Sunan Ibn Majah 926 — the Scale

سنن ابن ماجه 926 — الميزان

A report in Sunan Ibn Majah, no. 926 (Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them), that speaks of the Scale. The Hasanat and Sayyi'at Ledger lists it with the texts that count, write, erase or weigh a deed.

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«… وَيَحْمَدُهُ عَشْرًا ". فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ يَعْقِدُهَا بِيَدِهِ " فَذَلِكَ خَمْسُونَ وَمِائَةٌ بِاللِّسَانِ، وَأَلْفٌ وَخَمْسُمِائَةٍ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، وَإِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ سَبَّحَ وَحَمِدَ وَكَبَّرَ مِائَةً، فَتِلْكَ مِائَةٌ بِاللِّسَانِ، وَأَلْفٌ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، فَأَيُّكُمْ يَعْمَلُ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَلْفَيْنِ وَخَمْسَمِائَةِ سَيِّئَةٍ ". قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ لاَ يُحْصِيهِمَا قَالَ " يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ، وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَيَقُولُ: اذْكُرْ كَذَا …»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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The reckoning of good and bad deeds

People and things also explored

The good deeds (al-hasanat)· The Reckoning· The balance (al-mizan)· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· Calling to guidance or to error: the like of the rewards and sins of those who follow· Hajj without lewdness or wrongdoing, and umra to umra· A good deed intended and not done: one full good deed· A good deed done: ten to seven hundred

Sources

  • Sunan Ibn Majah (Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi edition)
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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