201 - Ḥamza b. al-ʿAbbās narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUthmān informed us: Ibn al-Mubārak informed us: Baqiyya b. al-Walīd informed us, who said: Arṭaʾa b. al-Mundhir narrated to me, who said: I heard a man from the Mosque of al-Khayf called Abū al-Ḥajjāj, who said: I sat with Abū Umāma, who said: "The believer will be reclining on his couch when he enters Paradise, and he will have two rows of servants. At the end of the two rows is a gated door. An angel from the angels of God, Mighty and Majestic, will approach and seek permission to enter. The closest of the servants to the door will stand up, and finding it is an angel seeking permission, he will say to the one next to him: 'An angel is seeking permission.' And he will say to the one next to him: 'An angel is seeking permission,' and so on until it reaches the believer. Then the closest of them to the believer will speak, and he will say: 'Grant permission.' Then the one next to him will say to the one next to him: 'Grant permission,' and so on until it reaches the furthest of them who is at the door. He will then open it for him, and he will enter, offer greetings of peace, and then depart."
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