English translation
4901. Abū Hurairah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Two men among the Children of Israel were the opposite of one another. One of them used to sin, and the other used to strive hard in worship. The one who was striving (in worship) used to see the other one sinning, and he would say: "Refrain." One day, he found him sinning, and he said to him: "Refrain." He said: "Leave me alone, by my Lord. Have you been sent as a watchman over me?" He said: "By Allāh, Allāh will not forgive you, nor admit you to Paradise." Then their souls were taken (in death), and they met before the Lord of the Worlds. He said to the one who used to strive (in worship): "Did you have knowledge of Me, or did you have power over that which is in My Hand?" And He said to the sinner: "Go and enter Paradise, by My Mercy." And He said to the other: "Take him to the Fire." Abū Hurairah said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he spoke a word by which his prospects in this world and in the Hereafter were doomed." (Hasan)