English translation
[1930] 294 - (832) It wasnarrated that Abû Umâmah said:'Amr bin 'Abasah As-Sulamîsaid: During the Jâhiliyyah, I usedto think that the people weremisguided and not followinganything real when theyworshipped idols. I heard of aman in Makkah who was tellingstories, so I sat on my mount andwent to find him. The Messengerof Allâh ﷺ was in hiding and hispeople were persecuting him. Ikept a low profile until I
managed to enter upon him in Makkah. I said to him: "Who are you?" He said: "I am a Prophet." I said: "What is a Prophet?" He said: "I have been sent by Allâh." I said: "With what has He sent you?" He said: "He has sent me to uphold the ties of kinship, to break the idols and to proclaim that Allâh is to be singled out (for worship) and that none is to be associated with Him." I said to him: "Who do you have with you?" He said: "A free man and a slave" - at that time he had Abû Bakr and Bilâl with him among those who believed in him. I said: "I want to follow you." He said: "You cannot do that right now. Do you not see my situation and the situation of the people? Go back to your family, then when you hear that I have been granted victory, come to me." So I went to my family, and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ arrived in Al-Madînah while I was with my family. I started to ask people for news after he arrived in Al-Madînah, until there came to me a group of people from Yathrib - Al-Madînah - and I said: "What did this man who came to Al-Madînah do?" They said: "The people are hastening to follow him, and his people wanted to kill him but they were not able to." I arrived in Al-Madînah and entered upon him, and said: "O
Messenger of Allâh, do you recognize me?" He said: "Yes, you are the one who met me in Makkah." I said: "Yes." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, tell me what Allâh has taught you, that I do not know. Tell me about prayer."
He said: "Pray the Subh prayer, then refrain from praying until the sun has risen and become high, for when it rises, it rises between the horns of the Shaitân and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it. Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended until the shadow of a spear falls directly north.[1] Then refrain from praying, for at that time Hell is stoked up. Then when the shadow moves forward, pray - for the prayer is witnessed and attended - until you have prayed Asr. Then refrain from praying until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of the Shaitân and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, tell me about Wudû." He said: "There is no man among you who brings his Wudû water, rinses out his mouth, snuffs water up into his nose and blows it out, but the sins of his face, mouth and nostrils drop out. Then when he washes his face as enjoined by
Allâh, the sins of his face drop out with the water from the end of his beard. Then when he washes his arms up to the elbows, the sins of his hands drop out with the water from his fingertips. Then when he wipes his head, the sins of his head drop out with the water from the ends of his hair. Then when he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet drop out with the water from the ends of his toes. Then if he stands and prays, and praises and glorifies Allâh as He deserves, and his heart focuses on Allâh, then he is cleansed of his sins and is as he was on the day his mother bore him.”
‘Amr bin ‘Abasah narrated this Hadith to Abû Umâmah, the Companion of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and Abû Umâmah said to him: “O ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah, watch what you are saying; is such a great reward given to a man for one incident?” ‘Amr said: “O Abû Umâmah, I have grown old, my bones have become weak and my end is near. I have no need to tell lies about Allâh and His Messenger. If I had heard it only once from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, or even two times or three - until he mentioned seven times - I would never have narrated it, but I heard it more often than that.”
Arabic text
294 - (832) حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ - قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ، وَلَقِيَ شَدَّادٌ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، وَوَاثِلَةَ، وَصَحِبَ أَنَسًا إِلَى الشَّامِ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَضْلًا وَخَيْرًا - عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ السُّلَمِيُّ: كُنْتُ وَأَنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ، وَأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ الْأَوْثَانَ، فَسَمِعْتُ بِرَجُلٍ بِمَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُ أَخْبَارًا، فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِي، فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُسْتَخْفِيًا جُرَءَاءُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمُهُ، فَتَلَطَّفْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: «أَنَا نَبِيٌّ»، فَقُلْتُ: وَمَا نَبِيٌّ؟ قَالَ: «أَرْسَلَنِي اللهُ»، فَقُلْتُ: وَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَرْسَلَكَ، قَالَ: «أَرْسَلَنِي بِصِلَةِ الْأَرْحَامِ، وَكَسْرِ الْأَوْثَانِ، وَأَنْ يُوَحَّدَ اللهُ لَا يُشْرَكُ بِهِ شَيْءٌ»، قُلْتُ لَهُ: فَمَنْ مَعَكَ عَلَى هَذَا؟ قَالَ: «حُرٌّ، وَعَبْدٌ»، قَالَ: وَمَعَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَبِلَالٌ مِمَّنْ آمَنَ بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي مُتَّبِعُكَ، قَالَ: «إِنَّكَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَكَ هَذَا، أَلَا تَرَى حَالِي وَحَالَ النَّاسِ، وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ بِي قَدْ ظَهَرْتُ فَأْتِنِي»، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَكُنْتُ فِي أَهْلِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَخَبَّرُ الْأَخْبَارَ ، وَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ حِينَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيَّ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ يَثْرِبَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ؟ فَقَالُوا النَّاسُ: إِلَيْهِ سِرَاعٌ وَقَدْ أَرَادَ قَوْمُهُ قَتْلَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا ذَلِكَ، فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَعْرِفُنِي؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَقِيتَنِي بِمَكَّةَ»، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى
فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا عَلَّمَكَ اللهُ وَأَجْهَلُهُ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: «صَلِّ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ، فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ، وَحِينَئِذٍ يَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ، ثُمَّ صَلِّ فَإِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَحْضُورَةٌ حَتَّى يَسْتَقِلَّ الظِّلُّ بِالرُّمْحِ، ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّ حِينَئِذٍ تُسْجَرُ جَهَنَّمُ، فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ الْفَيْءُ فَصَلِّ، فَإِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَحْضُورَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ، فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ، وَحِينَئِذٍ يَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ»
قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ فَالْوُضُوءَ حَدِّثْنِي عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «مَا مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ يُقَرِّبُ وَضُوءَهُ فَيَتَمَضْمَضُ، وَيَسْتَنْشِقُ فَيَنْتَثِرُ إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ، وَفِيهِ وَخَيَاشِيمِهِ، ثُمَّ إِذَا غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ، إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ لِحْيَتِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ، إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا يَدَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ، إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رَأْسِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ شَعْرِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ، إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ، فَإِنْ هُوَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَمَجَّدَهُ بِالَّذِي هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ، وَفَرَّغَ قَلْبَهُ لِلَّهِ، إِلَّا انْصَرَفَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ».
فَحَدَّثَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ: «يَا عَمْرَو بْنَ عَبَسَةَ، انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ فِي مَقَامٍ وَاحِدٍ يُعْطَى هَذَا الرَّجُلُ»، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: «يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، لَقَدْ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي، وَرَقَّ عَظْمِي، وَاقْتَرَبَ أَجَلِي، وَمَا بِي حَاجَةٌ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللهِ وَلَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ، لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا مَرَّةً، أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ، أَوْ ثَلَاثًا حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، مَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبَدًا، وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»
