Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ وَصَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الزَّكَاةَ أَمْ لَا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ إِنْ هَاجَرَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ أَوْ مَكَثَ بِأَرْضِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ بِهَا فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَأُخْبِرُ النَّاسَ قَالَ ذَرْ النَّاسَ يَا مُعَاذُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَالْفِرْدَوْسُ أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأَوْسَطُهَا وَمِنْهَا تَفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمْ اللَّهَ فَاسْأَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ.
English Translation
Abdullah told us, my father told me, Surayj ibn al-Nu'man told us, Abd al-Aziz — meaning al-Darawardi — told us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ata ibn Yasar, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever prays the five prayers, performs the pilgrimage to the Sacred House, and fasts Ramadan — and I do not know whether he mentioned zakat or not — it is a right upon Allah that He forgive him, whether he emigrates in His path or remains in the land in which he was born." Mu'adh said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall I inform the people?" He said, "Leave the people be, O Mu'adh. In Paradise there are a hundred levels, between every two levels a hundred years, and al-Firdaws is the highest part of Paradise and its middle, and from it the rivers of Paradise burst forth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws."