Al-Zuhd - Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (16)

Report 81: ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAlqamah al-Laythī narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather ʿAlqamah, from Bilāl ibn al-Ḥārith al-Muzanī, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“A man may utter a word that earns Allah’s good pleasure, never imagining that it will reach as far as it does; yet because of it Allah records for him His pleasure until the day he meets Him. And a man may utter a word that incurs Allah’s wrath, never imagining that it will reach as far as it does; yet because of it Allah records against him His wrath until the Day of Resurrection.”

ʿAlqamah would remark, “How many statements has the report of Bilāl ibn al-Ḥārith kept me from uttering!”

٨١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ اللَّيْثِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمُزَنِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il –، مَا يَظُنُّ أَنَّهَا تَبْلُغُ مَا بَلَغَتْ، يَكْتُبُ اللَّهُ – Exalté soit-Il – لَهُ بِهَا رِضْوَانَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَاهُ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللَّهِ، مَا يَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَا بَلَغَتْ، يَكْتُبُ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَلَيْهِ سَخَطَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَ: فَكَانَ عَلْقَمَةُ يَقُولُ: كَمْ مِنْ كَلَامٍ قَدْ مَنَعَنِيهِ حَدِيثُ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ "