Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ فَقُلْنَا حَدِّثْنَا مِنْ غَرَائِبِ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ رِدْفَهُ عَلَى حِمَارٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ بْنَ جَبَلٍ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ إِنَّ حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا حَقُّ الْعِبَادِ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِذَا هُمْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَنْ لَا يُعَذِّبَهُمْ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: We came to Mu'adh ibn Jabal and said: Tell us some of the rare hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: Yes. I was riding behind him on a donkey. He said to me: O Mu'adh ibn Jabal. I said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Do you know what is the right of Allah upon His servants? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The right of Allah upon His servants is that they worship Him and not associate anything with Him. Then he said: O Mu'adh. I said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Do you know what is the right of the servants upon Allah, if they do that? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: That He will not punish them.