Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 184a

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَارَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ يُدْخِلُ اللَّهُ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ يُدْخِلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِرَحْمَتَهِ وَيُدْخِلُ أَهْلَ النَّارِ النَّارَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا مَنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ ‏.‏ فَيُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا حُمَمًا قَدِ امْتَحَشُوا ‏.‏ فَيُلْقَوْنَ فِي نَهْرِ الْحَيَاةِ أَوِ الْحَيَا فَيَنْبُتُونَ فِيهِ كَمَا تَنْبُتُ الْحِبَّةُ إِلَى جَانِبِ السَّيْلِ أَلَمْ تَرَوْهَا كَيْفَ تَخْرُجُ صَفْرَاءَ مُلْتَوِيَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Harun ibn Sa‘id al-Ayli narrated to me: Ibn Wahb narrated to us: Malik ibn Anas informed me, from ‘Amr ibn Yahya ibn ‘Umara, who said: my father narrated to me, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah will admit the people of Paradise into Paradise, admitting whomever He wills by His mercy, and He will admit the people of the Fire into the Fire. Then He will say, ‘Bring out whoever you find with faith in his heart equal to a mustard seed.’ They will be brought out of it, scorched and turned to charcoal. They will be cast into the River of Life—or the River of Growth—and will grow there as a seed grows beside a torrent. Have you not seen how it emerges yellow and curled?”

Translation notes
  • The Arabic wording gives two possible forms for the river’s name: al-Hayat and al-Haya.