Abu Hurayrah named it for us (5), but I forgot—so he prayed two rak'ahs, then performed the taslim. He then stood up to a piece of wood placed in the mosque and placed his hand upon it as if he were angry, [and he intertwined] (6) his fingers, placing his right hand upon the back of his left palm. The quick-witted people left the mosque, saying: "Has the prayer been shortened?" Among the people were Abu Bakr and 'Umar, but they feared speaking to him. Among the people was a man with long hands, called Dhu al-Yadayn. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, have you forgotten, or has the prayer been shortened?" He replied: "I have not forgotten, nor has it been shortened." He [the Prophet] then asked: "Is it as Dhu al-Yadayn says?" They replied: "Yes." He then stepped forward and prayed what he had omitted from his prayer, then performed the taslim, then performed takbir and prostrated [a prostration] like his [usual] prostration or longer, then raised his head and performed takbir, then performed takbir and prostrated like his [usual] prostration or longer, then raised his head and performed takbir. He said: "And perhaps they asked him: Then did he perform the taslim?" He said: "I have been informed that 'Imran ibn Husayn said: Then he performed the taslim." Agreed upon (7). Abu Dawud also recorded it and added: He said, "I said, what about the tashahhud?" He replied: "I did not hear about the tashahhud, but it is more beloved to me (8) that he should perform the tashahhud."
(5) Omitted from M. (6) In M: "and he intertwined". (7) Recorded by al-Bukhari in: The Chapter of Intertwining Fingers in the Mosque and Elsewhere, from the Book of Prayer; in: The Chapter of Whether the Imam Should Accept the Statement of the People if He Doubts, from the Book of Adhan; in: The Chapter of If He Performs the Taslim After Two or Three [Rak'ahs]... etc., and the Chapter of One Who Does Not Perform the Tashahhud in the Two Prostrations of Forgetfulness, and the Chapter of One Who Says Takbir in the Two Prostrations of Forgetfulness, from the Book of Forgetfulness; in: The Chapter of What Is Permissible Regarding People's Reminders, Such as Their Long and Short Statements, from the Book of Adab; and in: The Chapter of What Has Come Concerning the Permissibility of the Report of a Single Narrator, from the Book of Reports of a Single Narrator. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/129, 130, 183; 2/85-87; 8/19, 20; 9/108. And Muslim in: The Chapter of Forgetfulness in Prayer and Prostration For It, from the Book of Mosques. Sahih Muslim 1/403, 404. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter of Forgetfulness in the Two Prostrations, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/231. And al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter of What Has Come Concerning the Man Who Performs the Taslim in Two Rak'ahs of Dhuhr and 'Asr, from the Chapters of Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/188, 189. And al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter of What Someone Who Performs the Taslim from Two Rak'ahs Forgettingly and Speaks Does, from the Book of Forgetfulness. Al-Mujtaba 3/17, 18. And Ibn Majah in: The Chapter of Whoever Performs the Taslim from Two or Three Forgettingly, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/383. And al-Darimi in: The Chapter of the Prostration of Forgetfulness for Addition, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/351, 352. And Imam Malik in: The Chapter of What Someone Who Performs the Taslim from Two Rak'ahs Forgettingly Does, from the Book of the Call to Prayer. Al-Muwatta 1/93, 94. And Imam Ahmad in: Al-Musnad 2/234, 235, 423, 460. (8) Omitted from the original.
