THE INHABITANTS OF PARADISE AND HELL H 619 "There was a debate between Paradise and Hell. Hell said, 'I shall encompass the tyrants and the arrogant.' Paradise said, 'My inhabitants will be the weak among the people and the needy.' Allah decided between them, saying: 'You are Paradise, My mercy. Through you I will have mercy on whomsoever I will; and you are Hell, My punishment, through you I will punish whosoever I will. It is for Me to fill both of you.'" R 619 Muslim with a chain up to Abu Sa'id Khudri who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
614- وعن أَبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "احْتَجّتِ الجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ ، فَقَالَت النَّارُ : فيَّ الْجَبَّارُونَ والمُتَكَبِّرُونَ . وقالتِ الجَنَّةُ : فيَّ ضُعفاءُ الناس ومساكينُهُم ، فقضى اللهُ بَينهُما : إنكِ الجنّةُ رَحْمَتِي أرْحَمُ بِك مَنْ أشَاءُ ، وَإنَّكِ النَّارُ عَذَابِي أُعَذِّبُ بِكِ مَنْ أشَاءُ ، وَلِكِلَيْكُمَا عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُهَا" رواه مسلم .