Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adi told us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Sulayman ibn Suhaym, from his mother, the daughter of Abu al-Hakam al-Ghifari, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "Indeed a man draws near to Paradise until there is nothing between him and it but the length of a forearm, then he speaks a word and is driven farther from it than the distance to San'a."