حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ نُوَيْفِعٍ مَوْلَى آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ ضِمَامَ بْنَ ثَعْلَبَةَ أَخَا بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ لَمَّا أَسْلَمَ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ فَرَائِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ وَغَيْرِهَا فَعَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ لَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ثُمَّ الزَّكَاةَ ثُمَّ صِيَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ حَجَّ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ أَعْلَمَهُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَسَأَفْعَلُ مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ لَا أَزِيدُ وَلَا أَنْقُصُ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنْ يَصْدُقْ ذُو الْعَقِيصَتَيْنِ يَدْخُلْ الْجَنَّةَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2254
It was narrated from "Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) that when Dimam bin Tha'labah, a man of Banu Saad bin Bakr, became Muslim, he asked the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) about the obligatory duties of Islam, prayer, and so on. He listed for him the five prayers, and did not add anything else; then (he told him about) zakah, then fasting Ramadan, then pilgrimage to the House ( Hajj ), then he told him what Allah forbade to him. When he had finished he said: I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah. I shall do what you instructed me, no more and no less. Then he turned to leave, and the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "If the one with the two braids meant what he said, he will enter Paradise."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020