English translation
6528. Narrated ‘Abdullāh رضي الله عنه عنهما: While we were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ in a tent, he said, "Would it please you to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Would it please you to be one-third of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." He said, "Would it please you to be half of the people of Paradise?" We said, "Yes." Thereupon he said, "I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise, for none will enter Paradise except a person who is a Muslim (believer in the Oneness of Allāh i.e., Islamic Monotheism), and you people, in comparison to the people who associate others in worship with Allāh, are like a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a red ox."
