Hadith 488
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.
Hadith 489
Rabi'a bin Ka'b said: I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one night and I brought him water and what he required. He said to me: Ask (anything you like). I said: I ask your company in Paradise. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Or anything else besides it. I said: That is all (what I require). He said: Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration.