It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People will pass over the bridge of Hell (the Sirat), on which there will be thorny shrubs, hooks and grappling hooks that will snatch people from right and left, while on both its sides angels will be pleading: 'Allahumma sallim sallim' (O Allah, grant safety, grant safety). Some people will pass like lightning, some like a swift wind, some at the speed of a horse, some running, some walking at an ordinary pace, some crawling on their knees and some dragging themselves along. As for the people of the Fire who are its true inhabitants, they will neither die there nor live. But those people who are seized because of their sins and wrongdoings will burn in the Fire and become charcoal. Then permission will be given for intercession on their behalf, and they will be brought group after group and cast onto one of the rivers of Paradise, where they will sprout as a seed sprouts in the debris carried along by a flood." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have you not seen that yellowish plant which grows among the rubbish (left by a flood)? Then one of the last to be brought out of the Fire will be a man who will be at its edge, and he will say: 'O my Lord, turn my face away from it.' Allah Almighty will say: 'Is it your covenant and pledge that you will not ask Me for anything other than this?'" The narrator says: "There will be three trees on the Sirat. That man will say: 'O my Lord, bring me to this tree so that I may eat of its fruit and stay in its shade.' Allah Almighty will say: 'Is it your covenant and pledge that you will not ask Me for anything other than this?' Then he will see a tree even more beautiful than that one and will say: 'O my Lord, bring me to it so that I may eat of its fruit and stay in its shade.' Allah Almighty will say: 'Is it your covenant and pledge that you will not ask for anything other than this?' Then he will see yet another tree and will say: 'O my Lord, bring me to it so that I may eat of its fruit and drink in its shade.' Then he will see the multitude of people and hear their voices, and he will say: 'O my Lord, admit me into Paradise.'" Abu Nadrah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that on this point Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and another Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) differed. One of them said: "Allah will admit him into Paradise and will give him the world and as much again," while the other Companion said: "He will enter Paradise and will be given the like of the world and ten times as much."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري / 1253
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه صحيح البخاري برقم: 22، وأخرجه صحيح مسلم برقم: 188، وأخرجه سنن النسائي برقم: 1140، وأخرجه سنن ابن ماجه برقم: 4280، وأخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 10816، وأخرجه سنن الدارمي برقم: 2817، وأخرجه فتح الباري برقم: 529، 773، 3073، 4635، 6182، 6192، 6202، 6204، 7000، وأخرجه مسند البزار برقم: 2760، وأخرجه مصنف عبد الرزاق برقم: 20856، 20857، وأخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 3400، 8730، 8775، 8776، 8777، وأخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 1714، 3870، وأخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 14890، 18504، وأخرجه صحيح ابن حبان برقم: 7379، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1248»