حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِکٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَدَکُمْ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي جَائَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَبَّسَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّی لَا يَدْرِيَ کَمْ صَلَّی فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُکُمْ ذَلِکَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَکَذَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَاللَّيْثُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1030
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; When one of you stands up to pray, the devil comes to him and confuses him so that he does not know how much he has prayed. If any of you has such an experience, he should perform two prostrations while he is sitting. Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been narrated in a similar manner by Ibn ‘Uyainab, Mamar and al-Laith.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020