It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and we used to take turns grazing the camels. When my turn came, I released my camels into the pasture and then came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon to the people. I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Any Muslim who performs ablution and performs it well (completely), then stands for his prayer and knows what he is saying (in the prayer) (that is, prays with attention and understanding), will finish (the prayer) in the same state as on the day his mother gave birth to him, with no sin remaining upon him." The narrator says: At that I could not control myself and cried out: "Wonderful, wonderful! How excellent!" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who was beside me, said: "Are you amazed at this? Before you came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said something even more excellent than this." I said: May my father and mother be ransomed for you, what is it? He told me that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution and performs it well (completely), then, on finishing his ablution, says: 'Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh' (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and Messenger), all eight gates of Paradise are opened for him, and he may enter through whichever of them he wishes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the people will be gathered on a single bare plain, where the sight of the beholder will take them all in and the voice of the caller will reach them all. Then a caller will call out three times: 'The people of the gathering will know today who is deserving of honour and nobility.' Then he will say: 'Where are those whose sides used to keep away from their beds (that is, those who prayed tahajjud)?' Then he will say: 'Where are those whom neither trade nor sale distracted from the remembrance of Allah [Surah al-Nur: 37] ?' Then a caller will call out: 'The people of the gathering will know today who is deserving of honour and nobility.' Then he will say: 'Where are the hammadun, those who used to praise their Lord abundantly (in every state)?'" This hadith is sahih (authentic), and it has several routes from Abu Ishaq, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. It was our duty to mention it in the Book of Ablution, but at that time we were unable to. Then, when I saw that Imam Ishaq al-Hanzali had recorded its routes under this saying of Allah, "Men whom neither trade nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah," I followed him.