\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his\nfather from Humran, the mawla of Uthman ibn Affan, that Uthman ibn\nAffan was once sitting on the Maqaid (the benches surrounding the\nMadina Mosque, or else a stone near Uthman ibn Affan's house where he\nsat to discuss with people), when the muadhdhin came and told him that\nit was time for the asr prayer. He called for water and did wudu. Then\nhe said, "By Allah, I shall tell you something which I would not tell\nyou if it were not in the Book of Allah. I heard the Messenger of\nAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'If a man does\nwudu, and makes sure he does it correctly, and then does the prayer,\nhe will be forgiven everything that he does between then and the time\nwhen he prays the next prayer.' "\n\n\nYahya said that Malik said,\n"I believe he meant this ayat - 'Establish prayer at the two ends of\nthe day and in some watches of the night. Good actions take away wrong\nactions. That is a reminder for those who remember.' " (Sura 11 ayat\n114).\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his\nfather from Humran, the mawla of Uthman ibn Affan, that Uthman ibn\nAffan was once sitting on the Maqaid (the benches surrounding the\nMadina Mosque, or else a stone near Uthman ibn Affan's house where he\nsat to discuss with people), when the muadhdhin came and told him that\nit was time for the asr prayer. He called for water and did wudu. Then\nhe said, "By Allah, I shall tell you something which I would not tell\nyou if it were not in the Book of Allah. I heard the Messenger of\nAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'If a man does\nwudu, and makes sure he does it correctly, and then does the prayer,\nhe will be forgiven everything that he does between then and the time\nwhen he prays the next prayer.' "\n\n\nYahya said that Malik said,\n"I believe he meant this ayat - 'Establish prayer at the two ends of\nthe day and in some watches of the night. Good actions take away wrong\nactions. That is a reminder for those who remember.' " (Sura 11 ayat\n114).\n\n

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمَقَاعِدِ فَجَاءَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَآذَنَهُ بِصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لَوْلاَ أَنَّهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏\n"‏ مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي الصَّلاَةَ إِلاَّ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ الأُخْرَى حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏