[Machine] Abdullah and I heard him, I myself heard Abdulah bin Wahb narrating from Makhrama, from his father, from Aamir bin Saad bin Abi Waqqas who said: I heard Saad and some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There were two brothers during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and one of them was better than the other. The one who was better passed away, then the other one lived for forty nights, then he also passed away. So the excellence of the first one over the other was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "Didn't he used to pray?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So there was nothing wrong with him. Then he said, "How do you know what his prayer has reached?" Then he said at that point, "Verily, the example of prayer is like a river flowing by a house with sweet and pure water, and a person enters it five times a day. So what do you think that will leave of his dirt?"
عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا وَنَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُونَ كَانَ رَجُلانِ أَخَوَانِ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الآخَرِ فَتُوُفِّيَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَفْضَلُهُمَا ثُمَّ عُمِّرَ الْآخَرُ بَعْدَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ فَذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَضْلُ الْأَوَّلِ عَلَى الْآخَرِ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي؟ فَقَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَانَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ فَقَالَ مَا يُدْرِيكُمْ مَاذَا بَلَغَتْ بِهِ صَلاتُهُ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الصَّلَاة كَمَثَلِ نَهَرٍ جَارٍ بِبَابِ رَجُلٍ غَمْرٍ عَذْبٍ يَقْتَحِمُ فِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فَمَاذا تُرَوْنَ يُبْقِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ دَرَنِهِ؟