إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فَأَعِدْ وَ إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي الْفَجْرِ فَأَعِدْ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you doubt in al-Maghrib Salah (prayer) perform it again. If you doubt in the morning Salah (prayer) perform it again.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي وَ لَا يَدْرِي وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى أَمْ ثِنْتَيْنِ قَالَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ[1] حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِنَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَمَّ وَ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ وَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ وَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فِي السَّفَرِ.
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who performs Salah (prayer) but does not know if he has performed one or two (Rak‘at). He (the Imam) said, ‘He performs it again to ascertain that he has completed it and so also is the case with Friday, al-Maghrib and Salah (prayer) on a journey.’”
صَلَّيْتُ بِأَصْحَابِيَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ سَلَّمْتُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَعَدْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ أَعَدْتَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يُجْزِئُكَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فَتَرْكَعَ رَكْعَةً.
‘You performed only two Rak‘at.’ I performed it again. I then informed abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about it and he said, ‘Perhaps you performed it again.’ I said, ‘Yes, I did so.’ He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) smiled and said, ‘You only had to stand up and perform one Rak‘at.’”
لَيْسَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْفَجْرِ سَهْوٌ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘There is no confusion (acceptable) in al-Maghrib and morning Salah (prayer).”’