The Forty Hadith Al-Qudsi: Hadith One (1) | Hadith Two (2) | Hadith Three (3) | Hadith Four (4) | Hadith Five (5) | Hadith Six (6) | Hadith Seven (7) | Hadith Eight (8) | Hadith Nine (9) | Hadith Ten (10) | Hadith Eleven (11) | Hadith Twelve (12) | Hadith Thirteen (13) | Hadith Fourteen (14) | Hadith Fifteen (15) | Hadith Sixteen (16) | Hadith Seventeen (17) | Hadith Eighteen (18) | Hadith Nineteen (19) | Hadith Twenty (20) | Hadith Twenty One (21) | Hadith Twenty Two (22) | Hadith Twenty Three (23) | Hadith Twenty Four (24) | Hadith Twenty Five (25) | Hadith Twenty Six (26) | Hadith Twenty Seven (27) | Hadith Twenty Eight (28) | Hadith Twenty Nine (29) | Hadith Thirty (30) | Hadith Thirty One (31) | Hadith Thirty Two (32) | Hadith Thirty Three (33) | Hadith Thirty Four (34) | Hadith Thirty Five (35) | Hadith Thirty Six (36) | Hadith Thirty Seven (37) | Hadith Thirty Eight (38) | Hadith Thirty Nine (39) | Hadith Forty (40) ||| Forty Hadith Qudsi Index |||

Hadith number in Sahih Muslim [Arabic only]: 5081

‏حدثنا ‏ ‏ابن أبي عمر ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏سفيان ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي الزناد ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏الأعرج ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏ ‏قال ‏
‏قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏احتجت ‏ ‏النار والجنة فقالت هذه يدخلني الجبارون والمتكبرون وقالت هذه يدخلني الضعفاء والمساكين فقال الله عز وجل لهذه أنت عذابي أعذب بك من أشاء وربما قال أصيب بك من أشاء وقال لهذه أنت رحمتي أرحم بك من أشاء ولكل واحدة منكما ملؤها ‏
 

Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: There was a dispute between Hell and Paradise and Hell said: The haughty and the arrogant would find abode in me. And Paradise said: The meek and the humble would find their abode in me. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, (addressing Hell) said: You are (the means of) My punishment by which I punish those whom I wish of My servants. (And addressing the Paradise) He said: You are only My Mercy by means of which I will show mercy to those whom I wish, but each one of you would have its fill.