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ahmad:14724 – Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] "He heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'I hope that those who follow me from my Ummah on the Day of Judgment would be a quarter of the people of Paradise.' He said, 'So we glorified Allah.' Then he said, 'I hope that they would be a third of the people.' He said, 'So we glorified Allah.' Then he said, 'I hope that they would be half of the people.'"  

أحمد:١٤٧٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُنِي مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَرْجُو أَنْيَكُونُوا الشَّطْرَ  

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ahmad:15114 – Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "I hope that those who follow me from my Ummah (nation) on the Day of Judgment will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise." We said, "Allahu Akbar!" (Allah is the Greatest!) He said, "I hope that they will be one-third of the people of Paradise." We said, "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that they will be half of the people of Paradise."  

أحمد:١٥١١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُنِي مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رُبْعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا قَالَ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا قَالَ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا الشَّطْرَ  

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السيوطي:٨١٤١a –

"إِنِّى لأَرْجُو أَن يكونَ مَن تَبعَنِى مِنْ أُمُّتِى يْومَ القيامة رُبُعَ أَهْل الجنَّةِ، إِنِّى لأَرْجُو أَنْ تكُونوا ثُلُثَ أَهْل الجنَّةِ، إِنِّى لأَرْجُو أَنْ تكُونوا شَطْرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ" .  

[حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد في تفسيره، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر