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Our next question today coming from Munich, Germany, from Munich, Germany.

Brother Musab says that a minor incident occurred in their messenger, the very minor incident,

which caused a bit of a controversy so they're emailing me to shed some light on this issue,

and they're saying that recently in their Isha Salah, their Imam made a mistake when he was in the second rakah,

and somebody thought it was a mistake, but they only verified that they made a mistake after the Salah was over.

And so they then differed, that okay, he made this mistake in the Tilawa and some Surah he was reciting,

and they verified too late. Maybe somebody knew the Surah but he was too shy or he wasn't certain.

For whatever reason, they didn't correct the Imam, and now the Salah is over.

And so they then found out he did make a mistake, then they differed.

Some said he should do such that the Sahuh immediately, and some said he should repeat the entire Salah,

and they ended up repeating the entire Salah, but then they're now emailing me,

is that the right thing that they should have done or not?

The response to this question is that the majority of our scholars have said that if the Imam makes an unintentional mistake in other than the Fatihah,

then in this case, accidental mistakes in the recitations after the Fatihah do not need anything to be done if no correction was given.

Obviously, if the correction is given, he's going to correct it right there, then everybody would be happy, no problem.

The problem comes or the controversy comes, what if the correction is not done?

And he recites a mistake in recitation, so he either mixes up, and he says something that he shouldn't have said,

or he goes to another Surah, which is again very common.

And by the way, this is something that shocks many people to hear, but it is in Sahih Bukhadi, Sahih Muslim,

that our Prophet, Allahu alaihi wa sallam, himself, they, that he forgot the next ayah and he was struggling with it,

and then nobody corrected him because they were so embarrassed, or I should not say embarrassed, but I should say,

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