حديث "أهل الدرجات العلى" : رواية و دراية

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Research theme : The paper presents a study of the Prophetic tradition on the people of highly elevated grades in heavens by examining its paths of transmission, its further supporting versions, explaining its meaning and implications.

It is a study of transmission and meaning of the hadith.

Research aims : To highlight authentic and unauthentic versions of the report under discussion.

To study variant texts of the hadith, their meanings, implications and lessons derived from them.

To endorse a method of writing employed by the scholars of Hadith; i.e.

intensively studying one single hadith of the Prophet by examining its transmission and meaning.

Research problem : There is no previous study, which focused on the report of the people of highly elevated grades in paradise by studying its transmission and meaning.

This paper attempts to collect and analyze all variant versions of the report.

Research results : The number of versions examined in this paper is six; three of them are proved to be authentic, the fourth is munkar (a report transmitted by unreliable transmitters when compared to the version of other reliable reporters), the fifth is very weak, while the sixth is mursal (report where the name of the Companion who received it from the Prophet is missing).

The report which proves that Abū Bakr and ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them) are destined for the highest elevated grades of paradise is authentic.

It is verified that the number of grades of paradise is not restricted to be 100.

The distance between each grade in paradise is like the distance between the sky and the earth.