حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَی أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ جَدْعَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فَکَانَ فِيمَا قَالَ أَلَا لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ رَجُلًا هَيْبَةُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَقُولَ بِحَقٍّ إِذَا عَلِمَهُ قَالَ فَبَکَی أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَقَالَ قَدْ وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْنَا أَشْيَائَ فَهِبْنَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4007
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H stood up to deliver a sermon, and one of the thing that he said was: “No,fear of people should prevent a man from speaking the truth, if he knows it.'' Then Abu sa’eed wept and said: ''By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020