Muwatta Malik 413 — the record of deeds and the recording angels

موطأ مالك 413 — كتاب الأعمال والملائكة الكاتبون

A report in Muwatta Malik, no. 413 (Shortening the Prayer), that speaks of the record of deeds and the recording angels. The Hasanat and Sayyi'at Ledger lists it with the texts that count, write, erase or weigh a deed.

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«وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ ".»

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

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Mentions
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

  • Muwatta of Imam Malik
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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The good deeds (al-hasanat)