The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Seventy thousand of my nation will enter Paradise without reckoning."Abu Bakr said, "Messenger of Allah, give us more."He said, "And like this."Umar said, "Abu Bakr, if Allah wills, He will admit them to Paradise with a single handful."
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: يدخل الجنة من أمتي سبعون ألفا بغير حساب، فقال أبو بكر: يا رسول الله، زدنا، قال: وهكذا، فقال عمر: يا أبا بكر، إن شاء الله أدخلهم الجنة بحفنة واحدة.
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Bazzar narrated it in Kashf Astar (3548), from Talut bin Abbad, who said, Abu Awana narrated to us, from Abu Hilal, from Qatada, from Anas, and he related it. Its chain is hasan because of Abu Hilal Rasibi, whose name is Muhammad bin Sulaym, who has been criticized, though his hadith is deemed hasan when it has a corroborating basis, except that his statement "Abu Bakr said..." to the end has no supporting narration. Haythami said in Majma al-Zawaid (10/409), "Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are trustworthy, apart from a slight weakness in Abu Hilal Rasibi."As for what has been narrated from Anas, that the Prophet ﷺ said, "My Lord promised me that a hundred thousand of my nation would enter Paradise," Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of Allah, give us more," so he said to him, "And like this," gesturing with his hand. He said, "O Prophet of Allah, give us more," so he said, "And like this," gesturing with his hand. He said, "O Prophet of Allah, give us more," so he said, "And like this." Umar said to him, "Enough, Abu Bakr." He said, "What is it between us and you, Ibn Khattab?" Umar said to him, "Allah is able to admit all people into Paradise with a single handful." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Umar has spoken the truth." This is munkar.Ahmad (13007) and Tabarani in Awsat (8879) both narrated it via the route of Abu Hilal Rasibi, who said, Qatada narrated to us from Anas, and he related it. Abu Hilal Rasibi is Muhammad bin Sulaym Basri, whose hadith is hasan so long as he does not err, and he did err in his statement "a hundred," the preserved version being "seventy thousand."That is why Ibn Kathir said in his Tafsir, "This is a rare hadith from this angle," while Haythami graded its chain hasan based on its apparent state. Majma al-Zawaid (10/404).Likewise, what has been narrated from Anas is not sahih, that he said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah promised me that four hundred thousand of my nation would enter Paradise." He said, Abu Bakr said, "Give us more, O Messenger of Allah," so the Prophet ﷺ said, "And like this," joining his palms together. He said, "Give us more, O Messenger of Allah," He said, "And like this," joining his palms together. Umar said, "That is enough for you, Abu Bakr." Abu Bakr said, "Leave me be, Umar, what does it matter to you if Allah admits all of us into Paradise?" Umar said, "If Allah wills, He can admit His creation into Paradise with a single palmful." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Umar has spoken the truth."Abdul-Razzaq narrated it (20556), and from him Ahmad (12695), and Tabarani in Awsat, Majma Bahrain (4899), from Mamar, from Qatada, from Abu Nadr, from Anas, and he related it.Tabarani said, "No one narrated it from Qatada, from Nadr, except Mamar, Abdul-Razzaq alone transmitted it."Haythami said in Majma al-Zawaid (10/404), "Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih collections."I say, it is as he said, except that its text contains an objectionable point, namely his statement "four hundred thousand," the preserved version being "seventy thousand."