Hadith #336
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَن
ْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا عَلَى أَشَدِّ نَجْمٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Yazid [ibn Harun], from Muhammad [ibn Ishaq], from 'Iyad ibn Dinar, from his father who said: I heard Abu Hurayra say — Abu al-Qasim (ﷺ) said: 'The first group [zumra] of my community to enter Paradise will be in the likeness of the full moon. And those who come after them will be like the most brilliantly shining star in the sky.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 336
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7174
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43564