Hadith #50

Arabic Text

English Translation

He (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i read to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: Mālik — and he said: Isḥāq informed me, Mālik informed me — from Zayd ibn Aslam, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣunābiḥī who said: When the servant performs ablution and rinses his mouth, sins fall from his nose. When he washes his face, sins fall from his face until they come out from beneath his eyelashes. When he washes his hands, sins fall from his hands until they come out from beneath his fingernails. When he wipes his head, sins fall from his head until they come out from his ears. When he washes his feet, sins fall from his feet until they come out from beneath his toenails. Then his walking to the mosque and his prayer are a supererogatory act for him.