Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 196c

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَنَا أَوَّلُ شَفِيعٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَمْ يُصَدَّقْ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ مَا صُدِّقْتُ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ نَبِيًّا مَا يُصَدِّقُهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us: Husayn ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, from Za’ida, from al-Mukhtar ibn Fulful. Anas ibn Malik said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “I will be the first intercessor concerning Paradise. No prophet was believed by as many people as I was. Among the prophets there is a prophet whom only one man of his community believes.”

Translation notes
  • The source contrasts the large number who believed the Prophet with one prophet whose follower was only a single man.