صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب التوبةThe Book of Repentance
باب قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ}:Chapter: The Words Of Allah The Most High: "Verily, The Good Deeds Remove The Evil Deeds"
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَنَحْنُ قُعُودٌ مَعَهُ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا ، فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ : فَاتَّبَعَ الرَّجُلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ ، وَاتَّبَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَرُدُّ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ ، فَلَحِقَ الرَّجُلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، قَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ : فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَرَأَيْتَ حِينَ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ تَوَضَّأْتَ ، فَأَحْسَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ ؟ " ، قَالَ : بَلَى ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " ثُمَّ شَهِدْتَ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَنَا ؟ " ، فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ حَدَّكَ أَوَ قَالَ ذَنْبَكَ " .
Abu Umama reported: We were sitting in the mosque in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . A person came there and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept silent. He repeated it and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. He (the Holy Prophet) kept silent, and it was at this time that Iqama was pronounced for prayer (and the prayer was observed). And when Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had concluded the payer that person followed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . Abu Umama said: I too followed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after he had concluded the prayer, so that I should know what answer he would give to that person. That person remained attached to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Abu Umama reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Didn't you see that as you got out of the house, you performed ablution perfectly well. He said: Allah's Messenger, of course. I did it. He again said to him: Then you observed prayer along with us. He said: Allah's Messenger, yes, it is so. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Verily, Allah has exempted you from the imposition of hadd, or he said from your sin.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: Collectively, the narrations establish that here the meaning of "limit" (had) refers to sin itself, which the person, due to the strength of his faith, considered to be a grave matter. And the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "In ablution (wudu) and prayer (salah), when a Muslim seeks forgiveness from Allah, and after ablution says 'Allahumma ighfir li' (O Allah, forgive me), then this very supplication becomes a means of forgiveness for him. Because if these supplications are recited with awareness and consciousness, keeping their meanings in view, then they contain repentance (tawbah) within them."
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7007
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Without explicit mention of the crime, no prescribed punishment (hadd) can be applied merely on the basis of an admission.
➋ When faith becomes firmly rooted in a person's heart and he becomes concerned about his Hereafter, he makes every effort to leave this world purified and to present himself before Allah in a state of cleanliness.
➌ Ablution (wudu), congregational prayer, and all kinds of righteous deeds continue to serve as expiation for a person's minor slips.
➊ Without explicit mention of the crime, no prescribed punishment (hadd) can be applied merely on the basis of an admission.
➋ When faith becomes firmly rooted in a person's heart and he becomes concerned about his Hereafter, he makes every effort to leave this world purified and to present himself before Allah in a state of cleanliness.
➌ Ablution (wudu), congregational prayer, and all kinds of righteous deeds continue to serve as expiation for a person's minor slips.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4381
