رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 254
The Book of Miscellany
Superiority of Poor, Weak and unrenowned Muslims
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: احْتَجَّتِ الجَنَّةُ والنَّارُ فَقَالتِ النَّارُ: فِيَّ الجَبَّارونَ والمُتكَبَّرونَ، وَقَالتِ الجَنَّةُ: فِيّ ضُعَفاءُ النَّاسِ ومساكينُهُمْ، فَقَضَى اللهُ بَيْنَهُما: إِنَّكِ الجَنَّةُ رَحْمَتِي أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشاءُ، وإنكِ النارُ أُعَذِبُ بِكِ من أشاءُ، وَلِكلَيْكُما عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُها ((رَوَاهُ مُسْلِم)).
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There was a dispute between the Hell and Jannah. The Hell said: "The haughty and proud are my inmates." Jannah said: "The modest and the humble are my residents". Thereupon, Allah the Exalted and Glorious (addressing Jannah) said: "You are My Mercy, through you I shall show mercy to those whom I wish". (And addressing the Hell), He said: "You are (the means) of My punishment by which I shall punish such of My slaves as I wish and each one of you would have its fill". [Muslim].
Riyad as-Salihin, 254