Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 186a
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْهَا وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولاً الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ حَبْوًا فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلأَى فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلأَى . فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ - قَالَ - فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلأَى فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَجَدْتُهَا مَلأَى فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَ الدُّنْيَا وَعَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ إِنَّ لَكَ عَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِ الدُّنْيَا - قَالَ - فَيَقُولُ أَتَسْخَرُ بِي - أَوْ أَتَضْحَكُ بِي - وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ " قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ . قَالَ فَكَانَ يُقَالُ ذَاكَ أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةً .
‘Uthman ibn Abi Shayba and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali narrated to us, both from Jarir. ‘Uthman said: Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from ‘Abida, from ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘I know the last of the people of the Fire to come out of it and the last of the people of Paradise to enter it: a man who will leave the Fire crawling. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will say to him, “Go and enter Paradise.” He will come to it, and it will appear to him to be full. He will return and say, “My Lord, I found it full.” Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will say to him, “Go and enter Paradise.”’ He said: He will come to it, and it will appear to him to be full. He will return and say, ‘My Lord, I found it full.’ Allah will say to him, ‘Go and enter Paradise, for you will have the like of this world and ten times as much as it—or you will have ten times as much as this world.’ He said: He will say, ‘Are You mocking me—or laughing at me—though You are the King?’ The narrator said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laugh until his molars showed. It used to be said that this man would have the lowest rank among the people of Paradise.
Translation notes
The Arabic explicitly gives alternative phrasings both for the man's question and for the promised measure; these alternatives are retained.