The Forty Hadith Al-Qudsi: Hadith One (1) | Hadith Two (2) | Hadith Three (3) | Hadith Four (4) | Hadith Five (5) | Hadith Six (6) | Hadith Seven (7) | Hadith Eight (8) | Hadith Nine (9) | Hadith Ten (10) | Hadith Eleven (11) | Hadith Twelve (12) | Hadith Thirteen (13) | Hadith Fourteen (14) | Hadith Fifteen (15) | Hadith Sixteen (16) | Hadith Seventeen (17) | Hadith Eighteen (18) | Hadith Nineteen (19) | Hadith Twenty (20) | Hadith Twenty One (21) | Hadith Twenty Two (22) | Hadith Twenty Three (23) | Hadith Twenty Four (24) | Hadith Twenty Five (25) | Hadith Twenty Six (26) | Hadith Twenty Seven (27) | Hadith Twenty Eight (28) | Hadith Twenty Nine (29) | Hadith Thirty (30) | Hadith Thirty One (31) | Hadith Thirty Two (32) | Hadith Thirty Three (33) | Hadith Thirty Four (34) | Hadith Thirty Five (35) | Hadith Thirty Six (36) | Hadith Thirty Seven (37) | Hadith Thirty Eight (38) | Hadith Thirty Nine (39) | Hadith Forty (40) ||| Forty Hadith Qudsi Index |||

Hadith number in Sahih Muslim [Arabic only]: 5018

‏حدثنا ‏ ‏عبيد الله بن معاذ العنبري ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏أبي ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏شعبة ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي عمران الجوني ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أنس بن مالك ‏
‏عن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏قال يقول الله تبارك وتعالى لأهون أهل النار عذابا ‏ ‏لو كانت لك الدنيا وما فيها أكنت ‏ ‏مفتديا بها ‏ ‏فيقول نعم فيقول قد أردت منك أهون من هذا وأنت في صلب ‏ ‏آدم ‏ ‏أن لا تشرك ‏ ‏أحسبه قال ولا أدخلك النار ‏ ‏فأبيت إلا الشرك ‏
‏حدثناه ‏ ‏محمد بن بشار ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏محمد يعني ابن جعفر ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏شعبة ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي عمران ‏ ‏قال سمعت ‏ ‏أنس بن مالك ‏ ‏يحدث ‏ ‏عن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏بمثله إلا قوله ولا أدخلك النار فإنه لم يذكره
 

Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Exalted and High, would say to one who will have to undergo the least torture (on the Day of Resurrection): Would you like to go as ransom if you had all worldly riches; he would say: Yes. Allah would say to him: When you were in the loins of Adam, I demanded from you something easier than this that you should not associate anything with Me. (The narrator says): I think He also said: I would not cause you to enter Hell-Fire but you defied and attributed Divinity (to other besides Me).