وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ: كُنَّا نَخْدُمُ أَنْفُسَنَا وَكُنَّا نَتَدَاوَلُ رَعَايَةَ الْإِبِلِ بَيْنَنَا فَأَصَابَنِي رَعَايَةُ الْإِبِلِ فَرَوَّحْتُهَا بِعَشِيٍّ فَأَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: ((مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُسْبِغُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْهِمَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ إِلَّا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَغُفِرَ لَهُ)) قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا أَجْوَدَ هَذَا! قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ: الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَهَا يَا عُقْبَةُ أَجْوَدُ مِنْهَا، فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَا هِيَ يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ: ((مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُسْبِغُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةُ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ أَيِّهَا شَاءَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We used to serve the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ourselves and would take turns to graze the camels. One day it was my turn. When I returned the camels in the evening, I found the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) standing and speaking to the people. I heard him say: “Whoever among you performs ablution and completes the ablution, then stands and offers two rak‘ahs in such a way that he turns his heart and face towards Allah, Paradise becomes obligatory for him and he is forgiven.” Hearing this, I said: “How excellent is this!” But someone in front of me said: “Uqbah! The statement that was said before this was even more excellent.” When I looked at that person, it was Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). I said: “Abu Hafs! What was that statement?” He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said before you came: “Whoever among you performs ablution and completes the ablution, then recites this supplication: «أَشْہَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰہَ إِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَحْدَہُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَہُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُہُ وَرَسُوْلُہُ» … (I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, He is alone, He has no partner, and Muhammad [peace and blessings be upon him] is His servant and Messenger). For such a person, all eight gates of Paradise are opened, and he may enter through whichever of them he wishes.”