Sahih Muslim 2750a
The Virtue Of Constant Dhikr, Thinking Of The Hereafter, And Remembering That Allah Is Always Watching; Permissibility Of Stopping That Sometimes, And Attending To Worldly Matters
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَقَطَنُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الأُسَيِّدِيِّ قَالَ – وَكَانَ مِنْ كُتَّابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ – قَالَ
لَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ: نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ! قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ! مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ: نَكُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ عَيْنٍ، فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَافَسْنَا الأَزْوَاجَ وَالأَوْلاَدَ وَالضَّيْعَاتِ فَنَسِينَا كَثِيرًا۔ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَلْقَى مِثْلَ هَذَا۔ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ: نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ تُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ عَيْنٍ فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ عَافَسْنَا الأَزْوَاجَ وَالأَوْلاَدَ وَالضَّيْعَاتِ نَسِينَا كَثِيرًا۔ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنْ لَوْ تَدُومُونَ عَلَى مَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي وَفِي الذِّكْرِ لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ وَفِي طُرُقِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً» ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ۔
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Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī and Qaṭan b. Nusayr Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá
- Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān
- Saʿīd b. Iyās al-Jurayrī
- Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī
- Ḥanẓalah al-Usayyidī
- Wakān Min Kuttāb Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
– and he was from the scribes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ – I met Abu Bakr. He said: Who are you? He said: Hanzalah is a hypocrite! He (Abu Bakr) said: Hallowed be Allah, what are you saying? Thereupon he said: I say that when we are in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ we ponder over Hellfire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very eyes and when we are away from Messenger of Allah ﷺ we attend to our wives, our children, our business; most of these things slip out of our minds. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I also experience the same. So I and Abu Bakr went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him: Messenger of Allah, Hanzalah is a hypocrite. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Why is that?" I said: Messenger of Allah, when we are in your company, we are reminded of Hellfire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and attend to our wives, children, and business, much of these things go out of our minds. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence and you are always busy in remembrance ˹of Allah˺, the Angels will shake hands with you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzalah, ˹there is˺ time ˹for reminders of the Hereafter˺ and ˹there is˺ time ˹for worldly affairs˺," and he said this thrice.
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Riyadhus Shalihin 151لقيني أبو بكر رضي الله عنه فقال: كيف أنت يا حنظلة؟ قلت: نافق حنظلة؟ قلت: نافق حنظلة ( قال: سبحان الله ما تقول؟ ( قلت: نكون عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكرنا بالجنة والنار كأنا رأي عين، فإذا خرجنا من عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
- Misykatul Mashabih 2268وَعَن حَنْظَلَة بن الرّبيع الأسيدي قَالَ: لَقِيَنِي أَبُو بكر فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ؟ قُلْتُ: نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ؟ قُلْتُ: نَكُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ي
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 19046Musnad Ahmad 8044Sahih Ibn Hibban 344al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 7117Musnad Abi Ya'la 3036
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī).d. after ʿAlī, during Muʿāwiyah's caliphate.حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْكَاتِبُصحابي.عن
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. 75 AH, or 81 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, or shortly after it, also said: after the year 95 AHأَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّثقة ثبت عابدعن
- trustworthy (thiqah); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) three years before his deathd. 144 AHسَعِيدِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّثقة ، اختلط قبل موته بثلاث سنينعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq) and ascetic (zāhid), but he leaned towards Shiʿism.d. 178 AHجَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَصدوق زاهد ، لكنه كان يتشيعأخبرنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. between 231 and 240 AHوَقَطَنُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍصدوق يخطئحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AHمُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn (Ibn ʿAllān)
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
al-Minhāj (Nawawī)
al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)
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