The Praying Person Completing (The Prayer) Upon What He Remembers When He Doubts
Darussalam · Volume 2
13. [The Book Of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1238 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 27
Source no. 1238 · Volume 3 · Page 382
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح، ابن ماجة (١٢١٠) //، الإرواء (٤١١) //
Source no. 1178 · Volume 1 · Page 266
Hasan sahih
(حسن صحيح) - ابن ماجه ١٢١٠: م [إرواء الغليل ٤١١].
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1239. It was narrated from Abû Sa'eed that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him forget about what he is unsure of and complete his prayer on the basis of what he is sure of. When he is sure that he has completed it, let him prostrate twice while he is sitting. Then if he has prayed five (Rak'ahs), they (the two prostrations) will make his prayer even-numbered, and if he had prayed four, they will annoy and humiliate the Shaitân." (Sahîh)
1238 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيُلْغِ الشَّكَّ وَلْيَبْنِ عَلَى الْيَقِينِ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَنَ بِالتَّمَامِ، فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَلَّى خَمْسًا شَفَعَتَا لَهُ صَلَاتَهُ، وَإِنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا كَانَتَا تَرْغِيمًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ»
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1. "They will make his prayer even-numbered": that two prostrations would be elevated to the station of one prayer unit, and coupled with the fifth prayer-unit, they would become two voluntary units; and the former four units would be considered obligatory. 2. "They will annoy and humiliate Satan": because the forgetfulness had also occurred due to Satan's promptings, but the worshipper performed two additional prostrations. In other words, the whispering of the devil became the cause of the worshipper's two more prostrations, whereas due to his refusal to prostrate the devil had been thrown out of the presence of Allāh. Therefore his abasement and earning notoriety is incumbent. Probably based on this point, performance of prostration has been legislated to counter forgetfulness.