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tabarani:6886al-Ḥasan b. Jarīr al-Ṣūrī > Abū al-Jumāhir > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Al-Firdaus is the highest, the greatest, and the most central part of paradise, and from it the rivers of paradise flow."  

الطبراني:٦٨٨٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْفِرْدَوْسُ رَبْوَةُ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَعْلَاهَا وَأَوْسَطُهَا وَمِنْهَا تَفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ»  


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tabarani:6885ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Miṣṣīṣī > al-Ḥasan b. Bishr > al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Jannat al-Firdaws is the highest and best part of Paradise, located in the middle."  

الطبراني:٦٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ هِيَ رَبْوَةُ الْجَنَّةِ الْعُلْيَا الَّتِي هِيَ أَوْسَطُهَا وَأَحْسَنُهَا»  

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"الْفرْدَوْسُ رَبْوَةُ الْجَنَّة وأَعْلاهَا وأَوْسَطُهَا، وَمنْهَا تُفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ" .  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن سمرة