[Machine] I heard Abu Umamah say, "If you perform ablution properly, you will sit as if you are forgiven. If you pray, it will be a virtue and reward for you. But if you just sit, you will still be forgiven." Then a man said to him, "O Abu Umamah, what if someone stands and prays as an optional prayer, even though they are suffering from sins and mistakes?" Abu Umamah replied, "It will still be a virtue and reward for them."
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ «إِذَا وَضَعْتَ الطُّهُورَ مَوَاضِعَهُ قَعَدْتَ مَغْفُورًا لَكَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي كَانَتْ لَكَ فَضِيلَةً وَأَجْرًا وَإِنْ قَعَدْتَ قَعَدْتَ مَغْفُورًا لَكَ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ نَافِلَةً وَهُوَ يَشْقَى فِي الذُّنُوبِ وَالْخَطَايَا؟ «يَكُونُ لَكَ فَضِيلَةً وَأَجْرًا»