صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayers
باب فَضْلِ السُّجُودِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ:
Chapter: The Virtue Of Prostration And Encouragcrneni To Do So
Hadith 488
This hadith is listed as number 1093 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الأَوْزَاعِيَّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُعَيْطِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي مَعْدَانُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيُّ ، قَالَ : " لَقِيتُ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَعْمَلُهُ ، يُدْخِلُنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ أَوَ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : بِأَحَبِّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ، فَسَكَتَ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ ، فَسَكَت ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَقَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ لِلَّهِ ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً ، إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً " ، قَالَ مَعْدَانُ : ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ، مَا قَالَ لِي ثَوْبَانُ .
Ma'dan bin Talha reported: I met Thauban, the freed slave. of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and asked him to tell me about an act for which, if I do it, Allah will admit me to Paradise, or I asked about the act which was loved most by Allah. He gave no reply. I again asked and he gave no reply. I asked him for the third time, and he said: I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about that and he said: Make frequent prostrations before Allah, for you will not make one prostration without raising you a degree because of it, and removing a sin from you, because of it. Ma'dan said that then he met Abu al-Darda' and when he asked him, he received a reply similar to that given by Thauban.
