Doubt in prayer and two prostrations before salam
[AI] "If one of you prays and doubts in his prayer, then if he doubts between one and two, let him make them one. If he doubts between two and three, let him make them two. If he doubts between three and four, let him make them three, until the doubt is in the addition. Then let him prostrate two prostrations before he gives salam, then let him give salam." I sat with Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he said: "O Ibn Abbas, if a man becomes uncertain in his prayer and does not know whether he added or omitted?" I said: "By Allah, O Commander of the Faithful, I do not know; I have not heard anything about that." Umar said: "By Allah, I do not know." He said: "While we were in that state, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf came." He said: "What is this that you two are discussing?" Umar said to him: "We mentioned the man who doubts in his prayer, how he should act." He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this hadith."
«إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَشَكَّ فِي صَلاتِهِ، فَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الْوَاحِدَةِ وَالثِّنْتَيْنِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا وَاحِدَةً، وَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الثِّنْتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا ثِنْتَيْنِ، وَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الثَّلاثِ وَالْأَرْبَعِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا ثَلاثًا، حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْوَهْمُ فِي الزِّيَادَةِ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمْ». جَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، إِذَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي صَلاتِهِ، فَلَمْ يَدْرِ أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ؟ قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا أَدْرِي مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، إِذْ جَاءَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي تَذَاكَرَانِ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: ذَكَرْنَا الرَّجُلَ يَشُكُّ فِي صَلاتِهِ، كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ. فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ.
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