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Saying the tasbih erases sins

adab:634Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Abū Rabīʿah Sinān > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third time but not all the leaves fell off. He said: "Saying Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, shake off sins as the leaves of a tree fall away."

الأدب المفرد:٦٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَبِيعَةَ سِنَانٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غُصْنًا فَ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَانْتَفَضَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَنْفُضْنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا تَنْفُضُ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا»

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