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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
. بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِيمَنْ شَكَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْيَقِينِChapter: What was narrated concerning one who is uncertain about his Prayer; let him refer to what is more certain
Hadith 1209
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُوسُفَ الرَّقِّيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الثِّنْتَيْنِ وَالْوَاحِدَةِ فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا وَاحِدَةً ، وَإِذَا شَكَّ فِي الثِّنْتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثِ فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا ثِنْتَيْنِ ، وَإِذَا شَكَّ فِي الثَّلَاثِ وَالْأَرْبَعِ فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ لِيُتِمَّ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْوَهْمُ فِي الزِّيَادَةِ ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf said:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If anyone of you is uncertain as to whether he has prayed one or two Rak’ah, let him assume it is one. If he is uncertain as to whether he has prayed two or three, let him assume it is two. If he is uncertain as to whether he has prayed three or four, let him assume it is three. Then let him complete what is left of his prayer, so that the doubt will be about what is more. Then let him prostrate twice while he is sitting, before the Taslim (saying the Salam).’”
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : The meaning of this hadith is that when a person’s opinion does not settle on any side, and both sides are equal—that is, there is no predominance of assumption (ghalabat al-zann) towards either side—then he should choose the lesser number, because there is precaution in this. If there is a mistake, it will only be that the prayer becomes more, and that is better than it becoming less. And in this state, this hadith will not be contrary to the following ahadith in which the mention of thinking (reflection) occurs. Some have said that one should think, rather, in every situation one should return to certainty (yaqin), and choose the lesser number. And Abu Hanifah rahimahullah said that if this happens for the first time, he should repeat the prayer from the beginning; if it happens the second or third time, he should reflect and act upon whichever opinion he feels content with; if he does not feel content with any opinion, then he should choose the lesser number.
