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
سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلنُّعْمَانِ اَلرَّازِيِّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَصْحَابٍ لِي فِي سَفَرٍ وَ أَنَا إِمَامُهُمْ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمُ اَلْمَغْرِبَ فَسَلَّمْتُ فِي اَلرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اَلْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابِي إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَكَلَّمْتُهُمْ وَ كَلَّمُونِي فَقَالُوا أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَنُعِيدُ فَقُلْتُ لَكِنِّي لاَ أُعِيدُ وَ أُتِمُّ بِرَكْعَةٍ فَأَتْمَمْتُ بِرَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ سِرْنَا فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ اَلَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا فَقَالَ لِي« أَنْتَ كُنْتَ أَصْوَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِعْلاً إِنَّمَا يُعِيدُ مَنْ لاَ يَدْرِي مَا صَلَّى»
Sa‘d, from Ayyub bin Nuh, from Ali bin al-Nu‘man al-Razi, who said:
I (al-Razi) was with some companions of mine on a journey, and I was their Imam (of prayer). I led them in the Maghrib prayer and performed the taslim after the first two rak‘ahs. My companions said: "You only prayed two rak‘ahs with us." We spoke to each other, and they said: "As for us, we will repeat (the prayer)." So I said: "As for me, I will not repeat it; I will complete it with one rak‘ah." So I completed it with one rak‘ah. Then we continued our journey, and I came to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him and mentioned to Him عليه السلام what had happened with us. Imam عليه السلام said to me: "You acted more correctly than they did. Only the one who does not know what he has prayed must repeat (the prayer)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 192
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 228