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ahmad:23199 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Suḥaym > Ummih Āb.ah Abū al-Ḥakam al-Ghifārī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed, a person gets closer to Paradise until there is only an arm's length distance between him and it, and then what has been written will overtake him, and he will do the deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enter therein."  

أحمد:٢٣١٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ  

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ahmad:16610 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Suḥaym > Ummih Āb.ah Abū al-Ḥakam al-Ghifārī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed, a man may come close to Paradise to the extent that there is only the length of a forearm between him and it. Then he speaks a word that distances him further from it than Sanaa."  

أحمد:١٦٦١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ  

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السيوطي:٥٥٥٢a –

"إِنَّ الرَّجُل ليدنو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَينَهُ وَبَينَهَا قِيدُ) ذِرَاع فيتكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ".  

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن سليمان بن سحيم عن أُمه بنت أبي الحكم الغفارى