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Sahih Muslim 2848dصحيح مسلم 2848d
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنسًا، يَقُولُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَبْقَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْقَى ثُمَّ يُنْشِئُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهَا خَلْقًا مِمَّا يَشَاءُ " .
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: There would be left some space in Paradise as Allah would like that to be left. Then Allah would create another creation as He would like.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
زهير بن حرب بن شداد ← عفان بن مسلم ← حماد بن سلمة بن دينار ← ثابت بن أسلم ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Zuhayr ibn Harb ibn Shaddad → Affan ibn Muslim → Hammad ibn Salama ibn Dinar → Thabit ibn Aslam → Anas bin Malik