Hadith: Whoever performs ablution perfectly, his sins will come out from his body, to the extent that it will come out from under his nails
عن عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَظْفَارِهِ».
[صحيح] - [رواه مسلم] - [صحيح مسلم: 245]
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‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Whoever performs ablution perfectly, his sins will come out from his body, to the extent that it will come out from under his nails."
[Authentic hadith] - [Narrated by Muslim] - [Sahih Muslim - 245]
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that if a person performs ablution while observing its Sunnahs and etiquettes, this will cause his sins and misdeeds to be expiated and forgiven - to the extent that his sins will come out from under the nails of his hands and feet.
Benefits from the Hadith
- The Hadīth urges us to be keen on learning the ablution and its Sunnahs and etiquettes and to act accordingly.
- It highlights the merit of ablution and that it expiates minor sins. As for major sins, they require repentance.
- For sins to come out of a person's body, he is required to perform ablution perfectly and without shortcomings, as illustrated by the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
- The expiation of sins mentioned in the Hadīth is conditional upon the avoidance of major sins and repentance therefrom. Allah Almighty says: {f you avoid the major sins[20] which are forbidden to you, We will absolve your [minor] sins.} [Surat an-Nisā’: 31]
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- Hadith: Allah does not accept the prayer of anyone of you who is in the state of Hadath (minor ritual impurity), until he performs ablution
- Hadith: When anyone of you performs ablution, let him sniff water in his nose and then blow it out. Whoever cleans his private parts with stones, let him do so with an odd number of stones. Whoever wakes up from his sleep, let him wash his hands three times before putting them in the water vessel, for none of you knows where his hands were during his sleep
- Hadith: Whoever unjustly usurps even one handspan of land, his neck will be encircled with it down the seven earths
- Hadith: O ‘Ā'ishah, indeed, my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep
- Hadith: If a Muslim or - a believer - performs ablution, when he washes his face, every sin he has committed with his eyes is washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water
- Hadith: Time has completed its cycle and has returned to its state when Allah created the heavens and the earth. A year consists of twelve months, of which four are sacred; three of them are consecutive: Dhu al-Qi‘dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab of Mudar