Muwatta Malik
Book 9, Hadith 58
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِهِ الْخَطَايَا وَيَرْفَعُ بِهِ الدَّرَجَاتِ إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ عِنْدَ الْمَكَارِهِ وَكَثْرَةُ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ فَذَلِكُمُ الرِّبَاطُ فَذَلِكُمُ الرِّبَاطُ فَذَلِكُمُ الرِّبَاطُ " .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from al Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibnYaqub from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Shall I tell you thethings by which Allah erases wrong actions and by which he raisesranks
the complete and correct performance of wudu in adverseconditions, a great number of steps towards the mosque,and waitingafter one prayer for the next prayer. That is the firm hold, that isthe firm hold, that is the firm hold."