[Machine] Two men came to the Prophet ﷺ , one of them was from the Ansar and the other was from Thaqif. The Ansari man arrived before the Thaqifi man, so the Prophet ﷺ said to the Thaqifi man, "O brother of Thaqif, the Ansari man preceded you." The Ansari man said, "I will always precede you, O Messenger of Allah." So the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "O brother of Thaqif, ask about your need, and if you wish, I will inform you about what you came to ask." The man said, "That is more astonishing to me, that you ask me about your prayer, your bowing, your prostration, your fasting, and you say, 'What do I have in it?'." He said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, pray the first and last part of the night and sleep the middle part." He said, "If you pray the middle part, then you are doing well." He said, "When you stand up for prayer, place your hands on your knees and spread your fingers, then raise your head until every joint returns to its place. And when you prostrate, place your forehead on the ground and do not peck like a crow. And fast on the white nights, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen (of the lunar month)." Then he turned to the Ansari man and said, "Ask about your need, and if you wish, I will inform you." He said, "That is more astonishing to me. You came to ask me about leaving your house to come to the Kaaba, and you say, 'What do I have in it?' And you came to ask about standing at Arafat, and you say, 'What do I have in it?' And you came to ask about throwing the pebbles, and you say, 'What do I have in it?' And you came to ask about circumambulating the Kaaba, and you say, 'What do I have in it?' And you came to ask about shaving your head, and you say, 'What do I have in it?'." He said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, as for your leaving your house to come to the Kaaba, for every step you take, Allah will write for you a good deed and erase from you a bad deed. And as for your standing at Arafat, Allah descends to the lowest heaven and boasts to the angels about them, saying, 'These are My servants who have come to Me, disheveled and covered in dust, from every deep valley, hoping for My mercy and fearing My punishment, and they have not seen Me. So how would it be if they had seen Me? And if your sins were equivalent to the grains of sand on the earth or the days of the world, or the drops of rain from the sky, Allah will wash them away from you. And as for your throwing of the pebbles, it will remain for you. And as for shaving your head, for every hair you cut, you will receive a reward. So when you walk around the Kaaba, you will come out from your sins as on the day your mother gave birth to you."
جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَالْآخَرُ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ فَسَبَقَهُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلثَّقَفِيِّ «يَا أَخَا ثَقِيفٍ سَبَقَكَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ» فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَا أَبَدُّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «يَا أَخَا ثَقِيفٍ سَلْ عَنْ حَاجَتِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ عَمَّا جِئْتَ بِهِ تَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ» قَالَ فَذَاكَ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ صَلَاتِكَ وَعَنْ رُكُوعِكَ وَعَنِ سُجُودِكَ وَعَنْ صِيَامِكَ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ قَالَ إِي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ قَالَ «فَصَلِّ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَآخِرَهُ وَنَمْ وَسَطَهُ» قَالَ فَإِنْ صَلَّيْتُ وَسَطَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ إِذًا قَالَ فَإِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَرَكَعْتَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْكَ وَفَرِّجْ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ كُلُّ عُضْوٍ إِلَى مَفْصِلِهِ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَأَمْكِنْ جَبْهَتَكَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَنْقُرْ وَصُمِ اللَّيَالِيَ الْبِيضَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَقَالَ «سَلْ عَنْ حَاجَتِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ» قَالَ فَذَلِكَ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ خُرُوجِكَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ تَؤُمُّ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ وَجِئْتَ تَسْأَلُ عَنْ وُقُوفِكَ بِعَرَفَةَ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ وَعَنْ رَمْيِكَ الْجِمَارَ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ وَعَنْ طَوَافِكَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ وَعَنْ حَلْقِكَ رَأْسَكَ وَتَقُولُ مَاذَا لِي فِيهِ؟ قَالَ إِي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ قَالَ أَمَّا خُرُوجُكَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ تَؤُمُّ الْبَيْتَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِكُلِّ وَطْأَةٍ تَطَأُهَا رَاحِلَتُكَ يَكْتُبُ اللهُ لَكَ بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَيَمْحُو عَنْكَ بِهَا سَيِّئَةً وَأَمَّا وُقُوفُكَ بِعَرَفَةَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيُبَاهِي بِهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ فَيَقُولُ «هَؤُلَاءِ عِبَادِي جَاءُونِي شُعْثًا غُبْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتِي وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابِي وَلَمْ يَرَوْنِي فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْنِي فَلَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِثْلُ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ أَوْ مِثْلُ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا أَوْ مِثْلُ قَطْرِ السَّمَاءِ ذُنُوبًا غَسَلَهَا اللهُ عَنْكَ وَأَمَّا رَمْيُكَ الْجِمَارَ فَإِنَّهُ مَذْخُورٌ لَكَ وَأَمَّا حَلْقُكَ رَأْسَكَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ تَسْقُطُ حَسَنَةٌ فَإِذَا طُفْتَ بِالْبَيْتِ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكَ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْكَ أُمُّكَ»