عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ الْمَازِنِيِّ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَمْشِي، مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى اللّٰه عنهما ـ آخِذٌ بِيَدِهِ إِذْ عَرَضَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللّٰه صلّى اللّٰه عليه وسلّم فِي النَّجْوَى فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صلّى اللّٰه عليه وسلّم يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللّٰه يُدْنِي الْمُؤْمِنَ فَيَضَعُ عَلَيْهِ كَنَفَهُ، وَيَسْتُرُهُ فَيَقُولُ أَتَعْرِفُ ذَنْبَ كَذَا أَتَعْرِفُ ذَنْبَ كَذَا فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ أَىْ رَبِّ. حَتَّى إِذَا قَرَّرَهُ بِذُنُوبِهِ وَرَأَى فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ هَلَكَ قَالَ سَتَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُهَا لَكَ الْيَوْمَ. فَيُعْطَى كِتَابَ حَسَنَاتِهِ، وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ وَالْمُنَافِقُونَ فَيَقُولُ الأَشْهَادُ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ، أَلاَ لَعْنَةُ اللّٰه عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ
Safwan bin Muhriz al-Mazini narrated, “Once, while I was walking with Ibn ‘Umarra, holding his hand, a man came forward and asked, ‘What have you heard from Allah’s Messengersa regarding private conversation [an-najwa]?’ Ibn ‘Umarra replied: ‘I heard Allah’s Messengersa say, ‘Allah will bring a believer close to Him, shield him with His cover, and say, ‘Do you acknowledge this sin? Do you acknowledge that sin?’ The believer will reply, ‘Yes, my Lord.’ This will continue until he admits all his sins and feels he is doomed. Then Allah will say, ‘I concealed your sins in the world, and I forgive them for you today.’ After this, he will be given the record of his good deeds. As for the disbelievers and hypocrites, their sins will be announced publicly, and the witnesses will say, ‘These are they who lied against their Lord.’ Now surely, the curse of Allah is on the unjust.’’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-mazalim, Bab qawlillahi ta‘ala ‘ala la‘natullah ‘ala z-zalimin’, Hadith 2441)