مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب أهل الجنة
Book of the People of Paradise
بَابٌ فِي شُكْرِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى الَّذِي هَدَاهُمْ لِلْإِسْلَامِ .
The people of Paradise thanking Allah the Exalted for guiding them to Islam
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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " كُلُّ أَهْلِ النَّارِ يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، فَيَقُولُ : لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي ! فَتَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ حَسْرَةً " . قَالَ : " وَكُلُّ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ : لَوْلَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي ! فَيَكُونُ لَهُ شُكْرًا " .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every one of the people of Hell will see his place in Paradise and will say: 'If only Allah Almighty had guided me too!' So this will be a cause of regret for him." And every one of the people of Paradise will see his place in Hell and will say: "Had Allah Almighty not granted me guidance (I would not have come to Paradise)!" So this will be by way of gratitude on his part.
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : " لَا يَدْخُلُ أَحَدٌ النَّارَ إِلَّا رَأَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ لَوْ أَحْسَنَ لِيَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَسْرَةً ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ أَحَدٌ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا رَأَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ لَوْ أَسَاءَ لِيَزْدَادَ شُكْرًا " . رَوَاهُ كُلَّهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُ الرِّوَايَةِ الْأُولَى رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
In one narration the wording is: No one will enter Hell until he has seen his place in Paradise, had he done good (he would have got that place in Paradise); this will be so that it becomes a regret for him. And no one will enter Paradise until he has seen his place in Hell, had he done evil (he would have been given that place); this will be so that he becomes more grateful. Ahmad recorded all these narrations, and the narrators of the first narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
