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ahmad:9080Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Muḥammad Bayyāʿ al-Mulāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "When the group of the former and few of the later descended [surah Al-Waqiah, verse 14], it divided among the Muslims. Then the group of the former and a group of the later descended [surah Al-Waqiah, verse 39]. It was said, 'You are one-third of the people of Paradise. Rather, you are half of the people of Paradise, and you share with them the remaining half.'"  

أحمد:٩٠٨٠حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ بَيَّاعِ الْمُلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ} [الواقعة 14] شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَنَزَلَتْ {ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ} [الواقعة 39] فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ ثُلُثُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ نِصْفُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَتُقَاسِمُونَهُمُ النِّصْفَ الْبَاقِي