Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 190a

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولاً الْجَنَّةَ وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْهَا رَجُلٌ يُؤْتَى بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ اعْرِضُوا عَلَيْهِ صِغَارَ ذُنُوبِهِ وَارْفَعُوا عَنْهُ كِبَارَهَا ‏.‏ فَتُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ صِغَارُ ذُنُوبِهِ فَيُقَالُ عَمِلْتَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَعَمِلْتَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُنْكِرَ وَهُوَ مُشْفِقٌ مِنْ كِبَارِ ذُنُوبِهِ أَنْ تُعْرَضَ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ سَيِّئَةٍ حَسَنَةً ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ قَدْ عَمِلْتُ أَشْيَاءَ لاَ أَرَاهَا هَا هُنَا ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us: my father narrated to us: al-A‘mash narrated to us, from al-Ma‘rur ibn Suwayd, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “I know the last of the people of Paradise to enter it and the last of the people of the Fire to come out. He is a man who will be brought forward on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said, ‘Show him his minor sins and set aside his major ones.’ His minor sins will be shown to him, and he will be told, ‘On such-and-such a day you did this and that, and on such-and-such a day you did this and that.’ He will say, ‘Yes.’ He will not be able to deny it, and he will fear that his major sins will be shown to him. Then he will be told, ‘In place of every evil deed you will have a good deed.’ He will say, ‘My Lord, I have done things that I do not see here.’” I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laugh until his molars showed.

Translation notes
  • The report contrasts the minor sins that are shown with the major sins that are withheld, and preserves the man's final remark.