حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ الزُّبَيْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِكْرَزٍ الْفِهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ : أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ لِوَابِصَةَ : " جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ؟ ".
قَالَ : قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ.
قَالَ : فَجَمَعَ أَصَابِعَهُ فَضَرَبَ بِهَا صَدْرَهُ، وَقَالَ :" اسْتَفْتِ نَفْسَكَ.
اسْتَفْتِ قَلْبَكَ يَا وَابِصَةُ ثَلَاثًا الْبِرُّ مَا اطْمَأَنَّتْ إِلَيْهِ النَّفْسُ وَاطْمَأَنَّ إِلَيْهِ الْقَلْبُ، وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي النَّفْسِ وَتَرَدَّدَ فِي الصَّدْرِ، وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ النَّاسُ وَأَفْتَوْكَ "

Suleiman bin Harb told us, Hammad bin Salamah told us, on the authority of Al-Zubayr Abi Abdul Salam, on the authority of Ayyub bin Abdullah bin Mukraz Al-Fihri. On the authority of Wabisa bin Ma’abad Al-Asadi: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to Wabisa: “You have come to ask about righteousness and sin?”
He said: I said: Yes.
He said: He brought his fingers together and struck his chest with them, and said: “Consult yourself.”
Consult three things with your heart, O steadfast one: Righteousness is that which the soul is at ease with and the heart is at ease with, and sin is that which doubts within the soul and hesitates in it. Al-Sadr, even if the people issue fatwas and give you fatwas.”