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English translation
496. Aws bin Aws narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to me: 'Whoever performs Ghusl on Friday, and bathes completely,[1] and goes early, arriving early, gets close and listens and is silent, there will be for him in every step he takes the reward of a year of fasting and standing (in prayer).'" (Sahih)
Regarding this Hadīth, Maḥmūd (one of the narrators) said: "Waki' said: (Ightasal) 'Whoever performs Ghusl' refers to him; (Gassala)' refers to his wife."
It has been reported that [ʿAbdullāh] bin Al-Mubārak said about this Hadīth: "Whoever bathes completely" and "Whoever performs Ghusl" means washes his head and performs Ghusl."
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakr, ʿImrān bin Ḥuṣain, Salmān, Abū Dharr, Abū Saʿeed, Ibn ʿUmar, and Abū Ayyūb.
Abū ʿEisā said: The Hadīth of Aws bin Aws is a Hasan Hadīth, and Abū Al-Ashʿath Aṣ-Ṣanʿānī's name is Sharāḥil bin Ādah.
[And Abū Janāb is Yahya bin Ḥabīb Al-Qaṣṣāb Al-Kūfī.]
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Footnotes
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[1] There is a difference of opinion about the precise interpretation of this sentence. It has been translated according to one of the more general interpretations, and Allāh knows best. The explanatory quotes that the author mentions after the text are related to the meaning of this sentence. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
It is evident from this Hadīth that if a person takes a bath with great care and sets out early for Friday prayers and he listens to the sermon attentively, this will yield him a great reward and recompense. The reward of each step is equal to the standing in prayer and observing fast for a whole year.
