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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When Allah created Paradise, He said to Jibril: ‘Go and look at it.’ Jibril went and looked at it and what Allah prepared for its people. He returned and said: ‘O Lord, by Your might, no one who hears of it will fail to enter it.’ 1 Then He surrounded it with hardships. He said: ‘O Jibril, go and look at it.’ Jibril went, looked at it, and returned, saying: ‘O Lord, by Your might, I fear no one will enter it.’ When Allah created the Fire, He said: ‘O Jibril, go and look at it.’ Jibril went, looked at it, and returned, saying: ‘O Lord, by Your might, no one who hears of it will enter it.’ Then He surrounded it with desires. He said: ‘O Jibril, go and look at it.’ Jibril went, looked at it, and returned, saying: ‘O Lord, by Your might, I fear no one will remain but will enter it.’”
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- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2560 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 4744 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan al-Nasa'i 3762 (unverified) 95% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.469
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
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(1) His statement: “No one who hears of it will fail to enter it,” meaning they will strive for it and focus only on its beauty and splendor. “Surrounded it with hardships,” meaning religious obligations, which are disliked by human souls. This indicates that meanings have tangible forms in those abodes. “No one who hears of it will enter it,” meaning they will flee from it and avoid it. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
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(۱) قوله : لا يسمع بها أحد إلا دخلها : أي طمع في دخولها وجاهد في حصولها، ولا يهتم إلا بشأنها الحسنها وبهجتها. وقوله: «ثم حفها بالمكاره جمع كُره وهي المشقة والشدة على غير قياس والمراد بها التكاليف الشرعية التي هي مكروهة على النفوس الإنسانية. وهذا يدل على أن المعاني لها صور حسية في تلك المباني. وقوله: «لا يسمع بها أحد فيدخلها أي لا يسمع بها أحد إلا فزع منها واحترز، فلا يدخلها. كذا في «المرقاة».