Sahih Muslim 7180
صحيح مسلم#7180Sahihحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنسًا، يَقُولُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَبْقَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْقَى ثُمَّ يُنْشِئُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهَا خَلْقًا مِمَّا يَشَاءُ " .
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:There would be left some space in Paradise as Allah would like that to be left. Then Allah would create another creation as He would like
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Every narration in Sahih Muslim is accepted as Sahih (authentic) by the established status of the book.
In-book reference: 53:49