And what thing is better than that? He said: "I make My pleasure lawful upon you, and I shall never be angry with you ever." (1)

This is a good and authentic hadith.

18 - Chapter: What has come regarding the inhabitants of Paradise seeing one another in the chambers

2733 - Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us, he said: 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, he said: Fulayh ibn Sulayman informed us, from Hilal ibn 'Ali, from 'Ata' ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Indeed, the inhabitants of Paradise see one another in the chamber just as you see the eastern star or the western star, setting on the horizon or rising, in the superiority of degrees." They said: O Messenger of Allah, are those the prophets? He said: "Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, and peoples who believed in Allah and His Messenger and affirmed the messengers." (2)

This is an authentic hadith.

19 - Chapter: What has come regarding the eternal abiding of the inhabitants of Paradise and the inhabitants of the Fire

2734 - Qutaybah narrated to us, he said: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from al-'Ala' ibn

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(1) Authentic, and it was recorded by al-Bukhari (6549), Muslim (2829), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (7749). It is in "al-Musnad" (11835), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (7440).
(2) The text of the hadith is authentic, from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, and perhaps Fulayh ibn Sulayman — about whom there is some discussion — erred in it, making it from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, and Allah knows best. We have elaborated on this in "al-Musnad" under the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, number (8423). See also the complete takhrij of the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in "al-Musnad" as well, number (11206).