ḤADĪTH OF THE DAY

“ Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said to al-'Abbās, “My uncle, shall I not bestow [a gift] upon you? Shall I not give you something? Shall I not benefit you?” He replied, “Indeed, Messenger of God!” He said, “My uncle, pray four units of prayer, reciting in each unit 'The opening of the Book,' [1] and another chapter [of the Qur'ān]. Then, when the recitation is completed, say, 'God is the greatest; praise be to God; exalted be God; and there is no god but Allāh,' [2] fifteen times before you bow down. Then bow down and say it ten times. Then raise your head and say it ten times. Then prostrate and say it ten times. Then raise your head and say it ten times. Then prostrate for the second time and say it ten times. Then raise your head and say it ten times before you stand up. Those are seventy-five [utterances] in each unit of prayer, and three hundred in four units of prayer. Then, even if your sins were like dunes of sand, God will indeed forgive them for you.” He asked, “Messenger of God, who would be able to say that every day?” He replied, “If you are unable to say it every day, then say it once a week. If you are unable to say it once a week, then say it once a month.” He continued instructing him in this manner until he said, “Then, say it once a year.” Footnotes: 1: i.e. al-Fātiḥah, the first chapter of the Qur'ān. 2: Allāh is the Arabic name for the One and Only God, the same God shared by all monotheistic faiths (the name Allāh is often used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews). The name Allāh encompasses all the divine names and attributes of the Lord of the worlds, and hence has vast scope in meaning. It is for this reason that Muslims consider it unique. Unlike the word 'God', Allāh in Arabic has no inflections of gender or number. ”

Sunan at-Tirmithiy كتاب الطهارة باب ما جاء فى التيمم

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْقُرَشِىِّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ التَّيَمُّمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ فِى كِتَابِهِ حِينَ ذَكَرَالْوُضُوءَ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَقَالَ فِى التَّيَمُّمِ فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ. وَقَالَ وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا فَكَانَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِى الْقَطْعِ الْكَفَّيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْوَجْهُ وَالْكَفَّانِ يَعْنِى التَّيَمُّمَ. قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
Ibn-'Abbās was asked about tayammum (1) so he said, "God revealed in His book, when He mentioned ablution, '...wash your faces, and your forearms to the elbows,' (2) and He revealed, regarding tayammum, '...wipe over your faces and hands.' (3) He also revealed, '[As for] the thief, male and female, amputate their hands,'(4) thus the tradition (5) is to amputate the hands for theft as tayammum refers to the face and hands." Footnotes: (1) (Tayammum): To wipe over one's face and hands (in a way similar to ablution). This replaces ablution in certain cases when water is not available. (2) Qur'ān: (5 [al-Mā'idah]: 6) (3) Qur'ān: (5 [al-Mā'idah]: 6) (4) Qur'ān: (5 [al-Mā'idah]: 38) (5) The code of law based on the Qur’ān and sunnah that regulates all aspects of life. Muslims believe that God has given them Sharī’ah to nurture for their lives to help them attain happiness in this life and the next. Classical Sharī’ah books are often divided into four classes: laws regulating acts of worship, laws regulating commercial dealings, laws regulating marriage and divorce, and penal laws. Click on ḥadīth to read more