حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ مَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ لَهُ شَرَفٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلْقَمَةُ إِنَّ لَکَ رَحِمًا وَإِنَّ لَکَ حَقًّا وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُکَ تَدْخُلُ عَلَی هَؤُلَائِ الْأُمَرَائِ وَتَتَکَلَّمُ عِنْدَهُمْ بِمَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَتَکَلَّمَ بِهِ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ بِلَالَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ الْمُزَنِيَّ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَحَدَکُمْ لَيَتَکَلَّمُ بِالْکَلِمَةِ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ مَا يَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَا بَلَغَتْ فَيَکْتُبُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ بِهَا رِضْوَانَهُ إِلَی يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَکُمْ لَيَتَکَلَّمُ بِالْکَلِمَةِ مِنْ سُخْطِ اللَّهِ مَا يَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَا بَلَغَتْ فَيَکْتُبُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا سُخْطَهُ إِلَی يَوْمِ يَلْقَاهُ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ فَانْظُرْ وَيْحَکَ مَاذَا تَقُولُ وَمَاذَا تَکَلَّمُ بِهِ فَرُبَّ کَلَامٍ قَدْ مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَتَکَلَّمَ بِهِ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3969
It was narrated that ‘Alqamah bin Waqqás said that a man passed by him, who held a prominent position, and ‘Alqamah said to him: “You have kinship and rights, and I see you entering upon these rulers and spealdng to them as Allah wills you should speak. But I heard Bilâl bin Hârith Al-Muzani, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H, say that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘One of you may speak a word that pleases Allah, and not know how far it reaches, but Allah will record for him his pleasure, until the Day of Resurrection due to that word. And one of you may speak a word that angers Allah, and not know how far it reaches, but Allah will record against him his anger until the Day he meets Him due to that word.” Alqamah said: “So look, woe to you at what you say and what you speak about, for there is something that I wanted to say but I refrained because of what I heard from Bilâl bin Hârith.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020