Sahih Muslim Book - 6, Hadith - 1930

حَدَّثَنِى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْقِرِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِى كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِى أُمَامَةَ - قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ وَلَقِىَ شَدَّادٌ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ وَوَاثِلَةَ وَصَحِبَ أَنَسًا إِلَى الشَّامِ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَضْلاً وَخَيْرًا - عَنْ أَبِى أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ السُّلَمِىُّ كُنْتُ وَأَنَا فِى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى ضَلاَلَةٍ وَأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا عَلَى شَىْءٍ وَهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ الأَوْثَانَ فَسَمِعْتُ بِرَجُلٍ بِمَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُ أَخْبَارًا فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِى فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مُسْتَخْفِيًا جُرَءَاءُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ فَتَلَطَّفْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا أَنْتَ قَالَ « أَنَا نَبِىٌّ ». فَقُلْتُ وَمَا نَبِىٌّ قَالَ « أَرْسَلَنِى اللَّهُ ». فَقُلْتُ وَبِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ أَرْسَلَكَ قَالَ « أَرْسَلَنِى بِصِلَةِ الأَرْحَامِ وَكَسْرِ الأَوْثَانِ وَأَنْ يُوَحَّدَ اللَّهُ لاَ يُشْرَكُ بِهِ شَىْءٌ ». قُلْتُ لَهُ فَمَنْ مَعَكَ عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ « حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ ». قَالَ وَمَعَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ مِمَّنْ آمَنَ بِهِ. فَقُلْتُ إِنِّى مُتَّبِعُكَ. قَالَ « إِنَّكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَكَ هَذَا أَلاَ تَرَى حَالِى وَحَالَ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ بِى قَدْ ظَهَرْتُ فَأْتِنِى ». قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِى وَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْمَدِينَةَ وَكُنْتُ فِى أَهْلِى فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَخَبَّرُ الأَخْبَارَ وَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ حِينَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَىَّ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ يَثْرِبَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقُلْتُ مَا فَعَلَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِى قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالُوا النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ سِرَاعٌ وَقَدْ أَرَادَ قَوْمُهُ قَتْلَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا ذَلِكَ. فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَعْرِفُنِى قَالَ « نَعَمْ أَنْتَ الَّذِى لَقِيتَنِى بِمَكَّةَ ». قَالَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى. فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِى عَمَّا عَلَّمَكَ اللَّهُ وَأَجْهَلُهُ. أَخْبِرْنِى عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ « صَلِّ صَلاَةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ وَحِينَئِذٍ يَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ ثُمَّ صَلِّ فَإِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَحْضُورَةٌ حَتَّى يَسْتَقِلَّ الظِّلُّ بِالرُّمْحِ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّ حِينَئِذٍ تُسْجَرُ جَهَنَّمُ فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ الْفَىْءُ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَحْضُورَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّىَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ وَحِينَئِذٍ يَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ ». قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ فَالْوُضُوءُ حَدِّثْنِى عَنْهُ قَالَ « مَا مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ يُقَرِّبُ وَضُوءَهُ فَيَتَمَضْمَضُ وَيَسْتَنْشِقُ فَيَنْتَثِرُ إِلاَّ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ وَفِيهِ وَخَيَاشِيمِهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ لِحْيَتِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ إِلاَّ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا يَدَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ إِلاَّ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رَأْسِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ شَعْرِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ إِلاَّ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ فَإِنْ هُوَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَمَجَّدَهُ بِالَّذِى هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ وَفَرَّغَ قَلْبَهُ لِلَّهِ إِلاَّ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ ». فَحَدَّثَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ يَا عَمْرَو بْنَ عَبَسَةَ انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ فِى مَقَامٍ وَاحِدٍ يُعْطَى هَذَا الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ لَقَدْ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّى وَرَقَّ عَظْمِى وَاقْتَرَبَ أَجَلِى وَمَا بِى حَاجَةٌ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلاَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِلاَّ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا - حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ - مَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبَدًا وَلَكِنِّى سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

It was narrated that Abu Umamah said: 'Amr bin 'Abasah As-Sulami said: During the Jahiliyyah, I used to think that the people were misguided and not following anything real when they worshiped idols. I heard of a man in Makkah who was telling stories, so I sat on my mount and went to find him. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was in hiding and his people were persecuting him. I kept a low profile until I managed to enter upon him in Makkah. I said to him: "Who are you?" He said: "I am a Prophet." I said: "What is a Prophet?" He said: "I have been sent by Allah." I said: "With what has He sent you?" He said: "He has sent me to uphold the ties of kinship, to break the idols and to proclaim that Allah is to be singled out (for worship) and that none is to be associated with Him." I said to him: "Who do you have with you?" He said: "A free man and a slave" - at that time he had Abu Bakr and Bilal with him among those who believed in him. I said: "I want to follow you." He said: "You cannot do that right now. Do you not see my situation and the situation of the people? Go back to your family, then when you hear that I have been granted victory, come to me." So I went to my family, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) arrived in Al-Madinah while I was with my family. I started to ask people for news after he arrived in Al-Madinah, until there came to me a group of people from Yathrib - Al-Madinah - and I said: "What did this man who came to Al-Madinah do?" They said: "The people are hastening to follow him, and his people wanted to kill him but they were not able to." I arrived in Al-Madinah and entered upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you recognize me?" He said: "Yes, you are the one who met me in Makkah." I said: "Yes." I said: "O Prophet of Allah, tell me what Allah has taught you, that I do not know. Tell me about prayer." He said: "Pray the Subh prayer, then refrain from praying until the sun has risen and become high, for when it rises, it rises between the horns of the Shaitan and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it. Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended until the shadow of a spear falls directly north. Then refrain from praying, for at that time Hell is stoked up. Then when the shadow moves forward, pray - for the prayer is witnessed and attended - until you have prayed 'Asr. Then refrain from praying until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of the Shaitan and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it." I said: "O Prophet of Allah, tell me about Wudu'." He said: "There is no man among you who brings his Wudu' water, rinses out his mouth, snuffs water up into his nose and blows it out, but the sins of his face, mouth and nostrils drop out. Then when he washes his face as enjoined by Allah, the sins of his face drop out with the water from the end of his beard. Then when he washes his arms up to the elbows, the sins of his hands drop out with the water from his fingertips. Then when he wipes his head, the sins of his head drop out with the water from the ends of his hair. Then when he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet drop out with the water from the ends of his toes. Then if he stands and prays, and praises and glorifies Allah as He deserves, and his heart focuses on Allah, then he is cleansed of his sins and is as he was on the day his mother bore him." 'Amr bin 'Abasah narrated this Hadith to Abu Umamah, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), and Abu Umamah said to him: "O 'Amr bin 'Abasah, watch what you are saying; is such a great reward given to a man for one incident?" 'Amr said: "O Abu Umamah, I have grown old, my bones have become weak and my end is near. I have no need to tell lies about Allah and His Messenger. If I had heard it only once from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), or even two times or three - until he mentioned seven times - I would never have narrated it, but I heard it more often than that."