Jami' at-Tirmidhi Chapters on the description of Paradise

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2540

Chapter: What Has Been Related Concerning the Description of the Garments of the People of Paradise

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2540

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رِشْدِينُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ أَبِي السَّمْحِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي قَوْلِهِ‏:‏

‏‏(‏وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ ‏)‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ارْتِفَاعُهَا لَكَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ مَسِيرَةَ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ‏"

Abu Sa'eed narrated concerning His (Allah's) statement "And couches, elevated ..." (Al Wa'qiah 56:34) that the Prophet (s.a.w) said:

"Their elevation is indeed like what is between the heavens and the earth, a distance of five-hundred years."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2540, 3294).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( قَالَ ) أَيْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( اِرْتِفَاعُهَا ) أَيْ اِرْتِفَاعُ فُرُشِ الْجَنَّةِ , وَقِيلَ اِرْتِفَاعُ الدَّرَجَةِ الَّتِي فُرِشَتْ لِلْفُرُشِ الْمَرْفُوعَةِ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مُبْتَدَأٌ وَخَبَرُهُ لَكَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ. ( مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ ) بَدَلٌ مِمَّا قَبْلَهُ أَوْ بَيَانٌ لَهُ. وَالْمَعْنَى أَنَّ اِرْتِفَاعَ الْفُرُشِ الْمَفْرُوشَةِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلُ مَسَافَةِ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَيْ مَسَافَةَ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ. وَرَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ الْوَاقِعَةِ وَلَفْظُهُ : اِرْتِفَاعُهَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَسِيرَةُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا خ…

Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 2540
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	Good (hasan)Hasan	The hadith	No. 2540
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 2540

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Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3294

from the Prophet – regarding Allah’s saying ‘And on couches raised high – he said: “Their height is as what is between the heavens and the earth, and the distance between the two of them is five hundred years.”

‏ ‏‏(‏ وفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ ‏)‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ارْتِفَاعُهَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَسِيرَةُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا خَمْسُمِائَةِ عَامٍ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 5634

He reported the Prophet as saying regarding the words of God most high, "And couches raised high[]," that their height is like the distance between heaven and earth, a distance of five hundred years. Quran; 56:34 Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

وَعَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى (وفُرُشٍ مرفوعةٍ) قَالَ: «ارْتِفَاعُهَا لَكَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَسِيرَةَ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةً» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ…

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تفسير ابن أبي حاتم (17008)وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ سورة الواقعة آية 34 ، قَالَ : ارْتِفَاعُهَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، وَمَسِيرَةُ مَا بَيْنِهِمَا خَمْسُ مِائَةِ عَامٍ

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Not graded Musnad Ahmad 11294

وَعَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ { وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ } وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ ارْتِفَاعَهَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ…

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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2540

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from the Prophet – regarding Allah’s saying ‘And on couches raised high – he said: “Their height is as what is between the heavens and the earth, and the distance between the two of them is five hundred years.”

He reported the Prophet as saying regarding the words of God most high, "And couches raised high[]," that their height is like the distance between heaven and earth, a distance of five hundred years. Quran; 56:34 Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

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from the Prophet – regarding Allah’s saying ‘And on couches raised high – he said: “Their height is as what is between the heavens and the earth, and the distance between the two of them is five hundred years.”

He reported the Prophet as saying regarding the words of God most high, "And couches raised high[*]," that their height is like the distance between heaven and earth, a distance of five hundred years. *Quran; 56:34 Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

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He reported the Prophet as saying regarding the words of God most high, "And couches raised high[]," that their height is like the distance between heaven and earth, a distance of five hundred years. Quran; 56:34 Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

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