[Machine] We went out as pilgrims, and when we reached Ar-Rabadhah, I said to my companions, "Go ahead and I will stay behind." So, I went to Abu Dharr while he was praying, and I saw him prolonging the standing (Qiyam) and increasing the bowing (Ruku') and the prostration (Sujud). I mentioned that to him, and he said, "I do not mind if I stay longer in prayer, for I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever performs a Rak'ah (unit of prayer) or prostrates during a Sajdah (prostration), a degree is raised for him and a sin is erased from him because of it.'"  

خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَلَمَّا بَلَغْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ قُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي تَقَدَّمُوا وَتَخَلَّفْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُطِيلُ الْقِيَامَ وَيُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أُحْسِنَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَكَعَ رَكْعَةً أَوْ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً رُفِعَ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحُطَّتْ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ