5.
Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu'anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu'alaihi wa sallam)
said: Shall I not guide you to that
by which Allaah wipes away the sins and
raises the ranks? They said: Certainly
O Messenger of Allaah! He said Completing
the wudoo when it is a hardship, and many
steps to the mosques and waiting for the
[next] Prayer after the Prayer, that is
'ar-Ribaat' (defending the frontiers),
that is 'ar-Ribaat' that is 'ar-Ribaat').
[Reported by Muslim (1/151) and others].
6. Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu'anhu) reports
that Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said When the
Muslim (or 'Believing') servant makes
wudoo and washes his face then the sin
of everything he looked at with his eye
comes away with the water, or with the
last drop of the water, and when he washes
his hands then the sin of everything
he stretched out his hands to comes away
with the water, or with the last drop
of the water. And when he washes his
feet every sin which his feet walked
towards comes away with the water or
with the last drop of the water - so
that he leaves clean (clear/pure) from
sins. [Reported by Muslim (1/148)
and others].
7. Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu 'anhu)
reports that Rasoolullah (sallallaahu
'alaihi wa sallam) came to the graveyard
and said Peace be upon you, dwelling
of Believing People and we will (all)
if Allaah wills join you soon. I would
have liked to have seen our brothers!
They said: Are we not your brothers,
O Messenger of Allaah? He said You
are my Companions and our brothers are
those who have not yet come! They
said: How will you know those who have
not yet come from your Ummah, O Messenger
of Allaah? He said Have you not seen
that if a man had a horse with a white
blaze and hoof along with a totally jet-black
horse, then would he not know his horse?
They said: Certainly, O Messnger of Allaah.
He said So they will come with white
blazes and marks from the wudoo and I
am present before them at the Hand ('water-tank')
Indeed men will be driven away from my
'water-tank' as the lost camel is driven
away from their gathering place. 'Come
on'. So it will be said: 'Indeed they
have made changes after you,' so I will
say: Be off, be off. [Muslim 249].
8. Abu Umaamah (radhiAllaahu'anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
said When a Muslim makes wudoo the
sins he has committed come away from
his hearing and from his sight and from
his hand and from his feet, so when he
sits he sits down having been forgiven.
[Reported by Ahmad (5/252) and is hasan].
9. Abu Maalik al-Ash'aree (radhiAllaahu
anhu) said: Rasoolullah (sallallaahu
'alaihi wasallam) said Purification
is half of Imaan. And 'al-hamdu lillaah'
fills the Scales. And 'subhaanAllaah'
and 'al-hamdu lillaah' fill whatever
is between the heaven and the earth.
And Prayer is a light. And Sadaqah is
a clear proof. And Sabr (patience) is
a shining light. And the Qur'aan is a
proof for or against you. Every person
starts the day dealing for his own soul
so he either sets it free or destroys
it. [Reported by Muslim (1/140) and
others].
10. 'Uthmaan (radhiAllaahu 'anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
said Whoever makes wudoo and makes
it well, his sins come out from his body,
even coming out from under his nails.
[Reported by Muslim (3/133) and others].
11. 'Uthmaan (radhiAllaahu 'anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
said Whoever makes wudoo like this
- then all of his previous sins are forgiven
- and his Prayer and his walking to the
mosque are above and beyond that.
[Reported by Muslim, 3/113].
12. Ibn 'Umar (radhiAllaahu 'anhumaa)
said: Rasoolullah (sallallaahu'alaihi
wasallam) said When one of you makes
wudoo and makes it well, then goes out
to the mosque - having no purpose except
Prayer - then his left foot continues
to wipe away his evil deeds and his right
foot continually writes for him good
deeds until he enters the mosque. And
if the people knew what there was in
the night prayer and Subh prayers - then
they would come to them even if they
had to crawl. [Reported by at-Tabraanee
in 'al-Mu'jam ul-Kabeer'. And Ash-Shaikh
al-Albaanee declares it to be saheeh
(As-Saheehah, no.454). And its meaning
is reported by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim
from the narration of Abu Hurairah].
13. Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu'anhu)
said: Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said Whoever makes wudoo
and makes it well then goes out - and
then finds that the people have finished
the Prayer - then Allaah gives him the
same reward as one who had prayed it
along with the people without diminishing
any of their reward. [Reported by
Abu Dawood (no.564) and an-Nasaa'ee (no.856)
and others. Al-Albaanee declares it to
be 'saheeh' (As-Saheehah, no.6039)].
14. Zaid ibn Khaalid al Juhanee (radhiAllaahu'anhu)
relates that the Prophet (sallallaahu
'alaihi wa sallam) said Whoever makes
wudoo and makes it well, then prays two
rak'ahs not letting his mind wander in
them - then Allaah forgives him all of
his previous sins. [Reported by Abu
Dawood (no.905) and others. Al-Albaanee
declares it to be 'hasan' (As-Saheehah,
no.6041)].
15. 'Uqbah ibn 'Aamir (radhiAllaahu 'anhu)
said: Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said Whoever makes wudoo
and makes it well, then prays two rak'ahs
concentrating therein with his heart
and his face - then Paradise is obligatory
for him. [Reported by an-Nasaa'ee.
Al-Albaanee declares it to be 'saheeh'
(As-Saheehah, no.6062)].
16. 'Uthmaan (radhiAllaahu 'anhu) said:
I heard Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) say Whoever makes wudoo
for Prayer and completes the wudoo -
then walks to the obligatory Prayer and
prays it with the people - or with the
congregation - or in the mosque - then
Allaah forgives his sins. [Reported
by Muslim (1/144) and others].
17. 'Alee (radhiAllaahu 'anhu) relates
that Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said Completing the wudoo
when it is a hardship, and walking to
the mosque, and waiting for the next
prayer after the previous one (greatly)
washes away the sins. [Reported by
al-Haakim (1/132) who declared it to
be saheeh to the standard of Muslim.
And al-Haithumee said in 'Az-Zawaa-id':
It is narrated by Abu Ya'laa and al-Bazzaar.
And its narrators are up to the standard
of Al-Bukharee],
18. Humraan ibn Abaan relates that 'Uthmaan
asked for water to make wudoo - then
he mentioned how the Prophet (sallallaahu
'alaihi wa sallam) made wudoo . Then
he said: The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said at the end of the hadeeth
Whoever makes wudoo in the same way
that I have just made wudoo then stands
up and prays two rak'ahs, not thinking
of other things, then his previous sins
are forgiven. [Related by al-Bukhaaree
(Fath ul-Baaree, 11/213) and Muslim (no.226)
and an-Nasaa'ee ( 1/63)] .
