Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 435-439
Explaining Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 435-439
Chapter 95:
Clarifying that this ummah will form half of the People of Paradise
Abdullah b.
Mas'ud reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressing us said: Aren't you pleased that you should
constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise? He (the narrator) said:
We glorified (our Lord, i. e. we called aloud Allah-o Akbar, Allah is the
Greatest). He, then, again said: Aren't you pleased that you should constitute
one-third of the inhabitants of Paradise? He (the narrator) said: We glorified
(our Lord) and he (the Holy Prophet) then again said: I hope that you would
constitute half of the inhabitants of Paradise and I shall explain to you its
(reason). The believers among the unbelievers would not be more than a white
hair on (the body of a) black ox or a black hair on (the body of a) white ox. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 435)
'Abdullah (b.
Mas'ud) reported:
We,
about forty men, were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a camp when he said:
Aren't you pleased that they should constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of
Paradise? He (the narrator) said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) again said: Aren't
you pleased that you should constitute one-third of the inhabitants of
Paradise? They said: Yes. Upon this he again said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life,
I hope that you would constitute one-half of the inhabitants of Paradise and
the reason is that no one would be admitted into Paradise but a believer and
you are no more among the polytheists than as a white hair on the skin of a
black ox or a black hair on the skin of a red ox. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 436)
Abdullah b Mas'ud
reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us and then supported his back (by reclining)
against a leather tent and said: Behold, no one but a believing person would
enter Paradise. O Allah, (see) have I conveyed (it not)? 0 Allah, be witness
(to it that I have conveyed it). (Then addressing the companions) he said:
Don't you like that you should constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of
Paradise? We said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He again said: Don't you like that
you should constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Paradise? They said: Yes,
Messenger of Allah. He said: I hope that you would constitute one- half of the
inhabitants of Paradise and you would be among the peoples of the world, like a
black hair on (the body of) a white ox or like a white hair on the body of a
black ox. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 437)
Chapter
96: Allah will say to Adam: "Bring out the Portion of the Fire; Nine
Hundred and Ninety-Nine Out of Every Thousand."
Abu Sa'id
reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah, the High and Glorious, would say: O Adam I
and he would say: At Thy service, at thy beck and call, O Lord, and the good is
in Thy Hand. Allah would say: Bring forth the group of (the denizens of) Fire.
He (Adam) would say: Who are the denizens of Hell? It would be said: They are
out of every thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. He (the Holy Prophet) said:
It is at this juncture that every child would become white-haired and every
pregnant woman would abort and you would see people in a state of intoxication,
and they would not be in fact intoxicated but grievous will be the torment of
Allah. He (the narrator) said: This had a very depressing effect upon them
(upon the companions of the Holy Prophet) and they said: Messenger of Allah,
who amongst us would be (that unfortunate) person (who would be doomed to
Hell)? He said: Good tidings for you, Yajuj Majuj would be those thousands (who
would be the denizens of Hell) and a person (selected for Paradise) would be
amongst you. He (the narrator) further reported that he (the Messenger of
Allah) again said: By Him in Whose Hand is thy life, I hope that you would
constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise. We extolled Allah and we
glorified (Him). He (the Holy Prophet) again said: BY Him in Whose Hand is my
life, I wish you would constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Paradise. We
extolled Allah and Glorified (Him). He (the Holy Prophet) again said: By Him in
Whose Hand is my life, I hope that you would constitute half of the inhabitants
of Paradise. Your likeness among the people is the likeness of a white hair on
the skin of a black ox or a strip on the foreleg of an ass. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 438)
The
same hadith has been narrated from A'mash on the authority of the same chain of
transmitters with the exception of these words:
You would be no more among men (on the Day of Resurrection) but like a white hair on (the body of) a black ox, or like a black hair on (the body of) a white ox, and he made no mention of: a strip on the foreleg of an ass. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 439)
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