Hadith #55
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الدِّينَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ غَرِيبًا كَمَا بَدَأَ فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ
English Translation
Affan narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, he said al-Ala' narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: 'A person may utter a word that pleases Allah without giving it much importance, and Allah raises him in degrees because of it. And a person may utter a word that displeases Allah without giving it much importance, and he falls because of it into Hellfire.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 20, Hadith 55
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 8693
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45083