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tabarani:6151[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ibrāhīm b. Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī

[Machine] I was with Salman al-Farsi under a tree, and he took a dry branch from its branches and shook it until its leaves fell. Then he said, "Ask me why I did this, O Salman." So I said, "Why did you do it?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did the same. I was with him under a tree, and he took a dry branch from its branches and shook it until its leaves fell. Then he said, 'Don't you ask me why I did this, O Salman?' So I said, 'Why did you do it?' He said, 'Indeed, when a Muslim performs ablution and perfects it, then prays the five daily prayers, his sins are shaken off just as these leaves are shaken off.' Then he recited this verse, 'Establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.'"  

الطبراني:٦١٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ غُصْنًا مِنْ أَغْصَانِهَا يَابِسًا فَهَزَّهُ حَتَّى تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَلْنِي لِمَ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ وَلِمَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ قَالَ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُنْتُ مَعَهُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ غُصْنًا مِنْ أَغْصَانِهَا يَابِسًا فَهَزَّهُ حَتَّى تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا تَسْأَلُنِي لِمَ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا يَا سَلْمَانُ؟» فَقُلْتُ وَلِمَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ تَحَاتَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَحَاتَّ هَذَا الْوَرَقُ» ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ}  


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ahmad:23707ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Abū ʿUthmān

[Machine] "I was with Salman al-Farsi under a tree, and he took a dry branch from it and shook it until its leaves fell. Then he said, 'O Abu Uthman, don't you ask me why I did this?' I said, 'Why did you do it?' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did the same thing to me when I was with him under a tree, taking a dry branch and shaking it until its leaves fell. Then he said, 'O Salman, don't you ask me why I did this?' I said, 'Why did you do it?' He said, 'Indeed, when a Muslim performs ablution and perfects it, then prays the five daily prayers, his sins are shaken off like these leaves.' And he recited: 'And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.' [Hud: 114]"  

أحمد:٢٣٧٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ وَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا غُصْنًا يَابِسًا فَهَزَّهُ حَتَّى تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا عُثْمَانَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُنِي لِمَ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا غُصْنًا يَابِسًا فَهَزَّهُ حَتَّى تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُهُ فَقَالَ يَا سَلْمَانُ أَلَا تَسْأَلُنِي لِمَ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ تَحَاتَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا يَتَحَاتُّ هَذَا الْوَرَقُ وَقَالَ {وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ} [هود 114]  

darimi:746Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Abū ʿUthmān

[Machine] I was with Salman under a tree, and he took a dry branch from it and shook it until its leaves fell. He said, "Do you not ask me why I did this?" I said to him, "Why did you do it?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did the same to me." Then he said, "Verily, when a Muslim performs ablution well and prays the five prayers, his sins fall off just like these leaves." Then he recited, "And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember." [Hud 114]  

الدارمي:٧٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا غُصْنًا يَابِسًا فَهَزَّهُ حَتَّى تَحَاتَّ وَرَقُهُ قَالَ أَمَا تَسْأَلُنِي لِمَ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ لَهُ لِمَ فَعَلْتَهُ؟ قَالَ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ وَصَلَّى الْخَمْسَ تَحَاتَّتْ ذُنُوبُهُ كَمَا تَحَاتَّ هَذَا الْوَرَقُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ {وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ} [هود 114] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ} [هود 114]