Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِىِّ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبَانَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ تَبَسَّمَ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّا ضَحِكْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ ثُمَّ تَبَسَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّ ضَحِكْتُ قَالَ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَتَمَّ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَأَتَمَّ صَلَاتَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ مِنْ الذُّنُوبِ.
English Translation
Humran ibn Aban said: We were with Uthman ibn Affan when he called for water and performed wudu. When he finished, he smiled and said: 'Do you know why I laughed?' He then said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) performed wudu just as I did, then smiled and said: Do you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: When a servant performs wudu properly and then enters his prayer and completes it, he comes out of his prayer free from sins, just as the day he was born from his mother.'