قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ فَأَعِدْ.
‘If you doubt in the first two Rak‘at, perform your Salah (prayer) again.”’
قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ فَأَعِدْ.
‘If you doubt in the first two Rak‘at, perform your Salah (prayer) again.”’
قَالَ: إِذَا سَهَا الرَّجُلُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَ الْعَصْرِ وَ الْعَتَمَةِ وَ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى أَمْ ثِنْتَيْنِ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعِيدَ الصَّلَاةَ.
“He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘If one doubts in the first two Rak‘at of al-Dhuhr, al-‘Asr and al-‘Atmah and does not know he has performed one or two, he must perform his Salah (prayer) again.’”
قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ لَا يَدْرِي وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى أَمْ ثِنْتَيْنِ قَالَ يُعِيدُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَ ثِنْتَيْنِ صَلَّى أَمْ ثَلَاثاً فَقَالَ إِنْ دَخَلَهُ الشَّكُّ بَعْدَ دُخُولِهِ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ مَضَى فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْأُخْرَى وَ لَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُسَلِّمُ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْرِ فِي ثِنْتَيْنِ هُوَ أَمْ فِي أَرْبَعٍ قَالَ يُسَلِّمُ وَ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُم
“I once said to one of the two Imam (a.s.), ‘There is a man who does not know if he has performed one or two. He (the Imam) said, ‘He performs his Salah (prayer) again.’ I then asked, ‘There is a man who does not know if he has performed two or three. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he doubts after entering the third Rak‘at, h
قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع الْإِعَادَةُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ وَ السَّهْوُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ.
“Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida (a.s.), once said to me, ‘In the first two Rak‘at it is performing again and confusion in the second two Rak‘at (has remedies).”’