Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَيَّاشِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةً رَجُلٌ صَرَفَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ النَّارِ قِبَلَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَثَّلَ لَهُ شَجَرَةً ذَاتَ ظِلٍّ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّمْنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَكُونَ فِي ظِلِّهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ هَلْ عَسَيْتَ إِنْ فَعَلْتُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا قَالَ لَا وَعِزَّتِكَ فَقَدَّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا وَمَثَّلَ لَهُ شَجَرَةً ذَاتَ ظِلٍّ وَثَمَرٍ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّمْنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ أَكُونُ فِي ظِلِّهَا وَآكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ هَلْ عَسَيْتَ إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهُ فَيَقُولُ لَا وَعِزَّتِكَ فَيُقَدِّمُهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا فَتُمَثَّلُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ أُخْرَى ذَاتُ ظِلٍّ وَثَمَرٍ وَمَاءٍ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّمْنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ أَكُونُ فِي ظِلِّهَا وَآكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ لَهُ هَلْ عَسَيْتَ إِنْ فَعَلْتُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهُ فَيَقُولُ لَا وَعِزَّتِكَ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهُ فَيُقَدِّمُهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَبْرُزُ لَهُ بَابُ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّمْنِي إِلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَكُونَ تَحْتَ نِجَافِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنْظُرَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فَيُقَدِّمُهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَرَى أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا فِيهَا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَيُدْخِلُهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ هَذَا لِي قَالَ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ تَمَنَّ فَيَتَمَنَّى وَيُذَكِّرُهُ اللَّهُ سَلْ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَطَعَتْ بِهِ الْأَمَانِيُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هُوَ لَكَ وَعَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ زَوْجَتَاهُ مِنْ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَاكَ لَنَا وَأَحْيَانَا لَكَ فَيَقُولُ مَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ مِثْلَ مَا أُعْطِيتُ قَالَ وَأَدْنَى أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يُنْعَلُ مَنْ نَارٍ بِنَعْلَيْنِ يَغْلِي دِمَاغُهُ مِنْ حَرَارَةِ نَعْلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr told us: Zuhayr ibn Muhammad told us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from al-Nu'man ibn Abi al-'Ayyash, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lowest in rank among the people of Paradise is a man whose face God has turned away from the Fire toward Paradise, and a shaded tree has been shown to him, and he says: 'O Lord, bring me forward to this tree so I may be in its shade.' God says: 'Might it be that if I do that, you will ask Me for something else?' He says: 'No, by Your might.' So God brings him forward to it, and shows him a tree with shade and fruit, and he says: 'O Lord, bring me forward to this tree so I may be in its shade and eat of its fruit.' God says to him: 'Might it be that if I give you that, you will ask Me for something else?' He says: 'No, by Your might.' So God brings him forward to it, and another tree is shown to him, with shade, fruit, and water, and he says: 'O Lord, bring me forward to this tree so I may be in its shade, eat of its fruit, and drink of its water.' He says to him: 'Might it be that if I do that, you will ask Me for something else?' He says: 'No, by Your might — I will not ask You for anything else.' So God brings him forward to it, and the gate of Paradise appears before him, and he says: 'O Lord, bring me forward to the gate of Paradise, so I may be beneath its threshold and look at its people.' So God brings him forward to it, and he sees the people of Paradise and what is in it, and he says: 'O Lord, admit me into Paradise.'" He said: So God admits him into Paradise. He said: When he enters Paradise, he says: "This is mine." He said: So God, Mighty and Majestic, says to him: "Wish." So he wishes, and God reminds him: "Ask for such-and-such, and such-and-such," until when his wishes have run out, God, Mighty and Majestic, says: "It is yours, and ten times its like." He said: Then when he enters Paradise, his two wives from among the maidens with wide, beautiful eyes come in to him and say to him: "Praise be to God who gave you life for us and gave us life for you." So he says: "No one has been given the like of what I have been given." He said: And the lowest of the people of the Fire in punishment is one who is shod with two sandals of fire, from the heat of which his brain boils.