حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِنًى وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى قُبَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَنْ قِلَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ مَا هُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي النَّاسِ إِلَّا كَالشَّعْرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَوْ كَالشَّعْرَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَبْيَضِ وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4251
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) told us in Mina, when he was leaning back on a red tent, he said: "Would it not please you to be cme quarter of the people of Paradise?" We said: Yes. He said: "Would it not please you to be one third of the people of Paradise?" We said: Yes. He said: "By Allah, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise, and I shall tell you about that, about the small numbers of the Muslims among the people on that Day. On that Day, among the people they will be like a white hair on the hide of a black bull, or a black hair on the hide of a white bull, and no one will enter Paradise except a Muslim soul."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020