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Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili 7:5

From the Musnad of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (RA)

من مسند عبد الرحمن بن عوف

Hadith 7:5

Abu Khaythama narrated to us, Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Makhul narrated to me, from Kurayb, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas, from Abdullah ibn Abbas, who said: I sat with Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he said to me: "O Ibn Abbas, have you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) that he commanded a Muslim man to do if he forgets in his prayer, how he should act?" I said: "No, by Allah. Or have you not heard anything from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) regarding that, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "No, by Allah." While we were in that state, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf came and said: "What are you two discussing?" Umar said to him: "I asked him," and he informed him of what he had asked him. Abd al-Rahman said to him: "But I have heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) command regarding that." Umar said to him: "You are trustworthy to us, so what did you hear from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)?" Abd al-Rahman said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: 'If one of you forgets in his prayer until he does not know whether he added or subtracted, if he is in doubt between one and two, let him count it as one. If he is in doubt between two and three, let him count it as two. And if he is in doubt between three and four, let him count it as three, so that the uncertainty is regarding the addition. Then he should prostrate twice while he is sitting before he gives the salutation, then he should give the salutation.'"

حدثنا أبو خيثمة حدثنا يعقوب بن إبراهيم حدثنا أبي عن بن إسحاق قال حدثني مكحول عن كريب مولى بن عباس عن عبد الله بن عباس قال جلست مع عمر بن الخطاب فقال لي يا بن عباس هل سمعت عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم شيئا أمر به المرء المسلم إذا سها في صلاته كيف يصنع قال فقلت لا والله أو ما سمعت أنت يا أمير المؤمنين من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في ذلك شيئا قال فقال لا والله فبينما نحن في ذلك أتى عبد الرحمن بن عوف فقال فيما أنتما قال فقال له عمر سألته فأخبره عما سأله فقال له عبد الرحمن لكني قد سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يأمر في ذلك فقال له عمر فأنت عندنا عدل فماذا سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال فقال عبد الرحمن سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم * يقول إذا سها أحدكم في صلاته حتى لا يدري أزاد أم نقص فإن كان شك في الواحدة والثنتين فليجعلها واحدة وإذا شك في الثنتين أو الثلاثة فليجعلها ثنتين وإذا شك في الثلاث والأربع فليجعلها ثلاثا حتى يكون الوهم في الزيادة ثم يسجد سجدتين وهو جالس قبل أن يسلم ثم يسلم