#66 Yahya bin Hassan informed us, Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us, from Ali bin Zaid, from Abu 'Uthman, who said: I was with Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) under a tree, and he took a dry branch from it and shook it until its leaves fell off. He said: "Will you not ask me: Why do I do this?" I said to him: "Why did you do it?" He said: "This is how the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did with me," then he said: "Indeed, when a Muslim performs ablution and performs it well, and performs the five prayers, his sins fall away just as these leaves fall away." Then he recited: {And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night} [Surah Hud, Verse 114] until His saying: {that is a reminder for those who remember} [Surah Hud, Verse 114].