Sahih Muslim, 306

Rapporté par Sahl b. Sa’d al-Sa’idi رضي الله عنه : Il y a eu un affrontement entre le Messager d’Allah ﷺ et les polythéistes, et ils se sont battus. À la fin du combat, le Messager d’Allah ﷺ est retourné vers son armée, et les ennemis vers la leur. Parmi les compagnons, il y avait un homme (nommé Quzman, un hypocrite) qui poursuivait et tuait chaque ennemi isolé. Les compagnons ont dit : « Personne ne nous a mieux servis aujourd’hui que cet homme. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ a alors dit : « En vérité, il fait partie des gens du Feu. » Un homme a décidé de le suivre. Il l’a accompagné partout, et a vu que cet homme, grièvement blessé, n’a pas supporté la douleur et s’est donné la mort en se jetant sur son épée. Celui qui le suivait est allé voir le Messager d’Allah ﷺ et a dit : « Je témoigne que tu es vraiment le Messager d’Allah. » Le Prophète ﷺ a demandé : « Qu’y a-t-il ? » Il a expliqué ce qu’il avait vu. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ a alors dit : « Il arrive qu’une personne fasse des actions qui semblent, aux yeux des gens, être celles d’un habitant du Paradis, alors qu’en réalité elle fait partie des gens de l’Enfer. Et il arrive qu’une personne fasse des actes qui paraissent, pour les gens, être ceux des habitants de l’Enfer, alors qu’elle fait partie des gens du Paradis. »

It is reported on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi that there was an encounter between the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the polytheists, and they fought (against one another). At the conclusion of the battle the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) bent his steps towards his army and they (the enemies) bent their steps towards their army. And there was a person (his name was Quzman and he was one of the hypocrites) among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who did not spare a detached (fighter of the enemy) but pursued and killed him with the sword. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said:None served us better today than this man Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked: Verily he is one of the denizens of Fire. One of the people (Muslims) said: I will constantly shadow him. Then this man went out along with him. He halted whenever he halted, and ran along with him whenever he ran. He (the narrator) said: The man was seriously injured. He (could not stand the pain) and hastened his own death. He placed the blade of the sword on the ground with the tip between his chest and then pressed himself against the sword and killed himself. Then the man (following him) went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I bear testimony that verily thou art the Messenger of Allah, He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter? He replied: The person about whom you just mentioned that he was one among the denizens of Fire and the people were surprised (at this) and I said to them that I would bring (the news about him) and consequently I went out in search of him till I (found him ) to be very seriously injured. He hastened his death. He placed the blade of the sword upon the ground and its tip between his chest and then pressed himself against that and killed himself. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked: A person performs the deeds which to the people appear to be the deeds befitting the dweller of Paradise, but he is in fact one of the denizens of Hell. And verily a person does an act which in the eyes of public is one which is done by the denizens of Hell, but the person is one among the dwellers of Paradise