It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever is pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as Messenger, Paradise becomes due to him." Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I praised Allah, said Allahu Akbar and bore witness." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu Sa'id! There is another deed by which Allah Almighty will raise those who do it a hundred degrees in Paradise; between every two degrees is a distance like that between the heaven and the earth." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jihad in the path of Allah."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Abu Shurayh narrated this hadith in this way from Abu Hani', from Abu Ali, whereas al-Layth bin Sa'd and Abdullah bin Wahb narrated it from Abu Hani', from Abu Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8742
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1884، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 863، 4612، والحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 1910، 2475، والنسائي فى «المجتبى» برقم: 3131 / 1، والنسائي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 4324، 9748، 9749، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 1529، وسعيد بن منصور فى «سننه» برقم: 2301، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 18565، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 11271، وعبد بن حميد فى «مسنده» برقم: 922، 999، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 29893، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 3167»