What expiates sins

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whenever I heard a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah benefited me with something from it. And if someone else narrated to me from him, I would ask him to swear to its truth; if he swore, I would believe him. And Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me, and Abu Bakr spoke the truth, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a servant commits a sin, then after that performs ablution well, then prays two rak'ahs, or prays a prayer, and seeks forgiveness from Allah Almighty, Allah Almighty forgives him."

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man avoids major sins, the five prayers become an expiation for (what occurs in) the times between them.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The obligatory prayers are an expiation for the sins committed between them, provided a person keeps away from major sins.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution well and then prays, all his sins from this prayer back to the previous prayer are forgiven."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The example of the five prayers is like a river flowing at someone's door in which he bathes five times a day. Would any dirt remain on his body?

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The example of the five prayers is like a river flowing at someone's door in which he bathes five times a day. Would any dirt remain on his body?

Humran bin Aban, the freed slave of Uthman, said: I used to set out water for Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) to bathe with. He would bathe with it every day, even if he used only a little water. One day he said: Once, after this prayer ('Asr), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: "I do not know whether I should tell you something or remain silent." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, if there is good in it, then tell us; and if it is other than good, then Allah and His Messenger know best." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a person performs ablution well and then prays, all his sins back to the previous prayer are forgiven."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Two rak'ahs are an expiation for every quarrel.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the five prayers is like a deep river flowing at someone's door in which he bathes every day five times." After narrating this hadith, al-Hasan said: Would any dirt remain on his body?

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 the five prayers is like a river flowing at someone's door in which he bathes every day five times. Would any dirt remain on his body?"

Abu Burdah said: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: Whenever I pray a prayer, I hope that it will be an expiation for what came before it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: People commit sins, then they pray Zuhr and their sins are washed away. Then they commit sins, then they pray 'Asr and their sins are washed away. Then they commit sins, then they pray Maghrib and their sins are washed away. In this way he mentioned all five prayers.

Something similar is reported through another chain.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the five prayers is like a river flowing at someone's door in which he bathes every day five times. Would any dirt remain on his body?"