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1203. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ prayed, and he added or omitted something." (One of the narrators) Ibrâhim said: "The confusion stems from me (i.e., he was not sure which it was)." "It was said to him: 'O Messenger of Allâh! Has something been added to the prayer?' He said: 'I am only human, I forget just as you forget. If anyone of you forgets, let him perform two prostrations when he is sitting (at the end).'
Then the Prophet ﷺ turned and prostrated twice." (Sahih)
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Commentary
Prostration is among the highest forms of worship. Satan, therefore, sorely abhors it. A true believer's act of prostrating before Allâh is a source of humiliation for Satan since it defeats his design to make the slave of Allâh lose his reward, but by making those additional prostrations, he has been able to earn even more reward.
There was great Divine wisdom behind the incidence of forgetfulness on the part of the Prophet ﷺ during prayer, namely to make a part of education for the believers as to what is the ruling in the Shari'ah for such an occasion, and how to remedy it, i.e., through additional prostrations.
