Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Satan has despaired that idols will be worshipped in the land of the Arabs, but rather he will be pleased with you for less than that by your contempt for each other, which is a punishment on the Day of Resurrection. Guard against acts of wrongdoing as much as you can, for a servant will come with good deeds on the Day of Resurrection that he thinks will save him. Another servant will stand and continue to say: O Lord, Your servant has done great wrong to me! It will be said: Erase his good deeds! Such will continue until no good deeds compare to his many sins. Verily, the parable of that is like a traveler who settles in a desert among the lands with no firewood, so the people disperse from him in search of firewood and before long they find it and kindle a large fire to cook whatever they wish. Such is the way of sins.”
Source: Musnad Abī Ya’lá 5122
Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ تُعْبَدَ الْأَصْنَامُ فِي أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَرْضَى مِنْكُمْ بِدُونِ ذَلِكَ بِالْمُحَقِّرَاتِ وَهِيَ الْمُوبِقَاتُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ اتَّقُوا الْمَظَالِمَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَجِيءُ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَرَى أَنَّهُ سَتُنْجِيهِ فَمَا زَالَ عَبْدٌ يَقُومُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ ظَلَمَنِي عَبْدُكَ مَظْلَمَةً فَيَقُولُ امْحُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا يَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى مَا يَبْقَى لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَإِنَّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ كَسَفْرٍ نَزَلُوا بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ حَطَبٌ فَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ لِيَحْتَطِبُوا فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ حَطَبُوا فَأَعْظَمُوا النَّارَ وَطَبَخُوا مَا أَرَادُوا وَكَذَلِكَ الذُّنُوبُ
5122 مسند أبي يعلى
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