Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قُبَّةٍ نَحْوٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ فَقَالَ أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَذَاكَ أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ فِي الشِّرْكِ إِلَّا كَالشَّعْرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ ثَوْرٍ أَسْوَدَ أَوْ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي جِلْدِ ثَوْرٍ أَحْمَرَ.
English Translation
Yahya told us, from Shu’bah: Abu Ishaq told us, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Abdullah, who said: We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a tent, about forty of us, and he said, "Would you be content to be a quarter of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Would you be content to be a third of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise, for Paradise will only be entered by a Muslim soul, and you, compared to the polytheists, are only like a white hair on the skin of a black bull, or a black hair on the skin of a red bull."