Fath al-Rabbani

Benefits: … From this hadith, it is understood that if a person performing prayer (salah) ends the prayer with salam without having performed a required pillar (rukn), then he should complete his prayer based on the previous prayer and, after saying salam, perform the prostrations of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw). However, after the prostrations of forgetfulness, salam should be said again, as is understood from the narration of Sahih Muslim mentioned in the next chapter. Another important issue established from this hadith is that the prayer of one who speaks in prayer out of forgetfulness is not invalidated, nor is the prayer of one who speaks thinking that he is not in prayer. The name of the Companion mentioned in the hadith, Dhu’l-Yadayn, was Khirbaq. He remained alive for some time after the passing of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and he narrated this hadith even after the Prophet’s sallallahu alayhi wa sallam demise. There was another Companion, Dhu’l-Shimalayn, who was from the tribe of Khuza‘ah, and his name was Umair ibn Abd Amr. He was martyred in the Battle of Badr. This Companion is not the narrator of this hadith, as the Hanafis believe. The Hanafis have considered this hadith abrogated, but the reality is that this hadith is decisive (muhkam), because the prohibition of speaking in prayer was revealed at the beginning of the Madinan period, whereas the incident mentioned in this hadith occurred after the seventh year of Hijrah, as has just been detailed. Furthermore, the discussion regarding the prohibition of speaking in prayer has already taken place under the relevant topic.