English Translation

Anas ibn 'Iyad told us: Abu Hazim told me — I do not know it except from Sahl ibn Sa'd — who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Beware of the sins deemed insignificant, like a people who camped in the bottom of a valley, and each one brought a stick, and another brought a stick, until they had gathered enough to bake their bread. Indeed, sins deemed insignificant, when their perpetrator is seized for them, will destroy him.