حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ حَصِيرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَرُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ لَكُمْ رُبُعُهَا وَلِسَائِرِ النَّاسِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَرْبَاعِهَا قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَثُلُثَهَا قَالُوا فَذَاكَ أَكْثَرُ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَالشَّطْرَ قَالُوا فَذَلِكَ أَكْثَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِشْرُونَ وَمِائَةُ صَفٍّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْهَا ثَمَانُونَ صَفًّا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4328
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to us: "What do you think if you are one quarter of the people of Paradise, with one quarter of it being for you and three quarters being for the rest of the people?" They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: "What do you think if you arc one third (of the people of Paradise)?" They said: That is t a more. He said: "What do you think if you arc half (of the people of Paradise)? They said: That is more. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "The people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be one hundred and twenty rows, of which you will be eighty."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020