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When a person forgets whether he has offered three or four Rak'ā (then he should) perform two prostrations while sitting in his last Rak'ā.

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Darussalam · Volume 2

22 - THE BOOK OF AṢ-SAHW "Sahw": Forgetting (here it means forgetting how many Rak'ā a person has prayed, in which case he should perform two prostrations of Sahw).

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الحديث: 1231 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 69

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1231. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "When the call for Ṣalāt (prayer) is made, Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhān. And when the call is finished he comes back, and when the Iqāma is pronounced, Satan again takes to his heels; and when the Iqāma is finished he comes back again and tries to interfere with the person and his thoughts and say, 'Remember this and that (which he has not thought of before the Ṣalāt)', till the person offering Ṣalāt (prayer) forgets how much (Rak'ā) he has offered. If anyone of you does not remember whether he has offered three or four Rak'ā then he should perform two prostrations (of Sahw) while sitting.

Arabic text

1231 - حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا نُودِيَ بِالصَّلاَةِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ، وَلَهُ ضُرَاطٌ حَتَّى لاَ يَسْمَعَ الأَذَانَ، فَإِذَا قُضِيَ الأَذَانُ أَقْبَلَ، فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِهَا أَدْبَرَ، فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ، أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى يَخْطِرَ بَيْنَ المَرْءِ وَنَفْسِهِ، يَقُولُ: اذْكُرْ كَذَا وَكَذَا، مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ، حَتَّى يَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ إِنْ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى، فَإِذَا لَمْ يَدْرِ أَحَدُكُمْ كَمْ صَلَّى ثَلاَثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا، فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ "

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