[Machine] "I swear by Allah, I will not leave until I see whether he prefers to depart on an even rakah or an odd rakah." So when the man departed, he said to him, "O Abdullah, do you know whether you left on an even rakah or an odd rakah?" He replied, "No, I do not know, for Allah knows. Indeed, I heard my beloved, Abu Al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him, say, and he wept and then said, "Indeed, I heard my beloved, Abu Al-Qasim (PBUH), say, 'There is no servant who prostrates to Allah in a prostration except that Allah elevates him by it a level and removes from him a sin.' So Al-Ahnaf ibn Qais said, 'Who are you, may Allah have mercy on you?' He said, 'Abu Dhar.' So I restrained myself from what had happened to me in relation to him."  

وَاللهِ لَا أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ عَلَى شَفْعٍ يَنْصَرِفُ أَمْ عَلَى وِتْرٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ هَلْ تَدْرِي عَلَى شَفْعٍ انْصَرَفْتَ أَمَ عَلَى وِتْرٍ؟ قَالَ أَلَّا أَكُونَ أَدْرِي فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَدْرِي إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ خَلِيلِي أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَامُهُ يَقُولُ ثُمَّ بَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ خَلِيلِي أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ مَنْ أَنْتَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ؟ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَتَقَاصَرَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي مِمَّا وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي عَلَيْهِ