Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9825 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَزَادَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ أَوَ نَقَصَ قَالَ مَنْصُورٌ وَإِنَّمَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّاسِي ذَاكَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَوَ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ «لَا» فَذُكِرَ لَهُ الَّذِي صَنَعَ فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَوْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْءٌ نَبَّأْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي بَشَرٌ مِثْلَكُمْ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ فَإِذَا نَسِيتُ فَذَكِّرُونِي وَأَيُّكُمْ مَا شَكَّ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحْرَى بِذَلِكَ الصَّوَابُ فَلْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ»
English Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Nadr al-Azdi narrated to us, from Mu'awiyah ibn Amr, from Za'idah, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, from Abdullah who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) led us in prayer and added or subtracted (from the number of rak'ahs). Mansur said: Ibrahim was the one who was uncertain whether it was from Alqamah or from Abdullah. Abdullah said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) completed the prayer and turned to face us, we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, has something new been introduced in the prayer?' He said: 'No.' We told him what he had done. He folded his leg, faced the qiblah, and performed two prostrations, then turned and said: 'If something new had been introduced in the prayer, I would have told you. But I am only a human like you; I forget as you forget. When I forget, remind me. And whichever of you has doubt in his prayer, let him consider what is most likely correct, complete it, give the closing salutation, then perform two prostrations.'