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Riyad as-Salihin, 431

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

There were, about forty of us with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a camp when he said, "Aren't you pleased that you will constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Jannah?" We said, "Yes". He again said, "Aren't you pleased that you will constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Jannah?". We said: "Yes." Upon this he (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, I hope that you will constitute one-half of the inhabitants of Jannah; and the reason is that only Muslims will be admitted into Jannah; and you are no more compared to the polytheists than as a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a white ox." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

وعن ابن مسعود، رضي الله عنه ، قال‏:‏ كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في قبة نحوا من أربعين ، فقال‏:‏ ‏"‏أترضون أن تكونوا ربع أهل الجنة‏؟‏‏"‏ قلنا نعم، قال‏:‏ أترضون أن تكونوا ثلث أهل الجنة‏؟‏ قلنا‏:‏ نعم، قال‏:‏ ‏"‏والذي نفسى محمد بيده إني لأرجو أن تكونوا نصف أهل الجنة، وذلك أن الجنة لا يدخلها إلا نفس مسلمة، وما أنتم في أهل الشرك إلا كالشعرة البيضاء في جلد الثور الأسود، أو كالشعرة السوداء في جلد الثور الأحمر‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏

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Introduction, Hadith 431
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) The believers from the Ummah of Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) are the majority of the inhabitants of Paradise, which indicates the status of this Ummah in the sight of Allah Almighty.<br> 2) The believers are few in number compared to the disbelievers. A wise believer would not weigh things on the basis of the number of its followers, but he knows the truth according to whether it accords with the Shariah of Allah and the practice of the early followers of Islam.<br> 3) Gradation and repetition of giving glad tidings time after time, which inspires renewal of gratitude time after time.
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