𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵❓
When I intend to offer Sallah (Prayer), some kind
of Waswas (insinuating or distracting thoughts instigated by Satan) and
suspicions preoccupy my mind that sometimes I no longer know what I have
recited or the number of Rak‘ahs (units of Prayer) I offered. Please guide me.
What should I do?
𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑹❗️
It is prescribed for those offering Salah, men and
women, to enter into Salah attentive and humbly submissive to Allah, calling to
their mind that they are standing before their Lord, to drive away Satan and
decrease Satanic incitements. This is to act upon Allah’s Saying (سبحانه وتعالى):
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ١
“Successful
indeed are the believers.
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ ٢
Those who offer their Salât (prayers) with all
solemnity and full submissiveness.” [Surah Al-Mu'minun: 1-2]
Once insinuations are repeated, it is prescribed
that one should seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. Even when this
takes place during Salah, the praying person should then spit dryly to their
left side three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan three times,
because the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
commanded ‘Uthman ibn Abul-‘Aas to do so when the latter told the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) that Satan made him doubt his Salah.
If a person who is performing Salah is not sure
about the number of Rak‘ahs they performed, then they should base their Salah
upon the lesser actions they have performed which they are certain about. They
should continue completing their Salah and then perform Sujud-ul-Sahw
(Prostration of Forgetfulness) twice before concluding Salah with Taslim
(salutation of peace ending the Prayer), because Abu Sa‘id (رضي الله عنه)
reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
said: If any of you doubts during their Salah and does not know whether they
have performed three or four (Rak‘ahs), they should cast aside their doubts and
build on what they are sure of. Then they should perform two prostrations before
offering Taslim. If the Rak‘ah they have prayed is the fifth, they (the two
prostrations) will make their Salah of an even number of Rak‘ahs; and if by
praying it they have completed four Rak‘ahs, they (the two prostrations) will
cause chagrin to Satan. (Related by
Muslim in his Sahih [Authentic Hadith Book]) Allah is the One Who grants
success!
[Majmoo ’al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol. 11; pp. 258 -
259]
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