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Riyad as-Salihin 74

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I was shown the past nations. I saw a Prophet who had a very small group (less than ten in total) with him, another Prophet who was accompanied…

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by agreed upon
3names in the chain
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فالأول عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما

قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: عرضت علي الأمم، فرأيت النبي ومعه الرهيط، والنبي ومعه الرجل والرجلان، والنبي وليس معه أحد إذ رفع لي سواد عظيم فظننت أنهم أمتي، فقيل لى: هذا موسى وقومه، ولكن انظر إلى الأفق، فنظرت فإذا سواد عظيم، فقيل لى، انظر إلى الأفق الآخر، فإذا سواد عظيم، فقيل لي: هذه أمتك،

ومعهم سبعون ألفاً يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب ولا عذاب«ثم نهض فدخل منزله، فخاض الناس في أولئك الذين يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب ولا عذاب، فقال بعضهم: فلعلهم الذين صحبوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقال بعضهم: فلعلهم الذين ولدوا في الإسلام، فلم يشركوا بالله شيئاً وذكروا أشياء فخرج عليهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: «ما الذي تخوضون فيه؟

«فأخبروه فقال: «هم الذين لا يرقون، ولا يسترقون ولا يتطيرون، وعلى ربهم يتوكلون«فقام عكاشة بن محصن فقال: ادع الله أن يجعلني منهم، فقال: «أنت منهم«ثم قام رجل آخر فقال: ادع الله أن يجعلني منهم فقال: «سبقك بها عكاشة»

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I was shown the past nations. I saw a Prophet who had a very small group (less than ten in total) with him, another Prophet who was accompanied by only one or two men and some did not have even one. Suddenly I was shown a huge crowd and I thought that they were my Ummah, but I was told: ‘This is Musa (Moses) and his people, but look towards the other side.’

I looked and beheld a great assemblage. I was told: ‘These are your people and amongst them there are seventy thousand who shall enter Jannah without being taken to account or torment’. Then the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stood up and went into his apartment, and the Companions began to guess who may be those people who would enter Jannah without any accounting or torment.

Some said: ‘Probably, they are the ones who kept company with Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)’. Others said: ‘Probably, they are the ones who have been born as Muslims and have never associated anyone with Allah in worship’. Then Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came out and asked, ‘What are you discussing?’

So they told him. He then said, ‘They are those who do not make Ruqyah (blowing over themselves after reciting the Qur’an or some prayers and supplications the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to say) nor seek it, nor perceive omens (i.e., they are not pessimistic) but keep trust in their Rubb (Allah).’

On this ‘Ukashah ibn Mihsan stood up and asked: ‘Pray to Allah to make me one of them.’ The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘You are one of them.’ Then another man stood up and asked the same thing. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) answered, ‘‘Ukashah has surpassed you’.’’”

Riyad as-Salihin 74, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 74. 2 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2فالأولNarrated
  3. 3Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH

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