English translation
[6966] 12 - (2750) It was narrated that Hanzalah Al-Usaidī – who was one of the scribes of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ – said: “Abū Bakr met me and said: ‘How are you, O Hanzalah?’ I said: ‘Hanzalah has become a hypocrite.’ He said: ‘Subhān Allāh! What are you saying?’ I said: ‘When we are with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ he reminds us of the Fire and Paradise, until it is as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but when we depart from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, we attend to our wives and children and businesses, and we forget a great deal.’ Abū Bakr said: ‘By Allāh, we experience something similar.’
“Abū Bakr and I went and entered upon the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and I said: ‘Hanzalah has become a hypocrite, O Messenger of Allāh.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Why is that?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, when we are with you, you remind us of
Paradise and the Fire (until) it is as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but when we depart from you, we attend to our wives and children and businesses, and we forget a great deal.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if you continued as you are when you are with me, and continued to remember (Paradise and Hell), the angels would shake hands with you in your homes and on the streets. But, O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that'" (he said it) three times.
Arabic text
12 - (2750) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّيْمِيُّ، وَقَطَنُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى - أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الْأُسَيِّدِيِّ، قَالَ: - وَكَانَ مِنْ كُتَّابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: لَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ؟ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ، قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَكُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ، حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيُ عَيْنٍ، فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَافَسْنَا الْأَزْوَاجَ وَالْأَوْلَادَ وَالضَّيْعَاتِ، فَنَسِينَا كَثِيرًا، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: فَوَاللهِ إِنَّا لَنَلْقَى مِثْلَ هَذَا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قُلْتُ: نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ، تُذَكِّرُنَا بِالنَّارِ وَالْجَنَّةِ، حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيُ عَيْنٍ، فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، عَافَسْنَا الْأَزْوَاجَ وَالْأَوْلَادَ وَالضَّيْعَاتِ، نَسِينَا كَثِيرًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنْ لَوْ تَدُومُونَ عَلَى مَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي، وَفِي الذِّكْرِ، لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ وَفِي طُرُقِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ
