Hanzala Usayidi reported,

Abu Bakr met me and asked, "How are you, Hanzala?"I replied, "Hanzala has become a hypocrite."Abu Bakr exclaimed, "Glory be to Allah! What are you saying?"I said, "When we are with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he reminds us of the Fire and the Garden until it is as though we see them with our own eyes. But once we leave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and busy ourselves with our wives, our children, and our livelihoods, we forget much of it."Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, I experience the same thing."So Abu Bakr and I set out together until we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said, "Hanzala has become a hypocrite, Messenger of Allah."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "And what is that?"I said, "Messenger of Allah, when we are with you, you remind us of the Fire and the Garden until it is as though we see them with our own eyes. But when we leave you and busy ourselves with our wives, children, and livelihoods, we forget much of it."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you were to remain in the state you are in when with me, devoted to remembrance, the angels would shake your hands upon your beds and in your pathways. But, Hanzala, there is a time for this and a time for that," repeating it three times.In another wording from him, he said, We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he admonished us, mentioning the Fire. Then I went home, laughed with the children, and played with my wife. So I went out and met Abu Bakr and told him about it.Abu Bakr said, "I have done the same as what you describe."We then met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I said, "Messenger of Allah, Hanzala has become a hypocrite."He said, "Wait. What is this?"So I told him what had happened.Abu Bakr said, "I have done the same as he has done."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hanzala, there is a time for this and a time for that. If your hearts were always as they are during remembrance, the angels would shake your hands and even greet you with peace in the pathways."

عن حنظلة الأسيدي- وكان من كتاب رسول الله ﷺ- قال

لقيني أبو بكر فقال: كيف أنت يا حنظلة؟ قال: قلت: نافق حنظلة قال: سبحان الله ما تقول؟ قال: قلت: نكون عند رسول الله ﷺ يذكرنا بالنار والجنة حتى كأنا رأي عين، فإذا خرجنا من عند رسول الله ﷺ عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات، فنسينا كثيرا. قال أبو بكر: فوالله إنا لنلقى مثل هذا، فانطلقت أنا وأبو بكر حتى دخلنا على رسول الله ﷺ قالت: نافق حنظلة يا رسول الله فقال رسول الله ﷺ: وما ذاك؟ قلت: يا رسول الله نكون عندك تذكرنا بالنار والجنة حتى كأنا رأي عين فإذا خرجنا من عندك عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيرا فقال رسول الله ﷺ: والذي نفسي بيده إن لو تدومون على ما تكونون عندي، وفي الذكر لصافحتكم الملائكة على فرشكم وفي طرقكم ولكن يا حنظلة ساعة وساعة ثلاث مرات. وفي لفظ عنه: كنا عند رسول الله ﷺ فوعظنا، فذكر النار قال: ثم جئت إلى البيت، فضاحكت الصبيان، ولاعبت المرأة، قال: فخرجت، فلقيت أبا بكر فذكرت ذلك له فقال: وأنا قد فعلت مثل ما تذكر، فلقينا رسول الله ﷺ فقلت: يا رسول الله، نافق حنظلة فقال: مه فحدثته بالحديث فقال أبو بكر: وأنا قد فعلت مثل ما فعل، فقال: يا حنظلة ساعة وساعة، ولو كانت ما تكون قلوبكم كما تكون عند الذكر لصافحتكم الملائكة حتى تسلم عليكم في الطرق.