Hadith #511
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ التَّمِيمِيِّ الْأُسَيْدِيِّ الْكَاتِبِ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ فَأَتَيْتُ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ وَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ
نَافَقْتُ نَافَقْتُ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ أَوْ فِي طُرُقِكُمْ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَ هَذَا هَكَذَا قَالَ هُوَ يَعْنِي سُفْيَانَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً
Isnad Chain
أبو نعيم
سفيان
سعيد الجريري
أبو عثمان النهدي
حنظلة التميمي الأسيدي الكاتب
English Translation
Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us, Sufyān narrated to us, from Saʿīd al-Jurayrī, from Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī, from Ḥanẓalah al-Tamīmī al-Usaydī, the scribe, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we mentioned Paradise and Hell until it was as if we could see them with our own eyes. Then I went to my family and children, and I laughed and played. I remembered what we had been experiencing, so I went out and met Abū Bakr and said, 'I have become a hypocrite! I have become a hypocrite!' He said, 'We all do that.' So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned this to him. He said, 'O Ḥanẓalah, if you were to remain as you are when you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you on your beds or on your paths' — or words to that effect. Then he — meaning Sufyān — said, 'O Ḥanẓalah, there is a time for this and a time for that.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 511
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16949
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53339