Ruling 1205 — Prayer (Ṣalāh)

If after performing ṣalāt al‑iḥtiyāṭ one realises that the deficiency in the number of rakʿahs in his prayer was the same as the number of rakʿahs in his ṣalāt al‑iḥtiyāṭ – for example, for the doubt between three and four rakʿahs, he performs one rakʿah of ṣalāt al‑iḥtiyāṭ and later realises that he had performed three rakʿahs – in such a case, his prayer is valid.