Sahih Muslim 7186
صحيح مسلم#7186Sahihحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَكِيعِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ " مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَىِ الْكَافِرِ فِي النَّارِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ " . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْوَكِيعِيُّ " فِي النَّارِ " .
Abu Huraira reported directly from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he said:The distance of the two shoulders of the non-believer in Hell will be a three-day journey for a swift rider
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: 53:55