Hadith #292
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ البُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ فَيَنْكَبُّ مَرَّةً وَيَمْشِي مَرَّةً وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا جَاوَزَ الصِّرَاطَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللَّهُ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنْ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ قَالَ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي فَلَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا سَأَلْتَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ وَيُعَاهِدُ اللَّهَ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا وَالرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ يَعْنِي عَلَيْهِ فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ وَهِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي يَعْنِي أَنَّكَ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ وَالرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ أَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا وَأ
َشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا وَيُعَاهِدُهُ وَالرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ الْجَنَّةَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ عَبْدِي أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنَّكَ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ أَيْ عَبْدِي أَيُرْضِيكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا قَالَ فَيَقُولُ أَتَهْزَأُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي لِمَ ضَحِكْتُ قَالُوا لَهُ لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ قَالَ لِضَحِكِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي لِمَ ضَحِكْتُ قَالُوا لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لِضَحِكِ الرَّبِّ حِينَ قَالَ أَتَهْزَأُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ
Isnad Chain
يزيد
حماد بن سلمة
ثابت البناني
أنس بن مالك
عبد الله بن مسعود
النبي
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via Yazid, from Hammad ibn Salama, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas ibn Malik — that 'Abdullah narrated from the Prophet ﷺ who said: 'The last person to enter Paradise is a man walking on the Sirat — he stumbles once, walks again, and is scorched by the Fire once. When he crosses the Sirat he looks back at it and says: Blessed be the One Who saved me from you! Allah has given me what He has not given to anyone among the first and the last. Then a tree is raised before him. He looks at it and says: My Lord, bring me close to this tree so I may shelter in its shade and drink from its water. He says: O My servant, perhaps if I bring you close to it you will ask Me for something else. He says: No, my Lord — and he makes a covenant with Allah not to ask for anything else. And the Lord (عز وجل) knows he will ask, for He sees what he cannot bear to be without. So He brings him close to it. Then another tree is raised — more beautiful than the first — and he says: My Lord, bring me close to this tree so I may shelter in its shade and drink from its water. He says: O My servant, did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask for anything else? He says: My Lord, [just] this one — I will not ask for anything else. And he makes the covenant; and the Lord knows he will ask for something else. So He brings him close to it. Then a tree is raised near the gate of Paradise — more beautiful than the first two — and he says: My Lord, bring me close to this tree so I may shelter in its shade and drink from its water. He says: O My servant, did you not make a covenant with Me not to ask for anything else? He says: My Lord, just this tree — I will not ask for anything else. And he makes the covenant; and the Lord knows he will ask for something else, for He sees what he cannot bear without. So He brings him close to it. Then he hears the voices of the people of Paradise and says: My Lord, [let me into] Paradise! My Lord, Paradise! He says: My servant, did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask for anything else? He says: My Lord, admit me into Paradise! He says (عز وجل): What will satisfy Me from you, O My servant? Would it please you if I gave you from Paradise [the equivalent of] the world and its like along with it? He says: Are You mocking me while You are the Lord of Majesty? [Ibn Mas'ud] said: I laughed until my back teeth showed. Then I said: Will you not ask me why I laughed? They said: Why did you laugh? He said: Because of the laughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: Will you not ask me why I laughed? They said: Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Because of the laughter of the Lord when [the man] said: Are You mocking me while You are the Lord of Majesty?'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 292
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3530
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39920