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ahmad:10887 – Ḥammād / Ibn Khālid > Mālik > Dāwud / Ibn al-Ḥuṣayn > Abū Sufyān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ performed the two prostrations of forgetfulness after the greeting of peace.  

أحمد:١٠٨٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ بَعْدَ السَّلَامِ  

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muslim:572m – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr > Ḥafṣ And ʾAbū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ performed two prostrations for forgetfulness after salutation and talking.  

مسلم:٥٧٢m – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ بَعْدَ السَّلاَمِ وَالْكَلاَمِ  

nasai:1233 – ʿAmr b. Sawwād b. al-Aswad b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > ʿIrāk b. Mālik > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated twice after the salam on the day of Dhul-Yadain.  

النسائي:١٢٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَجَدَ يَوْمَ ذِي الْيَدَيْنِ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ السَّلاَمِ  

abudawud:1016 – Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Ḍamḍam b. Jaws al-Hiffānī > Abū Hurayrah Bihadhā al-Khabar

Abu Hurairah reported; He then made two prostration on account of forgetfulness after he had given the salutation.  

أبو داود:١٠١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ ضَمْضَمِ بْنِ جَوْسٍ الْهِفَّانِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ قَالَ

ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ بَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ  

ahmad:4358 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a mistake in the prayer, so he performed the prostrations of forgetfulness after completing the speech.  

أحمد:٤٣٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ بَعْدَ الْكَلَامِ  

tabarani:1412 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > Thawbān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For every unintentional mistake, there are two prostrations after the completion of the prayer."  

الطبراني:١٤١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ سَهْوٍ سَجْدَتَانِ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ»