It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma'bad al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) that I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intending not to leave anything concerning righteousness and sin without asking him (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. When I reached him (peace and blessings be upon him), a group of people was there asking him (peace and blessings be upon him) about religious rulings. I began stepping over the people (to get close), and they said: "O Wabisah! Keep away from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." I replied: "Let me get close to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for being close to him (peace and blessings be upon him) is dearer to me than anything with regard to all people." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let Wabisah come; O Wabisah, come close." (When I came close,) he (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: "Seek a ruling from your heart and ask your own self. Righteousness is that with which the self is at ease and the heart is at rest, and sin is that which pricks in the self and causes hesitation in the chest, even if people give you a ruling (that it is permissible), and keep giving it to you."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند وابصة بن معبد / 1586
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: ضعيف: بهذا السياق» «أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 17545، وأخرجه سنن الدارمي برقم: 2533، وأخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 815، 816، 18117، وأخرجه شرح مشكل الآثار برقم: 2139، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 359/3، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1583»