Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Between the two leaves of a door of Paradise is a distance of forty years' travel."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it; its narrators have been declared trustworthy despite weakness in them.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب أهل الجنة / 18644
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه ابو يعلى فى المسند (1275) أخرجه احمد فى المسند (29/3) ، أخرجه صحيح ابن حبان برقم: 7388»
Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "You complete the number of seventy nations; you are the last of them and the most honoured of them before Allah Almighty. Between the two leaves of a door of Paradise is a distance of forty years' travel, and a day will come upon it when it will be crowded." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi and others recorded part of this narration.
Ahmad recorded it; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب أهل الجنة / 18645
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between the two leaves of a door of Paradise is a distance of forty years' travel, and a day will come when it will be thronged as camels throng that are thirsty and come (to drink water) on the fifth day."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Ruzayk bin Abi Ruzayk, whom I do not know, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب أهل الجنة / 18646