حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَی الْقَزَّازُ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَابُ أُمَّتِي الَّذِي يَدْخُلُونَ مِنْهُ الْجَنَّةَ عَرْضُهُ مَسِيرَةُ الرَّاکِبِ الْمُجَوِّدِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَيُضْغَطُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّی تَکَادُ مَنَاکِبُهُمْ تَزُولُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ و قَالَ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ مَنَاکِيرُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2548
Salim bin 'Abdullah narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: The breadth of the gate through which my Ummah shall enter Paradise is the distance that a good rider covers in three. (meaning three nights or three years and, and that [the latter] is more obvious) Despite that, they shall be constrained by it until their shoulders are almost crushed completely.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020