Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 26

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ أَبْيَضُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقَالَ: «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قَالَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قَالَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قَالَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَكَانَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا قَالَ وَإِنْ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ أَبِي ذَر»

Translation

Abu Dharr, may God be pleased with him, reported: I came to the Prophet while he was asleep with a white garment on him. Then I came to him after he had awakened, and he said, “No servant says, ‘There is no god but God,’ and then dies holding to that, but that he will enter Paradise.” I asked, “Even if he commits adultery and steals?” He said, “Even if he commits adultery and steals.” I asked again, “Even if he commits adultery and steals?” He said, “Even if he commits adultery and steals.” I asked a third time, “Even if he commits adultery and steals?” He said, “Even if he commits adultery and steals, despite Abu Dharr.” Whenever Abu Dharr reported this, he would say, “Even if Abu Dharr’s nose is rubbed in the dust.”