Hadith of the daughter of Abu al-Hakam al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with her)

حَدِيثُ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ، ٢٣١٩٩ - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ (١) قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from the daughter of Abu Al-Hakam, may Allah be pleased with him, that I heard the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Sometimes a person comes so close to Paradise that there remains only a distance of one cubit between him and Paradise, but then he utters a word due to which he becomes as far from Paradise as the distance between Mecca and Sana'a, or even farther.