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2530. Mu'adh bin Jabal narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever fasts Ramaḍān, performs the Ṣalāt, performs Hajj to the House" – I do not know whether he mentioned Zakāt or not[1] – "except[2] that it is binding on Allāh that He forgive him, whether he emigrated in the cause of Allāh, or remained in his land in which he was born." Mu'adh said: "Should I not inform the people of this?" the Messenger of Allāh said, "Leave the people to do deeds, for verily in Paradise there are a hundred levels, what is between every two levels is like what is between the heavens and the earth. Al-Firdaus is the highest of Paradise and its most expansive, and above that is the Throne of Ar-Raḥmān (the Most Merciful), and from it the rivers of Paradise are made to flow forth. So when you ask Allāh, ask Him for Al-Firdaus." (Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth has been reported in this manner from Hishām bin Sa'd, from Zaid bin Aslam, from 'Aṭā' bin Yasār from Mu'adh bin Jabal, and in my view, this is more correct than the narration of Hammām, from Zaid bin Aslam, from 'Aṭā' bin Yasār, from 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit. 'Aṭā' did not see Mu'adh bin Jabal since Mu'adh died before him; he died during the Khilāfah of 'Umar.
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Footnotes
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[1] It seems this is the statement of the narrator, 'Aṭā' bin Yasār and that he is speaking about Mu'adh bin Jabal. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
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[2] The word "except" seems to have been erroneously added here in the narration by one of the narrators. The correct narration of this Hadīth is without it as indicated by Al-Mubārakpūrī in Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
As is natural, narrations concerning the distance between the two levels of Paradise vary because of the variation in the speed of the traveler. Even the speed that we call 'fast' could have various degrees. The same is the case with the 'slow' speed. There is, therefore, no contradiction between the narrations.
