Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 60

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ إِذَا خَلَّصَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَمِنُوا فَمَا مُجَادَلَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ لِصَاحِبِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ يَكُونُ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَشَدَّ مُجَادَلَةً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِرَبِّهِمْ فِي إِخْوَانِهِمُ الَّذِينَ أُدْخِلُوا النَّارَ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِخْوَانُنَا كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ مَعَنَا وَيَصُومُونَ مَعَنَا وَيَحُجُّونَ مَعَنَا فَأَدْخَلْتَهُمُ النَّارَ ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبُوا فَأَخْرِجُوا مَنْ عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَيَأْتُونَهُمْ فَيَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِصُوَرِهِمْ لاَ تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ صُوَرَهُمْ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ النَّارُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى كَعْبَيْهِ فَيُخْرِجُونَهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ قَدْ أَمَرْتَنَا ‏.‏ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَخْرِجُوا مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَزْنُ دِينَارٍ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ ثُمَّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَزْنُ نِصْفِ دِينَارٍ ثُمَّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ هَذَا فَلْيَقْرَأْ ‏{إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِنْ لَدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا}‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma'mar informed us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from 'Ata ibn Yasar, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When Allah has delivered the believers from the Fire and they are safe, none of you pleads more forcefully with another over a right owed to him in this world than the believers will plead with their Lord for their brothers who were admitted to the Fire. They will say: Our Lord, our brothers used to pray, fast, and perform Hajj with us, yet You admitted them to the Fire. He will say: Go and bring out those among them whom you recognize. They will come to them and recognize them by their faces; the Fire will not consume their faces. Some will have been seized by the Fire up to the middle of their shins, and some up to their ankles. They will bring them out and say: Our Lord, we have brought out those You commanded us to bring out. Then He will say: Bring out whoever has a dinar's weight of faith in his heart, then whoever has half a dinar's weight, then whoever has a mustard-seed's weight. Abu Sa'id said: Whoever does not believe this, let him recite: Indeed, Allah does not wrong even the weight of an atom; and if it is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.

Translation notes
  • The full chain, sequence of faith thresholds, and concluding Quranic citation are retained. The English witness renders the citation with parenthetical alternatives; the Arabic quotes the verse without them.