Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4254

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏:‏ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً فَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ كَفَّارَتِهَا فَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُ شَيْئًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏{وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ طَرَفَىِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ}‏ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ ‏:‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلِي هَذِهِ فَقَالَ ‏: ‏ ‏"‏ هِيَ لِمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ أُمَّتِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud reported that a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), mentioned that he had kissed a woman, and began asking what expiation was due. The Prophet did not answer him. Then Allah, Mighty and Sublime, revealed: ‘Establish prayer at the two ends of the day and in the early watches of the night. Good deeds remove bad deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.’ (Qur’an 11:114) The man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, is this for me?’ He replied, ‘It is for whoever among my community acts upon it.’