Hadith 1423

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُعَيْطِيُّ ، حَدَّثَهُ مَعْدَانُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمُرِيُّ ، قَالَ : لَقِيتُ ثَوْبَانَ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : حَدِّثْنِي حَدِيثًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي بِهِ ، قَالَ : فَسَكَتَ ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَهَا : فَسَكَتَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، فَقَالَ لِي : عَلَيْكَ بِالسُّجُودِ لِلَّهِ ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً ، وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً " ، قَالَ مَعْدَانُ : ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ : فَقَالَ : مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ .
´Ma’dan bin Abu Talhah Al-Ya’muri said:` “I met Thawban and said to him: ‘Tell me a Hadith that Allah may benefit me thereby.’ But he remained silent. Then I said the same and he remained silent. That happened three times. Then he said to me: ‘You should prostrate to Allah; for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “No one prostrates to Allah but Allah will raise him one degree in status thereby and will erase one of his sins.” Ma’dan said: “Then I met Abu Darda’ and asked him the same question, and he gave a similar answer.”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة / 1423
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Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1140. Commentary:

➊ The virtue of the pious predecessors (salaf salihin) is evident in that they were so eager and desirous for the attainment of Paradise that the majority of their questions revolved around the Hereafter.

➋ A scholar of religion should not be hasty in answering a question; rather, he should first reflect. When the evidences are present in his mind, then he should respond.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1140