Hadith #371
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَبُو شُجَاعٍ عَنْ أَبِي السَّمْحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ عَنْ أَبِي
سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ { وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ } قَالَ تَشْوِيهِ النَّارُ فَتَقَلَّصُ شَفَتُهُ الْعُلْيَا حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ وَتَسْتَرْخِي شَفَتُهُ السُّفْلَى حَتَّى تَضْرِبَ سُرَّتَهُ
Isnad Chain
علي بن إسحاق
عبد الله
سعيد بن يزيد أبو شجاع
أبي السمح
أبي الهيثم
English Translation
Ali ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Abdullah narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Yazid Abu Shuja' informed us, from Abu al-Samh, from Abu al-Haytham, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "If one of you is in doubt about his prayer and does not know whether he prayed three or four, then let him cast aside the doubt and build upon what he is certain of. Then let him perform two prostrations before giving the salam. If he had prayed five, they [the prostrations] will make his prayer even [i.e., as if he prayed six, making it like two extra rak'ahs]. And if he had prayed four completely, they will be a humiliation for the Shaytan."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 24, Hadith 371
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11409
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47799