عن ابنِ مسعودٍ رضيَ اللهُ عنه: أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم فأَخبره ، فأَنزل اللهُ تعالى: وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ (هود: ١١٤) فقال الرجل: أَلي هذا يا رسولَ الله؟ قال: «لجَمِيعِ أُمَّتي كُلِّهِمْ » متفقٌ عليه.
Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a man kissed a woman, then came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him about it. So Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and in the early hours of the night. Indeed, good deeds drive away misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember" [Hud: 114]. The man said, "Is this for me, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "It is for all of my nation, every one of them." Agreed upon.
الشرح · explanation
قوله تعالى زُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِِ: أي ساعات من أوّله قريبة من النهار، وقيل: المراد بها صلاة المغرب والعشاء.
His saying, the Exalted, "and in the early hours of the night": meaning, hours at its beginning, near to the daytime; and it is said that what is meant by it is the Maghrib and Isha prayers.
الدروس · lessons
أنّ الصلاة تكفّر ما كان من الذنوب الصغيرة. أنّ العبرة بعموم اللفظ لا بخصوص السبب، فمعنى الآية عامٌ في كل من أتى ذنبًا من الصغائر، وليس خاصًّا بهذا الرجل فقط أو بالذنب الذي ارتكبه فقط. الحسنات تُذهب السيئات. الحثّ على التوبة من الذنوب.
Prayer expiates whatever minor sins one may have committed. What counts is the generality of the wording, not the specific occasion of revelation; so the meaning of the verse is general, applying to everyone who commits a minor sin, and is not particular to this man alone or to the sin he committed alone. Good deeds drive away misdeeds. Encouragement to repent from sins.