4222, How do I know that I am a benefactor? He said: Ask your neighbors قال: كيف أعلم أني محسن؟ قال: سل جيرانك

4222، والحاكم في مستدركه من طريق أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه، بلفظ: «جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقال: يا رسول الله، دلني على عمل إذا أنا عملت به دخلت الجنة، قال: كن محسنا، قال: كيف أعلم أني محسن؟ قال: سل جيرانك، فإن قالوا: إنك محسن فأنت محسن، وإن قالوا: إنك مسيء»، ومن طريق أبي سعيد رضي الله عنه، بلفظ: «إذا كان يوم القيامة عير الكافر بعمله فجحد وخاصم، فيقال له: جيرانك يشهدون عليك، فيقول: كذبوا، فيقال: أهلك وعشيرتك، فيقول: كذبوا، فيقال: احلفوا، فيحلفون ثم يصمتهم الله، ويشهد عليهم ألسنتهم فيدخلهم النار».

4222, and Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, with the wording: “A man came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said: O Messenger of God, guide me to an action that if I do it I will enter Paradise. He said: Be a benefactor, He said: How do I know that I am a benefactor? He said: Ask your neighbors. If they say: You are a benefactor, then you are a benefactor, but if they say: You are a doer of evil. And through the chain of transmission of Abu Sa`id, may Allah be pleased with him, with the wording: “When the Day of Resurrection comes, the disbeliever will be reproached for his deeds, and he will deny and dispute. It will be said to him: Your neighbors bear witness against you. He will say: They lied. It will be said: Your family and your tribe. He will say: They lied. It will be said: Swear. They will swear, then Allah will silence them and will make their tongues bear witness against them, and He will cause them to enter the Fire.”