It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah has one hundred mercies. Of these, He distributed one mercy among the people of this world, which suffices them until their death, and He has kept back ninety-nine mercies for His awliya' (beloved servants). And Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will join that one mercy which He distributed among the people of this world to those ninety-nine (on the Day of Resurrection), and thus complete one hundred mercies for His awliya' on the Day of Resurrection." This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it with this wording. They only agreed upon the abridged narrations of al-Zuhri from Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman and of Sulayman al-Taymi from Abu Uthman, while Imam Muslim recorded, through Abd al-Malik bin Abi Sulayman, a narration more complete than those two. There is also a supporting narration along the lines of this hadith of Awf:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the day Allah created the heavens and the earth, He created one hundred mercies, each mercy so vast that it would fill the space between the heavens and the earth. Allah distributed one of them among all the creatures and kept ninety-nine mercies with Himself. When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will take back this one mercy as well, and thus He will have mercy on His servants with the full one hundred mercies."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came, made his mount kneel, tied it, and prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the salam (to end the prayer), he went to his mount, untied it, mounted it and called out: O Allah, have mercy on me and on Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)), and do not include anyone else in this mercy of ours. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to the Companions): "What do you think: is he more astray, or his camel? Did you not hear what he said?" They said: Yes indeed. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "He has restricted a very vast mercy. Indeed Allah created one hundred mercies, then He sent down one mercy by which all creatures, the jinn, humans and animals, show kindness to one another, while ninety-nine mercies are (kept) with Allah. Now tell me: is he more astray, or his camel?"