Sahih Ibn Hibban 856
✧ The Remembrance
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ الرَّيَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
«إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً فُضُلًا عَنْ كُتَّابِ النَّاسِ يَمْشُونَ فِي الطُّرُقِ يَلْتَمِسُونَ الذِّكْرَ فَإِذَا رَأَوْا أَقْوَامًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى تَنَادَوْا هَلُمُّوا إِلَى حَاجَاتِكُمْ فَيَحُفُّونَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ فَيَقُولُ عِبَادِي مَا يَقُولُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَبِّ يُسَبِّحُونَكَ وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْنِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ رَأَوْكَ لَكَانُوا أَشَدَّ تَسْبِيحًا وَتَمْجِيدًا وَتَكْبِيرًا وَتَحْمِيدًا فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا يَسْأَلُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ يَا رَبِّ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ هَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ قَدْ رَأَوْهَا كَانُوا أَشَدَّ طَلَبًا وَأَشَدَّ حِرْصًا فَيَقُولُ فَمِمَّ يَتَعَوَّذُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ يَتَعَوَّذُونَ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ فَهَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ قَدْ رَأَوْهَا كَانُوا أَشَدَّ تَعَوُّذًا فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمْ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn al-Rayyānī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Rabbih
- al-Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ
- al-Aʿmash
- Abū Ṣāliḥ
- Abū Hurayrah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ Indeed Allah has angels who are extra beyond the recorders of people's deeds. They walk along the roads seeking out remembrance. When they see people remembering Allah, Blessed and Exalted, they call to one another, 'Come to what you seek!' They surround them with their wings up to the sky. Then their Lord, Majestic and Exalted, asks them, though He knows best about them, 'My servants, what are they saying?' They say, 'O Lord, they are glorifying You, praising You, and magnifying You.' He says, 'Have they seen Me?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw Me?' They say, 'If they saw You, they would be even more intense in glorifying, extolling, magnifying, and praising You.' He says, 'What are they asking for?' They say, 'They ask You, O Lord, for Paradise.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would be even more eager and more desirous of it.' He says, 'From what are they seeking refuge?' They say, 'They seek refuge with You from the Fire.' He says, 'Have they seen it?' They say, 'No.' He says, 'How would it be if they saw it?' They say, 'If they saw it, they would be even more earnest in seeking refuge from it.' He says, 'I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.'
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Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AHأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابةعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 101 AHأَبِي صَالِحٍثقة ثبتعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشِثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipper, an imamd. 186 AH, or 187 AHالْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍثقة عابد إمامحدثنا
- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِحدثنا
- d. 313 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ الرَّيَّانِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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