Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2514
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ الْمَعْنَى، وَاحِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الأُسَيْدِيِّ، وَكَانَ، مِنْ كُتَّابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ قَالَ نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ نَكُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ عَيْنٍ فَإِذَا رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الأَزْوَاجِ وَالضَّيْعَةِ نَسِينَا كَثِيرًا . قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا لَكَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ " . قَالَ نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ تُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ عَيْنٍ فَإِذَا رَجَعْنَا عَافَسْنَا الأَزْوَاجَ وَالضَّيْعَةَ وَنَسِينَا كَثِيرًا . قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ تَدُومُونَ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّذِي تَقُومُونَ بِهَا مِنْ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فِي مَجَالِسِكُمْ وَفِي طُرُقِكُمْ وَعَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Uthman reported from Hanzalah al-Usaydi, one of the Prophet’s scribes: ‘I passed by Abu Bakr while he was weeping. He asked, “What is wrong with you, Hanzalah?” I replied, “Hanzalah has become a hypocrite, Abu Bakr! When we are with the Messenger of Allah and he reminds us of the Fire and Paradise, it is as though we see them with our own eyes. But when we return to our wives and livelihoods, we forget much.” Abu Bakr said, “By Allah, the same happens to us. Let us go to the Messenger of Allah.” So we went. When the Messenger of Allah saw me, he asked, “What is wrong with you, Hanzalah?” I said, “Hanzalah has become a hypocrite, Messenger of Allah! When we are with you, we remember the Fire and Paradise as though we see them, but when we return to our wives and livelihoods, we forget much.” He said, “If you were to remain in the state you are in when you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you in your gatherings, on your beds, and along your paths. But, Hanzalah, there is a time for this, a time for that, and a time for that.”’ Abu Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source contains two transmission routes with the same meaning; the shared narrative is translated once.
The repeated phrase ‘a time, and a time, and a time’ is retained as repetition; the source does not spell out each activity it refers to beyond the contrast between remembrance and ordinary family and livelihood.