Not doing sujood al-sahw in order to ward off waswaas (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan)
Question: 10271
He always gets confused whilst praying [as to how many rak’ahs he has done]. Should he act on the basis of what he is certain of or what he thinks is most likely? This happens to him a lot, so should he forgo doing sujood al-sahw (prostration of forgetfulness) in order to ward off waswaas (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan)?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
We
put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah
preserve him, who answered as follows:
He should not pay attention to
those doubts and he should not do sujood al-sahw for them, because too
many doubts lead to waswaas.
Source:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen
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