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ahmad:7803Ibrāhīm > Rabāḥ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: Indeed, Satan comes to one of you during his prayer, and he does not know whether he has increased or decreased [his prayer]. So, when one of you finds that, let him perform two prostrations.  

أحمد:٧٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ حَدَّثَنَا رَبَاحٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:1252Qutaybah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When any one of you gets up and prays, the Shaitan comes to him an confuses him until he does not know how many (Rak'ahs) he prayed. If any one of you notices that, let him prostrate twice when he is sitting."  

النسائي:١٢٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي جَاءَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَتَهُ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

abudawud:1030al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; When one of you stands up to pray, the devil comes to him and confuses him so that he does not know how much he has prayed. If any of you has such an experience, he should perform two prostrations while he is sitting. Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been narrated in a similar manner by Ibn ‘Uyainab, Ma’mar and al-Laith.  

أبو داود:١٠٣٠حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي جَاءَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَكَذَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَاللَّيْثُ
tirmidhi:397Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "Indeed the Shaitan comes to one of you in his Salat confusing him until he does now know how much he has prayed. When one of you experiences that then let him perform two prostrations while sitting."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٩٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَيَلْبِسُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:1216Sufyān b. Wakīʿ > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Ibn Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

“The Satan comes to any one of you while he is praying and comes between him and his soul, until he does not know whether he as added something or omitted something. If that happens, then he should prostrate twice before the Salam, then he should say the Salam.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢١٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَيَدْخُلُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهِ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي زَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمْ  

ahmad:7694ʿAbd al-Razzāq And Ibn Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "Indeed the Shaitan comes to one of you in his Salat confusing him until he does now know how much he has prayed. When one of you experiences that then let him perform two prostrations while sitting." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 397)   

أحمد:٧٦٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ وَهُوَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَيَلْبِسُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَدْرِيَ كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

ahmad:7822ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar And ʿAbduālʾaʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "Indeed the Shaitan comes to one of you in his Salat confusing him until he does now know how much he has prayed. When one of you experiences that then let him perform two prostrations while sitting." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 397)   

أحمد:٧٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَعَبْدُالْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَلْبِسُ عَلَيْهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

ibnhibban:2683Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ > ʿAmmī Jūwayriyah b. Asmāʾ > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When any one of you gets up and prays, the Shaitan comes to him an confuses him until he does not know how many (Rak'ahs) he prayed. If any one of you notices that, let him prostrate twice when he is sitting." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1252)   

ابن حبّان:٢٦٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي الشَّيْطَانُ أَحَدَكُمْ وَهُوَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ لِيُلْبِسَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَدْرِيَ كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»  

nasai-kubra:592Shuʿayb b. Shuʿayb b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Shuʿayb > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > ʿIyāḍ b. Abū Zuhayr > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you makes a mistake in his prayer and does not know whether he has added or missed something, he should perform two prostrations of forgetfulness while sitting." The rest of them disagreed with him.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٢أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى أَنَّ عِيَاضَ بْنَ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَهَا أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي زَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ» خَالَفَهُ بَقِيَّةُ  

nasai-kubra:594Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿUmar b. Yūnus > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá > Hilāl b. ʿIyāḍ al-Anṣārī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you prays and does not know if he has added or subtracted, he should perform two prostrations while sitting and then say the salaam."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي هِلَالُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَزَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ»  

suyuti:5626a

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When anyone of you stands for the prayers, Satan comes and puts him in doubts till he forgets how many rakʿat he has prayed. So if this happens to anyone of you, he should perform two prostrations of Sahu while sitting. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1232)   

السيوطي:٥٦٢٦a

"إِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمْ في صَلاته فَيُلْبِسُ عليه حَتَّى لا يَدْرى كَمْ صَلَّى. فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلكَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَليَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَينِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ أن يُسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمْ".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، عن أَبي هريرة
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السيوطي:٢٠٢٠a

"إذا سَهَا أحدُكم في صلاتِه فلا يدْرى أزَادَ أمْ نقصَ؟ فليسْجدْ سجْدتين وهُوَ جَالِسٌ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّم" .  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن وابن عساكر عن أبي هريرة
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السيوطي:٢٧٦١٧a

"يَأتِى الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَلْبسُ عَلَيْهِ فِى صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِى أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَليَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْن وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق عن أَبى هريرة