I came to Medina and arrived at a time when an illness had struck the city, and people were dying in great numbers. I sat with Umar bin Khattab when a funeral procession passed by, and the deceased was praised for his goodness.Umar
said, "It is confirmed."Then another passed by, and the deceased was praised for his goodness.Umar
said, "It is confirmed."Then a third passed by, and the deceased was spoken of poorly.Umar
said, "It is confirmed."Abu Aswad asked, "What is confirmed, Commander of the Believers?"Umar replied, "I said as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Any Muslim for whom four people testify with good, Allah will admit him to Paradise.'"We asked, "And three?"He said, "And three."We asked, "And two?"He said, "And two."Then we did not ask him about one.
حدثنا يونس بن محمد حدثنا داود يعني ابن أبي الفرات عن عبد الله بن بريدة
أتيت المدينة فوافيتها وقد وقع فيها مرض فهم يموتون موتا ذريعا فجلست إلى عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه فمرت به جنازة فأثني على صاحبها خيرا فقال عمر رضي الله عنه وجبت ثم مر بأخرى فأثني على صاحبها خيرا فقال عمر رضي الله عنه وجبت ثم مر بالثالثة فأثني عليها شرا فقال عمر رضي الله عنه وجبت فقال أبو الأسود ما وجبت يا أمير المؤمنين قال قلت كما قال رسول الله ﷺ أيما مسلم شهد له أربعة بخير أدخله الله الجنة قال فقلنا وثلاثة قال فقال وثلاثة قال قلنا واثنان قال واثنان قال ثم لم نسأله عن الواحد
Its isnad is sahih. Abu Aswad is Duali. Dawud bin Abu Furat is Kindi, Marwazi, Abu Umar, who settled in Basra. Ibn Main and Abu Dawud both deemed him trustworthy, and he died in the same year as Hammad bin Salama. He is Dawud bin Amr bin Abu Furat, as Dhahabi stated in al-Mizan 1:324, and he distinguished him from Dawud bin Furat Ashjai Madani, who is Dawud bin Bakr bin Abu Furat. This distinction escaped Ibn Hajar, so he did not include an entry for Dawud Kindi in al-Taajil.Abdullah bin Burayda is Ibn Husayb Aslami, and he is trustworthy.