Abu Hurayrah, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said that
Allah's statement,
﴿وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْراً عَظِيماً﴾
(and gives from Him a great reward.) refers to Paradise. We ask Allah for His pleasure
and Paradise. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu `Uthman An-Nahdi said, "No other person
accompanied Abu Hurayrah more than I. One year, he went to Hajj before me, and I
found the people of Al-Basrah saying that he narrated that he heard the Messenger
of Allah saying,
«إِنَّ اللهَ يُضَاعِفُ الْحَسَنَةَ
أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَة»
(Allah rewards the good deed with a million deeds.) So I said, `Woe to you! No person
accompanied Abu Hurayrah more than I, and I never heard him narrate this Hadith!'
When I wanted to meet him, I found that he had left for Hajj so I followed him to
Hajj to ask him about this Hadith.'' Ibn Abi Hatim also recorded this Hadith using
another chain of narration leading to Abu `Uthman. In this narration, Abu `Uthman
said, "I said, `O Abu Hurayrah! I heard my brethren in Al-Basrah claim that you
narrated that you heard the Messenger of Allah saying,
«إِنَّ اللهَ يَجْزِي بِالْحَسَنَةِ
أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَة»
(Allah rewards the good deed with a million deeds.) Abu Hurayrah said, `By Allah!
I heard the Messenger of Allah saying,
«إِنَّ اللهَ يَجْزِي بِالْحَسَنَةِ
أَلْفَيْ أَلْفِ حَسَنَة»
(Allah rewards the good deed with two million deeds.) He then recited this Ayah,
﴿فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ﴾
(But little is the enjoyment of the life of this world as compared to the Hereafter).
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