Musnad Abi Ya'la 5339 — from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud that he

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "One night we were engaged in conversation with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until we had talked a great deal; then we returned to our homes. When we came again to the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the morning, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Last night all the prophets were presented to me with their nations and followers. A prophet would pass by with only three people of his nation with him; a prophet would pass by with a small group; another with a few people; another with only one man; and a prophet would also pass by with not a single person of his people with him. And Allah Almighty has informed you about Sayyiduna Lut (peace be upon him), that he said: "Is there not a single right-minded man among you?"' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Until Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) passed by me with a large company of the Children of Israel. When I saw them, they pleased me greatly. I asked: Who are these? I was told: This is your brother Musa bin Imran (peace be upon him) and those of the Children of Israel who follow him. I said: O my Lord! Where is my Ummah? Allah Almighty said: Look to your right. I looked, and the hills of Makkah were covered with the faces of men. I said: O my Lord! Who are these? He said: This is your Ummah. Then I was asked: Are you pleased? I said: O my Lord! I am pleased. Then I was told: Look to your left, towards the horizon. And there too the horizon was filled with human heads. It was said: Among these are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.' Hearing this, Sayyiduna Ukkashah bin Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with him), the brother of Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah, stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah to include me among them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma ij'alhu minhum' (O Allah, make him one of them). Then another man stood up, and the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Ukkashah has preceded you.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) further said that day: 'I hope that those of my Ummah who follow me will be a quarter of the people of Paradise.' We raised the cry of takbir. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I hope that you will be a third.' We again said the takbir. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I hope that you will be half.' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "A large company from the earlier ones and a large company from the later ones." The narrator relates that some of the believers discussed this among themselves and said: What do you think the deeds of these seventy thousand will be, who will enter Paradise without reckoning? Until they formed the opinion that they would be people who were born in Islam and died upon it. When this reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is not so; rather, they are those who do not have themselves cauterized (for illness), do not seek ruqyah (incantation), do not take evil omens, and put their trust in their Lord.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) also said that day: 'If you are able (may my father and mother be sacrificed for you), then strive to be among the seventy thousand; if you are unable and fall short of that, then be among the people of the hills; and if you are unable even of that, then be among the people of the horizon, for I saw people there in very great numbers.'"