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tabarani:21628Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr al-ʿAskarī > Isḥāq b. Zurayq al-Rāsibī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Yazīd > Āminah b. ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Maymūnah b. Saʿd

[Machine] She said, "Advise us, O Messenger of Allah, concerning a man who becomes confused in his prayer and does not know how many cycles he has prayed?" He replied, "Let him leave and then start his prayer again until he knows how many cycles he has prayed, as this is only a whispering that is presented to him in order to distract him from his prayer."  

الطبراني:٢١٦٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ زُرَيْقِ الرَّاسِبِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ آمِنَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَفْتِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فِي رَجُلٍ سَهَا فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلَا يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى؟ قَالَ يَنْصَرِفُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ الْوَسْوَاسُ يَعْرِضُ لَهُ فَيُسَهِّيهِ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِ