What Allah, Glorified and Exalted, has prepared for the people of Paradise

Sayyiduna Utbah bin Abd al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "What is that Pond about which you speak?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(It is as large) as the distance between al-Bayda' and Busra. Allah Almighty has favoured me in regard to it in that it is so large that a person cannot estimate where its two ends were created." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for the Pond, the poor among the Muhajirun will come to it, those who took part in fighting in the path of Allah and who died in the path of Allah. I hope that He will bring me to its channel and I will drink from it." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Lord has promised me that He will admit seventy thousand people of my nation into Paradise without reckoning, and then every thousand of them will intercede for a further seventy thousand people. Then my Lord, joining both palms, will three times (bring people of my nation out of Hell)." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir and said: "Allah Almighty will permit the first seventy thousand to intercede for their forefathers, their sons and the members of their families, and I hope that He will include me in the last three handfuls (that is, those brought out by joining both palms)." The Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah! Will there be fruits in it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes! In it there will be a tree whose name is Tuba, and Tabiq al-Firdaws." The Bedouin asked: "Which tree of our land does it resemble?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It does not resemble any tree of your region. Have you been to Sham?" He replied: "No, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It resembles a tree in Sham whose name is 'al-Jawzah'. It stands on a single trunk and then its upper part spreads out." The Bedouin asked: "How large will its root be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a young camel of your household (began to walk beneath it), it would not be able to cross it; before that it would grow old and die." The Bedouin asked: "Will there be grapes in Paradise?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes!" He asked: "How large will its bunches be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(As far as) a crow that flies continuously for a month without pausing in between." He asked: "How large will its seed (or a single grape) be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Has your father ever slaughtered a big male animal from among his goats?" He replied: "Yes!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then he skinned that animal and gave the hide to your mother and said: 'Tan it and make a bucket out of it, so that we may water our animals with it'?" The man replied: "Yes!" He said: "Then that single grape will satisfy me and my family?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, (that single grape will satisfy) most of the members of your clan as well."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and the wording is his; he recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and Ahmad also recorded this narration, in abridged form. Its chain contains a narrator Amir al-Bakali; Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned him but neither criticised him nor declared him trustworthy. The remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Paradise was presented to me, and I began to take hold of a bunch from it so that I might show it to you, but an obstacle came between me and it." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! What will a single grape be like?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It will be like the largest bucket your mother ever made."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "In Paradise there will be a tree that will stand on a single trunk, and the breadth of its trunk will be (a distance of) 72 years."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and the chain of al-Tabarani is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Utbah bin Abd al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a Bedouin came. He said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have heard you mention a tree in Paradise, and to my knowledge no other tree has more thorns than it." The narrator says: By this he meant the "Talh" (a thorny tree). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In place of every one of its thorns He will put on it a fruit like the testicles of a male animal covered in hair. In it (that fruit) there will be 70 different kinds of food (or flavours), each one different from the other."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man plucks any fruit of Paradise, another fruit will come in its place."
Al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar recorded it, although he (al-Bazzar) recorded these words: "In its place, double the like of it (will come)." The narrators of al-Tabarani and the narrators of one of the two chains of al-Bazzar are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "In Paradise there will be a tree in whose shade a swift rider will travel for one hundred years, and a leaf of it will cover Paradise." (Allamah Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is in the Sahih, but without the words: "Its leaf will cover Paradise."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator Ibn Lahi'ah, who has been declared thiqah (trustworthy) despite his weakness. The remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The birds of Paradise will be like Bactrian (camels), and they will feed on the trees of Paradise." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! These will be birds (living) in bliss." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who eat them will be in greater bliss than they are." He said this three times, and then he said: "O Abu Bakr! I hope that I will be one of those who eat them." (Allamah Haythami says:) I say:
Al-Tirmidhi recorded it in abridged form. Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih except Sayyar bin Hatim, whose case is different, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise you will look at a bird and feel a desire for it, and it will come before you roasted."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains a narrator Humayd bin Ata' al-A'raj, who is da'if (weak).