The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever believes in Allah and His Messenger, establishes the prayer, and fasts Ramadan, it is a right upon Allah that He admit him into Paradise, whether he migrated for the sake of Allah or remained in the land where he was born."The companions asked, "Messenger of Allah, shall we not inform the people of this?"He replied, "In Paradise there are one hundred levels which Allah has prepared for those who strive in His path. Between each two levels is a distance like that between heaven and earth. So when you ask Allah
, ask Him for Firdaws, for it is the middle of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise. Above it is the Throne of the Most Merciful
, and from it the rivers of Paradise gush forth," or "burst forth." Abu Amir was uncertain which word was used.
حدثنا أبو عامر حدثنا فليح عن هلال بن علي عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي عمرة
عن النبي ﷺ قال من آمن بالله ورسوله وأقام الصلاة وصام رمضان فإن حقا على الله أن يدخله الجنة هاجر في سبيل الله أو جلس في أرضه التي ولد فيها قالوا يا رسول الله أفلا نخبر الناس قال إن في الجنة مائة درجة أعدها الله عز وجل للمجاهدين في سبيله بين كل درجتين كما بين السماء والأرض فإذا سألتم الله عز وجل فسلوه الفردوس فإنه وسط الجنة وأعلى الجنة وفوق عرش الرحمن عز وجل ومنه تفجر أو تنفجر أنهار الجنة شك أبو عامر
Its isnad is sahih. Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Jihad, and Tirmidhi narrated it as well. Zayd bin Aslam narrated it from Ata bin Yasar, and Ibn Majah also narrated it. Hammam said, from Zayd, from Ata, from Ubada bin Samit. Tirmidhi and Hakim narrated it, and Hakim gave preference to the narration of Darawardi and those who followed him over the narration of Hammam, but he did not address the narration of Hilal, even though there is a break between Ata bin Yasar and Muaz.As for the statement, "So they said, O Messenger of Allah," the one who addressed him with that was Muaz bin Jabal, as in the narration of Tirmidhi, or Abu Darda, as it occurs in Tabarani. The origin of this is in Nasai, but there it says, "So we said."