Chapter on Rulings on Forgetfulness (Sahw) in Prayer and What Requires Repeating of Prayer

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 10
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 10

Chapter on Rulings on Forgetfulness (Sahw) in Prayer and What Requires Repeating of Prayer

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي وَ لاَ يَدْرِي أَ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى أَمِ اِثْنَتَيْنِ قَالَ« يَسْتَقْبِلُ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِنَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَمَّ وَ فِي اَلْجُمُعَةِ وَ فِي اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ»
And from him, from Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Muhammad bin Muslim, who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about a man who is praying and does not know whether he prayed one rak‘ah or two. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should start over until he is certain that he has completed (the prayer), and this applies in Jumu‘ah, in Maghrib, and in prayer during travel."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 189
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb