Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 209a
وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الأُمَوِيُّ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ نَفَعْتَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ بِشَىْءٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَحُوطُكَ وَيَغْضَبُ لَكَ قَالَ " نَعَمْ هُوَ فِي ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَلَوْلاَ أَنَا لَكَانَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ " .
‘Ubaydullah ibn ‘Umar al-Qawariri, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Muqaddami, and Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik al-Umawi narrated to us: Abu ‘Awana narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Nawfal, from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, who said: I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, did you benefit Abu Talib in any way? He protected you and defended you.’ He said, ‘Yes. He is in a shallow part of the Fire. Were it not for me, he would be in the lowest depth of the Fire.’
Translation notes
The Arabic contrasts a shallow part of the Fire with its lowest depth.