Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2530
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَصَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الزَّكَاةَ أَمْ لاَ إِلاَّ كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ إِنْ هَاجَرَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَكَثَ بِأَرْضِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ بِهَا " . قَالَ مُعَاذٌ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُ بِهَذَا النَّاسَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ذَرِ النَّاسَ يَعْمَلُونَ فَإِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالْفِرْدَوْسُ أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأَوْسَطُهَا وَفَوْقَ ذَلِكَ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمِنْهَا تُفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَكَذَا رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَهَذَا عِنْدِي أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ . وَعَطَاءٌ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ وَمُعَاذٌ قَدِيمُ الْمَوْتِ مَاتَ فِي خِلاَفَةِ عُمَرَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muadh ibn Jabal reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever fasts Ramadan, performs the prayers, and makes pilgrimage to the House—I do not know whether he mentioned zakat or not—Allah is bound to forgive him, whether he emigrates for Allah’s sake or remains in the land where he was born.’ Muadh asked, ‘Should I tell people about this?’ The Messenger of Allah replied, ‘Leave people to act. There are one hundred levels in Paradise, and the distance between each two levels is like the distance between heaven and earth. Al-Firdaws is the highest and central part of Paradise; above it is the Throne of the Most Merciful, and from it the rivers of Paradise flow. When you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws.’ Abu Isa said that the version through Zaid ibn Aslam, Ata ibn Yasar, and Muadh was sounder in his view than Hammam’s version through Ata from Ubadah ibn al-Samit. He noted, however, that Ata did not meet Muadh, who died during Umar’s caliphate.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source narrator explicitly says he does not know whether zakat was mentioned in the list of deeds; this uncertainty is retained.
The source page labels the report Sahih. Abu Isa compares variant chains but also notes that Ata ibn Yasar did not meet Muadh; this chain discontinuity is preserved rather than resolved.
Al-Firdaws is rendered with its Arabic name. The Arabic describes it as the highest and central part of Paradise and says the rivers flow from it.