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tabarani:5891 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , he said, "Indeed, a man may perform the actions of the people of Paradise while appearing to be one of them, but he is actually one of the people of Hell. Likewise, a man may perform the actions of the people of Hell while appearing to be one of them, but he is actually one of the people of Paradise."  

الطبراني:٥٨٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا تَرَوْنَ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا تَرَوْنَ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

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muslim:2651 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Verily, a man would perform the deeds of the people of Paradise for a long time, then his deeds would be concluded with the deeds of the people of Hell. And verily, a man would perform the deeds of the people of Hell for a long time, and then his deeds would be concluded with the deeds of the people of Paradise.  

مسلم:٢٦٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَنَ الطَّوِيلَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ عَمَلُهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَنَ الطَّوِيلَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ثُمَّ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ عَمَلُهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ  

muslim:112b – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Qārī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise.  

مسلم:١١٢b – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ  

ahmad:22835 – Yazīd Akhabaranā Abū Ghassān Muḥammad b. Muṭarrif > Abū Ḥāzimʿan Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, a person may perform the actions of the people of the Fire, while he is from the people of Paradise. And verily, a person may perform the actions of the people of Paradise, while he is from the people of the Fire. Indeed, actions are judged by their endings."  

أحمد:٢٢٨٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخَبَرَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ  

ahmad:24767 – Surayj > Ibn Abū al-Zinād > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Yā Ibn Ukhtī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, a person may perform the deeds of the people of the Hellfire and be written with Allah ﷻ as one of the people of Paradise. And a person may perform the deeds of the people of Paradise and be written with Allah ﷻ as one of the people of the Hellfire."  

أحمد:٢٤٧٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِينَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَانَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ﷻ لَمَكْتُوبٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَانَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ﷻ لَمَكْتُوبٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ لُزُومِ الرَّجَاءِ، وَتَرْكِ الْقُنُوطِ مَعَ لُزُومِهِ الْقُنُوطَ وَتَرْكَ الرَّجَاءِ

ibnhibban:346 – Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Minhāl from my cousin al-Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Aḥmad b. Abān al-Qurashī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

ابن حبّان:٣٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْمِنْهَالِ ابْنِ أَخِي الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ الْمِنْهَالِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْحُكْمَ الْحَقِيقِيَّ بِمَا لِلْعَبْدِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَا مَا يَعْرِفُ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ

ibnhibban:6175 – Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhib > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لِمَنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لِمَنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

tabarani:5798 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Abū Ghassān Muḥammad b. Muṭarrif > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a person may do deeds that appear to people as the actions of the people of Paradise, while he is from the people of Hellfire. And indeed, a person may do deeds that appear to people as the actions of the people of Hellfire, while he is from the people of Paradise. Verily, actions are judged by their outcomes."  

الطبراني:٥٧٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَعْمَلُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وإِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ»  

tabarani:5799 – ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad And Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Ḥubulī > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith al-Shīrāzī > Abū Ghassān Muḥammad b. Muṭarrif > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, a person may do actions that appear to people as the actions of the people of Paradise, while in reality, he is from the people of Hell. And indeed, a person may do actions that appear to people as the actions of the people of Hell, while in reality, he is from the people of Paradise. Indeed, actions are judged by their endings."  

الطبراني:٥٧٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُبُلِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الشِّيرَازِيُّ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَعْمَلُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وإِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ»  

tabarani:5806 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Khālid b. Makhlad > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

الطبراني:٥٨٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

tabarani:5825 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Hamdānī > Ibn Wahb > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jumaḥī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

الطبراني:٥٨٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

tabarani:5952 –

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

الطبراني:٥٩٥٢ – وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا يَبْدُو لِلنَّاسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»  

suyuti:5709a –
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السيوطي:٥٧٠٩a –

"إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَل أهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ وَإنَّهُ لَمنْ أهْلِ النَّارِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّاسُ، وإنَّه لمَنْ أهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وإنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بالْخَواتِيم" وفي لَفْظ: "بِخَواتِيمَها".  

[حم] أحمد ، [خ] البخاري [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن في الأفراد عن سهل بن سعد
suyuti:5500a –

Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would be among the dwellers of Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 112b)   

السيوطي:٥٥٠٠a –

"إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ الْجَنَّةِ - فيمَا يَبْدوُ للنَّاسِ - وَهْوَ مِنْ أهْلِ النَّار، وَإنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أهْلِ النَّارِ - فيِمَا يَبْدُو للنَّاسِ - وَهُوَ مِنْ أهلِ الْجَنَّة".  

عبد بن حميد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن سهل بن سعد
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السيوطي:٥٥٠٣a –

"إِنَّ الرَّجلَ لَيعمَلُ بعَمَلِ أهْل الْجَنَّة، وَإِنَّه لَمِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَل أهْلِ النَّارِ، وَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، تُدْركُهُ الشِّقْوَةُ، أو السَّعَادَةُ عنْدَ خُرُوجِ نَفَسه فَيخْتَمُ لَهُ بها".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وأَبو نعيم عن أَكَثم بن أبي الجون
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السيوطي:٥٥٥٥a –

"إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَل أهْلِ الْجَنَّة، وَإِنَّهُ لَمَكْتوبٌ فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّار، فَإذَا كَانَ قَبْلَ مْوتِهِ تَحَوَّلَ فَعَمِلَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّار فَماتَ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أهْلِ النَّارِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَمَكْتوبٌ فِي الْكِتَاب مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّة، فَإذَا كان قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ تَحَوَّلَ فَعَمِل بِعَمَلِ أهْل الْجَنَّةِ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَهَا".  

[حم] أحمد عن عائشة