What A Person Should Do If He Prays Five (Rak'ahs)
Darussalam · Volume 2
13. [The Book Of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1257 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 32
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1258. It was narrated that Mâlik bin Mighwal said: "I heard Ash-Sha'bi say: 'Alqamah bin Qais forgot (and made a mistake) in his prayer, and they told him about that after he had spoken, He said: 'Is that true, O odd-eyed one?' He said: 'Yes.' So he undid his cloak, then he performed two prostrations of forgetfulness, and said: 'This is what the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ did.' He said: And I heard Al-Hakam say: 'Alqamah had prayed five.'" (Sahih)
1257 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَهَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ بَعْدَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: أَكَذَلِكَ يَا أَعْوَرُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَحَلَّ حُبْوَتَهُ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ، وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» قَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُ الْحَكَمَ، يَقُولُ: كَانَ عَلْقَمَةُ صَلَّى خَمْسًا
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The actual narration has been transmitted by Mâlik bin Mighwal from the honorable Ash-Sha'bi, which contains mention of forgetfulness only. It does not offer any clarification. What sort of lapse was it? This clarification is in Al-Hakam's transmission that he had performed five units of prayer, out of forgetfulness. Both Ash-Sha'bi and Al-Hakam heard the narration from 'Alqamah.