13. Forgetfulness in Prayer

١٣۔ كتاب السهو

13.25 Estimating (what is most likely the case)

١٣۔٢٥ باب التَّحَرِّي

nasai:1240Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Mufaḍḍal / Ibn Muhalhal > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"If one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him estimate what he thinks is most likely to be correct and complete the prayer on that basis, then let him prostrate twice."  

النسائي:١٢٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُفَضَّلٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُهَلْهَلٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الَّذِي يَرَى أَنَّهُ الصَّوَابُ فَيُتِمَّهُ ثُمَّ يَعْنِي يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ بَعْضَ حُرُوفِهِ كَمَا أَرَدْتُ  

nasai:1241Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Mukharramī > Wakīʿ > Misʿar > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him estimate and prostrate twice after he has finished."  

النسائي:١٢٤١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمُخَرَّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ وَيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا يَفْرُغُ  

nasai:1242Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Misʿar > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed and did more or less (rak'ahs). When he had said the taslim, it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, has there been some change concerning the prayer?' He said: 'If there had been some change concerning the prayer, I would have told you. Rather I am a human being and I forget as you forget. If any one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him consider an estimate of what is correct, and complete his prayer on that basis, then say the taslim and prostrate twice.'"  

النسائي:١٢٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَىْءٌ قَالَ لَوْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَىْءٌ أَنْبَأْتُكُمُوهُ وَلَكِنِّي إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحْرَى ذَلِكَ إِلَى الصَّوَابِ فَلْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ لْيُسَلِّمْ وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1243al-Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Sulaymān al-Mujālidī > al-Fuḍayl / Ibn ʿIyāḍ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed and did more or less (rak'ahs). When he had said the salam we said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has there been some change concerning the prayer?' He said: 'Why are you asking?' So we told him what he had done. He turned back toward the Qiblah and prostrated two prostrations of forgetfulness, then he turned to face us and said: 'If there had been some change concerning the prayer I would have told you.' Then he said: 'Rather I am a human being and I forget as you forget. If any one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him estimate what he thinks is correct, and complete his prayer on that basis, then say the taslim and prostrate two prostrations of forgetfulness.'"  

النسائي:١٢٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُجَالِدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةً فَزَادَ فِيهَا أَوْ نَقَصَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قُلْنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ هَلْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَىْءٌ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ فَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ الَّذِي فَعَلَ فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَىْءٌ لأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ فَأَيُّكُمْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الَّذِي يَرَى أَنَّهُ صَوَابٌ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمْ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ  

nasai:1244Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Katab Ila Manṣūr And Qaraʾtuh ʿAlayh Wasamiʿtuh > a man > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Zuhr then he turned to face them and they said: 'Has there been some change concerning the prayer?' He said: 'Why are you asking?' They told him what he had done, so he turned back toward the Qiblah and prostrated twice. Then he said the salam and turned to face them and said: 'I am only human, I forget as you forget, so if I forget, then remind me.' And he said: 'If there had been some change concerning the prayer I would have told you.' And he said: 'If one of you is not sure about his prayer, let him estimate what is closest to what is correct, then let him complete it on that basis, then prostrate twice.'  

النسائي:١٢٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ مَنْصُورٌ وَقَرَأْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ رَجُلاً عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلاَةَ الظُّهْرِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالُوا أَحَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ حَدَثٌ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِصَنِيعِهِ فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ فَإِذَا نَسِيتُ فَذَكِّرُونِي وَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ حَدَثٌ أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ وَقَالَ إِذَا أَوْهَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ أَقْرَبَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الصَّوَابِ ثُمَّ لْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1245Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Abū Wāʾil

"Whoever us not sure about his prayer, then let him estimate what is correct, then let him prostrate twice after he finished his prayer, while he is sitting."  

النسائي:١٢٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَوْهَمَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا يَفْرُغُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

nasai:1246Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Misʿar > al-Ḥakam > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"Whoever has doubt, or is not sure, let him estimate what is correct, then let him prostrate twice."  

النسائي:١٢٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

مَنْ شَكَّ أَوْ أَوْهَمَ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ لْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1247Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAwn > Ibrāhīm

"They used to say: 'If one is not sure of what he estimates is correct, then prostrate twice.'"  

النسائي:١٢٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ

كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ إِذَا أَوْهَمَ يَتَحَرَّى الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1248Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Musāfiʿ > ʿUtbah b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever has doubt during his prayer, let him prostrate twice after he has said the taslim'".  

النسائي:١٢٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسَافِعٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا يُسَلِّمُ  

nasai:1249Muḥammad b. Hāshim > al-Walīd > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Musāfiʿ > ʿUtbah b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever has doubt during his prayer, let him prostrate twice after he said the taslim."  

النسائي:١٢٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ أَنْبَأَنَا الْوَلِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسَافِعٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ  

nasai:1250Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Musāfiʿ > Muṣʿab b. Shaybah > ʿUtbah b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever has doubt during his prayer, let him prostrate twice after he said the taslim."  

النسائي:١٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسَافِعٍ أَنَّ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ شَيْبَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا يُسَلِّمُ  

nasai:1251Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥajjāj And Rawḥ > Ibn ʿUbādah > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Musāfiʿ > Muṣʿab b. Shaybah > ʿUtbah b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever has doubt during his prayer, let him prostrate twice." (One of the narrators) Hajjaj said: "After he has said the taslim." (Another of them) Rawh said: "While he is sitting."  

النسائي:١٢٥١أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ وَرَوْحٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عُبَادَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسَافِعٍ أَنَّ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ شَيْبَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ بَعْدَ مَا يُسَلِّمُ وَقَالَ رَوْحٌ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  

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  

nasai:1253Bishr b. Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When the call to prayer is given, the Shaitan runs away breaking wind loudly. When the Tathwb (Iqamah) is completed, he comes back and whispers to a man in his hear, until he does not know how many (rak'ahs) he has prayed. If any one of you notices that, let him prostrate twice.'"  

النسائي:١٢٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاَةِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ ضُرَاطٌ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى يَخْطُرَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ