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Al-Muntaqa Ibn al-Jarud 241 — Forgetfulness in prayer
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، قَالَ: ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَ: أَنَا الْمَاجِشُونُ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: ثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي الثَّلَاثِ وَالْأَرْبَعِ فَلْيَقُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَةً حَتَّى يَكُونَ الشَّكُّ فِي الزِّيَادَةِ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَلَّى خَمْسًا شَفَعْنَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَرْبَعًا فَهُمَا تُرْغِمَانِ الشَّيْطَانَ»
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If anyone is uncertain in prayer whether he has prayed three (rak‘ahs) or four, he should stand up and pray one more rak‘ah, so that the doubtful rak‘ah becomes an extra one. Then, before the salam, he should perform two prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw). If he has prayed five rak‘ahs, these prostrations will make them even, and if he has prayed only four, they will humiliate Satan.
