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ahmad:11735 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Nahār al-ʿAbdī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Verily, Allah will question His servant on the Day of Resurrection to the extent that He will ask him, 'O My servant, did you see such-and-such evil and did not denounce it?' So, if Allah finds His servant failing in this, He will strengthen his argument against him and the servant will say, 'O Lord, I trusted in You and feared people.'"  

أحمد:١١٧٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ نَهَارٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ لَيَسْأَلُ الْعَبْدَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَسْأَلُهُ يَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي رَأَيْتَ مُنْكَرًا فَلَمْ تُنْكِرْهُ فَإِذَا لَقَّنَ اللهُ عَبْدًا حُجَّتَهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَثِقْتُ بِكَ وَخِفْتُ النَّاسَ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:4017 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Abū Ṭuwālah > Nahār al-ʿAbdī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection, until He says: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you saw it?” When Allah grants His slave a response, he will say: “O Lord, I hoped for Your mercy but I feared the people.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٠١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو طُوَالَةَ حَدَّثَنَا نَهَارٌ الْعَبْدِيُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَسْأَلُ الْعَبْدَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَ الْمُنْكَرَ أَنْ تُنْكِرَهُ فَإِذَا لَقَّنَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا حُجَّتَهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ رَجَوْتُكَ وَفَرِقْتُ مِنَ النَّاسِ  

ahmad:11245 – Abū Salamah > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Nahār al-ʿAbdī > Samiʿah > Abū Saʿīd

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection, until He says: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you saw it?” When Allah grants His slave a response, he will say: “O Lord, I hoped for Your mercy but I feared the people.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4017)   

أحمد:١١٢٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ نَهَارٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَيَسْأَلُ الْعَبْدَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَ الْمُنْكَرَ تُنْكِرُهُ فَإِذَا لَقَّى الله عَبْدًا حُجَّتَهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَثِقْتُ بِكَ وَفَرِقْتُ مِنَ النَّاسِ  

bayhaqi:20183 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Ṭuwālah > Nahār al-ʿAbdī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection, until He says: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you saw it?” When Allah grants His slave a response, he will say: “O Lord, I hoped for Your mercy but I feared the people.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4017)   

البيهقي:٢٠١٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي طُوَالَةَ عَنْ نَهَارٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ لِيَسْأَلُ الْعَبْدَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَ مُنْكَرًا أَنْ تُنْكِرَهُ؟ فَإِذَا لَقَّنَ اللهُ الْعَبْدَ حُجَّتَهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ رَجَوْتُكَ وَخِفْتُ النَّاسَ  

suyuti:5009a –

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection, until He says: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you saw it?” When Allah grants His slave a response, he will say: “O Lord, I hoped for Your mercy but I feared the people.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4017)   

السيوطي:٥٠٠٩a –

"إِنَّ الله لَيَسْأَلُ الْعَبْدَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ: مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذَا رَأَيتَ الْمُنْكَرَ أَنْ تُنكِرهُ؟ فَإِذَا لَقَّنَ الله الْعَبْدَ حُجَّتَهُ قَال: يَا رَبِّ رَجَوْتُكَ، وَفَرِقْتُ مِنَ النَّاسِ".  

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