The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When Allah created Paradise and Hell, He sent Jibreel to Paradise and said, 'Look at it and at what I have prepared for its inhabitants within it.'So he looked at it and returned, saying, 'By Your might, no one will hear of it without entering it.'Then He commanded that it be surrounded with hardships, and said, 'Go to it and look at it and at what I have prepared for its inhabitants within it.'He looked at it, and behold, it had been surrounded with hardships. He said, 'By Your might, I fear that no one will enter it.'Allah said, 'Go and look at the Fire and at what I have prepared for its inhabitants within it.'He looked at it, and behold, parts of it were riding upon other parts. He returned and said, 'By Your might, no one will enter it.'Then He commanded that it be surrounded with desires, and said, 'Go back and look at it.'He looked at it, and behold, it had been surrounded with desires. He returned and said, 'By Your might, I fear that no one will be saved from it, but all will enter it.'"
أخبرنا إسحق بن إبراهيم قال أنبأنا الفضل بن موسى قال حدثني محمد بن عمرو قال حدثنا أبو سلمة
عن رسول الله ﷺ قال لما خلق الله الجنة والنار أرسل جبريل عليه السلام إلى الجنة فقال انظر إليها وإلى ما أعددت لأهلها فيها فنظر إليها فرجع فقال وعزتك لا يسمع بها أحد إلا دخلها فأمر بها فحفت بالمكاره فقال اذهب إليها فانظر إليها وإلى ما أعددت لأهلها فيها فنظر إليها فإذا هي قد حفت بالمكاره فقال وعزتك لقد خشيت أن لا يدخلها أحد قال اذهب فانظر إلى النار وإلى ما أعددت لأهلها فيها فنظر إليها فإذا هي يركب بعضها بعضا فرجع فقال وعزتك لا يدخلها أحد فأمر بها فحفت بالشهوات فقال ارجع فانظر إليها فنظر إليها فإذا هي قد حفت بالشهوات فرجع وقال وعزتك لقد خشيت أن لا ينجو منها أحد إلا دخلها
Its chain is hasan. Abu Dawud narrated it in the Sunnah, chapter on the creation of Paradise, no. 4744, and Tirmidhi, no. 2560, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqama Laythi through him, and Tirmidhi said, hasan sahih. It is also found in Kubra, no. 4702. Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, and Hakim graded it sahih according to the criterion of Muslim, 1/26, 27, and Dhahabi agreed with him.