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ahmad-zuhd:131 – ʿAbdullāh > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Usāmah b. Zayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I looked at Paradise and found that its majority consists of the poor. And I looked at Hellfire and found that its majority consists of women. And I looked at the dwellers of Hell and found that they are mostly elderly people. And the disbelievers have been ordered to Hell."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ وَإِذَا أَهْلُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ وَإِذَا الْكُفَّارُ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ»  

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مَا رَأَى ﷺ فِي الْجَنَّةِ الْمَسَاكِينُ، وَفِي النَّارِ النِّسَاءُ

ibnhibban:7456 – Muḥammad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I looked at Paradise and found that most of its inhabitants are the poor. And I looked at Hellfire and found that most of its inhabitants are women. And I found that the people of intelligence are imprisoned, and that the disbelievers have been commanded to go to Hellfire."  

ابن حبّان:٧٤٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ غُلَامُ طَالُوتَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْقَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ وَإِذَا أَهْلُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ وَإِذَا الْكُفَّارُ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ»  

tabarani:421 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Masʿūd Aḥmad b. al-Furāt > Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Sābiq > Abū Jaʿfar al-Rāzī > Sulaymān > Abū ʿUthmān > Usāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor, and I saw that the people of hard work were held back from entering, except for those who were from the people of hell, as they were ordered to be taken to the fire."  

الطبراني:٤٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْفُرَاتِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْمَسَاكِينَ وَرَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسِينَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَإِنَّهُ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ»  

يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ

tabarani:15441 – Aḥmad b. Abū Yaḥyá al-Ḥaḍramī > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūnus al-Yamāmī > ʿUmar b. Yūnus > Sulaymān b. Abū Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Rajāʾ > ʿImrān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I looked into Paradise, and most of its inhabitants are the poor and destitute. And I looked into Hell, and most of its inhabitants are women."  

الطبراني:١٥٤٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُونُسَ الْيَمَامِيُّ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَظَرْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ وَالْفُقَرَاءُ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَإِذَا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءُ»  

suyuti:23830a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٣٨٣٠a –

"نَظَرتُ إِلي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَكثُر أَهِلهَا الفقراءُ، ونَظَرتُ إِلي النارِ فَإِذَا أَكَثرُ أَهلهَا النِّساء".  

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