Safwān ibn Muhriz reported: A man said to Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father): What did you hear the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say about the Najwa (secret talk)? He said: I heard him say:
"A believer is brought close to his Almighty Lord on the Day of Judgment, and He bestows His Kanaf (concealment) on him and makes him confess his sins saying: Do you know? And he says: O Lord, yes, I know. He says: I have concealed them for you in the worldly life, and I forgive them for you today, and he is, then, given the record of his good deeds. As for the disbelievers and the hypocrites, they will be called out before all of the creation: These are the ones who lied against Allah."
Reported by Muslim (No. 2768), Al-Bukhari (No. 2441) and Ahmad (No. 5179, 5562).
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed about the secret talk between Allah and His believing slave on the Day of Judgment saying:
A believer is brought close to his Lord on the Day of Judgment and He conceals him from the gathered creation so no one would know his secret other than him. He says to him:
Do you know such-and-such sin, making him confess the sins between him and his Lord.
He will say: O Lord, yes.
When the believer, consequently, feels scared and afraid, Allah Almighty says to him: I have concealed them for you in the worldly life, and I forgive them for you today, and he will be handed the record of his good deeds.
As for the disbeliever and the hypocrite, they are called out before all the witnesses: These are the ones who lied against their Lord. Indeed, Allah’s curse is upon the wrongdoers.
Lessons
The favor and mercy that Allah bestows upon the believers by concealing them both in this world and the Hereafter.
Encouraging the act of concealing the believer's faults whenever possible.
All of the slaves' deeds are recorded by the Almighty Lord. So, whoever finds good should praise Allah, and whoever finds other than that should blame none but himself, and he is subject to Allah's will.
Ibn Hajar said: The overall Hadīths indicate that the sinners from the believers are two types on the Day of Judgment: First: Those whose sins are between them and their Lord. The Hadīth of Ibn ‘Umar denotes that this type is divided into two categories: 1. One whose sins are concealed in this world, and this is the same person for whom Allah will conceal his sins on the Day of Judgment as directly stated. 2. One whose sins are openly committed and whose situation will be different from that as understood from the Hadīth. Second: Those whose sins are between them and others, and they are also divided into two categories: 1. Those whose evil deeds outweigh their good deeds and who fall in Hellfire then come out of it through the intercession. 2. Those whose evil deeds and good deeds are equal, and they do not enter Paradise until their shortcomings are settled.
Explanation in Arabic
أَخْبَرَ النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عن مناجاة الله لعبدِه المؤمن يوم القيامة، فقال:
يُدْنَى المؤمنُ يوم القيامة من ربه فيضع عليه سِتْرَه عن أهل الموقف حتى لا يَطَّلع على سرِّه غيرُه، فيقول له:
أتعرف ذنب كذا وكذا... يُقرِّرُه بالذنوب التي بين العبد وربه.
فيقول: نعم أي رب.
حتى إذا فَزِع المؤمن وخاف، قال له سبحانه: إني سترتها عليك في الدنيا، وأنا أغفرها لك اليوم، فيُعطى صحيفة حسناته.
وأما الكافر والمنافق فيُنادى على رؤوس الأشهاد: هؤلاء الذين كذبوا على ربهم، ألا لعنة الله على الظالمين.
فضل الله ورحمته للمؤمنين بسترهم في الدنيا والآخرة.
الحث على ستر المؤمن ما أمكن.
أعمال العباد كلها يُحصيها رب العباد، فمن وجد خيرًا فليحمد الله، ومن وجد غير ذلك فلا يلومنَّ إلا نفسه وهو تحت مشيئة الله.
قال ابن حجر: دلَّ مجموع الأحاديث على أن العصاة من المؤمنين في القيامة على قسمين: أحدهما: من معصيته بينه وبين ربه، فدل حديث ابن عمر على أن هذا القسم على قسمين: قسم: تكون معصيته مستورة في الدنيا، فهذا الذي يسترها الله عليه في القيامة وهو بالمنطوق، وقسم: تكون معصيته مجاهرة، فدل مفهومه على أنه بخلاف ذلك، والقسم الثاني: من تكون معصيته بينه وبين العباد فهم على قسمين أيضا: قسم: ترجح سيئاتهم على حسناتهم، فهؤلاء يقعون في النار ثم يخرجون بالشفاعة، وقسم: تتساوى سيئاتهم وحسناتهم، فهؤلاء لا يدخلون الجنة حتى يقع بينهم التَّقَاصُّ.
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، يقول: يدنى المؤمن يوم القيامة من ربه حتى يضع كنفه عليه، فيقرره بذنوبه، فيقول: أتعرف ذنب كذا؟ أتعرف ذنب كذا؟ فيقول: رب أعرف قال: فإني قد…
Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar
AuthenticMuttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Mishkat al-Masabih 5551
