حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْصُوا لِي کُلَّ مَنْ تَلَفَّظَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَخَافُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّ مِائَةِ إِلَی السَّبْعِ مِائَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّکُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّکُمْ أَنْ تُبْتَلُوا قَالَ فَابْتُلِينَا حَتَّی جَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا مَا يُصَلِّي إِلَّا سِرًّا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4029
It was narrated from Hudhaifah that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "Count for me all those who have uttered (the words of) Islam." We said: "0 Messenger of Allah, do you fear for us when we number between six and seven hundred?" The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "You do not know, perhaps you will be tested." (Sahih) He (the narrator) said: "And we were tested, until a man among us Would only pray in secret."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020