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Both Jannah and Jahannam are nearer to you than your shoestraps

bukhari:6488 – Mūsá b. Masʿūd > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Paradise is nearer to any of you than the leather strap of their shoe, and the same ˹is true˺ for the Hellfire.

البخاري:٦٤٨٨ – حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»

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ahmad:3923 – Muʾammal > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his shoe, and so is the (Hell) Fire. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6488)

أحمد:٣٩٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

ahmad:4216 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh And ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Manṣūr Wa-al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh > al-Jannah > Wakīʿ > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his shoe, and so is the (Hell) Fire. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6488)

أحمد:٤٢١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ الْجَنَّةُ وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَلْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَىأَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَرْكِ اسْتِحْقَارِهِ الْيَسِيرَ مِنَ الطَّاعَاتِ وَالْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الْجِنَايَاتِ

ibnhibban:661 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Paradise is nearer to any of you than the Shirak (leather strap) of his shoe, and so is the (Hell) Fire. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6488)

ابن حبّان:٦٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»

bayhaqi:6504 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī ؒ Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥāfiẓ Amlāh ʿAlaynā from Ḥifẓih > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Paradise is closer to anyone of you than the strap of his sandal, and Hellfire is similar to that."

البيهقي:٦٥٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِمْلَاءً ثنا أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْحَافِظُ أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ حِفْظِهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ