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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma said, "I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas of one of the two day-ti me prayers, dhuhr or asr, and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu'sh-Shamalayn said to him, 'Has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you forgotten?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The prayer has not been shortened and I have not forgotten.' Dhu'shShamalayn said, 'It was certainly one of those, Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, approached the people and said, 'Has Dh u'sh-Shamalayn spoken the truth?' They said, 'Yes, Messenger of Allah,' and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, completed what remained of the prayer, and then said, 'Peace be upon you

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن ابي بكر بن سليمان بن ابي حثمة، قال بلغني ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ركع ركعتين من احدى صلاتى النهار - الظهر او العصر - فسلم من اثنتين فقال له ذو الشمالين اقصرت الصلاة يا رسول الله ام نسيت فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ما قصرت الصلاة وما نسيت " . فقال ذو الشمالين قد كان بعض ذلك يا رسول الله . فاقبل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الناس فقال " اصدق ذو اليدين " . فقالوا نعم يا رسول الله . فاتم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما بقي من الصلاة ثم سلم