What does garden mean in the Hadeeth which says: "Between my grave and my pulpit there is a garden from the gardens of Paradise"? What should we do at that place? What is the reward for worshipping Allaah The Almighty in it?

All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

There is a Hadeeth on the authority of ‘Abd Allaah ibn Zayd Al-Maazini in which the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, informed us that between his house and his pulpit there is a garden from the gardens of Paradise. [Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, Muslim, An-Nasaa’i and others]. As for the narration which reads: "Between my grave…", this is only mentioned in Musnad Ahmad.

Commenting on this Hadeeth, scholars mentioned that the word garden means:

·        That it is like the gardens of Paradise where mercy descends and a person feels the happiness that is gained by attending the circles of Thikr (remembrance), especially during the time of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. In this sense, garden is a simile for Paradise;

·        That worshipping Allaah The Almighty in that place leads to Paradise;

·        That the Hadeeth should be construed according to its literal meaning, so that the place is a real garden that, in the Hereafter, will be physically transferred to Paradise. This was the opinion of Ibn Hajar .

As for what you should do in that place, you should pray, recite the Quran and say as much as you can of the supplications and Athkaar that are established in the Sunnah.

Allaah Knows best.