عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَا عَبْدٍ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ عَنْ عُمُرِهِ: فِيمَ أَفْنَاهُ؟ وَعَنْ عِلْمِهِ: فِيمَ فَعَلَ؟ وَعَنْ مَالِه: مِنْ أَيْنَ اكْتَسَبَهُ؟ وَفِيمَ أَنْفَقَهُ؟ وَعَنْ جِسْمِهِ: فِيمَ أَبْلَاهُ؟».
Abu Barzah al-Aslamī narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
1. On the Day of Judgement, no one’s feet will move until one has been asked
2. about his life: how he lived through it?
3. About his knowledge: what did he do with it?
4. About his wealth: how he earned it and how he spent it?
5. About his body: how he used it?
Abu Barzah al-Aslamī was a companion of the Prophet who was better known by his appellation, Abu Barzah. His name is given differently as Naḍlah ibn‘Ubayd ibn al-Ḥārith or Naḍlah ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Ḥārith. He embraced Islam early and took part in the Battle of Khaybar, the takeover of Makkah and the Battle of Ḥunayn. He settled in Basrah and took part in the Muslim army that conquered Khurāsān. He was the Prophet’s companion who killed ‘Abdullāh ibn Khaṭal when he was holding on to the coverings of the Ka‘bah, on the day of the takeover of Makkah. It was the Prophet who ordered his killing. He died in Year 65 AH 685 CE.
