Hanzala, who was among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said, "Abu Bakr met me and asked, 'How are you, Hanzala?'I replied, 'Hanzala has become a hypocrite!'Abu Bakr said, '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 when we leave the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we busy ourselves with our wives, our children, and our livelihoods, and we forget much.'Abu Bakr said, 'By Allah, we experience the same thing.'So Abu Bakr and I set off 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 your presence, we busy ourselves with our wives, our children, and our livelihoods, and we forget much.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One in whose hand my soul rests, if you were to remain continually in the state you are in when you are with me and in 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."
وكان من أصحاب 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 قلت: 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.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Repentance (2750) through several chains from Jafar bin Sulayman, from Saeed bin Iyas Jariri, from Abu Uthman Nahdi, from Hanzala Asidi, who mentioned it. In one narration in his collection, "O Hanzala, an hour and an hour. If your hearts remained as they are during remembrance, the angels would shake hands with you, until they would greet you in the roads."