Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدَعَا بِلَالًا فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ بِمَ سَبَقْتَنِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ مَا دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَمِعْتُ خَشْخَشَتَكَ أَمَامِي إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ الْجَنَّةَ فَسَمِعْتُ خَشْخَشَتَكَ فَأَتَيْتُ عَلَى قَصْرٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ مُشْرِفٍ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ قَالُوا لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ قُلْتُ أَنَا عَرَبِيٌّ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ قَالُوا لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ قُلْتُ فَأَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ قَالُوا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا غَيْرَتُكَ يَا عُمَرُ لَدَخَلْتُ الْقَصْرَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَغَارَ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ وَقَالَ لِبِلَالٍ بِمَ سَبَقْتَنِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ مَا أَحْدَثْتُ إِلَّا تَوَضَّأْتُ وَصَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَا.
English Translation
Zayd ibn al-Hubab told us: Husayn ibn Waqid told me: Abdullah ibn Buraydah informed me, who said: I heard my father Buraydah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, arose one morning and called for Bilal and said: O Bilal, with what have you preceded me into Paradise? I never entered Paradise without hearing your footsteps ahead of me. Last night I entered Paradise and heard your footsteps, and I came upon a lofty, magnificent palace of gold, and I asked: Whose palace is this? They said: A man of the Arabs. I said: I am an Arab - whose palace is this? They said: A man of the Muslims, of the nation of Muhammad. I said: Then I am Muhammad - whose palace is this? They said: Umar ibn al-Khattab's. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Were it not for your jealousy, O Umar, I would have entered the palace. Umar said: O Messenger of Allah, would I ever be jealous of you? He said: And he said to Bilal: With what have you preceded me into Paradise? He said: I have done nothing except that whenever I fall into a state requiring ablution, I perform ablution and pray two rak'ahs. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: It is by this.