Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3882 حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زُعْبَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَبِيلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رُهْمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبَّادَ بْنَ نَاشِرَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ رَبِّي ﷻ خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ عَفْوًا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَبَيْنَ الْحَثْيَةِ عِنْدَهُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَحْثِي لَكَ رَبُّكَ؟ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُوَ يُكَبِّرُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ رَبِّي ﷻ زَادَنِي يَتْبَعُ كُلَّ أَلْفٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا وَالْحَثْيَةُ عِنْدَهُ» قَالَ أَبُو رُهْمٍ يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ وَمَا تَظُنُّ حَثْيَةَ اللهِ فَأَكَلَهُ النَّاسُ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ دَعُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ حَثْيَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَمَا أَظُنُّ بَلْ كَالْمُسْتَيْقِنِ حَثْيَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَقُولَ «رَبِّ مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ ثُمَّ يُصَدِّقُ قَلْبُهُ لِسَانَهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ»
English Translation
Abu Ayyub narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came out to them and said: "My Lord, the Almighty, gave me a choice between seventy thousand entering Paradise without reckoning and a handful from Him." A man said to him: O Messenger of Allah, will your Lord give you a handful? The Messenger of Allah entered, then came out to them glorifying Allah (saying Allahu Akbar) and said: "My Lord has added to it: with every thousand, seventy thousand more, and the handful from Him." Abu Ruhm said: O Abu Ayyub, what do you think the handful of Allah is? The people rebuked him. Abu Ayyub said: Leave your companion alone. I will tell you about the handful of the Prophet (peace be upon him) as I believe - rather, as I am nearly certain: the handful of the Prophet is that he will say: "O Lord, whoever testifies that there is no god but You alone with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and messenger, and then his heart confirms what his tongue says, Paradise is guaranteed for him."