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ahmad:23716Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī

[Machine] "We were with Salman under a tree, and he took a branch from it and shook it, causing its leaves to fall. He then said, 'Don't you ask me about what I did?' We replied, 'Please tell us.' He said, 'We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ under a tree, and he took a branch from it and shook it, causing its leaves to fall. He then said, 'Don't you ask me about what I did?' We replied, 'Tell us, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Indeed, when a Muslim slave stands up for prayer, his sins fall away from him just as the leaves of this tree fall away.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٧١٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ سَلْمَانَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ غُصْنًا مِنْهَا فَنَفَضَهُ فَتَسَاقَطَ وَرَقُهُ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَمَّا صَنَعْتُ؟ فَقُلْنَا أَخْبِرْنَا فَقَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ غُصْنًا مِنْهَا فَنَفَضَهُ فَتَسَاقَطَ وَرَقُهُ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَمَّا صَنَعْتُ؟ فَقُلْنَا أَخْبِرْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ تَحَاتَّتْ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ