حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ آخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولًا الْجَنَّةَ وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْ النَّارِ رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ النَّارِ حَبْوًا فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلْ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلْأَى فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلْأَى فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلْ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلْأَى فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ قَدْ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلْأَى فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلْ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلْأَى فَيَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلْأَى ثَلَاثًا فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَ الدُّنْيَا وَعَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ عَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ يَقُولُ رَبِّ أَتَضْحَكُ مِنِّي وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ قَالَ وَكَانَ يُقَالُ هَذَا أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4391
It was narrated that 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Indeed the last of the people of Paradise to enter therein and the last of the people of Hell to be brought forth will be a man who will emerge from Hell crawling, and Allah (PBUH) will say to him: 'Go and enter Paradise.' He will come to it and it will appear to him to be full. He will go back and say, 'O Lord, I found it full,' He will say: 'Go and enter Paradise.' He will go to it and it will appear to him to be full He will go back and say, 'O Lord, I found it full.” He will say: 'Go and enter Paradise.' He will go to it and it will appear to him to be full. He will go back and say, 'O Lord, I found it full' (This will happen) three times. AJIah (PBUH) will say to him: 'Go (and enter Paradise), and you will have the equivalent of the whole world and ten times as much.’He will say, 'Are You laughing at me when You are the Sovereign?' And it was said that this will be the lowest of the people of Paradise in status."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020