Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8796 حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ «إِنَّ §مَثَلَ الْمُحَقَّرَاتِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ سَفْرٌ نَزَلُوا بِأَرْضٍ قَفْرٍ مَعَهُمْ طَعَامٌ لَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ إِلَّا النَّارُ فَتَفَرَّقُوا فَجَعَلَ هَذَا يَأْتِي بِالرَّوْثَةِ وَيَجِيءُ هَذَا بِالْعَظْمِ وَيَجِيءُ هَذَا بِالْعُودِ حَتَّى جَمَعُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَصْلَحُوا بِهِ طَعَامَهُمْ فَكَذَلِكَ صَاحِبُ الْمُحَقَّرَاتِ يَكْذِبُ الْكَذِبَةَ وَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ وَيَجْمَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا لَعَلَهُ أَنْ يَكُبَّهُ اللهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ»
English Translation
Ibn Mas'ud said: 'The parable of minor sins is like a group of travelers who stopped at a barren land and had food that could only be prepared with fire. They scattered, and one brought a piece of dung, another brought a bone, and another brought a stick, until they gathered enough to cook their food. Likewise, the one who commits minor sins tells a lie here, commits a sin there, and they accumulate until perhaps Allah will cast him on his face into the Fire of Hell.'