Hadith record

5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn Hadid from Murazim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Rawdah (garden) which people speak of. He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, “Between my house and my pulpit is a garden of the gardens of paradise. My pulpit is a passageway of the passageways of paradise.’” I (the narrator) then asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what are the limits of al-Rawdah?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is four pillars away from the pulpit to the Shadows.’ I then asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, is any part of the courtyard in it (al-Rawdah)?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘No part of the courtyard is in it.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.