‘That is yours, and ten times as much besides it.’”

Abū Hurayrah said, “That man will be the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise.”

This was among the greatest hadiths known to Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī, the most knowledgeable member of the ummah concerning the Sunnah in his time, and the foremost in retaining knowledge and mastering it precisely. He had heard it from Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyab, the most learned and eminent member of the ummah in the era of the senior Successors. He had also heard it from ‘Atā’ ibn Yazīd al-Laythī, one of the most eminent