إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّيْتَ وَ لَمْ يَقَعْ وَهْمُكَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَأَعِدِ الصَّلَاةَ.
“Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘If you do not know how many Rak‘at you have performed and your guess does not settle anywhere, perform your Salah (prayer) again.’”
قُلْنَا لَهُ[1] الرَّجُلُ يَشُكُّ كَثِيراً فِي صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى لَا يَدْرِيَ كَمْ صَلَّى وَ لَا مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ يُعِيدُ قُلْنَا لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْثُرُ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ كُلَّمَا عَادَ شَكَّ قَالَ يَمْضِي فِي شَكِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا تُعَوِّدُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ بِنَقْضِ الصَّلَاةِ فَتُطْمِعُوهُ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ خَبِيثٌ يَعْتَادُ لِمَا عُوِّدَ فَلْيَمْضِ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْوَهْمِ وَ لَا يُكْثِر
“We once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a man who doubts very often and does not know how many Rak‘at he has performed and how many Rak‘at remain. He (the Imam) said, ‘He performs again.’ We then asked, ‘It becomes a great many on him, because every time he performs again he doubts.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He continu
قَالَ: إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فَلَمْ تَدْرِ أَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ أَنْتَ أَمْ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ أَمْ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ أَمْ فِي أَرْبَعٍ فَأَعِدْ وَ لَا تَمْضِ عَلَى الشَّكِّ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you doubt and do not know if you have performed three or two or one or four, perform Salah (prayer) again and do not continue with doubt.’”
أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ مَا أَلْقَى مِنَ الْوَسْوَسَةِ فِي صَلَاتِي حَتَّى لَا أَدْرِي مَا صَلَّيْتُ مِنْ زِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ فَقَالَ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ فِي صَلَاتِكَ فَاطْعُنْ فَخِذَكَ الْأَيْسَرَ بِإِصْبَعِكَ الْيُمْنَى الْمُسَبِّحَةِ ثُمَّ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ف
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Once a man came to the Holy prophet, and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I complain before you against misgivings I face in my Salah (prayer) so much so that I do not know how much I have performed, increased or decreased. He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘When you begin your Salah (pra
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْإِمَامِ يُصَلِّي بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَنْفُسٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةِ أَنْفُسٍ وَ يُسَبِّحُ اثْنَانِ[1] عَلَى أَنَّهُمْ صَلَّوْا ثَلَاثاً وَ يُسَبِّحُ ثَلَاثَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُمْ صَلَّوْا أَرْبَعاً وَ يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ قُومُوا وَ يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ اقْعُدُوا وَ الْإِمَامُ مَائِلٌ مَعَ أَحَدِهِمَا أَوْ مُعْتَدِلُ الْوَهْمِ فَمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ سَهْوٌ إِذَا حَفِظَ عَلَيْهِ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ س
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of an Imam who leads four or five people in Salah (prayer). Of these people two of them say Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects) indicating that it is three Rak‘at and three of them say Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects) to indicate that it is four Rak‘at. These o
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّهْوِ فِي النَّافِلَةِ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ.
“I once asked one of the two Imam, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about mistakes in optional Salah (prayer). He (the Imam) said, ‘There is not anything upon him.’”
لَيْسَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ سَهْوٌ وَ لَا عَلَى مَنْ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ سَهْوٌ وَ لَا عَلَى السَّهْوِ سَهْوٌ وَ لَا عَلَى الْإِعَادَةِ إِعَادَةٌ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Mistake is not applicable in the case of an Imam, in the case of those behind an Imam, and it is not applicable about a mistake in a mistake or about repeat of the repeat.’”
إِذَا كَثُرَ عَلَيْكَ السَّهْوُ فَامْضِ فِي صَلَاتِكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَدَعَكَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ.
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has sad, ‘If mistakes become many on you then continue in your Salah (prayer), eventually it may leave you alone; it is from Satan.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ السَّهْوِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْثُرُ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَدْرِجْ صَلَاتَكَ إِدْرَاجاً قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ الْإِدْرَاجُ قَالَ ثَلَاثُ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ وَ رَوَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَهَا فِي النَّافِلَةِ بَنَى عَلَى الْأَقَلِّ. فَجَمِيعُ مَوَاضِعِ السَّهْوِ الَّتِي قَدْ ذَكَرْنَا فِيهَا الْأَثَرَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ مَوْضِعاً سَبْعَةٌ مِنْهَا يَجِبُ عَلَى السَّاهِي فِيهَا إِع
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about mistakes which befall on me a great deal. He (the Imam) said, ‘Incorporate your Salah (prayer) properly.’ I then asked, ‘What is incorporating?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is saying three Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects) in Ruku‘ (bowing down on one’s knees) and in Sujud (pr