Forty Authentic Hadiths Concerning Paradise
Author: Abu Hamzah Abdul Khaliq Siddiqi
إن الحمد لله نحمده، ونستعينه، من يهده الله فلا مضل له، ومن يضلل فلا هادي له ، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله . أما بعد:
أَبْوَابُ اِثْبَاتِ وُجُودِ الْجَنَّةِ وَنَعِيمِهَا
Chapter: Evidence for the Existence of Paradise and Its Blessings
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا مَاذَا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۚ قَالُوا خَيْرًا ۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۚ وَلَدَارُ الْآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ ۚ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِينَ . جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِي اللَّهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ.﴾
[النحل: 30، 31]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “When those who are mindful of Allah are asked, ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they say, ‘Goodness.’ For those who do good, there is good in this world, and the home of the Hereafter is far better. And what an excellent abode for the God-fearing—Gardens of Eternity which they will enter; rivers will flow beneath them; there they will have whatever they desire. Thus does Allah reward the righteous.”
Hadith 1
Arabic:
«عن عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا مات أحدكم فإنه يعرض عليه مقعده بالغداة والعشي ، فإن كان من أهل الجنة فمن أهل الجنة، وإن كان من أهل النار فمن أهل النار»
Translation: Narrated by ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with both of them): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When any one of you dies, his place is shown to him morning and evening. If he is among the people of Paradise, then he is among the people of Paradise; and if he is among the people of the Fire, then he is among the people of the Fire.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Badʾ al-Khalq (The Beginning of Creation), Bāb: Description of Paradise, no. 3240
Hadith 2
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إذا جاء رمضان فتحت أبواب الجنة وغلقت أبواب النار وصفدت الشياطين»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ṣiyām (Book of Fasting), no. 2495
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ.﴾
[السجدة: 17]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “No soul knows what delights of the eyes are hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.”
Hadith 3
Arabic:
عن سهل بن سعد الساعدي يقول شهدت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مجلسا وصف فيه الجنة حتى إنتهى ثم قال صلى الله عليه وسلم فى آخر حديثه ، فيها ما لا عين رات ولا أذن سمعت ولا خطر على قلب بشر ثم قرأ هذه الآية ﴿تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ. فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾
Translation: Narrated by Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him): I attended a gathering with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in which he described Paradise extensively. At the end he said, “In it are such blessings as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and that have never occurred to the heart of any human.” Then he recited the verse: “Their sides forsake their beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and hope, and from what We have provided them they spend. No soul knows what delights of the eyes are hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb Badʾ al-Khalq (The Beginning of Creation), Bāb: Description of Paradise, no. 7135
Hadith 4
Arabic:
«عن سهل بن سعد الساعدي رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: موضع سوط فى الجنة خير من الدنيا وما فيها»
Translation: Narrated by Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A place in Paradise as small as a whip is better than the world and all that is in it.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Badʾ al-Khalq (The Beginning of Creation), Bāb: Description of Paradise, no. 3250
Hadith 5
Arabic:
«عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: من قتل معاهدا لم يرح رائحة الجنة ، وإن ريحها توجد من مسيرة أربعين عاما»
Translation: Narrated by ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with both of them): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever kills a muʿāhad (a non-Muslim under covenant) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance can be found from a distance of forty years.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Jihād wa al-Siyar (Jihad and Expeditions), Bāb: Sin of One Who Kills a Muʿāhad, no. 3166
أَبْوَابُ اِثْبَاتِ وُجُودِ الْجَنَّةِ وَنَعِيمِهَا
Subchapter: Names of Paradise (بَابُ أَسْمَاءِ الْجَنَّةِ)
قَالَ اللهُ تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ . فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ.﴾
[الدخان: 51، 52]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Indeed, the God-fearing will be in a place of security, and they will reside in Gardens and by springs.”
وَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ . أُولَٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ . فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ.﴾
[الواقعة: 10تا 12]
Translation: And Allah, the Exalted, has said: “And those in the forefront—indeed, those are the ones brought near, in Gardens of Bliss.”
وَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ﴾
[يونس: 25]
Translation: And Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Allah calls to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path.”
و قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌ وَإِنَّ الْآخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ الْقَرَارِ﴾
[غافر: 39]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “O my people, this worldly life is but a temporary enjoyment, and indeed the Hereafter is the abode of permanence.”
Hadith 6
Arabic:
«عن أنس بن مالك قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: يؤتى بأنعم أهل الدنيا، من أهل النار ، يوم القيامة ، فيصبع فى النار صبغة ، ثم يقال: يا ابن آدم هل رأيت خيرا قط؟ هل مر بك نعيم قط؟ فيقول: لا والله! يا رب ويؤتى بأشد الناس بوسا فى الدنيا ، من اهل الجنة فيصبغ صبغة فى الجنة فيقال له: يا ابن آدم هل رأيت بوسا قط؟ هل مر بك شدة قط؟ فيقول: لا ، والله ! يارب ما مربي بؤس قط، ولا رأيت شدة قط»
Translation: Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, a person destined for Hell who had the most luxurious life in the world will be brought and dipped once into the Fire. Then it will be said to him, ‘O son of Adam! Did you ever see any comfort? Did you ever experience any luxury?’ He will say, ‘By Allah, my Lord, never!’ Then a person destined for Paradise who had the most difficult life in the world will be brought and dipped once into Paradise. It will be said to him, ‘O son of Adam! Did you ever see any hardship? Did you ever encounter any distress?’ He will say, ‘By Allah, my Lord, never! I never experienced misery nor saw hardship.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb Ṣifāt al-Munāfiqīn (and the Disbelievers), no. 7088
Hadith 7
Arabic:
«عن معاذ رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ليس يتحسر أهل الجنة على شيء إلا على ساعة مرت بهم لم يذكروا الله عزوجل فيها»
Translation: Narrated by Muʿādh (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people of Paradise will not feel regret over anything except for a moment that passed them by in the world in which they did not remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr (al-Albānī), hadith no. 5322
بَابُ سِعَةِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Vastness of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ﴾
[آل عمران: 133]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Race to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden whose width is like that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the God-fearing.”
Hadith 8
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن فى الجنة لشجرة يسير الراكب فى ظلها مائة سنة واقرءوا إن شئتم ﴿وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ﴾ ولقاب قوس أحدكم فى الجنة خير مما طلعت عليه الشمس أو تغرب»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In Paradise there is a tree in whose shade a mounted traveler could ride for a hundred years (and not traverse it). If you wish, recite: ﴿وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ﴾ (‘and extended shade’). And a space in Paradise as much as the bow of one of you—or even as much as where his foot may rest—is better than whatever the sun rises or sets upon.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Badʾ al-Khalq (The Beginning of Creation), Bāb: Description of Paradise, nos. 3353, 3357
بَيَانُ اَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Gates of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَسِيقَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَرًا ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءُوهَا وَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ.﴾
[الزمر: 73]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Those who were mindful of their Lord will be driven to Paradise in groups. When they reach it and its gates are opened, its keepers will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you; you have done well, so enter it to abide eternally.’”
Hadith 9
Arabic:
«عن أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أتي باب الجنة يوم القيامة فأستفتح فيقول الخازن من أنت؟ فأقول محمد ، فيقول بك أمرت لا أفتح لأحد قبلك»
Translation: Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I will come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection and ask for it to be opened. The keeper will say, ‘Who are you?’ I will say, ‘Muhammad.’ He will then say, ‘I have been commanded not to open it for anyone before you.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān (Book of Faith), no. 486
Hadith 10
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه فى حديث الشفاعة فيقول الله تعالى يا محمد أدخل الجنة من أمتك من لا حساب عليه من الباب الأيمن من أبواب الجنة وهم شركاء الناس فيما سوى ذلك من الأبواب والذي نفس محمد بيده أن ما بين المصراعين من مصاريع الجنة لكما بين مكة وهجر أو كما بين مكة ويصرى»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), in the Hadith of Intercession: Allah, the Exalted, will say, “O Muhammad, admit from your Ummah into Paradise those who will not be called to account through the rightmost gate of Paradise. They may also share with people in the other gates besides that.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the distance between the two panels of the gate of Paradise is like that between Makkah and Hajar, or between Makkah and Busra.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān (Book of Faith), no. 480
Hadith 11
Arabic:
«عن عمر بن الخطاب رضى الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ما منكم من أحد يتوضأ فيبلغ – أو فيسع الوضوء ثم يقول: أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا عبد الله ورسوله إلا فتحت له أبواب الجنة الثمانية ، يدخل من آيها شاء»
Translation: Narrated by ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There is none among you who performs ablution thoroughly and then says: «أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا عبد الله ورسوله» (‘I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger’) except that the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him, and he may enter through whichever of them he wishes.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ṭahārah (Book of Purification), Bāb: Remembrance Recommended After Ablution, no. 553
Hadith 12
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا صلت المرآة خمسها و صامت شهرها و حصنت فرجها وأطاعت زوجها قيل لها ادخلي الجنة من أى أبواب الجنة ما شئت»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When a woman offers her five daily prayers, fasts her month (of Ramadan), guards her chastity, and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: Enter Paradise through whichever of the gates of Paradise you wish.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr wa Ziyādatuhu (al-Albānī), hadith no. 673
Hadith 13
Arabic:
«عن أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم ما من مسلم يموت له ثلاثة من الولد لم يبلغوا الحنت إلا تلقوه من أبواب الجنة الثمانية من أيها شاء دخل»
Translation: Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No Muslim who has three children die before reaching puberty will be denied Paradise. They will meet him at the eight gates of Paradise, and he may enter through whichever of them he wishes.”
Reference: Sunan Ibn Mājah, Kitāb al-Janaʾiz (Book of Funerals), Bāb: The Reward for One Whose Child Dies, no. 1604 — graded Ḥasan by al-Albānī
Hadith 14
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: تفتح أبواب الجنة يوم الاثنين ، ويوم الخميس ، فيغفر لكل عبد لا يشرك بالله شيئا ، إلا رجلا كانت بينه وبين أخيه شحناء ، فيقال: انظروا هذين حتى يصطلحا ، انظروا هذين حتى يصطلحا، انظروا هذين حتى يصطلحا»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The gates of Paradise are opened on Mondays and Thursdays, and every servant who does not associate anything with Allah is forgiven, except the one between whom and his brother there is enmity. It will be said: ‘Defer these two until they reconcile, defer these two until they reconcile, defer these two until they reconcile.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Birr wa al-Ṣilah (Book of Righteousness and Maintaining Ties), no. 6544
بَابُ دَرَجَاتِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Levels of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿لَٰكِنِ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ الْمِيعَادَ﴾
[الزمر: 20]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “But those who feared their Lord will have chambers, above which are chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. This is the promise of Allah, and Allah does not fail in His promise.”
Hadith 15
Arabic:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضی اللہ عنہ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى فَاسْئلُوا اللَّهَ لِيَ الْوَسِيلَةَ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ! وَمَا الْوَسِيلَةُ؟ قَالَ: أَعْلَى دَرَجَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، لَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَاَرْجُو أنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا هُوَ
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you send blessings upon me, then ask Allah to grant me al-Wasīlah.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah! What is al-Wasīlah?” He said, “It is the highest rank in Paradise, which no one will attain except one man, and I hope that I will be that man.”
Reference: Musnad Aḥmad, no. 7588
Hadith 16
Arabic:
«عن عبادة بن الصامت رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: فى الجنة مائة درجة ما بين كل درجتين كما بين السماء و الأرض والفردوس أعلى الجنة وأوسطها ، وفوق ذلك عرش الرحمن ، ومنها تفجر أنهار الجنة الأربعة، ومن فوقها يكون العرش ، فإذا سألتم الله فسلوه الفردوس»
Translation: Narrated by ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “In Paradise there are one hundred levels, and between every two levels is a distance like that between the heavens and the earth. Al-Firdaws is the highest and best of them, and above it is the Throne of the Most Merciful, and from it flow forth the rivers of Paradise. So when you ask Allah (for Paradise), ask Him for al-Firdaws.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb Ṣifat al-Jannah, Bāb: On the Description of the Levels of Paradise, no. 2530 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
Hadith 17
Arabic:
«عن أبى سعيد الخدري رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن أهل الجنة ليتراءون اهل الغرف من فوقهم كما تتراءون الكوكب الدرئ الغابر من الأفق من المشرق او المغرب، لتفاضل ما بينهم ، قالوا: يا رسول الله تلك منازل الأنبياء ، لا يبلغها غيرهم، قال: بلى، والذي نفسي بيده! رجال آمنوا بالله وصدقوا المرسلين»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Indeed, the people of Paradise will look at those in the lofty mansions above them just as you see a shining star on the horizon in the east or west, due to the difference in virtue between them.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, those must be the dwellings of the Prophets which none else can attain!” He said, “Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, (they will also be for) men who believed in Allah and affirmed the Messengers.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and its Blessings), no. 7144
Hadith 18
Arabic:
«عن أبى سعيد الخدري رضى الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن المتحابين فى الله لترى غرفهم فى الجنة كالكوكب الطالع الشرقي ، أو الغربي فيقال: من هؤلاء؟ فيقال: هؤلاء المتحابون فى الله عزوجل»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Indeed, those who love one another for the sake of Allah will be seen in Paradise in lofty chambers like a bright star rising in the east or the west. It will be asked: Who are these? It will be said: They are those who loved one another for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.”
Reference: Musnad Aḥmad, 3/87; Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid, 10/422 — al-Haythamī said its narrators are trustworthy.
بَابُ قُصُورِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Palaces of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ.﴾
[التوبة: 72]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Allah has promised the believing men and women Gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and delightful dwellings in Gardens of Perpetual Residence. But the greatest of all is Allah’s good pleasure. That is the supreme success.”
Hadith 19
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة قال: قلت يا رسول الله! مم خلق الخلق؟ قال: من الماء ، قلنا: الجنة ما بناؤها؟ قال: لبنة من فضة ولبنة من ذهب، وملاطها المسك الأذفر، وحصباؤها اللؤلو والياقوت، وتربتها الزعفران، من دخلها ينعم لا يبأس ، ويخلد لا يموت لا تبلى ، ثيابهم ولا يفنى شبابهم»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): I asked, “O Messenger of Allah! From what was creation made?” He said, “From water.” I said, “What is Paradise built of?” He said, “A brick of silver and a brick of gold, its mortar is fragrant musk, its pebbles are pearls and rubies, and its soil is saffron. Whoever enters it will enjoy bliss and never suffer, will live forever and never die, their clothes will never wear out, and their youth will never fade.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb Ṣifat al-Jannah, Bāb: Description of Paradise and Its Blessings, no. 2526 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
بَابُ خِيَامِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Tents of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ . فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ۔﴾
[الرحمن: 72، 73]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Fair maidens, secluded in tents. So which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?”
Hadith 20
Arabic:
«عن عبد الله بن قيس عن أبيه ، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: فى الجنة خيمة من لؤلوة مجوفة عرضها ستون ميلا ، فى كل زاوية منها أهل ، ما يرون الآخرين ، يطوف عليهم المؤمن»
Translation: Narrated by ʿAbdullāh ibn Qays from his father: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “In Paradise there is a tent made of a single hollowed pearl, sixty miles wide. In each corner of it there are wives who will not see one another, and the believer will go around among them.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7159
بَابٌ فِى سُوقِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Market of Paradise
Hadith 21
Arabic:
«عن أنس بن مالك ، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن فى الجنة لسوفا، يأتونها كل جمعة، فتهب ريح الشمال فتحتو فى وجوههم وثيابهم ، فيزدادون حسنا وجمالا ، فيرجعون إلى أهليهم وقد ازدادوا حسنا وجمالا ، فيقول لهم أهلوهم: والله لقد ازددتم بعدنا حسنا وجمالا، فيقولون: وأنتم والله! لقد ازددتم بعدنا حسنا وجمالا»
Translation: Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Indeed, in Paradise there is a market which the people will visit every Friday. A north wind will blow and sprinkle fragrance upon their faces and clothes, and they will become more beautiful and handsome. When they return to their families, they too will have increased in beauty and loveliness. Their families will say, ‘By Allah, you have become more beautiful after leaving us.’ And they will reply, ‘And by Allah, you too have become more beautiful after us.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7146
بَابُ اشْجَارِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Trees of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تعالى: ﴿وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ﴾
[الواقعة: 30]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “And extended shade.”
Hadith 22
Arabic:
«عن أبى سعيد الخدري رضى الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: طوبي شجرة فى الجنة ، مسيرتها مائة عام، ثياب اهل الجنة تخرج من اكمامها»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Ṭūbā is a tree in Paradise whose breadth is that of a journey of a hundred years. The garments of the people of Paradise will come forth from its blossoms.”
Reference: Musnad Aḥmad, 3/71; al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah, no. 1985
بَابُ أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Rivers of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿مَّثَلُ الْجَنَّـةِ الَّتِىْ وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُوْنَ ۖ فِـيْهَآ اَنْهَارٌ مِّنْ مَّآءٍ غَيْـرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِّنْ لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّـرْ طَعْمُهٝۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِّنْ خَـمْـرٍ لَّـذَّةٍ لِّلشَّارِبِيْنَۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى﴾
[الأحقاف: 15]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “The description of the Garden promised to the God-fearing is that in it are rivers of incorruptible water, rivers of milk whose taste never changes, rivers of wine delightful to the drinkers, and rivers of purified honey.”
Hadith 23
Arabic:
«عن حكيم بن معاوية عن أبيه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن فى الجنة بحر الماء و بحر العسل و بحر اللبن و بحر الخمر ، ثم تشقق الأنهار بعد»
Translation: Narrated by Ḥakīm ibn Muʿāwiyah from his father: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “In Paradise there are seas of water, seas of honey, seas of milk, and seas of wine, then the rivers branch out from them.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb al-Jannah, Bāb: On the Description of the Rivers of Paradise, no. 2571; Mishkāt, no. 5650 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
بَابٌ فِي الْحَوْضِ
Chapter: The Ḥawḍ (Pond) of Kawthar
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ﴾
[الكوثر: 1]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar.”
Hadith 24
Arabic:
«عن سمرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن لكل نبي حوضا وإنهم يتباهون أيهم أكثر واردة ، وانى ارجو أن أكون أكثرهم واردة»
Translation: Narrated by Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every Prophet will have a pond, and they will boast about whose followers are more numerous coming to drink from it. And I hope to have the most numerous followers coming to drink from my pond.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb Ṣifat al-Qiyāmah, no. 2443; al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah, no. 1589
بَابُ لِبَاسِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَحُلِيهِمُ
Chapter: The Clothing and Adornments of the People of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا . أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا.﴾
[الكهف: 30، 31]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds—We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds. For them are Gardens of Eternity beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein upon couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.”
Hadith 25
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة قال: سمعت خليلي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: تبلغ الحلية من المومن حيث يبلغ الوضوء»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): He said, “I heard my beloved (ﷺ) say: ‘The adornment of the believer (in Paradise) will reach the places touched by ablution.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ṭahārah (Book of Purification), no. 586
Hadith 26
Arabic:
«عن سعد بن أبى وقاص، عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: لو أن ما يقل ظفر مما فى الجنة بدا لتزخرفت له ما بين خوافق السموات و الأرض ، ولو ان رجلا من أهل الجنة، اطلع فبدا أساوره لطمس ضوء الشمس كما تطمس الشمس ضوء النجوم»
Translation: Narrated by Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If but a place the size of a fingernail from what is in Paradise were to become visible, it would have adorned what is between the horizons of the heavens and the earth. And if a man from among the people of Paradise were to appear and his bracelets were made visible, the light of the sun would be obliterated just as the sun obliterates the light of the stars.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb Ṣifat al-Jannah, Bāb: Description of the People of Paradise, no. 2538; Mishkāt, no. 5637 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
بَابُ نِسَاءِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Women of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاءً . فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا . عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا.﴾
[الواقعة: 35]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a new creation, and made them virgins, devoted and of equal age, for the companions of the right.”
وَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَحُورٌ عِينٌ﴾
[الواقعة: 22]
Translation: And Allah, the Exalted, has also said: “And fair women with large, beautiful eyes.”
Hadith 27
Arabic:
«عن أنس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: غدوة فى سبيل الله أو روحة خير من الدنيا وما فيها ، ولقاب قوس أحدكم – أو موضع قدم – من الجنة خير من الدنيا وما فيها ، ولو أن امرأة من نساء أهل الجنة اطلعت إلى الأرض لأضائت ما بينهما ، ولملات ما بينهما ريحا، ولنصيفها – يعنى الخمار – خير من الدنيا وما فيها»
Translation: Narrated by Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “A morning or an evening spent in the path of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it. And a place in Paradise the size of a bow—or even the space of one’s foot—is better than the world and all that is in it. And if a woman from the women of Paradise were to look down upon the earth, she would illuminate what is between it and fill it with fragrance. And her veil upon her head is better than the world and all that is in it.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Riqāq (Softening the Hearts), no. 6568
Hadith 28
Arabic:
«عن أبى سعيد عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن أول زمرة يدخلون الجنة يوم القيامة ضوء وجوههم على مثل ضوء القمر ليلة البدر، والزمرة الثانية على مثل أحسن كوكب دري فى السماء، لكل رجل منهم زوجتان على كل زوجة سبعون حلة يرى مخ ساقها من ورائها»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The first group to enter Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will have faces shining like the full moon. The second group will have faces like the brightest star in the sky. Each man among them will have two wives, each wearing seventy garments, through which the marrow of her leg will be visible from beneath.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb al-Jannah, Bāb: Description of the Women of Paradise, no. 2535; al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah, no. 1736
Hadith 29
Arabic:
«عن محمد ، قال: إما تفاخروا وإما تذاكروا الرجال فى الجنة اكثر ام النساء؟ فقال أبو هريرة: أولم يقل أبو القاسم: إن أول زمرة تدخل الجنة على صورة القمر ليلة البدر ، والتى تليها على أضواء كوكب دري فى السماء، لكل امرء منهم زوجتان ، اثنتان، يرى مخ سوقهما من وراء اللحم ، وما فى الجنة عزب»
Translation: Narrated by Muḥammad (a Tābiʿī): People discussed or boasted whether men would be more numerous in Paradise or women. Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Did not Abū al-Qāsim (ﷺ) say: The first group to enter Paradise will have faces like the full moon, and those who follow will have faces like the brightest star in the sky. Each man among them will have two wives, through whom the marrow of their legs will be seen beneath the flesh. And there will be no unmarried person in Paradise.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7147
بَابُ رِضْوَانِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: Allah’s Pleasure in Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ﴾
[التوبة: 72]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “Allah has promised the believing men and women Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever, and delightful dwellings in Gardens of Eternity. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah. That is the supreme success.”
Hadith 30
Arabic:
«عن أبى سعيد الخدري ، أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن الله عز وجل يقول لاهل الجنة: يا أهل الجنة فيقولون: لبيك ربنا ، وسعديك، والخير فى يديك ، فيقول: هل رضيتم؟ فيقولون: وما لنا لا نرضى؟ يا رب وقد أعطيتنا ما لم تعط أحدا من خلقك . فيقول: الا أعطيكم أفضل من ذلك؟ فيقولون: يا رب و أى شيء أفضل من ذلك؟ فيقول: أحل عليكم رضواني فلا أسخط عليكم بعده أبدا»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say to the people of Paradise: ‘O people of Paradise!’ They will reply: ‘Here we are, our Lord, and all goodness is in Your Hands.’ He will say: ‘Are you pleased?’ They will say: ‘Why should we not be pleased, O Lord, when You have given us what You have not given anyone of Your creation?’ He will say: ‘Shall I not give you something better than that?’ They will say: ‘O Lord, what could be better than that?’ He will say: ‘I bestow upon you My pleasure, and I will never be displeased with you after this.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7140
بَابُ رُؤْيَةِ اللهِ تَعَالٰى فِي الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Vision of Allah in Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ . إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ .﴾
[القيامة: 22، 23]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “That Day, faces will be radiant, looking at their Lord.”
Hadith 31
Arabic:
«عن ابي هريرة أخبره: أن ناسا قالوا لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: يا رسول الله هل نرى ربنا يوم القيامة؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: هل تضارون فى رؤية القمر ليلة البدر؟ قالوا: لا يا رسول الله قال: هل تضارون فى الشمس ليس دونها سحاب؟ قالوا: لا ، يارسول الله قال: فإنكم ترونه كذلك»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): Some people said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do you have any difficulty in seeing the full moon on a clear night?” They said, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?” They said, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Then you will see Him likewise.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Īmān (Book of Faith), Bāb: Affirmation that Believers Will See Their Lord in the Hereafter, no. 451
بَابُ أَوْصَافِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: The Characteristics of the People of Paradise
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوا أَن تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴾
[الأعراف: 43]
Translation: Allah, the Exalted, has said: “We will remove whatever bitterness was in their hearts. Rivers will flow beneath them. And they will say: ‘Praise be to Allah who guided us to this. We would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Indeed, the messengers of our Lord came with the truth.’ And it will be proclaimed to them: ‘This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do.’”
Hadith 32
Arabic:
عن أبى سعيد و أبى هريرة رضي الله عنهما عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ينادي مناد إن لكم أن تصحوا فلا تسقموا آبدا ، وإن لكم ان تحيوا فلا تموتوا ابدا ، وإن لكم أن تشبوا فلا تهرموا أبدا، وإن لكم أن تنعموا فلا تباسوا ابدا ، فذلك قوله عز وجل: ﴿وَنُودُوا أَن تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴾
Translation: Narrated by Abū Saʿīd and Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A caller will proclaim: ‘Indeed, you shall have health and never fall ill, you shall live and never die, you shall remain young and never grow old, and you shall enjoy and never despair.’ This is the meaning of the verse: ﴿And it will be proclaimed: This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do.﴾”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7157
Hadith 33
Arabic:
«عن جابر بن عبد الله يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: يأكل اهل الجنة فيها ويشربون، ولا يتغوطون ولا يمتخطون ولا يبولون، ولكن طعامهم ذاك جشاء كرشح المسك، يلهمون التسبيح والتحميد ، كما تلهمون النفس»
Translation: Narrated by Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people of Paradise will eat and drink therein, but they will not pass stools, nor blow their noses, nor urinate. Their food will be digested by means of belching and sweating, with a fragrance like that of musk. They will be inspired to glorify and praise Allah as naturally as you breathe.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā wa Ahlihā (Paradise, Its Blessings, and Its People), no. 7154
Hadith 34
Arabic:
«عن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم النوم أخو الموت ولا ينام أهل الجنة»
Translation: Narrated by ʿAbdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Sleep is the brother of death, and the people of Paradise will not sleep.”
Reference: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah, no. 1087
Hadith 35
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: فكل من يدخل الجنة على صورة آدم وطوله ستون ذراعا، فلم يزل الخلق ينقص بعده حتى الآن»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every person who enters Paradise will be in the form of Ādam, sixty cubits tall. Mankind has continued to diminish in stature since then up to the present.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah wa Ṣifat Naʿīmihā (Paradise and Its Blessings), no. 7163
Hadith 36
Arabic:
«عن معاذ بن جبل أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: يدخل اهل الجنة الجنة جردا مردا مكحلين أبناء ثلاثين أو ثلاث وثلاثين سنة»
Translation: Narrated by Muʿādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, with eyes anointed with kohl, and aged thirty or thirty-three years.”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Ṣifat Abwāb al-Jannah, Bāb: The Age of the People of Paradise, no. 2545 — graded Ḥasan by al-Albānī
بَاب كَثْرَةِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّد ﷺ
Chapter: The Abundance of People in Paradise from the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ
Hadith 37
Arabic:
«عن أبى أمامة يقول: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: وعدني ربى أن يدخل الجنة من أمتي سبعين الفالا حساب عليهم و لا عذاب مع كل ألف سبعون ألفا، وثلاث حيات من حثياته»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Umāmah (may Allah be pleased with him): He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘My Lord has promised me that seventy thousand of my Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment, and with each thousand, seventy thousand more, and three handfuls (more) from my Lord’s handfuls.’”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb Ṣifat al-Qiyāmah, no. 2437 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
بَابُ الْمُبَشَّرُوْنَ بِاْلجَنَّةِ
Chapter: Those Given Glad Tidings of Paradise
Hadith 38
Arabic:
«عن على بن أبى طالب قال: كنت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذ طلع أبوبكر وعمر، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: هذان سيدا كهول أهل الجنة من الأولين والآخرين، إلا النبيين والمرسلين، يا على لا تخبرهما»
Translation: Narrated by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him): He said, “I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when Abū Bakr and ʿUmar appeared. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘These two are the leaders of the mature men of Paradise from the earlier and later generations, except for the Prophets and Messengers. O ʿAlī, do not inform them.’”
Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb al-Manāqib (Virtues), no. 3665 — graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī
Hadith 39
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ما من أحد يدخله عمله الجنة، فقيل: ولا أنت؟ يا رسول الله قال: ولا أنا إلا أن يتغمدني ربى برحمة»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you will enter Paradise because of his deeds.” It was asked, “Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Not even me, unless my Lord covers me with His mercy.”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb Ṣifāt al-Munāfiqīn (Book of the Characteristics of the Hypocrites), no. 7113
Hadith 40
Arabic:
«عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: لو يعلم الكافر بكل الذى عند الله من الرحمة لا يباس من الجنة، ولو يعلم المؤمن بكل الذى عند الله من العذاب لم يامن من النار»
Translation: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If the disbeliever knew of all that which is with Allah of mercy, he would never despair of Paradise. And if the believer knew of all that which is with Allah of punishment, he would never feel safe from Hellfire.’”
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Riqāq (Softening of the Hearts), Bāb: Hope Along with Fear, no. 6469
بَابُ سُؤالِ الْجَنَّةِ
Chapter: Asking Allah for Paradise
Hadith 41
Arabic:
«عن ابن مسعود رضى الله عنه أن النبى كان يدعو اللهم إنا نستلك موجبات رحمتك وعزائم مغفرتك و الغنيمة من كل بر و الفوز بالجنة والنجاة من النار»
Translation: Narrated by Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate: “O Allah, we ask You for the causes of Your mercy, the means of Your forgiveness, the gain of every good deed, success in attaining Paradise, and salvation from the Fire.”
Reference: al-Mustadrak al-Ḥākim, 1/525 — al-Ḥākim graded it as Ṣaḥīḥ
Closing Supplication:
و صلى الله تعالى على خير خلقه محمد و آله و أصحابه أجمعين
Translation: May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon the best of His creation, Muhammad, and upon his family and all of his Companions.
