Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The five prayers expiate the sins between them. You see that if there were five rivers between a working man’s house and his place of work, he would depart for work as much as Allah willed, covered in dirt or sweat. Every time he passed by a river, it would cleanse him of that stain. Likewise are the prayers. Each time he commits a sin or as much as Allah wills, then performs a prayer for forgiveness, he is forgiven for what came before it.”
Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 5444
Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ كَفَّارَاتُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ مُعْتَمَلٌ بَيْنَ مَنْزِلِهِ ومُعْتَمَلِهِ خَمْسَةُ أَنْهَارٍ فَإِذَا انْطَلَقَ إِلَى مُعْتَمَلِهِ عَمِلَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ فَأَصَابَهُ الْوَسَخُ أَوِ الْعَرَقُ فَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِنَهَرٍ اغْتَسَلَ مَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مُنَقِّيًا مِنْ دَرَنِهِ فَكَذَلِكَ الصَّلَوَاتُ كُلَّمَا عَمِلَ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى صَلَاةً اسْتَغْفَرَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهَا
6/37 المعجم الكبير للطبراني
355 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح لغيره في صحيح الترغيب
