77/18. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5811 — Seventy Thousand Enter Paradise
Al-Burud, Al-Hibar and Ash-Shamla
وَقَالَ خَبَّابٌ شَكَوْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهْوَ مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً لَهُ.
Hadith About 70,000 Entering Paradise Without Account
Sahih Bukhari : 5811
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5811
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي زُمْرَةٌ هِيَ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا، تُضِيءُ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِضَاءَةَ الْقَمَرِ ". فَقَامَ عُكَاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ الأَسَدِيُّ يَرْفَعُ نَمِرَةً عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْهُمْ ". ثُمَّ قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ " سَبَقَكَ عُكَاشَةُ ".
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying "From among my followers, a group (o 70,000) will enter Paradise without being asked for their accounts, Their faces will be shining like the moon." 'Ukasha bin Muhsin Al-Asadi got up, lifting his covering sheet and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said! "O Allah! Make him from them." Then another man from Al-Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with them." On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "'Ukasha has anticipated you."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5811In-book reference : Book 77, Hadith 29USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 72, Hadith 702
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5811
This hadith about 70,000 entering Paradise gives hope and also teaches good timing in asking for dua. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that a group from his followers would enter Paradise, and their faces would shine like the moon. Ukasha bin Muhsin quickly asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to invoke Allah to make him one of them. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied with a dua: “O Allah! Make him from them.” When another man asked for the same, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Ukasha had already gone ahead of him. The text does not explain every detail about this group, so the explanation should stay with what is stated: there is a special group, Ukasha asked first, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed for him.
What we learn from this hadith
- Paradise is real, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم described a special group from his followers.
- Ukasha quickly asked for a blessed dua when he heard good news.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made dua for Ukasha by name.
- Not every good request is answered in the same way for every person.
