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A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then another funeral procession passed by and the people
talked badly of the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was
asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You said it has been affirmed for both?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The testimony
of the people (is accepted), (for) the believer are Allah's witnesses on the earth."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 52, Hadith 6
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People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle but now there is no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you
practice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will
not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but
we will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his
intentions were good.
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Once I went to Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I
was sitting with `Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar
said, "It has been affirmed" (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised
the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed." (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed
by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then a third
funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been
affirmed (Hell)." I asked `Umar, "O chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?" He said, "I have
said what the Prophet (ﷺ) said. He said, 'Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose good character
is attested by four persons.' We asked the Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses only?' He said, 'Even
three.' We asked, 'If there were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did not ask him about one
witness."