The exclusion of prayer
تَكْفِيرُ الصَّلَاةِ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Ṣalāh (Prayer)(view book)
ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have kissed a woman, what should I do?" So, the verse {And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night} [Hud 114] was revealed. The man asked, "Is it specifically for me?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "It is for whoever from my nation that acts upon it."
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَوْبَتِي فَنَزَلَتْ {وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ} [هود 114] تَلَا الْآيَةَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هِيَ لِي؟ قَالَ «هِيَ لِمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ أُمَّتِي»
Classification
Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Ḥudhayfah
Which of you will preserve the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the trial? I said, "I will preserve it as he said it". He said, "Indeed, you are brave in doing so, so come forward." I said, "The trial of a man with his family, neighbors, and wealth can be expiated through prayer, charity, enjoining good, and forbidding evil." He said, "I do not ask you about this, but I ask you about the one that surges like the waves of the sea." I said, "Do not fear, O Amir al-Mu'minin, for there is a closed door between you and it."
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ
أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ قُلْتُ أَنَا أَحْفَظُ كَمَا قَالَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ عَلَيْهِ لَجَرِيءٌ فَهَاتِ فَقُلْتُ فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَجَارِهِ وَمَالِهِ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ عَنْ هَذَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَلَكِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ فَقُلْتُ لَا تَخَفْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا