Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26554

Ahmad bin Mani’ told us, Ismail bin Ibrahim told us, Hisham Al-Dastawai told us, on the authority of Yahya bin Abi Kathir, on the authority of Iyad That is, Ibn Hilal, he said: I said to Abu Sa`id: One of us prays and does not know how he prayed, so he said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “When he prays If one of you does not know how he prayed, let him prostrate two prostrations while sitting. He said, and in the chapter on the authority of Uthman, Ibn Masoud, Aisha, and my father. Hurairah. Abu Issa said the hadith of Abu Sa’id is a hasan hadith. This hadith was narrated on the authority of Abu Sa’id through another route. It was It was narrated On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “If one of you doubts about one or two, let him make them one, and if he doubts about two, three So let him make them two, and prostrate in that two prostrations before he gives the salutation.” And this is acted upon according to our companions. And he said. If some people of knowledge have doubts about their prayer and do not know how many times they have prayed, let them repeat it.