\nNarrated Abu Al-Aswad:\n \n\nOnce I went to Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I \nwas sitting with `Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar \nsaid, "It has been affirmed" (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised \nthe deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed." (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed \nby. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then a third \nfuneral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been \naffirmed (Hell)." I asked `Umar, "O chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?" He said, "I have \nsaid what the Prophet (ﷺ) said. He said, 'Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose good character \nis attested by four persons.' We asked the Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses only?' He said, 'Even \nthree.' We asked, 'If there were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did not ask him about one \nwitness."\n

\nNarrated Abu Al-Aswad:\n \n\nOnce I went to Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I \nwas sitting with `Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar \nsaid, "It has been affirmed" (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised \nthe deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed." (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed \nby. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then a third \nfuneral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been \naffirmed (Hell)." I asked `Umar, "O chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?" He said, "I have \nsaid what the Prophet (ﷺ) said. He said, 'Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose good character \nis attested by four persons.' We asked the Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses only?' He said, 'Even \nthree.' We asked, 'If there were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did not ask him about one \nwitness."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهَا مَرَضٌ، وَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَمَرَّتْ جِنَازَةٌ فَأُثْنِيَ خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ‏.‏ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى فَأُثْنِيَ خَيْرًا فَقَالَ وَجَبَتْ‏.‏ ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثَةِ فَأُثْنِيَ شَرًّا، فَقَالَ وَجَبَتْ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ مَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَا وَثَلاَثَةٌ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَثَلاَثَةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَاثْنَانِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ‏.‏