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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»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
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  

ibnmajah:1212ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Misʿar > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If anyone of you is uncertain about his prayer, let him try to do what is correct then let him prostrate twice.’” Tanafisi said: "This is the basic rule, and no one is able to reject it."  

ابن ماجة:١٢١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَالَ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ هَذَا الأَصْلُ وَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ يَرُدُّهُ  

ahmad:15340Zayd > ʿAbd al-Malik b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him cover himself for his prayer, even if it is with an arrow."  

أحمد:١٥٣٤٠حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَتِرْ لِصَلَاتِهِ وَلَوْ بِسَهْمٍ  

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: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»  

nasai-kubra:1165Muḥammad 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:١١٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٦٠٥b

"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: إِذَا شَكَّ أحَدُكُمْ في صَلاَتهِ فَليَتَوَخَّ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ أنَّهُ قَدْ أتَمَّ، ثمَّ يَسْجُد سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق