Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4331

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ الْجَنَّةُ مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ كُلُّ دَرَجَةٍ مِنْهَا مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَإِنَّ أَعْلاَهَا الْفِرْدَوْسُ وَإِنَّ أَوْسَطَهَا الْفِرْدَوْسُ وَإِنَّ الْعَرْشَ عَلَى الْفِرْدَوْسِ مِنْهَا تُفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا مَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Suwayd ibn Said narrated to us: Hafs ibn Maysarah narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ata ibn Yasar, that Muadh ibn Jabal said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Paradise has one hundred levels, each level spanning the distance between heaven and earth. The highest of them is al-Firdaws, and its middle is al-Firdaws. The Throne is above al-Firdaws, and from it the rivers of Paradise flow forth. When you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws.