عن زياد بن علاقة قال: صَلَّى بِنَا المغيرة بنُ شُعْبَةَ فَنَهَضَ في الركعتين، قلنا: سبحان الله، قال: سبحان الله وَمَضَى، فَلَمَّا أَتَمَّ صَلَاتَهُ وَسَلَّمَ، سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُ كَمَا صَنَعْتُ».
The Hadīth explains the action of Al-Mughīrah ibn Shu‘bah,(may Allah be pleased with him) when he was forgetful in his prayer and did not recite the first Tashahhud (after offering the second Rak‘ah). The people behind him said "Glory be to Allah" to draw his attention to it, whereupon he realized his mistake.
However, he continued with his prayer and after ending the prayer with Taslīm, he made two prostrations of forgetfulness, saying that he had done what the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did in the same situation. It is more correct to perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness before Taslīm, according to the Hadīth reported by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mālik ibn Buhaynah and narrated by Al-Bukhāri and Muslim.
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