حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَصَلَّی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ لَا أَدْرِي أَذَکَرَ الزَّکَاةَ أَمْ لَا إِلَّا کَانَ حَقًّا عَلَی اللَّهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ إِنْ هَاجَرَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَکَثَ بِأَرْضِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ بِهَا قَالَ مُعَاذٌ أَلَا أُخْبِرُ بِهَذَا النَّاسَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَرْ النَّاسَ يَعْمَلُونَ فَإِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ کُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ کَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَائِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْفِرْدَوْسُ أَعْلَی الْجَنَّةِ وَأَوْسَطُهَا وَفَوْقَ ذَلِکَ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمِنْهَا تُفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَکَذَا رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَهَذَا عِنْدِي أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ وَعَطَائٌ لَمْ يُدْرِکْ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ وَمُعَاذٌ قَدِيمُ الْمَوْتِ مَاتَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2530
Mu'adh bin Jabal narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever fasts Ramadan, performs the Salat, performs Hajj to the House - I do not know whether he mentioned Zakat or not - except that it is binding on Allah that He forgive him, whether he emigrated in the cause of Allah, or remained in his land in which he was born. Mu'adh said: Should I not inform the people of this? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, Leave the people to do deeds, for verily in Paradise there are a hundred levels, what is between every two levels is like what is between the heavens and the earth. Al-Firdaus is the highest of Paradise and its most expansive, and above that is the Throne of Ar-Rahman (the Most Merciful), and from it the rivers of Paradise are made to flow forth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for Al-Firdaus.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020