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Sahih Muslim 571a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When any one of you is in doubt about his prayer and he does Dot know how much he has prayed, three or four (rakahs). he should cast aside…

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وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ كَمْ صَلَّى ثَلَاثًا أَمْ أَرْبَعًا فَلْيَطْرَحِ الشَّكَّ وَلْيَبْنِ عَلَى مَا اسْتَيْقَنَ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فَإِنْ كَانَ صَلَّى خَمْسًا شَفَعْنَ لَهُ صَلَاتَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ صَلَّى إِتْمَامًا لأَرْبَعٍ كَانَتَا تَرْغِيمًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When any one of you is in doubt about his prayer and he does Dot know how much he has prayed, three or four (rakahs). he should cast aside his doubt and base his prayer on what he is sure of. then perform two prostrations before giving salutations. If he has prayed five rakahs, they will make his prayer an even number for him, and if he has prayed exactly four, they will be humiliation for the devil.

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শাইবাহ (রহঃ) সুফইয়ান এর সূত্রে এবং ইবনু আল মুসান্না ও ইবনু বাশশার শু'বাহ্ (রহঃ)-এর সূত্রে উভয়ে উক্ত সনদে মানসূর থেকে বর্ণনা করেন তবে শু'বাহ বর্ণিত হাদীসে "পরিপূর্ণভাবে ওযু করো" কথাটি নেই। এ হাদীসের সনদে "আবূ ইয়াহইয়া" শব্দের সাথে "আল আ'রাজ" যুক্ত আছে।

منصور کے دوسرے شاگرد سفیان اور شعبہ کے حوالے سے بھی باقی ماندہ اسی سند کے ساتھ یہی روایت بیان کی گئی جس میں شعبہ نے ’’خوب اچھی طرح وضو کرو ‘ ‘ کے الفاظ بیان نہیں کیے اور اس کی حدیث ( کی سند ) میں ہے : ابو یحییٰ اعرج سےروایت ہے ۔

Bize bu hadisi Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe'de rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Vekî, Süfyan'dan rivayet etti. H. Bize İbnü'l-Müsenna ile İbni Beşşar da rivayet ettiler. Dedilerki: Bize Muhammed b. Ca'fer rivayet etti. Dediki: Bize Şu'be rivayet etti. Süfyan'Ia Şu'be ikisi birden Mansur'dan bu isnadla rivayet etmişler. Şu'benin hadisinde: «Abdesti testekmil alın» cümlesi yoktur. Onun hadisinde: «Ebu Yahya el-A'rac'dan...» kaydı vardır

Sahih Muslim 571a, Book 5, The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer, Hadith 110. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that if the person praying is in doubt about his prayer, not knowing how much he prayed, three or four, let him exclude the extra number that he doubts and not take it into account, so three is the number he is certain about, and let him perform a fourth Rak'ah, then offer two prostrations before making Taslīm (salutation of peace ending the prayer). If he has actually offered four Rak‘ahs, they will become five by adding a Rak‘ah, and the two prostrations of forgetfulness stand for one Rak‘ah, so the total will be even, not odd.

On the other hand, if he has prayed four in total with the extra Rak‘ah, then he has performed what is due on him without any increase or decrease. In this case, the two prostrations of forgetfulness will bring humiliation and defeat to the devil and will drive him away from fulfilling his goal because he threw him into confusion regarding his prayer and tried to spoil it.

However, man's prayer became complete when he obeyed Allah Almighty through prostration, which was the same act through which Satan disobeyed Allah when he refused to obey Him by prostrating to Adam.

What it teaches

  • When the one praying is in doubt about his prayer and none of the two probabilities is stronger than the other, then he should dispel the doubt and act in accordance with certainty, which is the lesser number of Rak‘ahs. He should, thus, complete his prayer and offer the prostrations of forgetfulness before making Taslīm, then he should make Taslīm.
  • These two prostrations are a means of redressing any deficiency in the performance of the prayer and warding off the devil, despised, disgraced, and far from fulfilling his goal.
  • The doubt to which the Hadīth refers is the hesitation that involves no preponderance. However, if there is doubt and it is preponderant, then one should act upon it.
  • Encouraging the act of struggling against the whisperer and warding him off by obeying the Shariah commands.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn AhmadTold me, Fourth generation, died 236 AH
  3. 3Musa ibn DawudTold us, Third generation, died 216 AH
  4. 4Sulayman ibn BilalTold us, Third generation, died 172 AH
  5. 5Zayd ibn AslamFrom, Successor, died 135 AH
  6. 6Ata ibn YasarFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  7. 7Abu Said al-KhudriFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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