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Sunan Abi Dawud 1038 — For Each Forgetfulness, Two Prostrations After Salam
One Who Forgets The Tashah-hud While He Is Sitting
Hadith: For Each Forgetfulness There Are Two Prostrations
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1038
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1038
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، وَالرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَشُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، - بِمَعْنَى الإِسْنَادِ - أَنَّ ابْنَ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْكَلاَعِيِّ، عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَالِمٍ الْعَنْسِيِّ - عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو وَحْدَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لِكُلِّ سَهْوٍ سَجْدَتَانِ بَعْدَ مَا يُسَلِّمُ " . لَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ . غَيْرُ عَمْرٍو .
Thawban Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: For each forgetfulness there are two prostrations after giving the salutation. No one except Amr (ibn Uthman) mentioned the words "from his father" (in the chain AbdurRahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr from Thawban).
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1038In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 649English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1033
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1038
This hadith states a broad phrase about forgetfulness in prayer. The Prophet said that for each forgetfulness there are two prostrations after giving the salutation. The wording is brief, but it is useful for readers searching sujood as-sahw after salam or two prostrations for every forgetfulness. The report does not list examples, so it should not be used here to invent cases not mentioned in the text. Its message is general: forgetfulness has a prayer correction, and this narration places the two prostrations after salutation. Abu Dawud also notes wording differences in the chain, but the translated statement remains focused on the link between forgetfulness, two prostrations, and salam.
What we learn from this hadith
- Forgetfulness in prayer is linked with two prostrations in this report.
- This narration places the prostrations after the salutation.
- The statement is general and does not list separate types of mistakes.
