📜 40 Hadith · Step 34 of 40

34. The five prayers are like a river

“If there were a river at the door of one of you and he bathed in it five times a day, would any dirt remain on him?” They said: “No dirt would remain.” He said: “That is like the five prayers: by them Allah wipes away sins.”

“If there were a river at the door of one of you and he bathed in it five times a day, would any dirt remain on him?” They said: “No dirt would remain.” He said: “That is like the five prayers: by them Allah wipes away sins.”

📚 Abu Hurairah · Sahih al-Bukhari 528; Sahih Muslim 667

Each prayer cleans our hearts, like washing cleans the body.

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  1. What are the five prayers compared to?

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    A river at the door that you bathe in five times a day.