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(Book 3, Hadith 66) #35267
Making Prayer Even and Spiting Shaytan

SUMMARY: If you are uncertain in your prayer, make two prostrations from the sitting position before the taslim to make it even and spite Shaytan.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If you are uncertain in the prayer and do not know whether you have prayed three or four rakahs, then pray a raka and make two prostrations from the sitting position before the taslim. If the raka that you prayed was the fifth, then you make it even by these two sajdas, and if it was the fourth, then the two prostrations spite Shaytan".
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ كَمْ صَلَّى أَثَلاَثًا أَمْ أَرْبَعًا فَلْيُصَلِّي رَكْعَةً وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الرَّكْعَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّى خَامِسَةً شَفَعَهَا بِهَاتَيْنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ رَابِعَةً فَالسَّجْدَتَانِ تَرْغِيمٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ

TOPICS
prayer  *  uncertainty  *  prostration  *  salat  *  shakk  *  sajdah  *  taslim  *  shaytan

QUICK LESSONS:
Pray a raka and make two prostrations from the sitting position before taslim when uncertain in your prayer

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about prayer and how to handle uncertainty during it. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us that if we are uncertain in our prayer whether we have prayed three or four rakahs, then we should pray a raka and make two prostrations from the sitting position before the taslim. This is done so that if it was the fourth raka then it will be made even by these two sajdas. Additionally, this action also spites Shaytan as he does not want us to complete our prayers properly. Therefore this hadith teaches us about being mindful of our prayers as well as how important it is for us to spite Shaytan by doing good deeds such as praying properly with certainty.

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