حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي , حَدَّثَنَا
سُرَيْجٌ , حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ , عَنْ
عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ , عَنْ
شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ , عَنْ
مُعَاذٍ , أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ :
" سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِأَبْوَابٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ : الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ , وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا يُطْفِئُ الْمَاءُ النَّارَ , وَقِيَامُ الْعَبْدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ " , ثُمَّ قَرَأَ : تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ سورة السجدة آية 16 إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not tell you the doors of goodness? Fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sins just as water extinguishes fire, and a person's praying at midnight is among the doors of goodness. Then the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse from Surah As-Sajdah: "Their sides forsake their beds... they know."