Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 490
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأعْلَى بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، أَوْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْهُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، عَنِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَالَ: يَا عِبَادِي، إِنِّي قَدْ حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي، وَجَعَلْتُهُ مُحَرَّمًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَلاَ تَظَالَمُوا. يَا عِبَادِي، إِنَّكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ، وَلاَ أُبَالِي، فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي، كُلُّكُمْ جَائِعٌ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُهُ، فَاسْتَطْعِمُونِي أُطْعِمْكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي، كُلُّكُمْ عَارٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ كَسَوْتُهُ، فَاسْتَكْسُونِي أَكْسُكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي، لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ، كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ مِنْكُمْ، لَمْ يَزِدْ ذَلِكَ فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَفْجَرِ قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ، لَمْ يَنْقُصْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا، وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا سَأَلَ، لَمْ يَنْقُصْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا، إِلاَّ كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْبَحْرُ أَنْ يُغْمَسَ فِيهِ الْخَيْطُ غَمْسَةً وَاحِدَةً. يَا عِبَادِي، إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أَجْعَلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ يَلُومُ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَ أَبُو إِدْرِيسَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ جَثَى عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd al-A‘la ibn Mushir related to us—or it reached me from him—that Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz related to us, from Rabi‘ah ibn Yazid, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Abu Dharr, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reporting from Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, who said: “O My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself and made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another. O My servants, you are the ones who err by night and by day, and I forgive sins and do not mind; so ask Me for forgiveness and I will forgive you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I feed, so ask Me for food and I will feed you. O My servants, all of you are unclothed except those whom I clothe, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. O My servants, if the first and last of you, and your humans and jinn, were all as devout as the most devout heart of any one of you, that would add nothing to My dominion. And if they were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one of you, that would diminish nothing of My dominion. If they all gathered on one plain and asked Me, and I gave each person among them what they asked for, that would diminish nothing of My dominion, except as the sea is diminished when a thread is dipped into it once. O My servants, these are your deeds; I reckon them for you. Whoever finds good, let him praise Allah; whoever finds otherwise, let him blame no one but himself.” Abu Idris would kneel on his knees whenever he related this hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The opening preserves the source’s uncertainty: “or it reached me from him.” The final sentence about Abu Idris is the compiler’s report, outside the quoted divine address.
إِلاَّ كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْبَحْرُ أَنْ يُغْمَسَ فِيهِ الْخَيْطُ غَمْسَةً وَاحِدَةً.
The Arabic noun الخيط means thread; the English witness instead says needle.
Should the Arabic wording be rendered as “thread” despite the English witness’s “needle”? The translation follows the Arabic.