حَدَٔثنَاَ أَبُوْ مَعْمَرِ قَال: حَدَٔثَنَا عَبْدُالْوَارَثِ قَالَ:حَدَٔثَنَا سِنَانُ‘ أَبُوْ رَبِیْعَۃَ قَالَ: حَدَٔثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکِ قَالَ: أَخَدَالنبَٔيِ ﷺ عُصنًا فَنَفَضَہُ فَلَمَ ْ یَنْتَفَضْ، ثُمَٔ نَفَضَہُ فَلَمْ یَنْتَفِضْ ثُمَٔ نَفَضٔہُ فَانْتَفَضَ، قَالَ: ((إِنَٔ سُبْحَانَ اللہِ، وَالْحَمْدُ للہِ، وَلَا اإِلہ الَٔا اللہُ، یَنْفُضْنَ الْخَطَایَا کَمَا تَنْفُضُ الشَٔجَرَۃُ وَرَ قَھَا۔))
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 634
Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third time but not all the leaves fell off. He said, 'Saying, "Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah and there is no god but Allah" makes errors fall away as the leaves of a tree fall away.'"
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020