Al-Tirmidhī likewise related the ḥadīth through the transmission of Ibn al-Mubārak, from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr; he declared it ḥasan and did not mention the three who belong to the people of Hell. (1)
It is authentically established in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim—on the authority of ʿIyāḍ ibn Ḥimār al-Mujāshiʿī (2)—that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“The people of Paradise are three: a ruler who is just, charitable, and granted success; a man whose heart is merciful toward every relative and every Muslim; and a chaste, self-restraining man who has dependents.
The people of the Fire are five: the weakling who has no zabr (strength or resolve)—they are those among you who simply follow others, seeking neither family nor wealth; (3) the treacherous one whose craving is never hidden—whenever he covets even the slightest thing he betrays it; a man who never greets the morning or ends the evening without scheming to deceive you with regard to your family and your property; he (ﷺ) also mentioned miserliness and lying; and the coarse, foul-mouthed shinẓīr.” (4)
The previously cited ḥadīths likewise state that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor, and I looked into the Fire and saw that most of its inhabitants were women and the wealthy.” (5)
Also mentioned earlier is the narration transmitted through Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit, from Saʿīd, from Ibn ʿAbbās, raised to the Prophet: “The first to be summoned to Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be the ḥammādūn—those who praise Allah in prosperity and in adversity.” (6)
Both Ṣaḥīḥs record—through Sufyān al-Thawrī and Shuʿbah, from Maʿbad ibn Khālid, from Ḥārithah ibn Wahb—that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They are every weak, downtrodden person who, were he to swear by Allah, Allah would surely fulfil his oath. Shall I inform you about the people of the Fire? They are every harsh, bloated, arrogant individual.” (7)
Aḥmad said: ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq narrated to us—ʿAbdullāh informed us—Mūsā ibn ʿUlayy ibn Rabāḥ informed us: I heard my father relate from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The inmates of Hell are all jaʿẓarī jawwāẓ—coarse, puffed-up, arrogant hoarders who withhold (from others); whereas the inmates of Paradise are the weak who are overpowered.” (8) (9)
Al-Ṭabarānī said: ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us; Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Abū Hilāl al-Rāsibī narrated to us