Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2545
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فِرَاسٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَدْخُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ جُرْدًا مُرْدًا مُكَحَّلِينَ أَبْنَاءَ ثَلاَثِينَ أَوْ ثَلاَثٍ وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَبَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ قَتَادَةَ رَوَوْا هَذَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ مُرْسَلاً وَلَمْ يُسْنِدُوهُ .
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Muadh ibn Jabal reported that the Prophet said, ‘The people of Paradise will enter it without body hair, beardless, and with kohl-darkened eyes, at thirty or thirty-three years of age.’ Abu Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib. He noted that some of Qatadah’s students transmitted it as mursal, without an uninterrupted chain.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves two possible ages—thirty or thirty-three—and the translation keeps both.
Some transmitters from Qatadah reported it mursal, omitting the Companion from the chain; this variant is noted by Abu Isa.