الحكمةAl-Hikmah
  • Prophets
  • Du'as
  • About
الحكمةAl-Hikmah

A scholarly resource for the authentic Islamic tradition, open to all who seek knowledge.

Hadith

  • Browse Collections
  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim
  • Sunan Abu Dawud
  • Muwatta Imam Malik

Learn

  • The Quran
  • Prophets
  • Tawheed
  • Ramadan
  • Fiqh
  • Suluk
  • Nikah
  • Du'as
  • Hajj & Umrah
  • 99 Names of Allah
  • How to Pray
  • Tayamum
  • Zakat
  • Ghusl
  • Taharah
  • Jumu'ah
  • Eid Prayers
  • Ulum al-Quran
  • Mustalah al-Hadith

Reference

  • Seerah
  • Glossary
  • Islamic Calendar
  • About

© 2026 Al-Hikmah. All rights reserved.

Compiled with love for seekers of knowledge

A BBMW0 Technologies project

وَعَلَّمَكَ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْلَمُ

Muwatta' Imam Malik
Muwatta MalikHadith #212: Sahih

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم 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 ‏"‏ ‏.‏

English Meaning

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 rakas, 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

PreviousAll Muwatta MalikNext