Sahih Muslim Hadith 6966 – The Virtue Of (r

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[6966] 12 – (2750) It was narrated that Hanzalah A]-Usaidi – who was one of the scribes of the Messenger of Allah -said: "Abfl Bakr met me and said: 'How are you, 0 Hanzalah?' I said: 'Hanzalah has become a hypocrite.' He said: 'Subhân Allah! What are you saying?' I said: 'When we are with the Messenger of Allah he reminds us of the Fire and Paradise, until it is as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but when we depart from the Messenger of Allah , we attend to our wives and children and businesses, and we forget a great deal.' Abü Bakr said: 'By Allah, we experience something similar.' "Abü Bakr and I went and entered upon the Messenger of Allah and I said: 'Hanzalah has become a hypocrite, 0 Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'Why is that?' I said: '0 Messenger of Allah, when we are with you, you remind us of Paradise and the Fire (until) it is as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but when we depart from you, we attend to our wives and children and businesses, and we forget a great deal.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if you continued as you are when you are with me, and continued to remember (Paradise and Hell), the angels would shake hands with you in your homes and on the streets. But, 0 Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that" (he said it) three times.