مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 1677
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنِي مَكْحُولٌ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَشَكَّ فِي صَلاتِهِ، فَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الْوَاحِدَةِ وَالثِّنْتَيْنِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا وَاحِدَةً، وَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الثِّنْتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا ثِنْتَيْنِ، وَإِنْ شَكَّ فِي الثَّلاثِ وَالْأَرْبَعِ، فَلْيَجْعَلْهُمَا ثَلاثًا، حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْوَهْمُ فِي الزِّيَادَةِ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمْ " قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ لِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ: هَلِ أسْنَدَهُ لَكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، فَقَالَ: لَكِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ، ، ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: جَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِذَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي صَلاتِهِ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ؟ قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا أَدْرِي مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي تَذَاكَرَانِ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: ذَكَرْنَا الرَّجُلَ يَشُكُّ فِي صَلاتِهِ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ (١)،
Translation
English translation
Makhool said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If one of you prays and is uncertain about his prayer, if he is not sure whether it was one or two (rak"ahs), let him assume it was one; if he is not sure whether it was two or three, let him assume it was two; if he is not sure whether it was three or four, let him assume it was three, until he doubts only that he may have done too much, then let him prostrate twice before he says the salam, then let him say the salam." Muhammad bin Ishaq said: and Husain bin ‘Abdullah said to me; Did he tell you the isnad? I said: No. He said: But he told me that Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn "Abbas, told him that Ibn "Abbas said: I sat with "Umar bin al-Khattab and he said: O Ibn "Abbas, if a man is not sure about his prayer, and does not know whether he prayed too many or too few [rak"ahs]. (what should he do)? I said: By Allah, O Ameer al-Mu"mineen, I do not know; I did not hear anything about that. "Umar said: By Allah, I do not know either. Whilst we were like that, ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf came and said: What are you talking about?ʻUmar said to him: We were talking about a man who is not certain about his prayer; what should he do? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say.... and he narrated the same Hadeeth.
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This is Hadith 1677 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 10, Musnad of 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf az-Zuhri, as in-book entry 23.
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Musnad Ahmad 1677 Arabic/English book : Book 10, Hadith 1677
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