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Sahih al-Bukhari 715

Can the Imam depend on the people's saying if he is in doubt (about a certain matter)?

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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقِيلَ صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ

Translation

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  1. Abū al-Walīd
  2. Shuʿbah
  3. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm
  4. Abū Salamah
  5. Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ prayed two rakʿat of Zuhr prayer (instead of four) and he was told that he had prayed two rakʿat only. Then he prayed two more rakʿat and finished them with the Taslim followed by two prostrations.

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  1. هشام بن عبد الملك الباهلي
  2. شعبة بن الحجاج العتكي
  3. سعد بن إبراهيم القرشي
  4. أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن الزهري
  5. أبو هريرة الدوسي