Narrated by Abu Hurairah
The Prophet ﷺ said to Bilal at the Fajr prayer: "O Bilal, tell me the most hopeful deed you have done in Islam, for I heard the sound of your footsteps ahead of me in Paradise." He said: "I have not done anything more hopeful than this: whenever I make wudu, by night or day, I pray with it whatever has been written for me to pray."
Sahih al-Bukhari 1149, Sahih Muslim 2458
What this hadith teaches
Two rak'ahs after wudu are a small habit with a great reward, the deed Bilal hoped most in.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
- Chapter
- Wudu and purity
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
حَدِّثْنِي بِأَرْجَى عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتَهُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ دَفَّ نَعْلَيْكَ بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ". قَالَ مَا عَمِلْتُ عَمَلاً أَرْجَى عِنْدِي أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَطَهَّرْ طُهُورًا فِي سَاعَةِ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ إِلاَّ صَلَّيْتُ بِذَلِكَ الطُّهُورِ مَا كُتِبَ لِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 1149, as given on sunnah.com.