Liaison office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al Sistani (L.M.H.L) in London, Europe, North and South America.
1109. In the second unit of all obligatory prayers, and in the third
unit of Maghrib prayers and in the fourth unit of Zuhr, Asr and Isha prayers,
one should sit after the second prostration with a tranquil body, and recite
tashahhud thus: "Ash hadu an la ilaha illal lahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash
hadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasuluh, Alla humma salli 'ala Muhammadin wa Ali
Muhammad".
And it will be sufficient if one recited the tashahhud this way:
Ash hadu an la ilaha illal lahu was ash hadu anna Muhammadan Sallal lahu Alayhi
Wa Aalihi Abduhu Wa rasuluh. It is also necessary to recite tashahhud while
offering Witr (in Namaz-e-Shab) prayers.
1110. The words of tashahhud should be recited in correct Arabic, and
in usual succession.
1111. If a person forgets tashahhud, and rises and remembers before
Ruku, he should sit down to recite it, and then stand up again. He will then
continue with his prayers. After the prayers, it is a recommended precaution
that he should perform two Sajda-e-Sahv for the additional standing.
But if
he remembers this in Ruku or thereafter, he should complete the prayers and
after the salam of prayers, should, as a recommended precaution, perform the
qadha of tashahhud. He should perform two sajdatus sahv for the forgotten
tashahhud.
1112. It is Mustahab to sit on the left thigh during tashahhud, and to
place the upper part of the right foot on the sole of the left foot and to say:
'Al-hamdu lillah' or 'Bismillahi wa billahi wal-hamdu lillahi wa khayrul asma'i
lillah' before reciting tashahhud.
It is also Mustahab to place one's hands
on one's thighs, with joined fingers, and to look at one's laps, and to say this
after tashahhud and salawat: Wa taqabbal shafa'atahu warfa' darajatahu.
1113. It is Mustahab for women to keep their thighs close to each
other when reciting tashahhud.