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Musnad Ahmad 139 (Book 2, Hadith 56) #33831
Guarantee of Paradise for Muslims

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the guarantee of Paradise for any Muslim who has four people testify in their favour.

It was narrated that Abul Aswad said: I came to Madinah and found that sickness was occurring in it and death was widespread. I sat with 'Umar bin al-Khattab and a funeral passed by him. People spoke well of the deceased and 'Umar said: It is guaranteed. Then another funeral passed by and people spoke well of the deceased and 'Umar said: It is guaranteed. Then a third funeral passed by and people spoke badly of the deceased and 'Umar said: It is guaranteed. Abul-Aswad said: What is guaranteed, O Ameer al-Mu'mineen? He said: I am saying what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Any Muslim in whose favour four people testify, Allah will admit him to Paradise'. We said: And three? He said: 'And three'. We said: And two? He said: 'And two ' Then we did not ask him about one.
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَوَافَيْتُهَا وَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِيهَا مَرَضٌ فَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ مَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا وَثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ ثُمَّ لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ الْوَاحِدِ‏.‏
TOPICS
paradise  *  testimony  *  muslim  *  shahadah  *  jannah  *  wada  *  istakhlafa  *  rasulullah

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect others ; Believe in afterlife ; Trust Prophet Muhammad's words ; Be mindful when speaking ; Have faith on God's mercy & justice system ; Do good deeds even if no one sees them or speaks positively afterwards ; Be kind towards fellow Muslims .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the guarantee of Paradise for any Muslim who has four people testify in their favour. It was narrated by Abul Aswad that he came to Madinah and found sickness and death were widespread, so he sat with 'Umar bin al-Khattab and a funeral passed by him. People spoke well of the deceased, so Umar said that it is guaranteed. Then another funeral passed by with people speaking well again, so Umar said it is guaranteed again. Finally, a third funeral passed by with people speaking badly about the deceased, but Umar still said it was guaranteed. When asked what was guaranteed, Umar replied that it was what the Messenger of Allah had said - “Any Muslim in whose favour four people testify, Allah will admit him to Paradise” - which implies that even if two or three people speak positively about someone's character then they are still assured entry into paradise as long as they are Muslims.

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