Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2544
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ الأَحْمَسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ، هُوَ ابْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي سَوْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْخَيْلَ أَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْلٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنْ أُدْخِلْتَ الْجَنَّةَ أُتِيتَ بِفَرَسٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ فَحُمِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ طَارَ بِكَ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَأَبُو سَوْرَةَ هُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي أَبِي أَيُّوبَ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ضَعَّفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ جِدًّا قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَقُولُ أَبُو سَوْرَةَ هَذَا مُنْكَرُ الْحَدِيثِ يَرْوِي مَنَاكِيرَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ لاَ يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Ayyub reported that a Bedouin came to the Prophet and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I love horses. Are there horses in Paradise?’ The Messenger of Allah replied, ‘If you are admitted to Paradise, you will be brought a ruby horse with two wings, carried upon it, and flown wherever you wish.’ Abu Isa said that this report’s chain was not strong and that he knew it from Abu Ayyub only through this route. He said Abu Thawrah, the nephew of Abu Ayyub, was considered weak in hadith; Yahya ibn Main strongly criticized him. Abu Isa also reported that Muhammad ibn Ismail called Abu Thawrah’s reports from Abu Ayyub munkar and said they were not corroborated.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report's unusual image of a two-winged ruby horse is translated as stated, alongside Abu Isa's detailed criticism of the chain and its transmitter.
Wasil is identified in the Arabic as Ibn al-Saib; Abu Thawrah is identified as Abu Ayyub's nephew.