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As a result of satanic whispers during Salah, the Salah-offering person becomes doubtful about the number of Rak’aat he offered. It is stated in a blessed Hadees, ‘A person came in the court of the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and humbly said that he experiences satanic whispers during Salah and forgets whether he offered 2 Rak’aat or 3.’ The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘When you experience this type of situation, lift the forefinger of your right hand and hit your left thigh with it and say ﴿بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ﴾. This will serve as a knife for Satan.’ (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabeer lit-Tabarani, vol. 1, pp. 192, Hadees 512)
Therefore, one who habitually experiences satanic whispers during Salah should perform this deed before he starts Salah.
A legendary and leading scholar of Shari’ah and Tareeqah, ‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated on page 718 of the first volume of the 1250-page book Bahar-e-Shari’at published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: If the Salah-offering person has become doubtful about the number of offered Rak’aat for the first time in his life since reaching puberty – for example, he is doubtful whether he offered three or four – he should invalidate Salah either by performing Salam or by doing any such act that puts an end to Salah, or
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