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السيوطي:١٢١٠٢a –

"الْوَالدُ أوْسَطُ أبْوَاب الجَنَّةِ فَأَضِعْ ذَلكَ الْبَابَ أَو احْفَظْهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي صحيح، [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أَبي الدرداء

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
ibnmajah:3663 – Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Dardāʾ

"The father is the middle door of Paradise (i.e. the best way to Paradise), so it is up to you whether you take advantage of it or not."  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَضِعْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوِ احْفَظْهُ  

ahmad:27552 – Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAṭāʾ / Ibn al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The parent is the middle door of Paradise, so protect that door or leave it."  

أحمد:٢٧٥٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَاحْفَظْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوْ دَعْهُ