Hadith 97

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 28: Events of the Day of Resurrection and the Beginning of Creation

Chapter 5

Description of Paradise and its Inhabitants - Section 1

باب صفة الجنة وأهلها - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 5625
وَعَن أبي هُرَيْرَة قا ل: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ أَقْوَامٌ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِثْلُ أَفْئِدَةِ الطَّيْرِ» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, "Peoples will enter paradise with hearts like the hearts of birds[*]." *Mirqat, 5, 291, gives three possible meanings:

(1) with no jealousy, rancour, deceit, or hatred; (2) in trepidation, being on their guard; (3) with complete trust, as birds trust God for their food. Muslim transmitted it.