Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 277 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 101
Source no. 277 · Volume 1 · Page 349
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٢٩٢) ، الإرواء (٤١٢) ، الروض النضير (١٧٧ و ١٧٨) ، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (١٩٢) ، المساجلة العلمية (١٧)
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277. It was narrated that Thawbān said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Adhere to righteousness even though you will not be able to do all acts of virtue. Know that the best of your deeds is Salāt (prayer) and that no one maintains his ablution except a believer.'" (Hasan)
277 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اسْتَقِيمُوا، وَلَنْ تُحْصُوا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ خَيْرَ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَلَا يُحَافِظُ عَلَى الْوُضُوءِ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ»
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'Adherence to the righteousness' means adherence to the path of Islam. 'You will not be able to do all acts of virtue' means none of you would be able to stick to the path of virtue in a manner that all deviations and shortcomings are banished from your life. Nor is it possible for you to offer your obeisance and remembrance to Allāh as would be commensurate with His supernal glory and majesty. Maintenance of ablution or the nullification of it, is a state of being which no one else but the person concerned would generally know, and it could easily be kept hidden from others. It could only be taken due care of by the firm belief that, no matter whether others know it or not, Allāh surely knows it. Imân is a matter of the heart. It finds expression in actions and deeds. And we have been told that the most important of all virtuous deeds is the prayer. Obligatory prayer (Salât) is of so much importance that it has been described as a dividing line between belief and disbelief. No wonder then, that prayer has been described as the highest attribute of the pious and the foremost condition for prosperity in the Hereafter.