Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adiyy told us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Sulayman ibn Suhaym, from his mother, the daughter of Abu al-Hakam al-Ghifari, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "A man draws near to Paradise until there is only the space of a forearm's length between him and it, then he speaks a word, and he is driven farther from it than the distance to Sana'a."