in the Hereafter. As for the unbeliever, the good deeds he performed for Allah’s sake in this world merely earn him a portion of worldly provision; once he reaches the Hereafter, he will find no good deed left for which he might be rewarded.” Muslim transmitted it.

19/430 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “No Muslim dies and has forty men who associate nothing with Allah stand over his bier and offer the funeral prayer, but that Allah allows them to intercede for him.” Reported by Muslim.

20/431 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a tent, numbering about forty, when he asked, “Would you be pleased to constitute a quarter of the people of Paradise?” We answered, “Yes.” He then said, “Would you be pleased to be a third of the people of Paradise?” We said, “Yes.” He continued, “By the One in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, I hope you will be half of the people of Paradise. Only a Muslim soul will enter Paradise, and in relation to the people of idolatry you are like a single white hair on the hide of a black bull, or a single black hair on the hide of a red bull.” Agreed upon.

21/432 – Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “On the Day of Resurrection Allah will assign to every Muslim a Jew or a Christian and say: ‘This person is your ransom from the Fire.’ ”