Those Named Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty loves the one who loves dates."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) except with this chain; Yahya bin Khalid bin Hayyan is alone in narrating it.

Amir al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): How was the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? They both said: "Thirteen rak'ahs: eight (of tahajjud), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray three of witr, and two rak'ahs after Fajr."
Musa bin Uqbah narrated this hadith well, for he narrated it with a connected chain from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), whereas Sharik narrated it from Abu Ishaq but did not give it a connected chain.

Amir al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I came to Madinah and asked about the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they all agreed that it was thirteen rak'ahs, which included the witr and the two rak'ahs before Fajr."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "I used to scrape semen off the garment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Mis'ar narrated it in this way, from Abu al-Anbas, from al-Qasim, from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); and to our knowledge no one narrated it from Mis'ar except Hafs bin Salm, while Abu Nu'aym narrated it from Abu al-Anbas and differed from Mis'ar in its chain.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "Indeed, I used to scrape off the semen," and she showed like this with her finger on her palm (scraping), meaning: from the blessed garment of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between Quraysh and the Ansar, and so he (peace and blessings be upon him) established the bond of brotherhood between Sayyiduna Sa'd bin al-Rabi' and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: 'I have wealth; it is (to be divided) between me and you in two halves. And I have two wives, so see which of them you like more; I will divorce her, and when her waiting period is complete, you may marry her.' He (Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman) replied: 'May Allah Almighty bless you in your family and your wealth; show me the way to the market.' He did not return until he came back with some dates and cheese that he had saved (as profit from trade).
And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a trace of yellow on him (Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman) and asked: 'What is this?' He said: 'I have married a woman from the Ansar.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'What did you give her as dowry (mahr)?' He said: 'Gold equal to the weight of a date stone.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Hold a wedding feast (walimah), even if only with one sheep.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I ate at a wedding feast of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which there was neither bread nor meat." (Humayd, may Allah have mercy on him, said:) I said: "O Abu Hamzah! What was it?" He said: "Dates and sawiq (barley meal)."
Only Sulayman bin Bilal narrated these two hadiths from Yahya bin Sa'id.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Perform ablution after (eating) anything that fire has touched.'"

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) command performing ablution after (consuming) something cooked on fire."
Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And Abu Sufyan is the son of the sister of Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her)."
Only Ja'far bin Rabi'ah narrated these two hadiths from Bakr bin Sawadah.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah, and the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them both), that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would be in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity) (at the time of Fajr), and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast."
No one narrated this hadith from Irak bin Malik except Ja'far bin Rabi'ah.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would reach the morning in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity) because of (intimacy with) his wives, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast that day."
Only Abu al-Zubayr narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Abi Salamah, and only Khalid bin Yazid from Abu al-Zubayr, while Bakr bin Mudar is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the leader of the Messengers, and (I say this) not out of pride; I am the Seal of the Prophets, and there is no pride; and I am the first to intercede and the first whose intercession will be accepted, and there is no pride (in this)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Salih bin Ata narrated this hadith from Ata, and only Ja'far bin Rabi'ah from Salih, and Bakr bin Mudar is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An obligatory prayer (performed) in the Jami' Masjid (congregational mosque) is equal to a Hajj mabrur (an accepted Hajj), and a voluntary prayer is like an accepted Hajj; and prayer in the Jami' Masjid has been given superiority over (prayer in) other mosques by five hundred prayers."
Only Ata bin Abi Rabah narrated this hadith from Nafi', and only Nuh bin Dhakwan from Ata, while Zuhayr bin Abbad is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both), from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), that he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "urinating while facing the Qiblah."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This report is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Ibn Lahi'ah is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek refuge from seven kinds of death:
"From sudden death, from a snake bite, from being eaten by a beast of prey, from drowning, from burning, from falling upon something or something falling upon him, and from being killed while fleeing from the battlefield."

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that he heard Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I would not love to have the world and all that is in it in exchange for this verse: 'O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah' (the whole verse)."
In the printed edition of Dar al-Haramayn it is mentioned thus as "al-Hubuli", and perhaps the correct word is "al-Jublani".

Ali bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) seated me behind him on a mule. When he put his foot in the stirrup he said: 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah). Then when he settled (upon it) he said: 'Al-hamdu lillah' (All praise is for Allah). Then when he was fully seated he said: 'Al-hamdu lillahi alladhi sakhkhara lana hadha wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila rabbina la-munqalibun' (All praise is for Allah who has subjected this to us, and we could not have brought it under control, and indeed to our Lord we will surely return). Then he praised Allah three times, then he declared the greatness of Allah three times (saying Allahu Akbar), then he supplicated: 'Allahumma ighfir li dhanbi, innahu la yaghfiru al-dhunuba illa anta' (O Allah, forgive me my sin; indeed, none forgives sins except You). Then he smiled. I asked him: Why did you smile? He said: "I was (likewise) riding behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did exactly as I did, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Why did you smile? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I smiled at the wonder of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, at the servant when he says: Allahumma ighfir li dhanbi, innahu la yaghfiru al-dhunuba illa anta (O Allah, forgive me my sin; indeed, none forgives sins except You), whereupon Allah Almighty says: My servant has come to know that there is none who forgives sins besides Me.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Yunus bin Khabbab narrated this hadith from Shaqiq al-Azdi, who is Shaqiq bin Abi Abdullah, and only Abd Rabbih bin Sa'id from Yunus, while Ibn Lahi'ah is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you comes to his wife (for intimacy), let him screen himself, for when he does not screen himself, the angels leave out of modesty and Satan comes to be present; then, if a child is (born) between the two of them, Satan has a share in it."
Only Abu al-Munib al-Jurashi narrated this hadith from Yahya bin Abi Kathir, and only Ubaydullah bin Zahr from Abu al-Munib; Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: When I take away the two beloved things (the eyes) of My servant, and he is patient and hopes for reward, I will grant him Paradise in return for them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever relieves a Muslim of a hardship in this world, Allah Almighty will relieve him of one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection; whoever conceals (the faults of) a Muslim, Allah Almighty will conceal (his faults) on the Day of Resurrection; whoever makes things easy for a Muslim, Allah Almighty will make things easy for him on the Day of Resurrection; and Allah Almighty remains in the aid of the servant as long as the servant remains in the aid of his brother."
No one other than Yahya bin Ayyub narrated these two hadiths from Ubaydullah bin Zahr, and Sa'id bin Abi Maryam is alone in narrating them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) is like that of a bee that went out early in the morning and ate of sweet and bitter things alike, then it (what comes from it) is all sweet."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.
It is like this in the printed edition of Dar al-Haramayn, and perhaps the correct word is (Ibn Ayyub).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him), that once, while he was reciting Surah al-Baqarah and his horse was tied (nearby), the horse suddenly began to startle and circle about in its tether. He raised his head and saw something like a lamp hanging between the heavens and the earth. Then early in the morning he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him (of the incident), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Usayd bin Hudayr! You should have kept reciting. Do you know what it was?" He said: "No." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That was the Sakinah (tranquillity), which came near because of your voice; and had you continued reciting, the people too would have seen it in the morning."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), by way of Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him), except with this chain, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us while we were praying after Fajr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There is no prayer after Fajr except two rak'ahs.'"
Only Ubaydullah bin Zahr narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Abi Ayyub, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) informed Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I practise withdrawal ('azl) with my wife." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why?" He said: "Out of concern for the child." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If that is the reason, then do not do so; this did not harm the people of Persia and the people of Rome."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Abu al-Nadr is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about 'azl (withdrawal), and he said: "We used to do it in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were not taken to task for it."
Only Yahya bin Ayyub narrated this hadith from Thawr bin Zayd.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the prayers there is no prayer more excellent than the Fajr prayer performed in congregation on Friday, and I think that whoever of you attends it will be one who is forgiven."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution and does it well, then puts his clothes on properly, then goes out to the mosque, ten good deeds are written for him for every step; he remains continuously in a state of prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer; and he is recorded among those who pray from the time he leaves his house until he returns."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Amr bin al-Harith is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Say: He is Allah, the One' is equal to a third of the Qur'an, and 'Say: O disbelievers' is equal to a quarter of the Qur'an." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite these two surahs in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In these two rak'ahs lies the good and the longing of all time."
No one except Ubaydullah bin Zahr narrated the first part of this hadith, concerning "Say: He is Allah, the One" and "Say: O disbelievers", from Layth, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "ordered that from every orchard a cluster (of dates) be given for the mosque."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only al-Darawardi narrated this hadith from Ubaydullah bin Umar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) will be the custodian and companion of my Pond (Hawd) on the Day of Resurrection. In it there will be cups as numerous as the stars, and the breadth of my Pond is equal to the distance from al-Jabiyah to San'a."
Only his son Sa'id narrated this hadith from Musa bin Wardan, and only Ibn Lahi'ah from Sa'id, while Rawh bin Salah is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Sayyidah Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), passed away, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her and sat by her head, then said: "O my mother! May Allah have mercy on you. You were my mother after my own mother; you would go hungry yourself and feed me to my fill, you would bear the want of clothing yourself and clothe me, you would hold yourself back from good food and feed me, and your aim in this was only the pleasure of Allah and the attainment of the abode of the Hereafter." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that she be washed three times and three times. When it came to the water containing camphor, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) poured it over her with his own blessed hand. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took off his blessed shirt and put it on her, and she was shrouded over it. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd, Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them) and a black slave to dig the grave, so they dug her grave. When they reached the lahd (the side niche of the grave), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dug it with his own blessed hand and removed its earth with his own hands. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the grave and lay down in it, then supplicated: "Allah is the One who gives life and causes death, and He is Ever-Living and will never die. (O Allah!) Forgive my mother Fatimah bint Asad, prompt her with her argument (the answers to the questions of the grave), and make her place of entry spacious for her, by the means of the right of Your Prophet and of the Prophets who came before me, for indeed You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said four takbirs over her, then he (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna al-Abbas and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with them) together lowered her into the grave.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Sufyan al-Thawri narrated this hadith from Asim al-Ahwal, and Rawh bin Salah is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a stray sheep, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a stray camel, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What concern is it of yours? It has its water-skin and its hooves with it; leave it until its owner finds it."
Only Yahya bin Ayyub narrated this hadith from Ibn Ajlan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever eats any of these vegetables should certainly not come near our mosque: garlic, leeks, onions and radishes; for the angels are harmed by what harms the children of Adam."
Only Yahya bin Rashid narrated this hadith from Hisham bin Hassan, and Sa'id bin Ufayr is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A huge, fat man will come on the Day of Resurrection who will not weigh (even) as much as the wing of a mosquito." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite (this verse if you wish): 'So We will not assign to them any weight on the Day of Resurrection.'"
No one other than Mughirah bin Abd al-Rahman narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zinad, and Sa'id bin Abi Maryam is alone in narrating it from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes as his patrons (mawali) others than his true patrons (the masters who freed him), upon him is the curse of Allah, of the angels and of all people; Allah Almighty will accept from him neither an obligatory nor a voluntary deed. And whoever introduces some new mischief or innovation in this city of mine (Madinah), or gives refuge to one who causes mischief and innovates, upon him is the curse of Allah, of the angels and of all people; neither an obligatory nor a voluntary deed will be accepted from him."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, in the narration of which Abdullah bin al-Munib is alone.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever, when the caller calls to prayer, says: 'Allahumma rabba hadhihi al-da'wati al-tammah, wa al-salati al-qa'imah, salli 'ala Muhammad, wa irda 'anni rida'an la sakhata ba'dah' (O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer that is to be established, send blessings upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and be pleased with me with a pleasure after which there is no displeasure), Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, accepts his supplication."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Ibn Lahi'ah narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr, and it is not narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) except with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the Dajjal is one-eyed, and indeed your Lord is not one-eyed. Between his eyes is written 'kafir' (disbeliever), which every believer will read, whether he knows how to read and write or not. With him will be a Paradise and a Fire; his Fire is (in reality) Paradise and his Paradise is (in reality) Fire."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Yahya bin Bukayr is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Shaddad bin Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "In the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to count showing off (riya') as major shirk."
Only Umarah bin Ghaziyyah narrated this hadith from Ya'la bin Shaddad, and Ibn Lahi'ah and Yahya bin Ayyub are alone in narrating it (further) from him.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "One night I did not find the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (beside me), although he had been with me on my bed. Then I saw that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in prostration, with the tips of his fingers turned towards the Qiblah, and I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'A'udhu bi-ridaka min sakhatik, wa bi-maghfiratika min 'uqubatik, wa bika minka, uthni 'alayka la ablughu kulla ma fik' (I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your displeasure, in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and in You from You; I cannot praise You as You are)." When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished (the prayer), he said: "O Aishah! Has your devil come to you?" I said: Do you also have a devil with you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no human being but that a devil is (attached) to him." I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Do you also have one? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, I too have one, but I asked Allah for help against him, and He helped me, so he became submissive (to me)."
Only Umarah bin Ghaziyyah narrated this hadith from Abu al-Nadr Salim, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The five prayers are an expiation for (the sins of) the intervals between them." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think: if a man had a place of work, and between his house and his place of work there were five rivers; when he goes to his place of work and does work there as Allah wills, from which dirt or sweat afflicts him, and then every time he passes a river he bathes, would this leave any of his dirt? Likewise is the case of the prayers: whenever the servant commits a sin, or whatever Allah wills, and then he prays, supplicates and seeks forgiveness, those sins of his are forgiven."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it.