Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil Sunan Ibn Majah 4008
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ يَحْقِرْ أَحَدُكُمْ نَفْسَهُ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُنَا نَفْسَهُ قَالَ " يَرَى أَمْرًا لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ مَقَالٌ ثُمَّ لاَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَقُولُ خَشْيَةُ النَّاسِ . فَيَقُولُ فَإِيَّاىَ كُنْتَ أَحَقَّ أَنْ تَخْشَى "
Translation
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said
“No one of you should belittle himself.” They said: “OMessengerof Allah, how could anyone of us belittle himself?” Hesaid: “If hesees something concerning which he should speak outfor the sake ofAllah but does not say anything. Allah will say tohim on the Day ofResurrection: “What prevented you from speakingconcerning such andsuch?” He will say: “Fear of the people.”(Allah) will say: “Ratheryou should have feared Me.”