بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُضِيفٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ يَمَانٍ إِذْ قَالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ " أَتَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ". قَالُوا بَلَى. قَالَ " أَفَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ". قَالُوا بَلَى. قَالَ " فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، إِنِّي لأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ".
While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to hiscompanions, "Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?" They said, 'Yes.' Hesaid "Won't you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise" They said, "Yes." He said, "ByHim in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise."