Hadith 6538

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ : " يُجَاءُ بِالْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ ، فَيَقُولُ : نَعَمْ ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ : قَدْ كُنْتَ سُئِلْتَ مَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Prophet used to say, "A disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked. "Suppose you had as much gold as to fill the earth, would you offer it to ransom yourself?" He will reply, "Yes." Then it will be said to him, "You were asked for something easier than that (to join none in worship with Allah (i.e. to accept Islam, but you refused).
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الرقاق / 6538
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Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
And you did not fulfill this either, meaning you did not refrain from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and remained distant from tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6538
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
In another narration, there is further clarification that Allah, exalted is He, will say to a disbeliever who is being given a very light punishment:
“If you were given the world and all its possessions, would you offer it as ransom to save yourself from this punishment?” He will reply:
“Yes, I am prepared to do so.”
Allah, exalted is He, will say:
“When you were in the loins of your father, I asked you for something much easier than this—that you not associate anyone with Allah. But you denied everything except shirk (associating partners with Allah).”
(Sahih Muslim, Book of the Characteristics of the Hypocrites, Hadith: 7083 (2805))
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6538