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Sahih al-Bukhari 6530 (Book 81, Hadith 119) #6279
Allah's Mercy and Hope for Muslims

SUMMARY: This hadith speaks of Allah's mercy and how He will save some people from the Fire, even though they are few in number. It also speaks of the hope that Muslims will be one third or one half of the people in Paradise.

Narrated Abu Sa'id: The Prophet said, "Allah will say, 'O Adam!. Adam will reply, Labbaik and Sa'daik (I respond to Your Calls, I am obedient to Your orders), wal Khair fi Yadaik (and all the good is in Your Hands)!' Then Allah will say (to Adam), Bring out the people of the Fire'. Adam will say, 'What (how many) are the people of the Fire?' Allah will say, 'Out of every thousand (take out) nine hundred and ninety-nine (persons)'. At that time children will become hoary-headed and every pregnant female will drop her load (have an abortion) and you will see the people as if they were drunk, yet not drunk; But Allah's punishment will be very severe". That news distressed the companions of the Prophet too much, and they said, "O Allah's Messenger ! Who amongst us will be that man (the lucky one out of one-thousand who will be saved from the Fire)?" He said, "Have the good news that one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog, and the one (to be saved will be) from you". The Prophet added, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I Hope that you (Muslims) will be one third of the people of Paradise". On that, we glorified and praised Allah and said, "Allahu Akbar". The Prophet then said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I hope that you will be one half of the people of Paradise, as your (Muslims) example in comparison to the other people (non-Muslims), is like that of a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a round hairless spot on the foreleg of a donkey".
حَدَّثَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ يَا آدَمُ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ فِي يَدَيْكَ‏.‏ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَخْرِجْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ قَالَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ تِسْعَمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ‏.‏ فَذَاكَ حِينَ يَشِيبُ الصَّغِيرُ، وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا، وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سَكْرَى وَمَا هُمْ بِسَكْرَى وَلَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَيُّنَا الرَّجُلُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَبْشِرُوا، فَإِنَّ مِنْ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ أَلْفٌ وَمِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي فِي يَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَطْمَعُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَحَمِدْنَا اللَّهَ وَكَبَّرْنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي فِي يَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَطْمَعُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا شَطْرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، إِنَّ مَثَلَكُمْ فِي الأُمَمِ كَمَثَلِ الشَّعَرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ الثَّوْرِ الأَسْوَدِ أَوِ الرَّقْمَةِ فِي ذِرَاعِ الْحِمَارِ

TOPICS
mercy  *  fire  *  paradise  *  people

QUICK LESSONS:
Have faith in Allah’s mercy; Have hope for yourself as well as your fellow believers; Remain steadfast on His path; Glorify and praise Him always; Be kind towards others; Follow His commands with obedience .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about Allah's mercy and how He will save some people from the Fire, even though they are few in number. The Prophet Muhammad said that out of every thousand people, nine hundred and ninety-nine would be taken to the fire while only one would be saved. The companions were distressed by this news but then he gave them good news that out of those thousand, a thousand would come from Gog and Magog while one would come from among them - meaning Muslims. The Prophet also said that he hoped that Muslims would make up a third or a half of all those who enter paradise. This hadith teaches us about Allah's mercy which is so great that even if there are very few who deserve it, He still saves them from punishment in Hellfire. It also teaches us to have hope for ourselves as well as our fellow believers because we can never know what blessings Allah has in store for us if we remain steadfast on His path.

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