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Whoever Said that Doubt Should Be Ignored When One Is Confused Regarding (Whether He Has Prayed) Two Or Three Rak'ah

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 1026 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 269

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1026. It was reported from Mālik, from Zaid bin Aslam, from 'Aṭā' bin Yaṣār that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If one of you is doubtful in his prayer, and is not sure how much he prays, three or four, then let him pray a Rak'ah, and prostrate twice while he is sitting — before he says the Taslim. So if the Rak'ah that he prayed was actually a fifth (Rak'ah), then he would have made (the prayer) even with these two prostrations. And if it were the fourth Rak'ah, then these two prostrations will infuriate (and humiliate) the Shaiṭān." (Sahih)

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1026 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا، فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَةً، وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ، فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الرَّكْعَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّى خَامِسَةً شَفَعَهَا بِهَاتَيْنِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ رَابِعَةً، فَالسَّجْدَتَانِ تَرْغِيمٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ».

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