Hadith #177
Arabic Text
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 مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ
Isnad Chain
ابن أبي عدي
محمد بن إسحاق
سليمان بن
English Translation
Ibn Abī ʿAdī narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, from Sulaymān ibn Suḥaym, from his mother — the daughter of Abū al-Ḥakam al-Ghifārī — she said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: A man draws near to Paradise until there is only a forearm's length between him and it, then he speaks a word and is distanced from it farther than Ṣanʿāʾ.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 177
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16015
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52405