When is doubt considered forgetfulness?
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The questioner : All right; when is doubt considered forgetfulness?
The Shaykh : It is the situation we discussed earlier.
The questioner : All right; when is doubt not considered forgetfulness?
The Shaykh : What was your first question?
The questioner : When is doubt considered forgetfulness, and when is it not?
The Shaykh : Every doubt is forgetfulness, but not every forgetfulness is doubt. In the previous example, where a man stood up from the tashahhud instead of sitting for the tashahhud and stood up for the third rak'ah; would you say: did he doubt?
The questioner : He forgot.
The Shaykh : He forgot; so not every forgetfulness is doubt. But the one who says, as our friend just said: "I am in the third rak'ah; is it the third or the fourth?" What do you call this?
The questioner : He doubted.
The Shaykh : He doubted; doubt requires the prostration.
The questioner : ... it needs a rak'ah.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It needs a rak'ah.
The Shaykh : What does it need?
The questioner : It needs a rak'ah; that the person should gather his mind; is it like this...
The Shaykh : Of course, he experiences hesitation, it is not mere forgetfulness; therefore I told him that you should gently call this forgetfulness; meaning, is it doubt for you or not? He said: It is doubt.
Yes.
The Shaykh : It is the situation we discussed earlier.
The questioner : All right; when is doubt not considered forgetfulness?
The Shaykh : What was your first question?
The questioner : When is doubt considered forgetfulness, and when is it not?
The Shaykh : Every doubt is forgetfulness, but not every forgetfulness is doubt. In the previous example, where a man stood up from the tashahhud instead of sitting for the tashahhud and stood up for the third rak'ah; would you say: did he doubt?
The questioner : He forgot.
The Shaykh : He forgot; so not every forgetfulness is doubt. But the one who says, as our friend just said: "I am in the third rak'ah; is it the third or the fourth?" What do you call this?
The questioner : He doubted.
The Shaykh : He doubted; doubt requires the prostration.
The questioner : ... it needs a rak'ah.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It needs a rak'ah.
The Shaykh : What does it need?
The questioner : It needs a rak'ah; that the person should gather his mind; is it like this...
The Shaykh : Of course, he experiences hesitation, it is not mere forgetfulness; therefore I told him that you should gently call this forgetfulness; meaning, is it doubt for you or not? He said: It is doubt.
Yes.
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