Humran, the freed slave of Uthman reported:
One day Uthman b. Affan performed the ablution well, and then said: I saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) perform ablution, the best ablution, and then observed: He who performed ablution like this and then went towards the mosque and nothing (but the love of) prayer urged him (to do so), all his previous (minor) sins would be expiated.