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tabarani:9182ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Muṭīʿ al-Ghazzāl > al-Ḥakam > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "If one of you is unsure during his prayer, let him seek clarity within himself and complete it, then let him prostrate two prostrations after the salaam while sitting."  

الطبراني:٩١٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا مُطِيعٌ الْغَزَّالُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«إِذَا وَهِمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَلْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

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

ibnhibban:2659ʿAbdullāh 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:٢٦٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا 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:9827Aḥmad 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:٩٨٢٧حَدَّثَنَا 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:9834Muḥammad 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:٩٨٣٤حَدَّثَنَا 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»