The Virtue Of The Five Daily Prayers
Darussalam · Volume 1
5. The Book Of ṢalâhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 462 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 230
Source no. 462 · Volume 2 · Page 106
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صحيح، الإرواء (١٥)
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(صحيح) - الإرواء ١٥: ق.
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463. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do you think that if there was a river by the door of any one of you, and he bathed in it five times each day, would there be any trace of dirt left on him?" They said: "No trace of dirt would be left on him." He said: "That is the likeness of the five daily prayers. By means of them Allāh erases sins." (Ṣahīh)
462 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّ نَهَرًا بِبَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ هَلْ يَبْقَى مِنْ دَرَنِهِ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالُوا: لَا يَبْقَى مِنْ دَرَنِهِ شَيْءٌ. قَالَ: «فَكَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِهِنَّ الْخَطَايَا»
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The scholars have held the expression Khatāyā occurring here to mean As-Sagha'ir - minor sins. The righteous deeds - for example, prayer, ablution, charity, etc. - wash their apparent effects as bathing does, unlike the major sins (Al-Kabā'ir), which necessitate the precise action of repentance and remorse! And Allāh knows best!