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Bayhaqi 751 — Certainty is not removed by doubt

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الْحَدَثِ وَأَيْقَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ فَأَنْتَ عَلَى وُضُوئِكَ، وَإِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الْوُضُوءِ وَأَيْقَنْتَ بِالْحَدَثِ فَتَوَضَّأْ ".
(c) It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that when you sense that you may have broken your ablution but are certain of your ablution, then you are still in a state of ablution; and when you are in doubt about your ablution but are certain of having broken it, then perform ablution.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 751
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ أخرجه عبد الرزاق 540»