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"إذا سألْتُمْ اللهَ تعالى فَسَلُوه الفردوسَ، فإِنه سِر الجَنَّة، يقول الرجلُ منكُم لِرَاعيه: عَلَيكَ بِسرِّ الوادِى؛ فإِنه أمْرَعُهُ وَأعْشَبُهُ" .  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن العرباض

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سُوَيْدُ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ، عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ

tabarani:15786 – [Chain 1] ʿAmr b. Isḥāq from my father [Chain 2] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah al-ʿUtbī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Zibrīq > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Sālim > al-Zubaydī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAwf > Sūwayd b. Jabalah > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'When you ask Allah, ask Him for Al-Firdaus, for it is the highest part of Paradise. The man from among you says to his shepherd: 'Take care of my sheep in the bay, for it is the most lush and fertile.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٧٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْعُتْبِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ زِبْرِيقٍ قَالَا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْفٍ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ فَإِنَّهُ سِرُّ الْجَنَّةِ يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ لِرَاعِيهِ عَلَيْكَ بِسِرِّ الْوَادِي فَإِنَّهُ أَمْرَعُهُ وَأَعْشَبُهُ»