Explanation of the Book of the Heart—09a
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The reciter: Muhammad ibn Bashar narrated to me, and Ghundar narrated to us, and Shu'bah narrated to us from Abu Ishaq from Amr ibn Maimun from Abdullah, who said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a tent, and he said: Sahih Muslim 221a We said: Yes. He said: Sahih Muslim 221a We said: Yes. He said: Sahih Muslim 221a He saidThe Shaykh : Half, , do you have half? By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise
The Shaykh : Half of the people of Paradise, do you have half?
The reciter: Half
The Shaykh : A second copy is possible
The reader:Sahih al-Bukhari 6528
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, yes.
Aren't you pleased that you should constitute one-fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise?
أترضون أن تكونوا ربع أهل الجنةAren't you pleased that you should constitute one-third of the inhabitants of Paradise?
أترضون أن تكونوا ثلث أهل الجنةyou would constitute half of the inhabitants of Paradise
أترضون أن تكونوا شطر أهل الجنةThe Shaykh : Half of the people of Paradise, do you have half?
The reciter: Half
The Shaykh : A second copy is possible
The reader:
for none will enter Paradise but a Muslim soul, and you people, in comparison to the people who associate others in worship with Allah, are like a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a red ox.
وذلك أن الجنة لا يدخلها إلا نفس مسلمة وما أنتم في أهل الشرك إلا كالشعرة البيضاء في جلد الثور الأسود أو كالشعرة السوداء في جلد الثور الأحمرThe Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, yes.