It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise will be in one hundred and twenty rows, of which eighty rows will be of this Ummah." It also has a shahid (supporting narration) in the narration of Sufyan al-Thawri from Alqamah bin Marthad, which Yahya bin Sa'id and Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi narrated from al-Thawri as mursal (without the Companion).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us while we were gathered around him: "Are you not pleased to be a quarter of the people of Paradise? For you is a quarter, and for all the other nations three quarters." We said: O Messenger of Allah! That is a lot. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think of being a third?" We said: That is even more. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think of being half?" We said: That is much more. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise will be in one hundred and twenty rows, and you will be eighty rows of them." We said: O Messenger of Allah! That makes two thirds. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes! (It is so)." According to most views, Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Mas'ud did not hear from his father.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: Do you desire anything, so that I may give you more? They will say: O our Lord! What could be greater than what You have given us? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah will say: My good pleasure (Ridwan) is the greatest." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: Shall I not tell you of something greater than this? They will say: Yes indeed, what is greater than this? Allah will say: My good pleasure."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, death will be brought in the form of a black-and-white ram. Then it will be called out: O people of Paradise! And they will look out in fear and dread that they might be removed from where they are. They will be asked: Do you recognise this? They will say: Yes, this is death. Then it will be called out: O people of Hell! And they will look out with joy and hope that perhaps they will be taken out of this (punishment). They will be asked: Do you recognise this? They will say: Yes, this is death. Then a command will be given concerning it, and it will be slaughtered upon the Sirat (the Bridge). And it will be said to both groups: Now you will remain forever in the state you are in; there will never again be death after this." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, because Yazid bin Harun is reliable and he narrated it as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) in all his narrations, whereas al-Fadl bin Musa al-Sinani and Abd al-Wahhab bin Abd al-Majid narrated it from Muhammad bin Amr as mawquf (stopping at the Companion).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the Day of Resurrection death will be brought; then he mentioned the same as the previous hadith (as mawquf).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he narrated this same hadith as mawquf. The two Shaykhs (Imam Bukhari and Muslim) agreed on recording this hadith, in other words than these, through the narration of al-A'mash by way of Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Amr bin Maymun al-Awdi that Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) stood among us and said: O Banu Awd! I am the envoy of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Know this! The return to Allah is true, then from there the abode is either Paradise or Hell. There, it will be a residence from which there is no departing, and an eternity in which death will not come, in bodies that will never perish. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic) and its narrators are Makkans. Muslim bin Khalid al-Zanji is the Imam and Mufti of the people of Makkah; however, the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) expressed the view about him that hadith was not his particular field. And Allah knows best.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "And for the one who fears standing before his Lord there are two gardens" [Surah al-Rahman: 46] : Two gardens of gold will be for the Sabiqun (the foremost), and two gardens of silver will be for the Tabi'un (those who follow). This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it in this way; they recorded, by way of Abu Imran al-Jawni, only the words "two gardens of silver", and there is no mention in it of the foremost and those who follow.

I heard Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Umar al-Hafiz saying that he heard Abu al-Fadl the Wazir saying that he heard Ma'mun al-Misri, who said: I asked Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i why Imam Bukhari abandoned the hadiths of Hammad bin Salamah. He replied: By Allah! Hammad bin Salamah is far better and more truthful than Isma'il bin Abi Uways. Then he mentioned a long account, the gist of which was a discussion about taking the narration of al-Harith bin Ubayd in place of the narration of Hammad.