4. Forgetfulness in Prayer

٤۔ كتاب السهو

4.1 What to Do if One Forgets in Prayer

٤۔١ باب الْعَمَلِ فِي السَّهْوِ

malik:4-1Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you stand in prayer, Shaytan comes to you and confuses you until you do not know how much you have prayed. If you find that happening do two sajdas from the sitting position."  

مالك:٤-١حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

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

malik:4-2Mālik > Balaghah

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I forget or I am made to forget so that I may establish the sunna."  

مالك:٤-٢وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي لأَنْسَى أَوْ أُنَسَّى لأَسُنَّ  

malik:4-3Mālik > Balaghah > a man Saʾal al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man questioned al-Qasim ibn Muhammad saying, "My imagination works in the prayer, and it happens to me a lot." Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad said, "Go on with your prayer, for it will not go away from you until you go away saying, 'I have not completed my prayer.' "  

مالك:٤-٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ

فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَهِمُ فِي صَلاَتِي فَيَكْثُرُ ذَلِكَ عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ امْضِ فِي صَلاَتِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْكَ حَتَّى تَنْصَرِفَ وَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ مَا أَتْمَمْتُ صَلاَتِي