Hadith 8776
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَقُصُّ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ [الرحمن: 46] فَقُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقُلْتُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ الثَّالِثَةَ وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ فَقُلْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنْ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting this verse on the pulpit: {وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّہِ جَنَّتَانِ} … Whoever fears standing before his Lord, for him there are two gardens. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Even if he commits adultery and theft? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the same verse again. I again said: O Messenger of Allah! Even if he commits adultery and theft? You (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the same verse for the third time: {وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّہِ جَنَّتَانِ}, but I also said for the third time: O Messenger of Allah! Even if he commits adultery and theft? This time you (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes! Even if Abu Darda’s nose becomes dust-covered.