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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 258

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In-book entry
258

Chapter 31

Chapter context: Superiority of Poor, Weak and unrenowned Muslims

- باب فضل ضعفة المسلمين والفقراء الخاملين

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن أسامة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏ قمت على باب الجنة، فإذا عامة من دخلها المساكين، وأصحاب الجد محبوسون، غير أن أصحاب النار قد أمر بهم إلى النار‏.‏ وقمت على باب النار فإذا عامة من دخلها النساء” ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ (24)

Translation

English translation

Usamah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I stood at the gate of Jannah, and (I saw) that the majority of those who entered it are the poor, and the wealthy were kept confined. The inmates of the Fire had been ordered to (enter) the Fire (Hell), and I stood at the gate of Hell and saw that the majority of its inmates are women". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 258 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 258 under the chapter “Superiority of Poor, Weak and unrenowned Muslims.”

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Reference details

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258

Source and grading notes

Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 258

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