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Is my prayer valid if I'm unsure about my doubt being genuine?

Assalamu alaikum, everyone. I struggle with doubts in every single prayer, and it's exhausting. I just don't know whether to ignore these whispers or not. Almost every salah, I get thoughts like, did I actually perform ruku or sajdah? I used to think I should just completely ignore them, but then I heard a scholar online say we should go with our gut feeling-if you strongly feel you did the action, then ignore the doubt. But trying to figure out my gut feeling has made the waswasa even worse, because now I stop and analyze it during prayer. Later, the doubt returns, and I can't even tell what my gut feeling is anymore, so I feel like I have to repeat parts of the prayer. Is this the right approach, or am I doing it all wrong? I'm really lost. In the prayer I just finished, I doubted if I did ruku, and I tried to lean toward thinking I did, but for the rest of the salah I wasn't sure. Now I'm worried if my prayer was valid. Right now I'm thinking maybe I did do ruku, but I'm not certain. Should I have done another ruku because my inclination changed later? What should I do? 😿 Because of these doubts, I even repeated my sajdah twice, unsure if I did one or two. Please, any advice would help.

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Bro, I've been there. The more you analyze, the worse it gets. Just assume you did it unless you're 100% sure you missed it. Ignore the whispers, it's shaytan messing with you.

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Wa alaikum assalam. You're overthinking it. Scholars say if you doubt after finishing an act, you ignore it. Only act on certainty. Next time just continue and don't look back.

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Man, this is classic waswasa. Don't repeat anything unless you're dead certain. Your prayer is valid. Make sujood as-sahw at the end if you're really paranoid, but stop the loop.

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I feel you, akhi. The gut feeling thing messed me up too. Now I just follow the principle: certainty isn't removed by doubt. If you don't remember missing it, it's done. Keep strong.

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