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ahmad-zuhd:84ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Sulaymān b. Maysarah > Ṭāriq b. Shihāb > Sulaymān

[Machine] "A man entered Paradise while carrying a fly, and another man entered Hellfire while carrying a fly. They were asked, 'How did this happen?' The man replied, 'I passed by a group of people who had an idol that no one was allowed to approach without bringing something to offer it. They said to one of them, 'Approach.' He replied, 'I don't have anything.' They said to him, 'Approach, even if it is just a fly.' So he approached with a fly and they let him pass. As for the other man, they said to him, 'Approach, even if it is just a fly.' He said, 'I would never approach anyone with anything except Allah ﷻ.' They killed him by severing his neck. So he entered Hellfire, and they said to the other man, 'Approach, even if it is just a fly.' He replied, 'I would never approach anyone with anything before Allah ﷻ.' They killed him by severing his neck, and he entered Paradise."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ

«دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْجَنَّةَ فِي ذُبَابٍ وَدَخَلَ النَّارَ رَجُلٌ فِي ذُبَابٍ» قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ مَرَّ رَجُلَانِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَهُمْ صَنَمٌ لَا يَجُوزُهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى يُقَرِّبَ لَهُ شَيْئًا فَقَالُوا لِأَحَدِهِمَا قَرِّبْ قَالَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ فَقَالُوا لَهُ قَرِّبْ وَلَوْ ذُبَابًا فَقَرَّبَ ذُبَابًا فَخَلَّوْا سَبِيلَهُ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ وَقَالُوا لِلْآخَرِ قَرِّبْ وَلَوْ ذُبَابًا قَالَ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُقَرِّبَ لِأَحَدٍ شَيْئًا دُونَ اللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ «فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ» قَالَ «فَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»