Sahih Muslim 251a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Should I not suggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man). They (the hearers) said: Yes,…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، (قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ،) أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلَاءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَا يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِهِ الْخَطَايَا وَيَرْفَعُ بِهِ الدَّرَجَاتِ». قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: «إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ عَلَى الْمَكَارِهِ وَكَثْرَةُ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ فَذَلِكُمُ الرِّبَاطُ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Should I not suggest to you that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks (of a man). They (the hearers) said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: Performing the ablution thoroughly despite odds, tranverside of more paces towards the mosque, and waiting for the next prayer after observing a prayer, and that is mindfulness.

মুহাম্মাদ ইবনু রাফি এবং "আবদ ইবনু হুমায়দ (রহঃ) ... আবূ যার (রাযিঃ) এর সূত্রে নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম থেকে অবিকল হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন। তবে তার বর্ণনায় একটু শাব্দিক পার্থক্য রয়েছে, অর্থ একই।

(ہشام کے بجائے ) عروہ بن زبیر کے آزاد کردہ غلام حبیب نے سابقہ سند سے یہی روایت بیان کی ، فرق صرف یہ ہے کہ انہوں نے ( تعین صانعاکسی کاریگر کے بجائے ( فتعین الصانع ( الف لام کےساتھ ) کہا ہے ۔

Bana Muhammed b. Rafi' ve Abd b. Humeyd tahdis etti. -Bize Abdurrezzak (2/9a) -Abd haber verdi, dedi, İbn Rafi' tahdis etti, dedi-, bize Ma'mer, ez-Zührl'den haber verdi. O Urve b. Zubeyr'in azatlısı Habib'den, o Urve b. Zübeyr'den, o Ebu Muravih'den, o Ebu Zerr'den, O Nebi (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem)'den hadisi buna yakın olarak nakletti.

Ancak bu rivayetinde O: "(İş yapan anlamındaki lafzın başına elif lam getirerek): İş yapan birisine yardımcı olursun, yahut yapamayan adına sen yaparsın" buyurdu (diye nakletti). 244 – 252 DAVUDOĞLU ŞERHİ İÇİN buraya tıklayın

Sahih Muslim 251a, Book 2, The Book of Purification, Hadith 54. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked his Companions if they wanted him to guide them to deeds that would be a means of forgiving sins and erasing them from the records of the guardian angels and elevating ranks in Paradise. The Companions said: Yes, we want this.

He said: First: Completing and perfecting the ablution despite hardships like coldness, scarcity of water, physical pain, and hot water. Second: Frequent steps—distance between the two feet—made to mosques, given the remoteness of the house from the mosque and the frequent repetition. Third: Waiting for the time when the prayer becomes due, having one's heart attached to it, getting ready for it, and sitting in the mosque for its sake, waiting for the congregation.

Then, on performing the prayer, one stays in his prayer area waiting for another prayer. After that, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that such things represent the real Ribāt (standing at the frontline of danger against the enemy) because it blocks the devil's ways to the self, overpowers personal desires, and prevents the self from accepting the devil's whispering.

This way, the party of Allah defeats the devil's soldiers, which is the major Jihad, and that puts it in the same position of standing guard at the frontline against the enemy.

What it teaches

The importance of observing the congregational prayer in the mosque and assigning good care to prayers without being distracted from them.
The Prophet's good approach and how he aroused his Companions' interest as he started by mentioning a great reward in the question form, which is one of the educational methods.
The benefit of presenting an issue in a question-and-answer form: To make the speech more effective given the fact that it involves ambiguity and clarification.
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: Such is Ribāt, i.e., the encouraged Ribāt, and Ribāt originally means being tied to something, as if one ties himself to this act of obedience. It is said: It is the best Ribāt, as it is said: Jihad is striving against oneself. It could probably refer to the available and accessible Ribāt, i.e., it is one of the types of Ribāt.
The word "Ribāt" is repeated and used with a definite article "the" to stress the great status of such deeds.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
2Yahya ibn Ayyub al-MaqabiriTold us, Fourth generation, died 233 AH
3Qutaybah ibn SaidWith, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
4Ali ibn HujrWith, Third generation, died 244 AH
5Ismail ibn JafarFrom, Third generation, died 180 AH
6Al-Ala ibn Abd ar-RahmanInformed me, Successor, died 130 AH
7Abd ar-Rahman ibn YaqubFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
8Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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