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Hadith 1359
Hadith #
1359
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
40
Part
The Book of Prayer
Chapter
Mistakes in Salah (Prayer) of Three or Four Rak‘at
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from af-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from Aban from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sayabah and abu al-‘Abbas who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abdullah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you do not know whether you have performed three or four Rak’ah and your thought settles on three, then consider it three. If your thought settles on four, say Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) and end Salah (prayer). If your guess is equal; end Salah (prayer), then perform two Rak’ah in a sitting position.’”
7ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ وَأَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ
إِذَا لَمْ تَدْرِ ثَلاَثاً صَلَّيْتَ أَوْ أَرْبَعاً وَوَقَعَ رَأْيُكَ عَلَى الثَّلاَثِ فَابْنِ عَلَى الثَّلاَثِ وَإِنْ وَقَعَ رَأْيُكَ عَلَى الأرْبَعِ فَسَلِّمْ وَانْصَرِفْ وَإِنِ اعْتَدَلَ وَهْمُكَ فَانْصَرِفْ وَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ جَالِسٌ.
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