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Sahih Muslim 2817c

Chapter: No One Will Enter Paradise By Virtue Of His Deeds, Rather By The Mercy Of Allah, Exalted Is He

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2817c

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

لاَ يُدْخِلُ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلاَ يُجِيرُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلاَ أَنَا إِلاَّ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ ‏"

Jabir reported:

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: None of you would get into Paradise because of his good deeds alone, and he would not be rescued from Fire, not even I, but because of the Mercy of Allah.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2817c).

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 2372

Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying, “What you do will not bring any of you into paradise or protect you from hell, including myself, except by God’s mercy.” Muslim transmitted it.

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يُدْخِلُ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُجِيرُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلَا أَنا إِلا برحمةِ الله» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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  • القضاء والقدر للبيهقي (347)لا يُدْخِلُ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ , وَلا يُجِيرُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ، وَلا أَنَا إِلا بِرَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ
  • صفة الجنة لأبي نعيم (49)لا يُدْخِلُ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلا يُجِيرُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ، وَلا أَنَا إِلا بِتَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ

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