موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطهارةBook: On the Explanation of Purification
بَابُ جَامِعِ الْوُضُوْءِComprehensive rulings on ablution
Hadith 62
وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَدَنِيِّ الْمُجْمِرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا دَامَ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، وَإِنَّهُ يُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِإِحْدَى خُطْوَتَيْهِ حَسَنَةٌ وَيُمْحَى عَنْهُ بِالْأُخْرَى سَيِّئَةٌ ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْإِقَامَةَ فَلَا يَسْعَ فَإِنَّ أَعْظَمَكُمْ أَجْرًا أَبْعَدُكُمْ دَارًا " قَالُوا : لِمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؟ قَالَ : " مِنْ أَجْلِ كَثْرَةِ الْخُطَا "
Hazrat Naeem bin Abdullah heard from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to say: Whoever performs ablution well, then goes out with the intention of prayer, then he is as if he is in prayer as long as he intends the prayer. For every step, a good deed is written, and for the other step, a bad deed is erased. So if any of you hears the takbeer of prayer, he should not run, because greater reward is for the one whose house is farther away. They said: Why, O Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)? He said: Because his steps will be more.
