Muwatta Malik #224
Forgetfulness in Prayer
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَهِمُ فِي صَلاَتِي فَيَكْثُرُ ذَلِكَ عَلَىَّ . فَقَالَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ امْضِ فِي صَلاَتِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْكَ حَتَّى تَنْصَرِفَ وَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ مَا أَتْمَمْتُ صَلاَتِي .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man
questioned al-Qasim ibn Muhammad saying, "My imagination works in the
prayer, and it happens to me a lot." Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad said, "Go
on with your prayer, for it will not go away from you until you go away
saying, 'I have not completed my prayer.' "
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This hadith is #224 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Forgetfulness in Prayer.