Musnad Ahmad 22996

Translation

✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ woke up and called Bilal, saying, "O Bilal, how have you preceded me to Paradise? I have never entered Paradise without hearing the rustling of your footsteps before me. Last night I entered Paradise and heard your rustling, and I came upon a lofty, elevated palace of gold. I asked, 'For whom is this palace?' They said, 'For a man of the Arabs.' I said, 'I am an Arab; for whom is this palace?' They said, 'For a man from the Muslims of the community of Muhammad.' I said, 'I am Muhammad; for whom is this palace?' They said, 'For Umar b. al-Khattab.'" The Messenger of God ﷺ then said, "Were it not for your jealousy, O Umar, I would have entered the palace." Umar said, "O Messenger of God, I would never be jealous of you." He said, and he said to Bilal, "How have you preceded me to Paradise?" He said, "I never perform ablution without praying two rak'ahs." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "By this."

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Narrators

1. 1
   Buraydah b. al-Ḥuṣayb al-Aslamī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī), who accepted Islam before Badrd. 62 AH, or 63 AH
   بُرَيْدَة بْن الْحُصَيْب الْأَسْلَمِيّصحابي ، أسلم قبل بدر
   سمعت
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 105 AH, or 115 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَثقة
   أخبرني
3. 3
   al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some errors (awhām)d. 159 AH, also said: 157 AH
   حُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍثقة ، له أوهام
   حدثني
4. 4
   Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb

   and he is truthful (ṣadūq), errs in the hadith of al-Thawrīd. 203 AH, also said: 204 AH
   زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِوهو صدوق ، يخطئ في حديث الثوري
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.