Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #636
Supplication
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَبِيعَةَ سِنَانٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم غُصْنًا فَ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ، ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ، ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَانْتَفَضَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، يَنْفُضْنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا تَنْفُضُ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا.
Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then
he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third
time but not all the leaves fell off. He said, 'Saying, "Glory be to Allah
and praise be to Allah and there is no god but Allah" makes errors fall
away as the leaves of a tree fall away.'"
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This hadith is #636 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Supplication.