Reading from the commentary on the levels of Paradise
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The Shaykh : Is it mentioned in your book? All right, read it to us.
The student: ... The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It also contains in the hadith the saying of Allah, may He be exalted, that the people of Paradise
The Shaykh : Be patient, say
The student: And it was also said about him, may Allah pray upon him and grant him peace, that he said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3780Hasan (Darussalam).
The student: Correct it...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Correct it, from Abu Hurayrah in Sahih al-Bukhari
The Shaykh : Who is the one you have? Khalid?
The student: al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : Do you have al-Harass?
The student: No, Ibn 'Isa.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: This is al-Harass, he says in al-Bukhari that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah:.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is with regard to..., but as for the fact that the levels of Paradise are one hundred, that is not taken from this hadith, because the Messenger qualified it, he said:Sahih al-Bukhari 2790 And not all believers are mujahideen (strivers in the path of Allah). Is there anything else? What do you have in Muslim?
The student: No, in al-Musnad, O Shaykh, from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:
The Shaykh : That in Paradise, or that Paradise?
The student: That in Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes, that does not indicate this.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that in Paradise is what is beneficial, if he said: that Paradise is one hundred levels.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ... The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The ones who love each other... al-Gharbi, it is said who are these? It is said these are the ones who love each other for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)
إن المتحابين ... الغربي فيقال من هؤلاء فيقال هؤلاء المتحابون في الله عز وجلThe Shaykh : Be patient, say
The student:
That in Paradise are one hundred levels, and if all the worlds were to gather in one of them, it would suffice them
أن في الجنة مئة درجة، ولو أن العالمين اجتمعوا في إحداهن وسعتهمIt will be said to the companion of the Qur'an, when he enters Paradise: 'Recite and rise one degree for every Verse,' until he recites the last thing that he knows.
يقال لصاحب القرآن إذا دخل الجنة اقرأ واصعد فيقرأ ويصعد بكل آية درجة حتى يقرأ آخر شيء معهThe student: Correct it...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Correct it, from Abu Hurayrah in Sahih al-Bukhari
The Shaykh : Who is the one you have? Khalid?
The student: al-Hirras.
The Shaykh : Do you have al-Harass?
The student: No, Ibn 'Isa.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: This is al-Harass, he says in al-Bukhari that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah:
That in Paradise are one hundred levels which Allah has prepared for the mujahideen (strivers) in His path, between every two levels is as between the sky and the earth, so if you ask, ask for al-Firdaus, for it is the middle of Paradise, and the highest of Paradise, and above it is the Throne of the Most Merciful, and from it flow the rivers of Paradise
إن في الجنة مئة درجة أعدها الله للمجاهدين في سبيله، بين كل درجتين كما بين السماء والأرض، فإذا سألتم فاسألوا الفردوس فإنها أوسط الجنة، وأعلى الجنة، وفوقه عرش الرحمن، ومنه تفجر أنهار الجنةThe Shaykh : Yes, this is with regard to..., but as for the fact that the levels of Paradise are one hundred, that is not taken from this hadith, because the Messenger qualified it, he said:
one-hundred grades which Allah has reserved for the Mujahidin who fight in His Cause
مئة درجة أعدها الله للمجاهدين في سبيل اللهThe student: No, in al-Musnad, O Shaykh, from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:
That in Paradise are one hundred levels, and if all the worlds were to gather in one of them
أن في الجنة مئة درجة ولو أن العالمين اجتمعوا في إحداهنThe Shaykh : That in Paradise, or that Paradise?
The student: That in Paradise.
The Shaykh : Yes, that does not indicate this.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that in Paradise is what is beneficial, if he said: that Paradise is one hundred levels.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?