Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 668

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَثَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ كَمَثَلِ نَهَرٍ جَارٍ غَمْرٍ عَلَى بَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَمَا يُبْقِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدَّرَنِ

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us; both said: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir—who was Ibn 'Abd Allah—who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The likeness of the five prayers is that of a deep-flowing river at someone's door, in which he bathes five times every day.’ Al-Hasan said: ‘What grime would that leave behind?’