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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do you know what it is that makes most people enter Hellfire?" "Allah and His Messenger know best," they said. He said, "The two empty ones: the genitals and the mouth. Do you know what it is that makes most people enter Paradise? Taqwa of Allah and good character."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَدْرُونَ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّارَ؟ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَرْجُ وَالْفَمُ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ تَقْوَى اللهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ  

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tirmidhi:2004 – Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs from my father from my father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah was asked about that for which people are admitted into Paradise the most and he said, "Conciousness of Allah, and good character." And he was asked about that for which people are admitted into the Fire the most, and he said, "The mouth and the private parts."  

الترمذي:٢٠٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ «تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ۔» وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ فَقَالَ: «الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ۔»  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ هُوَ ابْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَوْدِيُّ
ibnmajah:4246 – Hārūn b. Isḥāq And ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Abīh Waʿammih from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“The Prophet ﷺ was asked: ‘What most admits people to Paradise?’ He said: ‘Piety and good manners.’ And he was asked: ‘What most leads people to Hell?’ He said: ‘The two hollow ones: The mouth and the private part.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَمِّهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ التَّقْوَى وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَسُئِلَ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّارَ قَالَ الأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ