Chapter on the Rulings on Forgetfulness (Ahkam al-Sahw)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 16
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 16

Chapter on the Rulings on Forgetfulness (Ahkam al-Sahw)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَيُصَلِّي عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَيَحْتَسِبُ بِالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَلاَةٍ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ« لاَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَهَا عَمْداً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْوِ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ»
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, (was asked) regarding a man who intends to pray eight rak‘ahs but ends up praying ten rak‘ahs, are the two extra rak‘ahs counted as part of another prayer upon him? Imam عليه السلام said: "No, unless he deliberately intends that. But if he did not intend it, then no."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 369
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb