أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيْلِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَی عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَمُرَّ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَی صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَی فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَی صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثِ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَی صَاحِبِهَا شَرًّا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ کَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالُوا خَيْرًا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ قُلْنَا أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ قُلْنَا أَوْ اثْنَانِ قَالَ أَوْ اثْنَانِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1940
It was narrated that Abu Aswad Ad-DIll said: “I came to Al Madinah and sat with ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab. A funeral passed by and the deceased was praised, and ‘Umar said: ‘It is granted.’ Then another passed by and the deceased was praised, and ‘Umar said: ‘It is granted.’ Then a third passed by, and the deceased was criticized, and ‘Umar said: ‘It is granted.’ I said: ‘What is granted, O commander of the believers?’ He said: ‘I said what the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: Any Muslim for whom four people bear witness and say good things, Allah will admit him to Paradise.’ We said: ‘Or three?’ He said: ‘Or three.’ We said: ‘Or two?’ He said: ‘Or two.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020