حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ
الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ
أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ، عَنْ
حَنْظَلَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَانَا رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ ، فَقُمْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ مَعَ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي ، فَذَكَرْتُ مَا كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَرَجْتُ ، فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، نَافَقَ حَنْظَلَةُ ، قَالَ : وَمَا ذَاكَ ذَاكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَانَا رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ ، فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي ، فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ مَعَ وَلَدِي وَأَهْلِي ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ ، قَالَ : فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ : " يَا حَنْظَلَةُ ،
لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ وَبِالطُّرُقِ ، 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 Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). 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 joke. Suddenly, I remembered what we had just been discussing. So, I left the house. On the way, I met Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him), and I said, "I have become a hypocrite." He asked, "What happened?" I told him the whole story. He said, "We do the same." Then I went to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned my condition. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Hanzalah! If you were to remain 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! It is a matter of time and circumstance."