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muslim:221aHannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Maymūn > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressing us said: Aren't you pleased that you should constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise? He (the narrator) said: We glorified (our Lord, i. e. we called aloud Allah-o Akbar, Allah is the Greatest). He, then, again said: Aren't you pleased that you should constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Paradise? He (the narrator) said: We glorified (our Lord) and he (the Holy Prophet) then again said: I hope that you would constitute half of the inhabitants of Paradise and I shall explain to you its (reason). The believers among the unbelievers would not be more than a white hair on (the body of a) black ox or a black hair on (the body of a) white ox.  

مسلم:٢٢١aحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا شَطْرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ مَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي الْكُفَّارِ إِلاَّ كَشَعْرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فِي ثَوْرٍ أَسْوَدَ أَوْ كَشَعْرَةٍ سَوْدَاءَ فِي ثَوْرٍ أَبْيَضَ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2547Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Maymūn > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"We were in a tent with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, about forty of us when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: 'Would you be pleased to be a quarter of the people of Paradise?' They said:'Yes.' He said: 'Would you be pleased to be a third of the people of Paradise?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Would you be pleased to be one half of the people of Paradise? Verily none shall enter Paradise except a Muslim soul. And you are not with relation to Shirk except like the white hair on the hide of a black bull or like the black hair on the hide of a red bull." Other chains report similar narrations.  

الترمذي:٢٥٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَيْمُونٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي قُبَّةٍ نَحْوًا مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا شَطْرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لاَ يَدْخُلُهَا إِلاَّ نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِي الشِّرْكِ إِلاَّ كَالشَّعْرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ الثَّوْرِ الأَسْوَدِ أَوْ كَالشَّعْرَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ الثَّوْرِ الأَحْمَرِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ
ahmad:4251Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Maymūn > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to us that he was sitting by the Red Dome in Mina with his back against it. He said, "Wouldn't you be pleased to be one quarter of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He then said, "Wouldn't you be pleased to be one third of the people of Paradise?" We answered, "Yes." He then said, "By Allah, I hope that you would be half of the people of Paradise. And I will tell you about this due to the scarcity of Muslims amongst the people on that day. On that day, they would be like a white hair on a black ox or like a black hair on a white ox. Only a Muslim soul shall enter Paradise."  

أحمد:٤٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِنًى وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى قُبَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَنْ قِلَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ مَا هُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي النَّاسِ إِلَّا كَالشَّعْرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَوْ كَالشَّعْرَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَبْيَضِ وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ  

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السيوطي:٣٦٨a

"أترضَوْنَ أن تكونوا رُبُعَ أهلِ الجنة؟ أترضَوْن أن تكونوا ثُلُث أهلِ الجنَّةِ؟ والذي نفسى بيده إنى لأرجو أن تكونوا شَطْرَ أهل الجنَّةِ، وسأخْبِرُكمْ عن ذلك، إنه لا يدخل الجنَّة إلا نفسٌ مسلِمَةٌ، وإنَّ قِلةَ المسلمين في الكفَّار يوم القيامةِ كالشعرةِ السوداء في الثورِ الأبيضِ، وكالشعرة البيضاءِ في الثور الأسودِ".  

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