I came to Medina at a time when an illness had spread there and people were dying in great numbers. I sat down with Umar when a funeral procession passed by, and the deceased was praised with good words.Umar said, "It is guaranteed."Then another passed by and was also praised with good words, and he said, "It is guaranteed."Then a third passed by and was spoken of with ill words, and he said, "It is guaranteed."I asked, "What is guaranteed, Commander of the Believers?"He replied, "I said 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.
حدثنا موسى بن إسماعيل حدثنا داود بن أبي الفرات حدثنا عبد الله بن بريدة
تيت المدينة وقد وقع بها مرض وهم يموتون موتا ذريعا فجلست إلى عمر رضي الله عنه فمرت جنازة فأثني خيرا فقال عمر وجبت ثم مر بأخرى فأثني خيرا فقال وجبت ثم مر بالثالثة فأثني شرا فقال وجبت فقلت وما وجبت يا أمير المؤمنين قال قلت كما قال النبي ﷺ أيما مسلم شهد له أربعة بخير أدخله الله الجنة قلنا وثلاثة قال وثلاثة قلت واثنان قال واثنان ثم لم نسأله عن الواحد