مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المدنيين رضي الله عنهم اجمعينMusnad of the Madinans
حَدِیث ابنَةِ اَبِی الحَكَمِ الغِفَارِیِّ
Hadith of the daughter of Abu al-Hakam al-Ghifari
Hadith 16610
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ ، قَالَتْ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ ، فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ " .
It is narrated from the daughter of Abu Hakam (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Sometimes a person comes so close to Paradise that there remains only a distance of one cubit between him and Paradise, but then he utters a word due to which he becomes as far from Paradise as the distance between Makkah and Sana'a.
