Hadith #387
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ أَنْبَأَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أ
َبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَحْقِرَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ نَفْسَهُ أَنْ يَرَى أَمْرًا لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ مَقَالًا ثُمَّ لَا يَقُولُهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهِ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ خَشِيتُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ وَأَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُخْشَى
Isnad Chain
ابن نمير
عمرو بن مرة
English Translation
Ibn Numayr narrated to us, al-A'mash informed us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let not any of you belittle himself.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how would any of us belittle himself?' He said: 'He sees a matter concerning Allah about which he should speak, but he does not speak. So Allah عز وجل will say to him on the Day of Resurrection: "What prevented you from speaking about such-and-such matter?" He will say: "Fear of the people." He will say: "Rather, it is I whom you should have feared."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 23, Hadith 387
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 10825
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47215