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Sahih Muslim 488

I met Thauban, the freed slave. of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and asked him to tell me about an act for which, if I do it, Allah will admit me to Paradise, or I asked about…

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حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الأَوْزَاعِيَّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُعَيْطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي مَعْدَانُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيُّ

قَالَ لَقِيتُ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَعْمَلُهُ يُدْخِلُنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ. أَوْ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِأَحَبِّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ. فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «عَلَيْكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلاَّ رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً».

قَالَ مَعْدَانُ ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِي ثَوْبَانُ

I met Thauban, the freed slave. of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and asked him to tell me about an act for which, if I do it, Allah will admit me to Paradise, or I asked about the act which was loved most by Allah. He gave no reply.

I again asked and he gave no reply. I asked him for the third time, and he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about that and he said: Make frequent prostrations before Allah, for you will not make one prostration without raising you a degree because of it, and removing a sin from you, because of it.

Madan said that then lie met Abu al-Darda and when he asked him, he received a reply similar to that given by Thauban.

যুহায়র ইবনু হারব ও আবদ ইবনু হুমায়দ (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম ইরশাদ করেনঃ প্রত্যেক নবীর জন্য একটি বিশেষ দু'আ আছে। (কিন্তু তারা সে দু'আর প্রয়োগ দুনিয়াতেই করে ফেলেছেন।) আমার বিশেষ দু'আটি কিয়ামত দিবসে আমার উম্মতের শাফা'আতের জন্য গোপনে সংরক্ষিত রাখব বলে ইচ্ছা করেছি ইনশা-আল্লা-হ।

(مالک بن ا نس کے بجائے ) ابن شہاب کے بھتیجے نے ابن شہاب سے حدیث سنائی ، انہوں نے کہا : مجھے ابو سلمہ بن عبد الرحمن نے خبر دی کہ حضرت ابو ہریرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نے کہا : رسول اللہ ﷺ نے فرمایا : ’’یقیناً ہر نبی کی ایک دعا ہے ( جس کی قبولیت یقینی ہے ۔ ) میں نے ارادہ کیا ہے کہ ان شاءاللہ میں اپنی اس دعا کو قیامت کے روز اپنی امت کی سفارش کرنے کے لیے محفوظ رکھوں گا ۔ ‘ ‘

Dan telah menceritakan kepadaku [Zuhair bin Harb] dan [Abd bin Humaid], [Zuhair] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ya'qub bin Ibrahim] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Akhi Ibnu Syihab] dari [pamannya] telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Abu Salamah bin Abdurrahman] bahwa [Abu Hurairah] berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Setiap Nabi memiliki doa, dan aku berkeinginan -insya Allah- untuk menyembunyikan doaku sebagai syafa'at bagi umatku pada hari kiamat."

Telah menceritakan kepadaku [Zuhair bin Harb] dan [Abd bin Humaid], [Zuhair] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ya'qub bin Ibrahim] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Akhi Ibnu Syihab] dari [pamannya] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Amru bin Abu Sufyan bin Asid bin Jariyah ats-Tsaqafi] seperti itu, dari [Abu Hurairah] dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam

Bana Zuheyr b. Harb ile Abd b. Hümeyd de rivayet ettiler. Züheyr dedi ki: Bize Yakub b. İbrahim rivayet etti. (Dedi ki): Bize İbni Şihab'ın kardeşi oğlu amcasından rivayet etti. (Demiş ki): Bana Ebu Selemete'bni Abdirrahman Ebu Hureyre'nin şöyle dediğini haber verdi Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) "Şüphesiz her bir nebinin bir (kabul edilen) duası olmuştur.

Ben de -inşallah- bu duamı kıyamet gününde ümmetim için yapacağım dua olarak saklamak istedim" dedi. Yalnız Müslim rivayet etmiştir; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf

Sahih Muslim 488, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 255. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the deed that leads to Paradise or about the deeds that Allah loves most. He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to the questioner: Adhere to prostration frequently during the prayer, for you do not make a single prostration to Allah except that Allah raises you one degree therewith and forgives one of your sins therewith.

What it teaches

  • Encouraging Muslims to pay good attention to prayer, both obligatory and voluntary, as it includes prostration.
  • It demonstrates the Companions' good understanding of the religion and their awareness of the fact that Paradise cannot be attained except through Allah's mercy first, then through good deeds.
  • Prostration during the prayer is among the greatest means of raising ranks and forgiving sins.

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.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Zuhayr ibn HarbTold me, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Al-Walid ibn MuslimTold us, Third generation, died 194 AH
  4. 4Al-AwzaiHeard, Third generation, died 157 AH
  5. 5Al-Walid ibn HishamTold me, Successor, died 121 AH
  6. 6Madan ibn Abi TalhahTold me, Successor, died 61 AH

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