حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ
أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ ، عَنْ
حَنْظَلَةَ التَّمِيمِيِّ الْأُسَيْدِيِّ الْكَاتِبِ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ ، وَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : نَافَقْتُ نَافَقْتُ . فَقَالَ : إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا حَنْظَلَةُ ،
لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي ، لَصَافَحَتْكُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ أَوْ فِي طُرُقِكُمْ ، أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَ هَذَا ، هَكَذَا قَالَ هُوَ ، يَعْنِي سُفْيَانَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there we began to discuss Paradise and Hell, and it felt as if we were seeing them with our own eyes. Then when I returned to my family and children, I began to laugh and engage in amusement. Suddenly, I remembered what we had just been discussing. So I left the house, and on the way I met Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). I said, "I have become a hypocrite," (and I told him the whole matter). He said, "We do the same." Then I went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned my condition. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Hanzalah! If you were to remain always in the same state as you are when you are with me, then the angels would begin to shake hands with you in your beds and on your paths. Hanzalah! There is a time for this and a time for that."