The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6556
يَا رَبِّ كَيْفَ أَعُودُكَ وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ . قَالَ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَبْدِي فُلاَنًا مَرِضَ فَلَمْ تَعُدْهُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ لَوْ عُدْتَهُ لَوَجَدْتَنِي عِنْدَهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ اسْتَطْعَمْتُكَ فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْنِي . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَكَيْفَ أُطْعِمُكَ وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ . قَالَ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ اسْتَطْعَمَكَ عَبْدِي فُلاَنٌ فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّكَ لَوْ أَطْعَمْتَهُ لَوَجَدْتَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ اسْتَسْقَيْتُكَ فَلَمْ تَسْقِنِي . قَالَ يَا رَبِّ كَيْفَ أَسْقِيكَ وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ اسْتَسْقَاكَ عَبْدِي فُلاَنٌ فَلَمْ تَسْقِهِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ سَقَيْتَهُ وَجَدْتَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي
yā rabbi kayfa aʿūduka wa-anta rabbu al-ʿālamīna . qāla amā ʿalimta anna ʿabdī fulānan mariḍa falam taʿudhu amā ʿalimta annaka law ʿudtah lawajadtanī ʿindah yā ābna ādama āstaṭʿamtuka falam tuṭʿimnī . qāla yā rabbi wakayfa uṭʿimuka wa-anta rabbu al-ʿālamīna . qāla amā ʿalimta annah āstaṭʿamaka ʿabdī fulānun falam tuṭʿimhu amā ʿalimta annaka law aṭʿamtah lawajadta dhalika ʿindī yā ābna ādama āstasqaytuka falam tasqinī . qāla yā rabbi kayfa asqīka wa-anta rabbu al-ʿālamīna qāla āstasqāka ʿabdī fulānun falam tasqihi amā innaka law saqaytah wajadta dhalika ʿindī
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Verily, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me. He would say: O my Lord; how could I visit Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say: Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him and were you not aware of this that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him? O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He said: Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine asked food from you but you did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would have found him by My side? (The Lord would again say: ) O son of Adam, I asked drink from you but you did not provide Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I provide Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say: Such and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did not provide him, and had you provided him drink you would have found him near Me
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6556
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)