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Title: While performing salaah, if one forgets how many rakaats they have performed, what should one do?

Question: While performing salaah, if one forgets how many rakaats they have performed, what should one do?

Answer ID: 12836Posted on: Aug 31, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 799/799=M/1430)

If someone forgot the number of rak?ah whether he performed two or three rak?ah, if it happened him first time and he does not forget most of the time, he should revoke the salah and perform it anew. But if one generally forgets and falls in doubt, he should think over deeply and act according to what he finds more probable. If he is unable to judge the probability, he should perform the remaining salah according to lowest possibility. The detail is mentioned in Fatawa Hindiyah and other books of fatwas.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: While performing salaah, if one forgets how many rakaats they have performed, what should one do?

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