Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), "What benefit did you give to your uncle (Abu Talib), as he used to support you and get angry for your sake?" He replied, "(Because of this) he is only in the shallowest part of Hell up to his ankles. If I had not interceded for him, he would have been in the lowest depth of Hell."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while his uncle was being mentioned in his gathering. The Prophet said: "Perhaps on the Day of Resurrection my intercession will benefit him, and he will be placed in Hell only up to his ankles, from which his brain will boil."

Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, the person who will receive the lightest punishment will be the one under whose feet a burning ember of fire will be placed, and because of it his brain will be boiling. (In Sahih Muslim, it is mentioned that he will be made to wear two sandals of fire; this refers to Abu Talib.)

Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I heard the Noble Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) openly say: "The children of so-and-so are not my close ones." (Even though there is a blood relationship with them.) "My true friend is Allah, and my close ones are those who are righteous and pious among the Muslims (even if there is no blood relationship with them). However, there is a kinship between me and them; if they maintain it, I will also maintain it, that is, if they uphold the ties, I will also uphold them."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: A group from my Ummah will enter Paradise, their number will be seventy thousand, their faces will be shining like the full moon on the fourteenth night. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that upon this, Sayyiduna ‘Ukasha bin Mihsan Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, lifting the striped cloak that was on his body, and said: O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah that He makes me one of them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed: O Allah, make him one of them. After that, another companion stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, pray that Allah makes me one of them too. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Ukasha has preceded you.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: From my Ummah, seventy thousand or seven hundred thousand people will enter Paradise—the narrator was unsure which number Sahl had mentioned—(they will enter Paradise in such a way that) they will be holding each other. The first of them will not enter until the last of them has also entered. Their faces will be shining like the moon on the fourteenth night.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us one day and said: (In a dream) all the nations were presented before me. Some prophets would pass by and with them would be only one follower, some would pass by and with them would be two, some would have a whole group with them, and some would have no one with them. Then I saw a large group that covered the horizon. I thought that this would be my Ummah, but it was said to me that this is Musa (peace be upon him) and his people. Then I was told to look over there, and I saw many groups covering all the horizons. It was said: This is your Ummah, and among them are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning. Then the companions dispersed to different places, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not clarify who those seventy thousand would be. The companions discussed this among themselves and said: We were born in polytheism, but later we believed in Allah and His Messenger. However, these seventy thousand will be our sons who are born as Muslims. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard this, he said: These seventy thousand are those who do not seek omens, nor do they get themselves treated with ruqyah (incantations), nor do they cauterize themselves, but rather they put their trust in their Lord. Upon hearing this, Ukasha bin Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, am I among them? He said: Yes. Another man (Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah) stood up and said: Am I among them? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ukasha has preceded you (i.e., what was destined for Ukasha has already happened before you).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that we were with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in a tent. He said, "Are you pleased that you will be one fourth of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Are you pleased that you will be one third of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." Then he said, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, I hope that you (the Muslim Ummah) will be half of the people of Paradise. And this will be because no one will enter Paradise except an obedient soul, and you will be among the people (in number) like a white hair on the body of a black ox, or like a black hair on the body of a red ox."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty will say, "O Adam!" Adam (peace be upon him) will reply, "Here I am, obedient to Your command, and all goodness is in Your hands." Allah Almighty will say, "Bring out those who are to be sent to Hell." Adam (peace be upon him) will ask, "How many are to be sent to Hell?" Allah Almighty will say, "Out of every thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine." This will be the time when children will become old with grief, pregnant women will miscarry, and you will see people as if they are intoxicated, though they will not truly be intoxicated, but the punishment of Allah will be severe.

This matter seemed very hard to the Companions, so they asked, "O Messenger of Allah, then who among us will be that (fortunate) person?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Rejoice! Out of every thousand, one will be from you and the rest will be from the nation of Gog and Magog." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be one third of the people of Paradise." The narrator said, "Upon this, we praised Allah and proclaimed His greatness." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise. Your example among the other nations is like a white hair on the body of a black bull, or like the white spot on the foreleg of a donkey."