The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 507 (#Ḥadīth #1)

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْهَیْثَمِ بْنِ أَبِی مَسْرُوقٍ النَّهْدِیِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَوْحَی اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَی دَاوُدَ ع أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ مِنْ عِبَادِی لَیَأْتِینِی بِالْحَسَنَهِ فَأُبِیحُهُ جَنَّتِی قَالَ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ ع یَا رَبِّ وَ مَا تِلْکَ الْحَسَنَهُ قَالَ یُدْخِلُ عَلَی عَبْدِیَ الْمُؤْمِنِ سُرُوراً وَ لَوْ بِتَمْرَهٍ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ ع یَا رَبِّ حَقٌّ لِمَنْ عَرَفَکَ أَنْ لَا یَقْطَعَ رَجَاءَهُ مِنْکَ.

1. My father said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from al-Haytham b. Abi Masruq al-Nahdi from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Ibn Sinan from a man from Abi Abdillah who said: Allah, the Majestic and Exalted, revealed to David : “Indeed, a servant from among My servants will come to Me with a good deed, and I will admit him into My Paradise." David asked: "Oh Lord, and what is that good deed?" He (Allah) replied: "(It is he who) enters upon my believing servant with joy, even if it is with a single date." So David said: "O Lord, one who has recognized You is deserving that he does not cut off his hopes from You.”

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