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ahmad:7907Yazīd > al-Masʿūdī > Dāwud b. Yazīd from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"Taqwa 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." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2004)   

أحمد:٧٩٠٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يَلِجُ النَّاسُ النَّارَ فَقَالَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ  


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tirmidhi:2004Abū 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:٢٠٠٤حَدَّثَنَا 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:4246Hārūn 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:٤٢٤٦حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:9096Ḥusayn > al-Masʿūdī > Dāwud Abū Yazīd from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most entry points for a person into Hellfire are the hollow organs, the mouth and the private parts, and the most entry points for a person into Paradise are God consciousness (Taqwa) and good character."  

أحمد:٩٠٩٦حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ النَّارَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ الْجَنَّةَتَقْوَى اللهِ ﷻ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ  

hakim:7919Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Dāwud al-Zāhid > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Junayd > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs from his father from his grandfather > 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.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4246)   

الحاكم:٧٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الزَّاهِدُ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ ثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ «التَّقْوَى وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ» وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ فَقَالَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ التُّقَى وَحُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ

ibnhibban:476Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Karkhī Bibalad al-Mawṣil > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Idrīs from his father from his grandfather > 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.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4246)   

ابن حبّان:٤٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْكَرْخِيُّ بِبَلَدِ الْمَوْصِلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ» قِيلَ فَمَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ؟ قَالَ «الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ»  

ahmad-zuhd:2350ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥusayn > al-Masʿūdī > Dāwud b. Yazīd from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Most of what enters a person into the Hellfire are the two hollow organs, the private parts and the mouth, and most of what enters a person into Paradise is fear of Allah and good character."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ النَّارَ الْأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَرْجُ وَالْفَمُ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَلِجُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ الْجَنَّةَ تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ