Doubt about the Number of Rak‘ats in a Recommended Prayer
Issue No. 1071 - If a person doubts, about the number of rak‘ats in a recommended prayer, he has the choice to select the lesser option or the higher; except in the case whereby he selects the higher option, the prayer would then be regarded as void; in this case he should select the lesser option. For instance if one doubts whether he has performed one or two rak‘ats, he can choose whichever. However, if he doubts whether he has performed two or three rak‘ats he must choose the first one.
