congregational prayers, sitting in the mosques, waiting for the prayers, and performing ablution thoroughly despite hardship.’ He said, ‘Whoever does this will live in goodness, die in goodness, and be as free of sin as on the day his mother bore him. Among the means of attaining higher ranks are feeding others, speaking kindly, and praying at night while people sleep.’ He also said, ‘O Allah, I ask You for good things, for the avoidance of evil deeds, for love of the poor, and that You accept my repentance, forgive me, and have mercy on me. If You intend to subject a people to a trial, take me in death without my being subjected to it.’”

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Learn these words, for by Him in whose hand is my soul, they are indeed true.”

Ibn Khuzaymah said: Abū Qudāmah, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad al-Zuhrī, and Muhammad ibn Maymūn al-Makkī narrated to us, saying: Al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated to us.

Imam Abū Bakr ibn Khuzaymah said: The wording in this report, “He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,” is an error, because ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn