Hadith 78

Sahih Muslim

Book 52: Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell

Chapter 18

Doing A Lot Of Good Deeds And Striving Hard In Worship

باب إِكْثَارِ الأَعْمَالِ وَالاِجْتِهَادِ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 2819b
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلاَقَةَ، سَمِعَ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ، يَقُولُ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى وَرِمَتْ قَدَمَاهُ قَالُوا قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ أَفَلاَ أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا ‏"
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Mughira b. Shu'ba and the words are:

Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) kept standing in prayer (for such long hours) that his feet were swollen. They (his Companions) said: Verily, Allah has pardoned for thee the earlier and the later of thine sins. Thereupon he said: Should I not prove myself to be a grateful servant (of Allah)?

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

المغيرة بن شعبة

132 narrations

follower
2

Ziyad bin 'Alaqa

زياد بن علاقة

57 narrations

successor
3

Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah

سفيان بن عيينة

1,847 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Numayr

محمد بن عبد الله بن نمير

563 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations