Paradise for the Sincere

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عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ

Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

خَرَجْتُ لَيْلَةً مِنَ اللَّيَالِي

One night I went out.

فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْشِي وَحْدَهُ

Then the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, was walking alone.

وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِنْسَانٌ قَالَ

"And there was no one with him," he said.

فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ قَالَ

So I thought that he disliked anyone walking with him, he said.

فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْشِيُ فِي ظِلِّ الْقَمَرِ

So I began to walk in the moon's shade.

فَالْتَفَتَ فَرَأَنِي فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا

Then he turned, saw me, and said, "Who is this?"

قُلْتُ أَبُو ذَرٍّ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاءَكَ

I said, O Abu Dharr, may Allah make me your ransom.

قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ تَعَالَ

He said, "Come here, Abu Dharr."

قَالَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ سَاعَةً

He said, and then I walked with him for an hour.

فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُكْثِرِينَ هُمْ الْمُقِلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

He said, "Indeed, those who give abundantly will be the few on the Day of Resurrection."

إِلَّا مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

Except for whoever Allah has given good to,

فَنَفَحَ فِيهِ يَمِينَهُ وَشِمَالَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَوَرَاءَهُ

Then he breathed into it with his right hand, his left hand, between his hands, and behind it.

وَعَمِلَ فِيهِ خَيْرًا

And he did good in it.

قَالَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ سَاعَةً

He said, so I walked with him for an hour.

فَقَالَ لِي اجْلِسْ هَا هُنَا

He said to me, 'Sit right here'.

قَالَ فَأَجْلَسَنِي فِي قَاعٍ حَوْلَهُ حِجَارَةٌ

He said, then he seated me in a hollow surrounded by stones.

فَقَالَ لِي اِجْلِسْ هَا هُنَا حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ

He said to me, "Sit here until I return to you."

قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ فِي الْحَرَّةِ حَتَّى لاَ أَرَاهُ

He said, then he set off into the volcanic field until I could no longer see him.

فَلَبِثَ عَنْيِ فَأَطَالَ اللُّبْثَ

So he stayed away from me and prolonged his absence.

ثُمَّ إِنِّى سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُقْبِلٌ

Then I heard him as he was approaching.

وَهُوَ يَقُوْلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

And he was saying, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ لَمْ أَصْبِرْ

He said, and when he came I could not remain patient.

حَتَّى قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاءَكَ

Until I said, "O Prophet of God, may God make me your ransom."

مَنْ تُكَلِّمُ فِي جَانِبِ الْحَرَّةِ

Who are you speaking to at the edge of the lava field?

مَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا

I did not hear anyone reply to you.

قَالَ ذَلِكَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ

Gabriel, peace be upon him, said that.

عَرَضَ لِيَّ فِي جَانِبِ الْحَرَّةِ

He appeared to me at the edge of the lava field,

قَالَ بَشِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

He said: Give your community the good news that whoever dies without associating anything with God will enter Paradise.

قُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

I said, "O Gabriel, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery?"

قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said, 'Yes'.

قَالَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said, "I said, 'And if he steals, and if he commits fornication?'" He said, "Yes."

وَإِنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ

And if he drinks wine.

قَالَ النَّضْرُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ

An-Nadr said: Shu'bah told us.

وَحَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ وَالْأَعْمَشُ وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ رُفَيْعٍ

Habib ibn Abi Thabit, al-A'mash, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Rufay' narrated to us,

حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ

Zayd ibn Wahb narrated to us,

بِهَذَا قَالَ أَبِيُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

With this, Abu Abdillah said.

حَدِيثُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ مُرْسَلٌ، لَا يَصِحُّ

The report of Abu Salih from Abu Darda' is mursal and not authentic.

إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا لِلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ أَبِيْ ذَرٍّ

We intended it only for knowledge, and the authentic report is that of Abu Dharr.

قِيلَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

It was said to Abu Abdullah.

حَدِيثُ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِيِ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ مُرْسَلٌ أَيْضًا لَا يَصِحُّ

The hadith of Ata ibn Yasar from Abu al-Darda, he said, is also mursal and is not authentic.

وَالْصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

The authentic report is that of Abu Dharr.

وَقَالَ اِضْرِبُوا عَلَى حَدِيثِ أَبِيِ الدَّرْدَاءِ هَذَا

And he said, "Reject this report of Abu Darda'."

إِذَا مَاتَ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ

When a person dies, at the moment of death he says, "There is no god but God."