بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
Respected brother,
Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn `Umar رضي الله عنه narrates:
عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: إذا شكّ أحدكم في صلاته فليتحر الصواب فليتم عليه, ثم ليسلّم, ثم يسجد سجدتين
رواه البخاري
"When any of you has Shakk (doubt) within his Salaah (i.e. whether he has carried out a certain Waajib or not, etc.), then he should make Taharri (think deeply over what he most likely had done), and thereafter should complete the Salaah accordingly. He should then (in the Tashah-hud position) make Tasleem, then perform two Sajdahs." [Narrated in Saheeh al-Bukhaari.]
Also, the narration in Sunan at-Tirmidhee, describing the manner in which Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم performed Sujood-us-Sahw:
فسجد سجدتين بعد ما سلم
"So he performed two Sajdahs after having made Tasleem."
The Ahaadeeth all mention making Tasleem. Now, according to the Fuqahaa of the Hanafi Madh-hab, Tasleem here refers to تسليمة واحدة (a single Tasleem), whilst some of the Fuqahaa of the other Madhaahib believed that it refers to the general تسليمتين (two Tasleems). It is an Ijtihaadi Mas'alah. Hence, the followers of each Madh-hab will follow the Ijtihaad of the Fuqahaa of that Madh-hab with regards to the Ahaadeeth, as nothing has been explicitly mentioned. Instead, there is Ihtimaal (possibility of having various interpretations).
The Fuqahaa of the Hanafi Madh-hab have presented certain Dalaa'il `Aqliyyah (logical evidences) in support of their verdict that only one Tasleem should be made, and not two like the other Madhaahib say. Imaam ibn `Aabideen رحمة الله عليه writes in Raddul Muhtaar `ala-d Durril Mukhtaar:
وَيُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا وَجَّهُوا بِهِ الْقَوْلَ بِالْوَاحِدَةِ مِنْ أَنَّ السَّلَامَ الْأَوَّلَ لِشَيْئَيْنِ: لِلتَّحْلِيلِ وَلِلتَّحِيَّةِ؛ وَالسَّلَامُ الثَّانِي لِلتَّحِيَّةِ فَقَطْ أَيْ تَحِيَّةِ بَقِيَّةِ الْقَوْمِ لِأَنَّ التَّحْلِيلَ لَا يَتَكَرَّرُ؛ وَهُنَا سَقَطَ مَعْنَى التَّحِيَّةِ عَنْ السَّلَامِ لِأَنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ الْإِحْرَامَ فَكَانَ ضَمُّ الثَّانِي إلَيْهِ عَبَثًا،
"The first Tasleem is for two reasons:
- Tahleel (coming out of the state of Salaah).
- Tahiyyah (greeting the Malaa'ikah, and the people).
The second Tasleem is for the purpose of Tahiyyah only, i.e. greeting the rest of the people. This is because Tahleel (coming out of the Salaah) is not repeated. One has already come out of the Salaah with the first Tasleem, and hence adding a second to it (in this case) is unnecessary."
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To recap on what we have mentioned, in summary:
The same Ahaadeeth regarding Sujood-us-Sahw are used by all four Madhaahib. The word used in the Hadeeth has Ihtimaal (possibility of having various meanings). The Ahnaaf have declared that the meaning is one Tasleem, whilst the other Madhaahib have declared that the meaning is two Tasleems. Followers of the Hanafi Madh-hab will follow the Qowl (Verdict) of their Madh-hab, because they have reasonable confidence that the A'immah of their Madh-hab understood the Qur'aan and Sunnah better than they themselves do, and anyone else in this belated age. Hence, we follow Qur'aan and Sunnah according to the understanding of the Fuqahaa of the Madh-hab. This is the true meaning of "following the Salaf-us-Saalih (The Pious Predecessors)."
والله تعالى أعلم
والسلام
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