Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 318
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، وَعَفَّانُ، قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، قَالَ عَفَّانُ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهَا مَرَضٌ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ وَجَبَتْ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا شَرٌّ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا وَجَبَتْ فَقَالَ قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ وَثَلَاثَةٌ قُلْنَا وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ وَلَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ الْوَاحِدِ.
‘Abd al-Samad and ‘Affan narrated to us; they said: Dawud ibn Abi al-Furat narrated to us; ‘Abd Allah ibn Buraydah narrated to us. ‘Affan said: from Ibn Buraydah, from Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali, who said: I came to Medina when an illness had broken out there. ‘Abd al-Samad said: They were dying rapidly. I sat with ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. A funeral procession passed, and the deceased was praised favorably. ‘Umar said, ‘It is due.’ Then another passed, and its deceased was praised favorably; he said, ‘It is due.’ Then another passed, and its deceased was spoken of badly. ‘Umar said, ‘It is due.’ Abu al-Aswad said: I asked him, ‘Commander of the Faithful, what is due?’ He said, ‘I say what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Any Muslim for whom four people testify favorably, Allah will admit to Paradise.”’ We asked, ‘And three?’ He said, ‘And three.’ We asked, ‘And two?’ He said, ‘And two.’ But we did not ask him about one.