إِذَا لَمْ تَدْرِ ثِنْتَيْنِ صَلَّيْتَ أَمْ أَرْبَعاً وَ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ وَهْمُكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ فَتَشَهَّدْ وَ سَلِّمْ ثُمَّ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ وَ سَلِّمْ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَانَتَا هَاتَانِ تَمَامَ الْأَرْبَعِ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَلَّيْتَ أَرْبَعاً كَانَتَا هَاتَانِ نَافِلَةً وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَدْرِي ثَلَاثاً صَلَّيْتَ أَمْ أَرْبَعاً وَ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ وَهْمُكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ فَسَلِّمْ ثُمَّ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَنْتَ جَالِسٌ تَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَ إِنْ ذَهَبَ وَهْمُكَ إِلَى الثَّلَاثِ فَقُمْ فَصَلِّ الرَّكْعَةَ الرَّابِعَةَ وَ لَا تَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ وَهْمُكَ إِلَى الْأَرْبَعِ فَتَشَهَّدْ وَ سَلِّمْ ثُمَّ اسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘When you do not know whether you have prayed two (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>) or four and your imagination does not go to anything, so perform <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span> and offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span>. Then pray two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> (of <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) and four <span class="iTxt">Sujūd</span> (plural of <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>), reciting in both of these with the Mother of the Quran (Chapter 1), then perform <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span> and offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span>. So if it was so, that rather you had prayed two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>, these two would complete the four, and if you had prayed four, these two would be (counted as) optional (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>). And if you did not know whether you had prayed three or four, and your imagination does not go towards anything, so offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span>, then pray two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> while you are seated, reciting in these two with the Mother of the Book (Chapter 1). And if your imagination goes towards the three (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> having been prayed), so stand and pray the fourth <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> and do not perform <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> with the <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> of the omission. So if your imagination goes towards the four (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> having been prayed), so perform <span class="iTxt">Tashahhud</span> and offer <span class="iTxt">Salām</span>, then perform <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> with the <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> of the omission’.
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