Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الضَّحَّاكِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا سَبْعِينَ أَوْ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ هِيَ شَجَرَةُ الْخُلْدِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ أَوْ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ شَجَرَةُ الْخُلْدِ قُلْتُ لِشُعْبَةَ هِيَ شَجَرَةُ الْخُلْدِ قَالَ لَيْسَ فِيهَا هِيَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far and Hajjaj told us: Shu'bah told us: I heard Abu al-Dahhak narrate from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "In Paradise there is a tree in whose shade a rider would travel for seventy or a hundred years - it is the Tree of Eternity." Hajjaj said: "or a hundred years, the Tree of Eternity." I said to Shu'bah, "Is it the Tree of Eternity?" He said, "The words 'it is' are not in it."