as far as the eye can see. Then He will say, “Do you deny any of this? Have My recording scribes wronged you?” The man will answer, “No, my Lord.” He will ask, “Have you any excuse?” He will say, “No, my Lord.” He will declare, “Indeed, you have one good deed with Us, and today you shall not be wronged.” Thereupon a card is brought forth bearing the words, “I testify that there is no god but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.” He will say, “Come, let your deeds be weighed.” The man will exclaim, “My Lord, what is this card compared with these registers?” He will reply, “You will not be treated unjustly.” The registers will be placed on one pan of the scale and the card on the other; the registers will become light while the card will grow heavy, for nothing outweighs the name of Allah.

It was recorded by al-Tirmidhi (2/106–107), who graded it hasan, by Ibn Mājah (4300), by al-Ḥākim (1/6, 529), and by Aḥmad (2/213) through the chain of al-Layth ibn Saʿd from ʿĀmir ibn Yaḥyā, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hiblī, who said: “I heard ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say,” and he related the ḥadīth.

Al-Ḥākim said, “Its chain is sound according to the criterion of Muslim,” and al-Dhahabī agreed.

I say: This is as they have said, and Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hiblī—with ḥāʼ and bāʼ—is ʿAbdullāh ibn Yazīd.

Aḥmad also narrated it (2/221–222) through Ibn Luhayʿah, from ʿAmr ibn Yaḥyā, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hiblī. I say: Ibn Luhayʿah’s memory was poor, so I fear that his naming of “ʿAmr ibn Yaḥyā” is a slip of the tongue—he meant to say “ʿĀmir” but said “ʿAmr.” It is also possible that the error came from a scribe or the typesetter. Allah knows best.