Tafsir al-Baghawi - Al-Baghawi - (7/222)

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Tawbah informed us; Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Harith informed us; Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kisa’i informed us; Abd Allah ibn Mahmud informed us; Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Khallal informed us; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak related to us, from Sufyan, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Sabit, who said: A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, are there horses in Paradise? For I love horses.” He replied: “If Allah admits you into Paradise, whenever you wish to ride a horse of red ruby that flies with you wherever in Paradise you desire, it will do so.” Then a Bedouin said, “O Messenger of Allah, are there camels in Paradise?” He replied: “O Bedouin, if Allah admits you into Paradise, you will find therein whatever your soul desires and your eye delights in.” (1)

“And that is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do. (72) You will have abundant fruit therein, from which you will eat. (73)”

(1) Reported by al-Tirmidhi in al-Jannah, chapter: “What Has Been Related Regarding the Description of the Horses of Paradise,” 7:250-252; and by Imam Ahmad, 5:352, through Alqamah from Sulayman ibn Buraydah from his father. It was also reported by the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:222. Shaykh al-Arnaut commented: “Its narrators are trustworthy, but it is mursal (a hadith with a missing link between the Successor and the Prophet). Abd al-Rahman ibn Sabit was a trustworthy Successor.” Al-Haythami said in Majma al-Zawaid, 10:413: “It was reported by al-Tabarani, and its narrators are trustworthy.”

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي تَوْبَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكِسَائِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَحْمُودٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَلَّالُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَيْلٌ؟ فَإِنِّي أَحَبُّ الْخَيْلَ، فَقَالَ: "إِنْ يُدْخِلْكَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ لَا تَشَاءُ أَنْ تَرْكَبَ فَرَسًا مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ فَتَطِيرُ بِكَ فِي أَيِّ الْجَنَّةِ شِئْتَ، إِلَّا فَعَلَتْ"، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفِي الْجَنَّةِ إِبِلٌ؟ فَقَالَ: "يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ إِنْ يُدْخِلْكَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَصَبْتَ فِيهَا مَا اشْتَهَتْ نَفْسُكَ وَلَذَّتْ عَيْنُكَ". (١) ﴿وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِي أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (٧٢) لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ (٧٣) ﴾

(١) أخرجه الترمذي في الجنة، باب: ما جاء في صفة خيل الجنة: ٧ / ٢٥٠-٢٥٢ والإمام أحمد: ٥ / ٣٥٢ عن علقمة عن سليمان بن بريدة عن أبيه، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢٢٢ وقد علق الشيخ الأرناؤوط بقوله: "رجاله ثقات، إلا أنه مرسل. عبد الرحمن بن سابط تابعي ثقة". قال الهيثمي في المجمع: ١٠ / ٤١٣ "رواه الطبراني ورجاله ثقات".