Doubts with regards to the number of rakaats performed

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2016-02-10 08:33

Q: In our local shopping centre there is a small prayer room. Three of us entered to pray zuhr salah and decided to pray in jammat. I was chosen to lead the prayer. We finished salah and went our separate ways. My question is this, after salah and returning home I kept feeling I prayed only 3 rakaats. I just couldn't get this feeling out of my mind. When we finished the other two never mentioned I only completed 3 rakat, so to tell you the truth I do not know whether I completed 3 or 4 rakaats. What must I do or should have done?

A: If you are not certain, then regard your salaah to be complete and do not pay attention to the doubt.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

Category:

Salaah›Doubts in Salaah

Labels:

Disclaimer: The answer hereby given is specifically based on the question asked and should be read together with the question asked. Muftionline.co.za bears no responsibility to any party who may or may not act on this answer. Muftionline.co.za being hereby exempted from loss or damage whatsoever caused. Should the question refer to a matter in dispute between two parties, this answer may not be used in the dispute in question by either party unless the question was jointly submitted by both parties with an acknowledgement by both parties that the question was correct and accurate. This answer may not be used as evidence in any court of Law without prior written consent from Muftionline.co.za.

This is the standard version of the site.