The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7439
يَا رَبِّ أَلَمْ تُجِرْنِي مِنَ الظُّلْمِ قَالَ يَقُولُ بَلَى . قَالَ فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي لاَ أُجِيزُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِلاَّ شَاهِدًا مِنِّي قَالَ فَيَقُولُ كَفَى بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ شَهِيدًا وَبِالْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ شُهُودًا - قَالَ - فَيُخْتَمُ عَلَى فِيهِ فَيُقَالُ لأَرْكَانِهِ انْطِقِي . قَالَ فَتَنْطِقُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ - قَالَ - ثُمَّ يُخَلَّى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَلاَمِ - قَالَ - فَيَقُولُ بُعْدًا لَكُنَّ وَسُحْقًا . فَعَنْكُنَّ كُنْتُ أُنَاضِلُ
yā rabbi alam tujirnī mina aẓ-ẓulmi qāla yaqūlu balā . qāla fayaqūlu fa-innī lā ujīzu ʿalā nafsī illā shāhidan minnī qāla fayaqūlu kafā binafsika al-yawma ʿalayka shahīdan wabālkirāmi al-kātibīna shuhūdan-qāla-fayukhtamu ʿalā fīhi fayuqālu lʾarkānihi ānṭiqī . qāla fatanṭiqu biʾaʿmālihi-qāla-thumma yukhallā baynah wabayna al-kalāmi-qāla-fayaqūlu buʿdan lakunna wasuḥqan . faʿankunna kuntu unāḍilu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Anas b. Malik reported:We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when he smiled, and said: Do you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and His Messenger, know best. Thereupon he said: It was because (there came to my mind the) talk which the servant would have with his Lord (on the Day of judgment). He would say: My Lord, have you not guaranteed me protection against injustice? He would say: Yes. Then the servant would say: I do not deem valid any witness against me but my own self, and He would say: Well, enough would be the witness of your self against you and that of the two angels who had been appointed to record your deeds. Then the seal would be set upon his mouth and it would be said to his hands and feet to speak and they would speak of his deeds. Then the mouth would be made free to talk, he would say (to the hands and feet): Be away, let there be curse of Allah upon you. It was for your safety that I contended
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 7439
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)