It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us; we were nine people, and there were cushions of red leather between us. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, after me there will soon be rulers. Whoever affirms their lies and helps them in their oppression, he is not from me and I am not from him, and he will never reach me at the Pool. And whoever does not affirm their lies and does not help them in their oppression, he is from me and I am from him, and he will soon reach me at the Pool."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Ka'b bin Ujrah! May Allah protect you from the rule of the foolish." He asked: What is the rule of the foolish? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rulers who will come after me who will neither follow my guidance nor adhere to my Sunnah. Whoever affirms their lies and helps them in their oppression, those people are not from me and I am not from them, and they will not come to my Pool. And whoever does not affirm their lies and does not help them in their oppression, they are from me and I am from them, and they will soon come to me at my Pool. O Ka'b bin Ujrah! Flesh that has grown from unlawful wealth will not enter Paradise; the Fire is more fitting for it. O Ka'b bin Ujrah! Fasting is a shield, charity wipes out sins (as water extinguishes fire), and prayer is a means of nearness to Allah (or he said: a proof)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I entered Paradise and there I saw a river on both banks of which were tents of pearl. I struck my hand into the bed where the water flowed, and it was pure musk of strong fragrance. I asked Jibril: What is this? He said: This is al-Kawthar which your Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has given you." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with these words.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Paradise has a hundred levels, and between every two levels is a distance like that between the earth and the heaven. The highest level among them is al-Firdaws, and from it the rivers of Paradise flow forth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. It also has a sahih shahid (supporting narration) with this same chain from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar (to the previous hadith). Similarly, this hadith is also narrated with a sahih chain from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Paradise has a hundred levels; between every two levels is a distance like that between the earth and the heaven. The highest level among them is al-Firdaws, and from it the rivers of Paradise flow forth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, in Paradise there are upper chambers whose outside can be seen from the inside and whose inside can be seen from the outside." Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! For whom are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are for those who speak gently and pleasantly, who feed others, and who spend the night praying (voluntary prayer) while people are asleep." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), since both of them used Huyayy (Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Madhhiji) as evidence, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary" [Surah al-Najm: 14] , that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was raised up for me; its end is in the seventh heaven. Its fruits are like the jars of Hajar (in size), and its leaves are like the ears of elephants. From its root four rivers come out, two visible and two hidden. I asked: O Jibril! What are these? He said: As for the two hidden rivers, they are in Paradise, and the two visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it in this wording (sequence).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was taken up to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, and there were four rivers: two visible and two hidden. The visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates, and the hidden ones are two rivers in Paradise. Then three cups were brought to me: one of milk, one of honey and one of wine. I took the cup that contained milk and drank it, and it was said to me: You and your Ummah have attained the fitrah (natural disposition)." Imam al-Hakim says: I asked my Shaykh why the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. He replied that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) did not hear it directly from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) but from Malik bin Sa'sa'ah. I (al-Hakim) say: I examined it and found that the words he heard from Malik bin Sa'sa'ah are different from these. The student should know that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) heard part of the hadith of the Mi'raj from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), part from Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, part from Malik bin Sa'sa'ah and part from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise will be in one hundred and twenty rows, of which eighty rows will be of this Ummah alone." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.