مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهمMusnad of the Ansar
حَدِيثُ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّHadith of Abu Umamah al-Bahili
Hadith 22196
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ , أَخْبَرَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ , حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَالِبٍ , قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ , يَقُولُ : " إِذَا وَضَعْتَ الطَّهُورَ مَوَاضِعَهُ , قَعَدْتَ مَغْفُورًا لَكَ , فَإِنْ قَامَ يُصَلِّي , كَانَتْ لَهُ فَضِيلَةً وَأَجْرًا , وَإِنْ قَعَدَ , قَعَدَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ " , فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ : يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ , أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى تَكُونُ لَهُ نَافِلَةً ؟ قَالَ : " لَا , إِنَّمَا النَّافِلَةُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , كَيْفَ تَكُونُ لَهُ نَافِلَةً , وَهُوَ يَسْعَى فِي الذُّنُوبِ وَالْخَطَايَا ؟ ! تَكُونُ لَهُ فَضِيلَةً وَأَجْرًا " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when you perform ablution properly, then when you sit down, all your sins will have been forgiven. If after that a person stands up and starts offering prayer, then it becomes a virtue and a source of reward for him. If he sits, he sits having been forgiven. A man asked him, "O Abu Umamah! Tell me, if he stands up and starts offering prayer, will it be considered nafl (supererogatory) for him?" He replied, "No, being nafl was a special characteristic of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); how can it be for an ordinary person while he is running about in sins and mistakes? For him, it is a source of reward."
