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tabarani:11450Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Nāfiʿ al-Ṭaḥḥān al-Miṣrī > Abū Yūsuf al-Jīzī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ

[Machine] O Abu Abbas, what do you say about me? He said, "And what can I say about you?" He said, "Verily, I am a worker with a pen." He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , say, 'The possessor of the pen will be brought on the Day of Resurrection in a box of fire, locked with locks of fire. Then his pen will be examined to see what reward he earned. If his reward is in obedience to Allah and His satisfaction, the box will be opened for him. But if his reward is in disobedience to Allah, the box will fall with him seventy autumns until the possessor of the pen and the prescription are leveled.'"  

الطبراني:١١٤٥٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ الطَّحَّانُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو يُوسُفَ الْجِيزِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ مَا تَقُولُ فِيَّ؟ قَالَ وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ أَقُولَ فِيكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي عَامَلٌ بقلمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يُؤْتَى بِصَاحِبِ الْقَلَمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي تابوتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ مُقْفَلٍ عَلَيْهِ بِأَقْفَالٍ مِنْ نَارٍ فَيَنْظُرُ قَلَمَهُ فِيمَ أَجْرَاهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَجْرَاهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ وَرِضْوَانِهِ فُكَّ عَنْهُ التَّابُوتُ وَإِنْ أَجْرَاهُ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ هَوَى بِهِ التَّابُوتُ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا حَتَّى بارئُ الْقَلَمِ ولائقُ الدَّوَاةِ»  


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"يُؤْتَى بِصَاحِبِ القَلَم يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِى تَابُوتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ مُقْفلٍ عَليْهِ بِأَقْفَالٍ مِنْ نَارٍ؛ فَيُنْظَرُ قَلَمُهُ فِيمَا أَجْرَاهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ أَجْرَاهُ فِى طَاعَةِ اللَّه وَرِضْوَانِهِ فُكَّ عَنْهُ التَّابُوتُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَجْرَاهُ فِى مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّه، هَوَى بِهِ التَّابُوتُ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا حَتَّى بَارِئُ الْقَلَمِ وَلَائِقُ الدَّواةِ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عباس