حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ جُدْعَانَ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّکُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْئٌ عَظِيمٌ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ وَلَکِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ ذَلِکَ فَقَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ ذَلِکَ يَوْمَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ لِآدَمَ ابْعَثْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ قَالَ تِسْعُ مِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ إِلَی النَّارِ وَوَاحِدٌ إِلَی الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَأَنْشَأَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَبْکُونَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَارِبُوا وَسَدِّدُوا فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَکُنْ نُبُوَّةٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا کَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا جَاهِلِيَّةٌ قَالَ فَيُؤْخَذُ الْعَدَدُ مِنْ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنْ تَمَّتْ وَإِلَّا کَمُلَتْ مِنْ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَمَا مَثَلُکُمْ وَالْأُمَمِ إِلَّا کَمَثَلِ الرَّقْمَةِ فِي ذِرَاعِ الدَّابَّةِ أَوْ کَالشَّامَةِ فِي جَنْبِ الْبَعِيرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَکُونُوا رُبْعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَکَبَّرُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَکُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَکَبَّرُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَکُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَکَبَّرُوا قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ أَمْ لَا قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3168
Narrated 'Imran bin Husain: when (the following) was revealed: O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord! Verily the earthquake of the hour is a terrible thing... up to His saying: But Allah's torment is severe...(22:1 & 2) - he said: These Ayat were revealed while he (ﷺ) was on a journey and he said: 'Do you know what Day this is?' So they said: 'Allah and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'That is the day when Allah says to Adam: Send forth those who are to be sent to the Fire. So he says: O Lord! How many are to be sent? He says: Nine-hundred and ninety-nine in the Fire, and one to Paradise. He said: So the Muslims started crying. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Close your ranks and be straight forward, for there was never any Prophethood but there was a time of ignorance just before his advent, so the number will be taken from that time of ignorance, and if that is not enough, it will be made up of the hypocrites. The parable of you and the other nations is that you are like a mark on the foreleg of an animal, or a mole on the flank of a camel.' Then he said: 'I hope that you will be a quarter of the people of Paradise.' They said: Allahu Akbar. Then he said: 'I hope that you will be a third of the people of Paradise.' They said: Allahu Akbar. Then he said: 'I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise.' They said: Allahu Akbar. He said: I do not know if he said two thirds or not.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020