English
Zaid ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when we stopped at a place. He said: ‘You are not 1 even a fraction of a hundred thousand parts of those who will come to me at the Basin.’ It was asked, ‘How many were you that day?’ He said, ‘Seven hundred or eight hundred.’”
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- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 4745 (unverified) 80% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “You are not even a fraction of a hundred thousand parts…”: This refers to the vast number of humans and jinn who believed in him and affirmed his truthfulness. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: ما أنتم جزء من مائة ألف جزء إلخ يريد به كثرة من آمن به وصدقه من الإنس والجن. كذا في «المرقاة».