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Sahih Muslim 664صحيح مسلم 664
وَحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كَانَتْ دِيَارُنَا نَائِيَةً عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَبِيعَ، بُيُوتَنَا فَنَقْتَرِبَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " إِنَّ لَكُمْ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ دَرَجَةً " .
Jabir b. 'Abdullah narrated: Our houses were situated far away from the mosque; we, therefore, decided to sell our houses so that we may be able to come near the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us (to do so) and said: There is for every step (towards the mosque) a degree (of reward) for you.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
حجاج بن يوسف بن حجاج ← روح بن عبادة بن العلاء ← زكريا بن إسحاق ← محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس ← جابر بن عبد الله
Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Hajjaj → Rawh ibn Ubada ibn al-Ala' → Zakariyya ibn Ishaq → Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus → Jabir