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Sunan Abi Dawud 1034 — Forgetting the Sitting After Two Rak'ahs
One Who Stands Up After The Two Rak'ah Without Performing The Tashah-hud
Hadith About Forgetting the First Sitting in Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1034
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1034
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ فَقَامَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ وَانْتَظَرْنَا التَّسْلِيمَ كَبَّرَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
`Abdullah bin Buhaina Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in prayer praying two rak'ahs. When he stood up and did not sit (at the end of two rak'ahs) the people stood up along with him. When he finished the prayer and we expect him to give the salutation, he said: "Allah is most great." While sitting and made two prostrations before giving the salutation. Then he gave it.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1034In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 645English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1029
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1034
This hadith describes a prayer led by the Messenger of Allah in which he prayed two rak'ahs, then stood without sitting. The people also stood with him. When the prayer was finished and they expected him to give the salutation, he said Allah is most great, then made two prostrations while sitting before the salutation. After that, he gave the salutation. For people searching hadith about forgetting tashahhud or first sitting in salah, this report gives the event and the correction. It does not mention a speech or a long explanation. The lesson is seen through the action: the prayer continued, and the missed sitting was answered with two prostrations before salam.
What we learn from this hadith
- When the sitting after two rak'ahs was missed, the prayer continued.
- The Prophet made two seated prostrations before salutation.
- The congregation followed the imam when he stood.
