I said, "Messenger of Allah, when I see you my soul is at ease and my eyes find delight. Tell me about everything."He said, "Everything was created from water."I said, "Tell me of a matter that, if I hold to it, will admit me into Paradise."He said, "Spread the greeting of peace, feed others, maintain ties of kinship, and stand in prayer at night while people sleep, then enter Paradise in peace."
قلت: يا رسول الله، إني إذا رأيتك طابت نفسي، وقرت عيني، فأنبئني عن كل شيء، فقال: كل شيء خلق من ماء. قال: قلت: أنبئني عن أمر إذا أخذت به دخلت الجنة، قال: أفش السلام، وأطعم الطعام، وصل الأرحام، وقم بالليل والناس نيام، ثم ادخل الجنة بسلام.
Ahmad (7932) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (508) and Hakim (4/160) graded it sahih, all of them through Hammam bin Yahya, from Qatada, from Abu Maymuna, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.Its chain is sahih, and its narrators are the narrators of the two Sahihs except for Abu Maymuna, who is Farsi, of Madinah, the needle maker. Nasai, Ajli, and others considered him reliable, and he is among the narrators of the Sunan works.Haythami mentioned it in Majma (5/16) and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih except for Abu Maymuna, who is reliable."