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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنِ الْمَسَافَةِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ مِنْ أَشْجَارِ الْجَنَّةِ

ibnhibban:7411al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travel for one hundred years and never leave it.” "Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4335)   

ابن حبّان:٧٤١١أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ فِيَ الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاقْرَؤُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ}  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:3251Rawḥ b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is a tree in Paradise (which is so big and huge that) if a rider travels in its shade for one hundred years, he would not be able to cross it."  

البخاري:٣٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا  

bukhari:3252Muḥammad b. Sinān > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said "There is a tree in Paradise (which is so big and huge that) a rider could travel in its shade for a hundred years. And if you wish, you can recite:--'In shade long extended..' (56. 30) and a place in Paradise equal to an arrow bow of one of you, is better than (the whole earth) on which the sun rises and sets."  

البخاري:٣٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ} «وَلَقَابُ قَوْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ تَغْرُبُ»  

bukhari:4881ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

The Prophet ﷺ said, "In Paradise there is a tree which is so big that a rider can travel in its shade for one hundred years without passing it; and if you wish, you can recite: 'In shade long extended.' 56.30.  

البخاري:٤٨٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ}  

bukhari:6552Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Mughīrah b. Salamah > Wuhayb > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "In Paradise there is a tree so big that in its shade a rider may travel for one hundred years without being able to cross it."  

البخاري:٦٥٥٢وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا  

muslim:2826aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

In Paradise, there is a tree under the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred years.  

مسلم:٢٨٢٦aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ  

tirmidhi:2523Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"Verily, in Paradise there is a tree, a rider will travel in it's shade for a hundred years." Other chains report similar narrations.  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٥٢٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ
tirmidhi:3293ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > Anas

“Indeed in Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider can travel for one hundred years without stopping. Recite if you wish: And in shave extended. And water flowing constantly.”  

الترمذي:٣٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَاقْرَءُوا ( وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ * وَمَاءٍ مَسْكُوبٍ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ
ibnmajah:4335Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travel for one hundred years and never leave it.” "Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'"  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ * وَمَاءٍ مَسْكُوبٍ )  

ahmad:12928ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Salīm b. Ḥayyān > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree that a rider can travel under its shade for a hundred years without it coming to an end." He said, "So I narrated it to my father." He said, "I heard Abu Hurairah narrating it."  

أحمد:١٢٩٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا قَالَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُهُ  

ahmad:13155Yūnus > Shaybān > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree that a rider can travel under its shade for a hundred years without reaching its end."  

أحمد:١٣١٥٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا  

ahmad:9650ﷺ In

The Prophet ﷺ said, "In Paradise there is a tree which is so big that a rider can travel in its shade for one hundred years without passing it; and if you wish, you can recite: 'In shade long extended.' 56.30. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4881)  

أحمد:٩٦٥٠

وَقَالَ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا فَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ}[الواقعة 30]  

ahmad:9950ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree under the shade of which a rider travels for a hundred years, and its branches are not cut by the tree of eternal life."  

أحمد:٩٩٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا شَجَرَةَ الْخُلْدِ  

ahmad:10065ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah > Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ

[Machine] I heard Aba Al-Qasim ﷺ say, "There is a tree in Paradise that a rider can travel under its shade for one hundred years without it being cut."  

أحمد:١٠٠٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّفِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا  

ahmad:10259Surayj > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > Hilāl b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrahaʿan Abū Hurayrah

“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travel for one hundred years and never leave it.” "Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4335)   

أحمد:١٠٢٥٩حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ} [الواقعة 30]  

darimi:2880Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "In Paradise there is a tree which is so big that a rider can travel in its shade for one hundred years without passing it; and if you wish, you can recite: 'In shade long extended.' 56.30. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4881)  

الدارمي:٢٨٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ} [الواقعة 30]  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الشَّجَرَةَ الَّتِي وَصَفْنَا نَعْتَهَا لَا يَقْطَعُ الرَّاكِبُ ظِلَّهَا فِي الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا

ibnhibban:7412ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travel for one hundred years and never leave it.” "Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4335)   

ابن حبّان:٧٤١٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةٌ يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا»  

tabarani:5939Ibrāhīm b. Nāʾilah al-Aṣbahānī > Ayyūb b. Yūnus al-Ṣaffār > Wuhayb > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is a tree in Paradise (which is so big and huge that) if a rider travels in its shade for one hundred years, he would not be able to cross it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3251)  

الطبراني:٥٩٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَائِلَةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ يُونُسَ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا