Those who said: if he doubts and does not know how much he prayed, he repeats it

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If I cannot tell how much of the prayer I have prayed, I will pray it again.

Concerning a person who does not remember whether he has prayed three rak'ahs or four, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: He should pray it again, so that he can keep it in mind.

Al-Sha'bi and Sa'id bin Jubayr said: A person who finishes the prayer and cannot tell whether he has prayed an odd or an even number should repeat the prayer.

Al-Sha'bi and Sa'id bin Jubayr said: If someone prays and finishes, and does not know how much he has prayed, an even or an odd number, he should repeat it.

The same is reported through another chain.

Mansur said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr about a person who has a doubt in the prayer. He said, "If that happens to me in an obligatory prayer, I pray it again."

Abu Mijlaz said: While stoning the Jamarat I could not remember how many pebbles I had thrown. So I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about it, but he gave me no answer. Just then Ibn al-Hanafiyyah passed by; I asked him, and he said, "O servant of Allah, do the stoning again. With us nothing is greater than the prayer, and when one of us forgets in the prayer, he repeats it." I mentioned this to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said, "They are the Ahl al-Bayt (the Prophet's household), and they have greater understanding."

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said that al-Sha'bi said: He should repeat the prayer. I mentioned this to Abu al-Duha, and he said: Shurayh also held that the prayer should be repeated.

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said: I mentioned it to Abu al-Duha, and he said: Shurayh used to say, "He should repeat the prayer."

Tawus said: When, while praying, you cannot tell how much of the prayer you have prayed, repeat it once. If the same thing happens again, there is no need to repeat it again.

Ata said: He should repeat the prayer.

Ata said: He should repeat it once.

When Abd al-Karim, Sa'id bin Jubayr and Maymun became uncertain in the prayer, they would repeat the prayer.