Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2558
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ " إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ أُتِيَ بِالْمَوْتِ كَالْكَبْشِ الأَمْلَحِ فَيُوقَفُ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ فَيُذْبَحُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ فَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدًا مَاتَ فَرَحًا لَمَاتَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدًا مَاتَ حَزَنًا لَمَاتَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Sa'id reported, attributing it to the Prophet: ‘On the Day of Resurrection, Death will be brought in the form of a black-and-white ram. It will be made to stand between Paradise and the Fire, then slaughtered while they look on. If anyone could die of joy, the people of Paradise would die of joy; and if anyone could die of grief, the people of the Fire would die of grief.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic source grades this report hasan. Its wording says simply ‘a black-and-white ram’; the English witness repeats part of the slaughter clause and includes a likely mistranslated fragment (‘the people of Paradise and the Fire’) that is not present in the Arabic.