进行到那个动作，我们都应跟随众人做同样的动作。需要注意的是，在任何一拜里，如果我们能够赶得着完成鞠躬及其后的动作，则那一拜便算有效，否则，我们应在集体礼拜完成后独自继续补做所缺去的拜数。例如，集体做的是四拜主命晌礼，若我们中途加入时众人正在做第三拜的第一个叩头，我们应同样的赶快随众跪下叩头，并跟随领拜者继续做下去，直到第四拜向右边道「祝安词」的时候，我们就不需要跟随领拜者了，而在领拜者领众人向左边道「祝安词」时，我们须即站起继续独自完成所缺去的礼拜。因为加入时是在第三拜的第一次叩头，即在这一拜里我们并未完成鞠躬，故这一拜未成，祗有第四拜才算有效(对中途加入者而言)，所以我们应独自继续补回三拜。补回一拜后，应中坐，然后，站起补回另两拜。

领拜者出错的提示：

       领拜者学识虽高，但出错是人之常情，故领拜时出错亦间有发生。遇到这种情形，跟随者不可随之同错，并应念下句作提示(女士则用拍手掌作提示)：

Subhaa--nal lah

我赞主超绝！

       领拜者听到提示后马上作出纠正，并应在礼拜结束前补叩头两次。

 

(5) Prostration due to mistakes in prayer

       It’s normal to make mistakes. During prayers if you make wrong actions, or make errors in reciting the Holy Qur’an, or miss important sentences, you can remedy your errors by prostrating twice. You should recite “Tashahud” and “Kalima-shahadah” after you make the last prostration following the normal prayer, and then turn your head to the right, eying the right shoulder, recite “Taslim”, prostrate twice (recite the same declaration of praise as in normal prayers), sit back to recite “Tashahud”, “Kalima-shahadah”, and “Darud”, and at last turn your head to the right, recite “Taslim”, and then turn to the left, recite “Taslim”.

(6) Congregation prayer

       Whenever performing Fardh, perform in congregation if there is more than one person. It is encouraged to pray in the mosque, because the mosque is the place where Muslims rally, and where we can pray together with others.

       Array in congregation prayer

       When praying collectively, the sagest who knows the most about and abides the Quran and the Prophet’s Instructions should be selected as the prayer leader. He should stand at the middle in front of the congregation, and those who are behind him should stand in a line shoulder by shoulder, with no gap left between people, and nobody should stand behind as a single person line. If women are present, they should stand behind men.

       If only two people pray, the leader should stand in front of the follower to the latter’s left. If a third person or more join the prayer, the leader can step forward to let the new comers line up with the original follower, or the original follower can step backward to align the new comers, while with both ways the leader should stand at the front. When only women with no men perform the prayer, they are free to choose praying in congregation or individually (for Fardh). If they pray in congregation, the leader dose not have to stand at the front but just to stand in the middle of the first line.

       Join the congregation prayer after it begins

       Sometimes when we arrive at the mosque, the congregation prayer has started, we should join in the prayer as soon as possible. No matter which action is performed when we join, we should follow the same action as others. Remember that if we are able to complete the bow and later actions, that rakaat is valid, otherwise we should make up the missed rakaats after the congregation prayer ends. For example, if the congregation prayer is the Zuhr, and when we join the prayer the others are prostrating the first time for the third Fardh rakaat, we should immediately kneel down to prostrate as the others, and follow the leader for all the later actions, until turning the right to say “Taslim”, we don’t need to follow the leader any more. When the leader and others turn to the left to say “Taslim”, we should stand up to continue the missed rakaats by ourselves. Since we joined the prayer at the first prostration of the third rakaat, that means we didn’t complete the bow of that rakaat, and so that rakaat is invalid. For us, the new comers, only the forth rakaat is valid. Therefore we should make up the third rakaat by ourselves. After making up one rakaat, we should sit back, and then stand up to make up the other two rakaats.

       The reminder to the leader who makes mistakes

       Although the leader is sage, it is understandable that he may make mistakes, and so sometimes errors occur in leading the prayer. When that happens, the followers should not follow the errors, but should say the following to remind the leader (woman followers can clap hands as a reminder):

Subhaa--nal lah

Glory to Allah, the Great.

       The leader should correct the mistake immediately after hearing the reminder, and should prostrate twice before the end of the prayer as compensation.