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bukhari:3256 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Mālik b. Anas > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people of Paradise will look at the dwellers of the lofty mansions (i.e. a superior place in Paradise) in the same way as one looks at a brilliant star far away in the East or in the West on the horizon; all that is because of their superiority over one another (in rewards)." On that the people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Are these lofty mansions for the prophets which nobody else can reach? The Prophet ﷺ replied," No! "By Allah in whose Hands my life is, these are for the men who believed in Allah and also believed in the Apostles."  

البخاري:٣٢٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَرَاءَيُونَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ كَمَا يَتَرَاءَيُونَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ فِي الأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوِ الْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ لاَ يَبْلُغُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ قَالَ بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رِجَالٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
muslim:2831b – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Yaḥyá b. Khālid > Maʿn > Mālik [Chain 2] Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Mālik b. Anas > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the western horizon because of the superiority some have over others. They said: Messenger of Allah, would in these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the Truth, will reach them.  

مسلم:٢٨٣١b – حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ كَمَا تَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ مِنَ الأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوِ الْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ لاَ يَبْلُغُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ قَالَ بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رِجَالٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

tirmidhi:2556 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"Indeed, the people of Paradise shall see the upper chamber like they see the eastern star, or the western star, disappearing in the far edge of the sky, or ascending due to the differences in levels." They said: "Are those the Prophets?" He said: "Yes. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, and groups who had faith in Allah and His Messenger, and believed in the Messengers."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٥٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ فِي الْغُرْفَةِ كَمَا تَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الشَّرْقِيَّ أَوِ الْكَوْكَبَ الْغَرْبِيَّ الْغَارِبَ فِي الأُفُقِ أَوِ الطَّالِعَ فِي تَفَاضُلِ الدَّرَجَاتِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُولَئِكَ النَّبِيُّونَ قَالَ بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ وَأَقْوَامٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:8471 – Fazārah > Fulayḥ > Hilāl / Ibn ʿAlī > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

"Indeed, the people of Paradise shall see the upper chamber like they see the eastern star, or the western star, disappearing in the far edge of the sky, or ascending due to the differences in levels." They said: "Are those the Prophets?" He said: "Yes. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, and groups who had faith in Allah and His Messenger, and believed in the Messengers." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2556)   

أحمد:٨٤٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا فَزَارَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ هِلَالٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا تَرَاءَوْنَ أَوْ تَرَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَارِبَ فِي الْأُفُقِ الطَّالِعَ فِي تَفَاضُلِ الدَّرَجَاتِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُولَئِكَ النَّبِيُّونَ قَالَ بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ وَأَقْوَامٌ آمَنُوا بِاللهِوَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الدَّرَجَاتِ فِي الْجِنَانِ لِمَنْ صَدَّقَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ عِنْدَ شَهَادَتِهِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ

ibnhibban:209 – And Ṣīf b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Biʾanṭākiyah > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Ayyūb b. Sūwayd > Mālik > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the western horizon because of the superiority some have over others. They said: Messenger of Allah, would in these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the Truth, will reach them. (Using translation from Muslim 2831b)   

ابن حبّان:٢٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا وَصِيفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ بِأَنْطَاكِيَةَ * قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يَرَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ فِي الْأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَا يَبْلُغُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ؟ قَالَ «بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رِجَالٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْغُرَفَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَا نَعْتَهَا هِيَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ دُونَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

ibnhibban:7393 – Aḥmad b. Mukram b. Khālid al-Birtī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Maʿn b. ʿĪsá > Mālik b. Anas > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the western horizon because of the superiority some have over others. They said: Messenger of Allah, would in these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the Truth, will reach them. (Using translation from Muslim 2831b)  

ابن حبّان:٧٣٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُكْرَمِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ كَمَا تَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ أَوِ الْغَائِرُ فِي الْأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوِ الْمَغْرِبِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَا يَبْلُغُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ قَالَ «بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رِجَالٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ»  

مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ

tabarani:5776 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Walīd al-Aṣbahānī > Yāsīn b. ʿAbd al-Aḥad al-Miṣrī > Ayyūb b. Sūwayd > Mālik b. Anas > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, the people of Paradise will see the people of the chambers above them, just as you see the shining star on the horizon, in the east and the west, to differentiate between them."  

الطبراني:٥٧٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا يَاسِينُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَحَدِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ فِي الْأُفُقِ وَالْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ»  

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السيوطي:٦٣١١a –

"إِنَّ أهلَ الْجنَّةِ ليتراءَونَ أهلَ الغُرفِ مِن فَوقِهِم كَما تَراءَونَ الكَوكَب الدُّرِى الْغَائِر في الأُفُقِ مِنَ المشرِقِ، أَو المغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ ما بَينَهُمَ قَالوا: يا رسول اللَّه، تِلكَ منَازِلُ الأنْبياءِ لا يبلُغُها غَيرُهُم! ! . قَالَ: بلَى، والَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيدِه رِجال آمَنْوا باللَّهِ، وَصَدَّقُوا المُرسَلِينَ ".  

[حم] أحمد والدارِمى، [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبى سعيد، [حب] ابن حبّان عن سهل بن سعد، [حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي صحيح عن أبى هريرة