Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2596
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنَ النَّارِ وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولاً الْجَنَّةَ يُؤْتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَيَقُولُ سَلُوا عَنْ صِغَارِ ذُنُوبِهِ وَاخْبَئُوا كِبَارَهَا . فَيُقَالُ لَهُ عَمِلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا عَمِلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فِي يَوْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا . قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ سَيِّئَةٍ حَسَنَةً . قَالَ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ لَقَدْ عَمِلْتُ أَشْيَاءَ مَا أَرَاهَا هَا هُنَا " . قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَضْحَكُ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ . 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 Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘I know the last of the people of the Fire to come out of it and the last of the people of Paradise to enter it. A man will be brought forward, and it will be said, “Mention his minor sins and conceal his major ones.” Then he will be told, “You did this and that on such-and-such a day, and you did this and that on such-and-such a day.” Then it will be said to him, “In place of each evil deed, you will have a good deed.” He will say, “My Lord, I have done things that I do not see here!”’ Abu Dharr said: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah laugh until his molars showed.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is hasan sahih.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has an impersonal instruction to list the man’s minor sins and conceal his major ones; the English witness incorrectly attributes that instruction to the Prophet directly. The substitution is specifically one good deed in place of each evil deed.