Abu Aswad reported, "I arrived in Medina at a time when an illness had spread there, so I sat with Umar bin Khattab. A funeral procession passed by, and the deceased was praised with good words.Umar said, "It is guaranteed."Then another passed by, and the deceased was praised with good words.Umar said, "It is guaranteed."Then a third passed by, and the deceased was praised with good words.Umar said, "It is guaranteed."Then a fourth passed by, and the deceased was spoken of with ill words.Umar said, "It is guaranteed."Abu Aswad said, "I asked, 'What is guaranteed, Commander of the Believers?'"Umar replied, "I said just as the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Any Muslim for whom four people testify with good, Allah will admit him into 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.
قدمت المدينة- وقد وقع بها مرض- فجلست إلى عمر بن الخطاب، فمرت بهم جنازة، فأثني على صاحبها خيرا فقال عمر: وجبت، ثم مر بأخرى فأثني على صاحبها خيرا، فقال عمر: وجبت، ثم مر بأخرى، فأثنى على صاحبها خيرا، فقال عمر: وجبت، ثم مر بالثالثة فأنني على صاحبها شرا، فقال وجبت. فقال أبو الأسود: فقلت: وما وجبت يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: قلت كما قال النبي ﷺ: أيما مسلم شهد له أربعة بخير أدخله الله الجنة فقلنا: وثلاثة؟ قال: وثلاثة. فقلنا: واثنان؟ قال: واثنان. ثم لم نسأله عن الواحد.