Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3821
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَأَزِيدُ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ مِثْلُهَا أَوْ أَغْفِرُ وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَمَنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً وَمَنْ لَقِيَنِي بِقِرَابِ الأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً ثُمَّ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لَقِيتُهُ بِمِثْلِهَا مَغْفِرَةً " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: ‘Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times its like, and I will add more. Whoever comes with an evil deed will be repaid with only its like, or I will forgive him. Whoever draws near to Me by a handspan, I draw near to him by an arm’s length; whoever draws near to Me by an arm’s length, I draw near to him by a fathom. Whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him swiftly. Whoever meets Me with sins nearly filling the earth, without associating anything with Me, I will meet him with forgiveness just as vast.’’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic distinguishes an arm’s length (dhira‘) from a fathom (ba‘) in the successive comparisons. The expression ‘nearly filling the earth’ renders qirab al-ard.