Al-Kafi 5172

Translation

Hammad, from Hareyz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘But rather, the omission is what is between the third and the fourth, and in the second and the fourth is of that very status. And the one who forgets and does not know whether he has prayed three or four and his doubt is equal, he should stand and he would complete (the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>), then he should be seated, so he would perform the <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span>, and he would offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span> (greet), and he would pray two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>, and four <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>s while he is seated. So if his imagination was more towards the four (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> having been prayed), he should perform <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span> and greet. Then he should recite the Opening of the Book (Chapter 1), and he should perform <span class="iTxt">Rukū </span>and <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>. Then he should recite and perform <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> with two Sujūd (plural of <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>), and one <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span>, and greet (<span class="iTxt">Salām</span>). And if it was so that his imagination was more towards the two (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> having been prayed), he should arise and pray two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>, and one <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span>, and offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span> (greet)’.

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