حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْحَارِثَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ جَلَسَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمًا وَجَلَسْنَا مَعَهُ فَجَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فِي إِنَاءٍ أَظُنُّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِيهِ مُدٌّ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوئِي هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَمَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَبِيتَ يَتَمَرَّغُ لَيْلَتَهُ ثُمَّ إِنْ قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَهُنَّ الْحَسَنَاتُ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ قَالُوا هَذِهِ الْحَسَنَاتُ فَمَا الْبَاقِيَاتُ يَا عُثْمَانُ قَالَ هُنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 513
Abu 'Aqeel narrated that he heard al-Harith, the freed slave of 'Uthman, say: 'Uthman sat down one day and we sat down with him. The rnu'adhdhin came to him and 'Uthman called for water in a vessel which I thought would contain one mudd. He did zvudoo', then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) doing wudoo' as i have just done it, then he said: "Whoever does zvudoo' as I have just done, then gets up and prays Zuhr, will be forgiven for (what- ver sins he committed) between it and Fair ; then (if he) prays ' Asr , he will he forgiven for (whatever sins he committed) between it and Zuhr, then if he prays Maghrib, he will be forgiven for (whatever sins he committed) between it and 'Asr- then if he prays 'Isha', he will be forgiven for (whatever sins he committed) between it and Maghrib. Then he may spend the night indulging in physical pleasure, then if he gets up and does wudoo' and prays Fajr, he will be forgiven for (whatever sins he committed) between it and 'Isha'. These are the good deeds that remove the evil deeds (cf. 11:114)." They said: These are the good deeds, but what are the good righteous deeds that last (cf. 18:46), O 'Uthman? He said: They are (the words) La ilalia illallah, urn subhanallah wal-lmmdu Lillah wallahu akbar, wa la haw! a wa la quwwata ilia Billah (There is no god but Allah, glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, Allah is Most Great and there is no power and no strength except with Allah).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020