Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari
Paradise is nearer to one of you than his shoelaces, and so is Hellfire
عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: «الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ».
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that Paradise and Hellfire are so close to people like their shoelaces, which lie above their feet. This is because a person may perform a good deed that pleases Allah Almighty and causes him to enter Paradise or commit a sin that leads him to Hellfire.
Source
صحيح البخاري (8/ 102) (6488).
شرح رياض الصالحين، لابن عثيمين (2/ 99).
فتح الباري، لابن حجر(11/ 321).
بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين، لسليم الهلالي (1/ 186).
نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين، لمصطفى الخِن وغيره (1/ 136).
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