سنن أبي داود

Hadith 1024

Book 6: Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)

أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة

Chapter 199

Chapter: Whoever Said The Doubt Should Be Ignored When One Is Confused Regarding (Whether He Has Prayed) Two Or Three Rak’ah.

باب إِذَا شَكَّ فِي الثِّنْتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثِ مَنْ قَالَ يُلْقِي الشَّكَّ

English narration

Narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري

Ata bin Yasar said that Abu Saeed Al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: when one of you is in doubt about his prayer (i. e, how much he has prayed), he should throw away his doubt and base his prayer on what he is sure of. When he is sure about the completion of his prayer, he should make two prostrations (at the end of the prayer). If the prayer is complete, the additional rak’ah and the two prostrations will be supererogatory prayer. If the prayer is incomplete, the additional rak’ahs will compensate it, and the two prostrations will be a disgrace for the devil.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُّ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، 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 فَلْيُلْقِ الشَّكَّ وَلْيَبْنِ عَلَى الْيَقِينِ ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَنَ التَّمَامَ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ تَامَّةً كَانَتِ الرَّكْعَةُ نَافِلَةً وَالسَّجْدَتَانِ ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ نَاقِصَةً كَانَتِ الرَّكْعَةُ تَمَامًا لِصَلَاتِهِ وَكَانَتِ السَّجْدَتَانِ مُرْغِمَتَيِ الشَّيْطَانِ

" . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَاهُ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ أَشْبَعُ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1024In-book: Book 6, Hadith 1024

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