The one who is petrified (scared) of what is in front of him...

The one who is petrified (scared) of what is in front of him will turn back on his heels, and the one who disputes in the Religion will frequently be in (deep) uncertainties, and the former ones from the Believers will move in front of him, and the later ones will catch up with him, and he will be trampled by the feet of the Satan -la . ومن استسلم لهلكة الدنيا والآخرة هلك فيما بينهما، ومن نجا من ذلك فمن فضل اليقين، ولم يخلق الله خلقا أقل من اليقين.

And the one who surrenders (gives up) due to the severe exhaustion of the world and the Hereafter will perish in what is in between them, and the one who will achieve salvation from that is the one who preferred the conviction (certainty), and Allah -azwj did not Create (anything) less than conviction (certainty).

[14] Appendix: Doubts in Salat: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَدْرِ فِي أَرْبَعٍ هُوَ أَمْ فِي ثِنْتَيْنِ وَ قَدْ أَحْرَزَ الثِّنْتَيْنِ قَالَ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ يَتَشَهَّدُ وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا لَمْ يَدْرِ فِي ثَلَاثٍ هُوَ أَوْ فِي أَرْبَعٍ وَ قَدْ أَحْرَزَ الثَّلَاثَ قَامَ فَأَضَافَ إِلَيْهَا أُخْرَى وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ عَلَيْهِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ), said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘The one who does not know whether he is in a fourth or in the second, and he has accomplished two’.

He -asws said: ‘He should perform two Rak’at and four Sajdah s while he is standing, with the Opening of the Book (Chapter 1), and he should perform Tashahhud and there would be nothing upon him; and when he does not know whether he was in a third or in a fourth ( Rak’at ), and he has accomplished three, he would stand and increase upon it by another, and there would be nothing upon him.

وَ لَا يَنْقُضُ الْيَقِينَ بِالشَّكِّ وَ لَا يُدْخِلُ الشَّكَّ فِي الْيَقِينِ وَ لَا يَخْلِطُ أَحَدَهُمَا بِالْآخَرِ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَنْقُضُ الشَّكَّ بِالْيَقِينِ وَ يُتِمُّ عَلَى الْيَقِينِ فَيَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَعْتَدُّ بِالشَّكِّ فِي حَالٍ مِنَ الْحَالَاتِ .

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