فِي مَنْ لَا يَدْرِي أَ ثَلَاثاً صَلَّى أَمْ أَرْبَعاً وَ وَهْمُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا اعْتَدَلَ الْوَهْمُ فِي الثَّلَاثِ وَ الْأَرْبَعِ فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ وَ قَالَ فِي رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَ ثِنْتَيْنِ صَلَّى أَمْ أَرْبَعاً وَ وَهْمُهُ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْأَرْبَعِ أَوْ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ وَ قَالَ إِنْ ذَهَبَ وَهْمُكَ إِلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعٍ فَهُوَ سَوَاءٌ وَ لَيْسَ الْوَهْمُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مِثْلَهُ فِي الثَّلَاثِ وَ الْأَرْبَعِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel, from one of our companions, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said regarding the one who does not know whether he had prayed three (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>) or four, and his imagination with regards to that is equal, said: ‘When the imagination is equated regarding the third and the fourth, so he is with the choice, if he so desires to he prays one <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> while he is standing, and if he so desires to he prays two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> and four <span class="iTxt">Sujūd </span>(plural of <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>s) while he is seated’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said regarding a man who does not know whether he had prayed two (<span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>) or four, and his imagination goes towards the four, or towards the two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should pray two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> and four <span class="iTxt">Sujūd </span>(plural of <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>s). And he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If his imagination goes towards the two <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> and the four <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>, so it is the same, and the imagination in this place is not similar to regarding the three and the four’.
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