Hadith of the daughter of Abu al-Hakam al-Ghifari

حَدِيثُ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِيِّ (١)، ١٦٦١٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ (٢) الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْنُو مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونَ (٣) بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا (٤) قِيدُ ذِرَاعٍ فَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ فَيَتَبَاعَدُ مِنْهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ " (٥)، ،

It is narrated from the daughter of Abu Hakam (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 Makkah and Sana'a.