Hadith 714

Can the Imām depend on the people's saying if he is in doubt (about a certain matter)?

English source

Darussalam · Volume 1

10 - THE BOOK OF ADHĀN

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 714 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 144

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English translation

714. Narrated Abū Hurairah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Once Allāh's Messenger ﷺ offered two Rak'ā (instead of four) and finished his prayer. Dhul-Yadain asked him whether the (number of Rak'ā in the) Salāt has been reduced or he had forgotten? Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked the people whether Dhul-Yadain was telling the truth. The people replied in the affirmative. Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stood up, offered the remaining two Rak'ā and then finished his Ṣalāt with Taslīm and then said 'Allāhu Akbar' and performed two prostrations (of Sahw) like ordinary prostrations or a bit longer.

Arabic text

714 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ انْصَرَفَ مِنَ اثْنَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ذُو اليَدَيْنِ: أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، أَمْ نَسِيتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَصَدَقَ ذُو اليَدَيْنِ» فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَصَلَّى اثْنَتَيْنِ أُخْرَيَيْنِ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ، فَسَجَدَ مِثْلَ سُجُودِهِ أَوْ أَطْوَلَ

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