Is this Hadith authentic?
صلينا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم المغرب فرجع من رجع، وعقب من عقب، فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مسرعا قد حفزه النفس وقد حسر عن ركبتيه فقال: أبشروا هذا ربكم قد فتح بابا من أبواب السماء، يباهي بكم الملائكة، يقول: انظروا إلى عبادي قد قضوا فريضة، وهم ينتظرون أخرى
Answer
Imam Ibn Majah and Imam Ahmad (rahimahumallah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr.
(Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith: 801 and Musnad Ahmad, vol. 2 pg. 186/187)
‘Allamah Mundhiri and ‘Allamah Busiri (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators reliable.
(Targhib, vol. 1 pg. 282 and Zawaid Ibn Majah, pg. 136, Hadith: 271)
Translation
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr says, “We performed Maghrib Salah with Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). [After Maghrib] Some returned home and some remained behind. Then Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) came back in a hurry, out of breath, with his garment pulled up to his knees and said: ‘Glad tidings, your Rabb has opened one of the doors of Jannah and is boasting of you before the Angels, saying: ‘Look at My slaves, they have fulfilled one obligatory duty [Fard] and are awaiting another.”
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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