[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no Muslim who performs ablution and does the ablution well, then comes to the mosque and prays two rakahs in it, then seeks Allah's forgiveness, except that Allah forgives him." And Abu Kurayb narrated it to us; he said: Abu Muawiyah narrated to us; he said: Abdullah ibn Saeed narrated to us from his grandfather Abu Saeed al-Maqburi; he said: I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib saying: I heard Abu Bakr saying: The Messenger ﷺ said, then he mentioned something similar to it. Abu Bakr, Saad ibn Saeed, and Abdullah ibn Saeed—their hadith has some weakness, and a group has narrated from them both and from each one of them. We only record from their hadith what has already been narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, even if it is through another chain. And these words were narrated by Asma ibn al-Hakam from Ali from Abu Bakr.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ، إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.» وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حدثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: حدثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ ﷺ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، فَحَدِيثُهُمَا فِيهِ لِينٌ، وَقَدْ حَدَّثَ عَنْهُمَا جَمَاعَةٌ، وَعَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا، وَإِنَّمَا نَكْتُبُ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِمَا مَا كَانَ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ الْإِسْنَادِ، وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ قَدْ رَوَاهُ أَسْمَاءُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ.

[AI] I was a man who, when I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Allah benefited me by it as much as He willed to benefit me. And if one of his Companions narrated it to me from him, I would make him swear an oath; if he swore to me, I believed him. Abu Bakr narrated to me—and Abu Bakr spoke the truth—that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "There is no Muslim who performs ablution and does the ablution well, then comes to the mosque and prays two rakahs, then seeks Allah's forgiveness, except that Allah forgives him." Abu Bakr said: This hadith was narrated by Shubah, Misar, Sufyan al-Thawri, Sharik, Abu Awanah, and Qays ibn al-Rabi, and we do not know anyone who doubted between Asma or Abu Asma except Shubah. Amr ibn Abdullah al-Awdi narrated to us: Waki ibn al-Jarrah narrated to us: Misar and Sufyan narrated from Uthman ibn al-Mughirah, from Ali ibn Rabiah, from Asma ibn al-Hakam, from Ali, from Abu Bakr. Sufyan attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ, while Misar did not attribute it to the Prophet ﷺ, and he mentioned something similar to it. Abd al-Wahid ibn Ghiyath narrated to us: Abu Awanah narrated from Uthman ibn al-Mughirah, from Ali ibn Rabiah, from Asma ibn al-Hakam al-Fazari, from Ali, from Abu Bakr, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something like the hadith of Shubah. Al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated to us: Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us: Sharik narrated from Uthman ibn al-Mughirah, from Ali ibn Rabiah, from Asma ibn al-Hakam, from Ali, from Abu Bakr, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something similar to the hadith of Shubah. Abu Bakr said: We do not know this wording to be narrated from Abu Bakr from the Prophet ﷺ except through these two routes. And Ali's statement, "I was a man who, when I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ," was only narrated by Asma ibn al-Hakam. Asma is unknown; he did not narrate anything other than this hadith, and no one narrated from him except Ali ibn Rabiah. And this wording was not narrated from Ali except through this route.

كُنْتُ امْرَأً إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا نَفَعَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ اسْتَحْلَفْتُهُ، فَإِذَا حَلَفَ لِي صَدَّقْتُهُ. وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَصَدَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٌ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ، إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ». قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ رَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ وَمِسْعَرٌ وَسُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشَرِيكٌ وَأَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَقَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، وَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا شَكَّ فِي أَسْمَاءَ أَوْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ إِلَّا شُعْبَةُ. حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَوْدِيُّ قَالَ حدثنا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حدثنا مِسْعَرٌ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، رَفَعَهُ سُفْيَانُ، وَمِسْعَرٌ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ، وَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ. وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حدثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ. وَحَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَ حدثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حدثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الْوَجْهَيْنِ، وَقَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ: كُنْتُ امْرَأً إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، إِنَّمَا رَوَاهُ أَسْمَاءُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، وَأَسْمَاءُ مَجْهُولٌ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْ بِغَيْرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْ عَنْهُ إِلَّا عَلِيُّ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَالْكَلَامُ فَلَمْ يُرْوَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.