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ahmad-zuhd:118ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > ʿUmar b. ʿAlī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The space of a whip or a stick in Paradise is better than what is between the heavens and the earth."  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَوْضِعُ سَوْطٍ أَوْ عَصًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ»  


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