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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you stands for the prayers, Satan comes and puts him in doubts
till he forgets how many rak`at he has prayed. So if this happens to anyone of you, he should perform
two prostrations of Sahu while sitting.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 22, Hadith 10
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the call for prayer is made, Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that
he may not hear the Adhan and when the call is finished he comes back, and when the Iqama is
pronounced, Satan again takes to his heels, and when the Iqama is finished he comes back again and
tries to interfere with the person and his thoughts and say, "Remember this and that (which he has not
thought of before the prayer)", till the praying person forgets how much he has prayed. If anyone of
you does not remember whether he has offered three or four rak`at then he should perform two
prostrations of Sahu while sitting.
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I was sent to Aisha by Ibn `Abbas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar . They
told me to greet her on their behalf and to ask her about the offering of the two rak`at after the `Asr
prayer and to say to her, "We were informed that you offer those two rak`at and we were told that the
Prophet had forbidden offering them." Ibn `Abbas said, "I along with `Umar bin Al-Khattab used to
beat the people whenever they offered them." I went to Aisha and told her that message. `Aisha said,
"Go and ask Um Salama about them." So I returned and informed them about her statement. They
then told me to go to Um Salama with the same question with which t sent me to `Aisha. Um Salama
replied, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) forbidding them. Later I saw him offering them immediately after he
prayed the `Asr prayer. He then entered my house at a time when some of the Ansari women from the
tribe of Bani Haram were sitting with me, so I sent my slave girl to him having said to her, 'Stand
beside him and tell him that Um Salama says to you, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have heard you forbidding
the offering of these (two rak`at after the `Asr prayer) but I have seen you offering them." If he waves
his hand then wait for him.' The slave girl did that. The Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned her with his hand and she
waited for him. When he had finished the prayer he said, "O daughter of Bani Umaiya! You have
asked me about the two rak`at after the `Asr prayer. The people of the tribe of `Abdul-Qais came to
me and made me busy and I could not offer the two rak`at after the Zuhr prayer. These (two rak`at that
I have just prayed) are for those (missed) ones.