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nasai:1241 – Muḥammad 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:١٢٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1248 – Sūwayd 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:١٢٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:1245 – Sūwayd 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:١٢٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِسَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ لِلتَّحَرِّي فِي شَكِّهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ بِهَا بَعْدَ السَّلَامِ لَا قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:2659 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUbayd b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: "If any of you is doubtful about his prayer, let him correct it, then let him offer the salutation, and then let him prostrate twice."  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ لْيُسَلِّمْ ثُمَّ لْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ»  

tabarani:9827 – Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Nasāʾī > Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ al-Naysābūrī > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Mufaḍḍal b. Muhalhal > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If any one of you has doubts about his prayer, he should follow what he thinks is correct and complete it, then make two prostrations."  

الطبراني:٩٨٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ مُهَلْهَلٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الَّذِي يَرَى أَنَّهُ الصَّوَابُ فَلْيُتَمِّمْهُ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ»  

tabarani:9833 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd > Yaḥyá b. Ḍurays > Sufyān > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone of you is in doubt about what he has written, then he should consider carefully and then prostrate in the sajda of forgetfulness."  

الطبراني:٩٨٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ ضُرَيْسٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ»  

tabarani:9834 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah from my father > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Sufyān > Ḥuṣayn > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If any one of you doubts his prayer, then he should strive to do what is right and perform two prostrations of forgetfulness while sitting."  

الطبراني:٩٨٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»  

nasai-kubra:1165 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Makhramī > 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." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1241)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمَخْرَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا يَفْرُغُ»  

nasai-kubra:1169 – Sūwayd 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." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1245)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ أَوْهَمَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ لْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا يَفْرُغُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»  

nasai-kubra:586 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Abū Wāʾil > 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." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1241)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«إِذَا وَهِمْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ بَعْدَمَا يُفْرِغُ»