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Sunan Abi Dawud 1027 — Complete the Fourth Rak'ah When Certain of Three
Whoever Said The Doubt Should Be Ignored When One Is Confused Regarding (Whether He Has Prayed) Two Or Three Rak'ah
Hadith About Being Sure of Three Rak'ahs in Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1027
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1027
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِيُّ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، بِإِسْنَادِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَنَ أَنْ قَدْ صَلَّى ثَلاَثًا فَلْيَقُمْ فَلْيُتِمَّ رَكْعَةً بِسُجُودِهَا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسْ فَيَتَشَهَّدْ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ لْيُسَلِّمْ " . ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَعْنَى مَالِكٍ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَحَفْصِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ وَدَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَهِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ إِلاَّ أَنَّ هِشَامًا بَلَغَ بِهِ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ .
Zaid b. Aslam Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If one of you is in doubt about his prayer, and if he is sure that he prayed three rak'ah, he should stand and complete one rak'ah along with its prostrations. Then he should sit and recite the tashahhud. When he finishes the prayer, and there remains nothing except salutation, he should make two prostrations while he is sitting and afterwards should give the salutation. The narrator then narrated the tradition similar to that of Malik.Abu Dawud said: Similarly, this tradition has been narrated by Ibn Wahb from Malik, Hafs b. Maisarah, Dawud b. Qais and Hisham b. Sa'd. But Hisham projected it to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1027In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 638English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1022
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1027
This hadith gives a detailed step for doubt in prayer when the person is sure that three rak'ahs have been prayed. The Prophet said that he should stand and complete one rak'ah with its prostrations. Then he should sit, recite the tashahhud, and when nothing remains except the salutation, make two prostrations while sitting. After that, he gives salutation. For search terms like sure of three rak'ahs hadith or sujood as-sahw before salam, this narration is very direct. It shows that the prayer is built on what is certain. It also places the two prostrations near the end, before the final salutation described in the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- When certainty is three rak'ahs, the person completes one more rak'ah.
- The hadith includes tashahhud before the two prostrations.
- The two prostrations are made while sitting before giving salutation.
