سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطهارة وسننهاThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بَابُ : ثَوَابِ الطُّهُورِChapter: The reward of purification
Hadith 283
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَر مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ طَلْقٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَرَأْسِهِ ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ " .
´It was narrated that 'Amr bin 'Abasah said:` "The Messenger of Allah said: 'When a person performs ablution and washes his hands, his sins exit through his hands. When he washes his face, his sins exit through his face. When he washes his forearms and wipes his head, his sins exit though his forearms and head. When he washes his feet, his sins exit through his feet.'"
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
(1)
By “falling off” is meant the forgiveness of sins.
Just as outward dirt is removed with water, in the same way, with ablution (wudu), the inner filth (sins) is cleansed.
(2)
By “sins of the hands” are meant those mistakes and shortcomings that are related to the hands.
Similarly, by “sins of the face” are meant the utterance of inappropriate words, listening to something that is not permissible to hear, looking at something that is not permissible to look at, and other such actions.
If it is a minor shortcoming, then it is a minor sin (saghirah) which will be forgiven through ablution (wudu).
If it is an act done deliberately and with persistence, then it is a major sin (kabirah) for which repentance (tawbah) is required.
By “falling off” is meant the forgiveness of sins.
Just as outward dirt is removed with water, in the same way, with ablution (wudu), the inner filth (sins) is cleansed.
(2)
By “sins of the hands” are meant those mistakes and shortcomings that are related to the hands.
Similarly, by “sins of the face” are meant the utterance of inappropriate words, listening to something that is not permissible to hear, looking at something that is not permissible to look at, and other such actions.
If it is a minor shortcoming, then it is a minor sin (saghirah) which will be forgiven through ablution (wudu).
If it is an act done deliberately and with persistence, then it is a major sin (kabirah) for which repentance (tawbah) is required.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 283
