Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2552
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي قَوْلِه: (لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ ) قَالَ " إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ نَادَى مُنَادٍ إِنَّ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَوْعِدًا . قَالُوا أَلَمْ يُبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا وَيُنَجِّنَا مِنَ النَّارِ وَيُدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ قَالُوا بَلَى . قَالَ فَيُكْشَفُ الْحِجَابُ قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْطَاهُمْ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ إِنَّمَا أَسْنَدَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَرَفَعَهُ . وَرَوَى سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَوْلَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Suhaib reported this explanation of Allah’s words, ‘For those who do good is the best reward and more’ (Qur’an 10:26). The Prophet said: ‘When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, a caller will announce, “You have a promise with Allah.” They will say, “Has He not brightened our faces, saved us from the Fire, and admitted us to Paradise?” They will be told, “Yes.” Then the veil will be lifted. By Allah, nothing He gives them will be more beloved to them than looking at Him.’ The source page labels this report sahih. Abu Isa said that only Hammad ibn Salamah transmitted it with a connected chain and attributed it to the Prophet; Sulaiman ibn al-Mughira and Hammad ibn Zayd transmitted it from Thabit al-Bunani, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, as the latter’s own statement.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source discusses differing attribution: Hammad ibn Salamah raises the report to the Prophet, while two other transmitters give it as the statement of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla. Both forms are retained.
‘The best reward and more’ translates the quoted Qur'anic phrase al-ḥusnā wa-ziyādah; the hadith explains ‘more’ as looking at Allah after the veil is lifted.