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—with one man accompanying him; another prophet with two men; another prophet with a small group; and a prophet with no one accompanying him. Then I saw a great multitude filling the horizon, and I hoped that they were my community. But I was told, ‘This is Moses among his people.’ Then I was told, ‘Look,’ and I saw a great multitude filling the horizon. Then I was told, ‘Look this way and that way,’ and I saw a great multitude filling the horizon. It was said, ‘These are your community, and among them are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.’

The people then dispersed, without its having been explained to them. So the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, discussed it and said, ‘As for us, we were born in polytheism, but we believed in Allah and His Messenger. Perhaps they are our children.’ This reached the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: ‘They are those who do not seek omens, do not ask others to perform ruqyah for them, do not seek cauterization, and place their trust in their Lord.’

Ukashah ibn Mihsan stood and asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, am I among them?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ Then another man stood and asked, ‘Am I among them?’ He said, ‘Ukashah has beaten you to it.’ (1)

Abd Allah ibn Masud also narrated from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: ‘The prophets and their followers were shown to me tonight, until Moses came before me amid a dense throng of the Children of Israel. When I saw them, I was impressed, and I said, “My Lord, who are these?” It was said, “This is your brother Moses and those of the Children of Israel who are with him.” I said, “My Lord, where is my community?” I was told, “Look to your right,” and behold, the hills of Mecca were filled with people. It was said, “These are your community. Are you pleased?” I said, “My Lord, I am pleased; my Lord, I am pleased.” Then I was told, “Look to your left,” and behold, the horizon was filled with people. It was said, “These are your community. Are you pleased?” I said, “My Lord, I am pleased.” Then it was said, “Among these are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.” The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “If you are able to be among the seventy, then be among them. If you are unable and fall short, then be among the people of the hills; and if you are unable, then be among the people of the horizon, for I saw there a great many people jostling one another.”’ (2)

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nuaymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Ismail related to us; Muhammad ibn Bashshar related to us; Ghundar related to us; Shubah related to us from Abu Ishaq, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Abd Allah, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in a tent, and he said: ‘Would you be pleased to constitute one quarter of the people of Paradise?’ We said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Would you be pleased to constitute one third of the people of Paradise?’ We said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘By Him in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, I hope that you will constitute half of the people of Paradise. That is because none but a Muslim soul will enter Paradise, and among the people of polytheism you are but like a white hair on the hide of a black bull, or like a black hair on the hide of a red bull.’ (3) (4)

(1) Recorded by al-Bukhari in The Book of Medicine, chapter: “Whoever is cauterized or cauterizes someone else,” 10:155; by Muslim in The Book of Faith, chapter: “Evidence that groups of Muslims will enter Paradise without reckoning,” no. 220, 1:199-200; and by the compiler of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:135-136. (2) Recorded by Imam Ahmad, 1:401, and al-Tabari, 27:190. Al-Haythami said in Majma al-Zawa'id, 10:406: “Ahmad narrated it through several chains; al-Bazzar’s version is more complete; and al-Tabarani and Abu Ya'la narrated it in a much abbreviated form. One of Ahmad’s chains consists of narrators of the Sahih.” (3) In manuscript A: “al-abyad” (the white). (4) Recorded by Muslim in The Book of Faith, chapter: “This Ummah constitutes half of the people of Paradise,” no. 221, 1:200-201.

وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الرَّجُلَانِ، وَالنَّبِيُّ مَعَهُ الرَّهْطُ وَالنَّبِيُّ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ وَرَأَيْتُ سَوَادًا كَثِيرًا سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ فَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونُوا أُمَّتِي فَقِيلَ: هَذَا مُوسَى فِي قَوْمِهِ، ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِي: انْظُرْ، فَرَأَيْتُ سَوَادًا كَثِيرًا سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ، فَقِيلَ لِي: انْظُرْ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا فَرَأَيْتُ سَوَادًا كَثِيرًا سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ، فَقِيلَ: هَؤُلَاءِ أَمَتُّكَ، وَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ، فَتَفَرَّقُ النَّاسُ وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَهُمْ فَتَذَاكَرَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَوُلِدْنَا فِي الشِّرْكِ، وَلَكُنَّا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ هُمْ أَبْنَاؤُنَا فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: "هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَتَطَيَّرُونَ وَلَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَلَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ" فَقَامَ عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ فَقَالَ: أَمِنْهُمْ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ فَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ: أَمِنْهُمْ أَنَا؟ قَالَ ﵇: "قَدْ سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عَكَّاشَةُ" (١) وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: "عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ اللَّيْلَةَ بِأَتْبَاعِهَا حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيَّ مُوسَى ﵇ فِي كَبْكَبَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبُونِي فَقُلْتُ: أَيْ رَبِّ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قِيلَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، قُلْتُ: رَبِّ فَأَيْنَ أُمَّتِي؟ قِيلَ: انْظُرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، فَإِذَا ظِرَابُ مَكَّةَ قَدْ سُدَّتْ بِوُجُوهِ الرِّجَالِ، قِيلَ: هَؤُلَاءِ أَمَتُّكَ أَرَضِيتَ؟ قُلْتُ: رَبِّ رَضِيتُ، رَبِّ رَضِيتُ، قِيلَ انْظُرْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ، فَإِذَا الْأُفُقُ قَدْ سُدَّ بِوُجُوهِ الرِّجَالِ، قِيلَ: هَؤُلَاءِ أَمَتُّكَ أَرَضِيتَ؟ قُلْتُ: رَبِّ رَضِيتُ: فَقِيلَ: إِنَّ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ لَا حِسَابَ لَهُمْ، فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِنَ السَّبْعِينَ فَكُونُوا وَإِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ وَقَصَّرْتُمْ فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الظِّرَابِ، وَإِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأُفُقِ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ثَمَّ أُنَاسًا يَتَهَاوَشُونَ كَثِيرًا" (٢) . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي قُبَّةٍ فَقَالَ: "أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبْعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلْثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لِأَرْجُوَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ فِي أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ إِلَّا كَالشَّعْرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ الثَّوْرِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَوْ كَالشَّعْرَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ الثَّوْرِ الْأَحْمَرِ (٣) (٤) .

(١) أخرجه البخاري في الطب، باب من اكتوى أو كوى غيره ... : ١٠ / ١٥٥، ومسلم في الإيمان، باب الدليل على دخول طوائف من المسلمين الجنة بغير حساب برقم: (٢٢٠) : ١ / ١٩٩ - ٢٠٠، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ١٣٥ - ١٣٦. (٢) أخرجه الإمام أحمد: ١ / ٤٠١، والطبري: ٢٧ / ١٩٠، قال الهيثمي في مجمع الزوائد: ١٠ / ٤٠٦ "رواه أحمد بأسانيد والبزاز أتم منه والطبراني وأبو يعلى باختصار كثير، وأحد أسانيد أحمد رجاله رجال الصحيح". (٣) في "أ" الأبيض.". (٤) أخرجه مسلم في الإيمان، باب كون هذه الأمة نصف أهل الجنة برقم: (٢٢١) : ١ / ٢٠٠ - ٢٠١.