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Sahih Muslim 2928aصحيح مسلم 2928a
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُفَضَّلٍ - عَنْ أَبِي مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاِبْنِ صَائِدٍ " مَا تُرْبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ " . قَالَ دَرْمَكَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ مِسْكٌ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ . قَالَ " صَدَقْتَ " .
This hadith has transmitted on the authority of Abu Sa'id that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Ibn Sa'id about the earth of Paradise. Thereupon he said: Abu'l-Qasim, It is like a fine white musk, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: 'You have told the the truth.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
نصر بن علي بن نصر ← بشر بن المفضل بن لاحق ← سعيد بن يزيد بن مسلمة ← المنذر بن مالك بن قطعة ← سعد بن مالك بن سنان
Nasr ibn Ali ibn Nasr → Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal ibn Lahiq → Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Maslama → Al-Mundhir ibn Malik ibn Qit'a → Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri