Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال
Sahih Muslim, 2737 a
sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Zuhayr bin HarbfromIsma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'AliyafromAyoub al-Sakhtiyanifrom'Imran bin Milhan, Abu Raja' al-Atardifromibn Abbas

Hadith text · Matn

‏ اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ ‏

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English translation

Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

I had a chance to look into the Paradise and I found that majority of the people was poor and I looked into the Fire and there I found the majority constituted by women.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، الْعُطَارِدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 49, Hadith 2
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 36, Hadith 6597 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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