حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي
الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي
مَعْدَانُ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ :
لِثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا يَنْفَعُنَا اللَّهُ بِهِ , قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ :
" مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً ، إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً ، وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً " .
Ma'dan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I requested Hazrat Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) to narrate to me a hadith by which Allah may grant me benefit. He said: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever performs one prostration for the pleasure of Allah, Allah will raise him one degree because of it and forgive one of his sins.