حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی يَا عِبَادِي کُلُّکُمْ ضَالٌّ إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُهُ فَسَلُونِي الْهُدَی أَهْدِکُمْ وَکُلُّکُمْ فَقِيرٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَغْنَيْتُ فَسَلُونِي أَرْزُقْکُمْ وَکُلُّکُمْ مُذْنِبٌ إِلَّا مَنْ عَافَيْتُ فَمَنْ عَلِمَ مِنْکُمْ أَنِّي ذُو قُدْرَةٍ عَلَی الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَاسْتَغْفَرَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَکُمْ وَآخِرَکُمْ وَحَيَّکُمْ وَمَيِّتَکُمْ وَرَطْبَکُمْ وَيَابِسَکُمْ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَی أَتْقَی قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِي مَا زَادَ ذَلِک فِي مُلْکِي جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَکُمْ وَآخِرَکُمْ وَحَيَّکُمْ وَمَيِّتَکُمْ وَرَطْبَکُمْ وَيَابِسَکُمْ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَی أَشْقَی قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِي مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِکَ مِنْ مُلْکِي جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَکُمْ وَآخِرَکُمْ وَحَيَّکُمْ وَمَيِّتَکُمْ وَرَطْبَکُمْ وَيَابِسَکُمْ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلَ کُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْکُمْ مَا بَلَغَتْ أُمْنِيَّتُهُ فَأَعْطَيْتُ کُلَّ سَائِلٍ مِنْکُمْ مَا سَأَلَ مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِکَ مِنْ مُلْکِي إِلَّا کَمَا لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَکُمْ مَرَّ بِالْبَحْرِ فَغَمَسَ فِيهِ إِبْرَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ذَلِکَ بِأَنِّي جَوَادٌ مَاجِدٌ أَفْعَلُ مَا أُرِيدُ عَطَائِي کَلَامٌ وَعَذَابِي کَلَامٌ إِنَّمَا أَمْرِي لِشَيْئٍ إِذَا أَرَدْتُهُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَهُ کُنْ فَيَکُونُ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَرَوَی بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ مَعْدِي کَرِبَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2495
Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: Allah,Most High said: 'O My Slaves! All of you are astray except whom I guide, so ask Me for guidance and I shall guide you. All of you are poor except whom I enrich, so ask Me and I shall provide you. All of you are sinners except whom I have pardoned, so whoever among you knows that I am the One able to forgive, and seeks My forgiveness, I shall forgive him, without concern for Me (and it will not affect Me). If the first of you and the last of you, the living among you and the dead among you, the fresh among you and the dry among you were to gather together to help the heart with the most Taqwa among My slaves, that would not add a mosquito's wing to My sovereignty. If the first of you and the last of you, the living among you and the dead among you, the fresh among you and the dry among you were to gather together to help the worst heart of My slaves, that would not diminish a mosquito's wing to My sovereignty. ll forgive him, without concern for Me (and it will not affect Me). If the first of you and the last of you, the living among you and the dead among you, the fresh among you and the dry among you were to gather together upon one plateau, and each person among them were to ask for his utmost desire, and I were to give each what he asked for, that would not diminish from My sovereignty, except as if one of you were to pass by an ocean and dip a needle into it and then remove it. That is because I am the Most Liberal without need, the Most Generous, doing as I will. I give by My speech and I punish by My speech, whenever I will something I only say: Be and it shall be.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020