حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ إِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَلَّی وَلَهُ ضُرَاطٌ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَزَادَ فَهَنَّاهُ وَمَنَّاهُ وَذَکَّرَهُ مِنْ حَاجَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَکُنْ يَذْکُرُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1268
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: When there is a call to prayer the devil runs back breaking the wind so that he may not hear the call, and when the call is complete he comes back. And when the takbir is pronounced he again runs back, and when takbir is over he comes back and distracts a man saying: Remember such and such, remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have in his mind. with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed; so when any one of you is not sure how much he has prayed. he should perform two prostrations while sitting (qa'da).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020