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English translation
(22). 3013. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed the space in Paradise taken up by a whip, is better than the world and what is in it. Recite if you wish: 'And whoever is moved away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception.'"[3] (Ḥasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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Footnotes
1
[1] Āl Imrān 3:77.
2
[2] That is, in other narrations that is the wording, although that is not the wording he narrated here. And Aqra' means bald-headed.
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[3] Āl Imrān 3:185.
Commentary
Space equal to the whip means that when a wayfarer puts his whip down for resting, he needs space for himself and for his luggage, which he finds. This world and whatever it contains, its glitter and beauty is merely a mirage, delight of counted days and then misery; therefore anything of it is worthless compared to the Hereafter.