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Sunan Ibn Majah 4239 (Book 37, Hadith 140) #33595
Time for Everything

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ taught Hanzalah that there is a time for everything and to not forget the teachings of Allah.

It was narrated that Hanzalah Tamimi Al-Usaiyidi, the scribe, said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we spoke of Paradise and Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went to my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then I remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and said: 'I have become a hypocrite!’ Abu Bakr said: 'We all do that.’" So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "O Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ التَّمِيمِيِّ الأُسَيِّدِيِّ، قَالَ ‏:‏ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ ﷺ ـ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ الْعَيْنِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ ‏:‏ نَافَقْتُ، نَافَقْتُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ‏:‏ إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ ‏.‏ فَذَهَبَ حَنْظَلَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ ﷺ ـ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ ‏ "‏ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ - أَوْ عَلَى طُرُقِكُمْ - يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةٌ وَسَاعَةٌ
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time  *  balance  *  teaching  *  waqt  *  musallam  *  malaikah  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Enjoy life according to Islamic teachings while remembering Allah at all times .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how we should balance our lives between remembering Allah and enjoying life. It was narrated by Hanzalah Tamimi Al-Usaiyidi, the scribe, who said he was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and they were speaking of Paradise and Hell until it was as if they could see them. After this experience, he went back to his family and children and laughed and played with them but then remembered what they had been discussing earlier. He then went out to meet Abu Bakr who told him that everyone does this sometimes. The Prophet (ﷺ) then told him that if he were always as he is when with him, angels would shake hands with him in his beds or streets. He also taught him that there is a time for everything which means we should enjoy life but also remember Allah at all times in order to stay balanced in our lives.

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