The pleasure of Allah "Allah will say to the inhabitants of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands. Then He will say: Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which You have given to no one else of Your creation? Then He will say: Would you not like Me to give you something better than that? And they will say: O Lord and what thing is better than that? An d He will say: I shall cause My favor to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased with you. "The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, ""Allah, the Rabb of honor and glory, will say to the inhabitants of Jannah: 'O inhabitants of Jannah!' They wil l respond: 'Here we are! At Your service, O our Rabb. All good is in Your Hand!' He will ask them: 'Are you pleased?' They will reply: 'Why should we not be pleased, O Rubb, when You have given us what You have not given to any of Your creatures?' Allah wi ll say: 'Shall I not give you something better than that?' They will ask: 'O Rabb! What can be better than that?' Allah will say: 'I shall bestow My Pleasure upon you and I shall never be displeased with you.""' [Al - Bukhari and Muslim]." , According to the narration in Al - Bukhari and Muslim: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, ""While a man was walking, he saw a thorny branch on the road, so he removed it and Allah appreciated his action and forgave him""." , Dua asking for Paradise It was related by al - Bu khari (also by Muslim and at - Tirmidhi)." , "Allāhumma innī as'aluka bi'anna laka ‘l - ḥ amd, lā ilāha illā ant, wa ḥ daka lā sharīka lak, al - Mannān, yā Badī`as - samāwāti wa ‘l - ar ḍ yā dha ‘l - Jalāli wa ‘l - 'Ikrām, yā ḥ ayyu yā Qayyūm, innī as'aluka ‘l - jannah, wa a `ūdhu bika minan - nār. O Allah, I ask You, as You are the Owner of praise, there is none worthy of worship but You alone, You have no partner. You are the Giver of all good. O Creator of the heavens and the earth, Owner of majesty and honor. O Living and Everlasting One, I ask you for Paradise, and I seek refuge in You from the fire. Reference: Abu Dawud, An - Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, At - Tirmidhi. See also Al - Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 2/329." , "Shaddad ibn Aws reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""The best way of asking forgiveness is 'O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your slave. I follow Your covenant and promise as much as I can. I acknowledge Your blessing and I confess to my wrong actions, so forgive me. Only You can forgive wrong actions. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done.' If he says it in the evening and then dies, he will enter the Garden - or he said that he will be one of the people of the Garden. If he says it in the morning and dies that day - it is the same.""" "Shaddad b. Aus reported God’s messenger as saying that the best manner of asking pardon is to say, “O God, Thou art my Lord. There is no god but Thee. Thou hast created me, and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can. I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Thy favour to me, and I acknowledge my sin. Pardon me, for none but Thee pardons sins.” He said that if anyone says it du ring the day - time with firm belief in it and dies that day before evening, he will be one of those who go to paradise; and if anyone says it during the night with firm belief in it and dies before morning, he will be one of those who go to paradise. Bukh ari transmitted it." "The Messenger of Allah (saas) came out to us, leaning on a stick, and when we saw him, we stood up. He said: 'Do not do what the Persians do for their leaders.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why don't you pray to Allah for us?' He said: 'Allahummaghfirlana, warhamna, warda 'anna, wa taqabbal minna, wa adkhilnal - jannah, wa najjina minan - nar, wa aslih lana sha'nana kullah. [O Allah, forgive us and have mercy on us, be pleased with us and accept (our good deeds) from us, admit us to Pa radise and save us from Hell, and rectify all our affairs].' It was as if we wanted him to say more, but he said: 'Have I not summed everything for you?'" , Deeds for Entering Paradise There are ninety - nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory w ould get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd number. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are):" He who enumerated them." , "In the morning I went to 'Ubadah bin As - Samit, and I met him while h e was on his way to the Masjid. I told him what Abu Muhammad said, and 'Ubadah said: 'Abu Muhammad is wrong. I heard the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) say: 'Five prayers are those that Allah has decreed for (His) slaves, whoever does them, and does not neglect an y of them out of disregard toward them, will have a promise from Allah that He will admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not to them will have no such promise from Allah; if He wills, he will punish him and if He wills, He will admit him to Paradise. , "The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) used to teach us the tashahhud just as he would teach us a surah of the Quran: 'Bismillah, wa billahi. At - tahiyyatu lillahi wasalawatu wat - tayibaat, as - salamu 'alaika ayah - Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As - salamu 'alain a a 'ala ibad illahis - salihin, ashadu an la ilaha ill Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu. As'al Allahal - jannah wa author billahi min an - nar (All compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and the m ercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah. I bear witness that that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger. I ask Allah for Paradise and I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire.)'" , "One of the Prophet's Companions came upon a valley containing a rivulet of fresh water and was delighted by it. He reflected: 'I wish to withdraw from people and settle in this valley; but I won't do so without the permission of the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ).' This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) and he said (to the man), ""Do not do that, for when any of you remains in Allah's way, it is better for him than performing Salat (prayer) in his house for se venty years. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you and admit you to Jannah? Fight in Allah's way, for he who fights in Allah's Cause as long as the time between two consecutive turns of milking a she - camel, will be surely admitted to Jannah."" [At - Tirmidhi]." , In Paradise there is a gate which is called Rayyan through which only the people who fast would enter on the Day on Resurrection. None else would enter along with them. It would be proclaimed: Where are the people who fast that they should be admitted into it? And when the last of them would enter, it would be closed and no one would enter it. , "A Bedouin came to the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and said: ""O Messenger of Allah! Direct me to a deed by which I may be entitled to enter Jannah."" The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, ""Worship Allah, and never associate anything with Him, establish Salat, pay the Zakat which has been enjoined upon you, and observe Saum of Ramadan."" He (the Bedouin) said: ""By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will never add anything t o these (obligations)."" When he turned his back, the Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, ""He who wants to see a man from the dwellers of Jannah, let him look at him (Bedouin)."" [Al - Bukhari and Muslim]." , A house will be built in Paradise, for anyone who prays in a d ay and a night twelve rak'ahs; and she added: I have never abandoned (observing them) since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ). Some of the other narrators said the same words: I have never abandoned (observing them) since I heard (from so and so). , I was with Allah's Messenger ( ﷺ ) one night. and I brought him water and what he required. He said to me: Ask (anything you like). I said: I ask your company in Paradise. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Or anything else besides it. I said: That is all (wha t I require). He said: Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration. , Patience for Attaining Paradise , Ata bin Abu Rabah said that Ibn Abbas asked him if he would like him to show him a woman who would go to paradise. So, he said that he would certainly like (him to show him the woman). Ibn Abbas said to him. "This is a black woman who came to the Prophet and said to him, "Messenger of Allah, I am subject to fits and become uncovered, so make a supplication to Allah to cure me, "The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said to her, "If you endure it patiently, you will be rewarded with paradise, but if you wish I will make a supplication to Allah to cure you." The woman said, ’I shall endure it. But, (when I get fits) I become uncovered, make s upplication to Allah that I may not become uncovered. So, he made a supplication for her." "This black woman came to the Prophet and said, “Messenger of God, I am subject to fits and become uncovered, so make supplication to God for me.” He replied, “If y ou wish you may endure it and be rewarded with paradise, but if your wish I shall make supplication to God to cure you.” She said, “I shall endure it.” Then she added, “But since I become uncovered, make supplication to God that that may not happen.” He th en made supplication for her. "Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) asked him whether he would like that he should show him a woman who is from the people Jannah. When he replied that he certainly would, he said, ""This black woman, who came to the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and said, 'I suffer from epilepsy and during fits my body is exposed, so make supplication to Allah for me.' He ( ﷺ ) replied: 'If you wish you endure it patiently and you be rewarded with Jannah, or if you wish, I shall make supplication to Allah to cure you?' She said, 'I shall endure it.' Then she added: 'But my body is exposed, so pray to Allah that it may not happen.' He (Prophet ( ﷺ )) then supplicated for her"". [Al - Bukhari and Muslim]." , In case anyone amongst you see s the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Allah's Messenger, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he ( the Holy Prophet, ) said: Even if they are two. "A man from the Companions of the Prophet ( ﷺ ) passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay i n this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ).' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Sala t in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligator y for him.'"" [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan." , Being Good to others .' Ibn 'Umar then said to me, 'Do you wish to separate yourself from the Fire? Would you like to enter Paradise?' 'By Allah, yes!' I replied. He asked, 'Are your parents still alive?' I replied, 'My mother is.' He said, 'By Allah, if you speak gently to her and feed her, then you will enter the Garden as long as you avoid the major wrong actions.'""" Let him be humbled into dust; let him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said: He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he sees both of them, but he does not enter Paradise. "On the Day of Resurrection, people will be lined up in rows, (one of the narrators) Ibn Uma ir said: i.e., the people of Paradise, and a man from among the people of Hell will pass by a man (from the people of Paradise) and say: 'O so and so! Do you not remember the day when you asked for water and I gave you water to drink?" So, he will interced e for him. And another man will come and say: " Do you not remember the day when I gave you water with which to purify yourself?" and he will intercede for him." (In his narration, one of the narrators) Ibn Umair said: "And he will remember the day when yo u sent me to do such and such for you, and I went and did it for you?' and he will intercede for him." " When 'Uthman b. 'Affan intended to build the mosque (of the Prophet) the people did not approve of it. They liked that it should be kept in the sam e state. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) say: He who built a mosque for Allah, Allah would build a house for him like it in Paradise. , "The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, ""I saw a man going about in Jannah (and enjoying himself) as a reward for cutting from the middle of the road, a tree which was causing inconvenience to the Muslims"". [Muslim]. Another narration says: ""A man who passed by a branch of a tree leaning over a road and decided to remove it, saying to himself, 'By Allah! I will r emove from the way of Muslims so that it would not harm them.' On account of this he was admitted to Jannah"". Seventy thousand persons or seven hundred thousand persons (Abu Hazim does not remember the exact number) would enter Paradise holding and suppo rting one another, and the first among them would not enter till the last among them would enter (therein) ; (they would enter simultaneously) and their faces would be bright like the full moon. , His father said: "Ali took me by the hand and said: 'Come with us to pay a visit to Al - Hasan.' So we found that Abu Musa was with him.' Ali - peace be upon him - said: 'O Abu Musa! Did you come to visit (the sick) or merely (stop by to) visit?' He said: 'N o, to visit (the sick).' So Ali said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "No Muslim visits (the sick) Muslims in the morning, except that sevety - thousand angels, sent Salat upon him until the evening, and he does not visit at night except that seventy thousand angels sent Salat upon him until the morning, and there will be a garden for him in Paradise." , Being Truthful It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to spe ak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell - Fire, and the person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to te ll a lie is recorded as a liar with Allah. (Bukhari and Muslim.)" , Telling of truth is a virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell - Fir e, and the servant who endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar. Ibn Abu Shaiba reported this from Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ ). , Martyrdom "“Think not of those as dead who are killed in the way of Allah. Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision,”[3:169] that he said: “We asked about that, and (the Prophet ( ﷺ )) said: ‘Their souls are like green birds that fly wherever they wish in Paradise, then they come back to lamps suspended from the Throne. While they were like that, your Lord look ed at them and said, “Ask me for whatever you want.” They said: “O Lord, what should we ask You for when we can fly wherever we wish in Paradise?” When they saw that they would not be left alone until they had asked for something, they said: “We ask You to return our souls to our bodies in the world so that we may fight for Your sake (again).” When He saw that they would not ask for anything but that, they were left alone.’”" "Messenger of Allah, where shall I be if I am killed? He replied: In Paradise. The man threw away the dates he had in his hand and fought until he was killed (i. e. he did not wait until he could finish the dates). In the version of the tradition narrated by Suwaid we have the words:"" A man said to the Prophet ( ﷺ ). on the day of Uh ud......""" God laughs at the two men both of whom will enter Paradise (though) one of them kills the other. They said: Messenger of Allah, how is it? He said: One of them fights in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted. and dies a martyr. Then God turns in mercy to the murderer who embraces Islam, fights in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, and dies a martyr. , Nobody who enters Paradise will (ever like to) return to this world even if he were offered everything on the surface of the ear th (as an inducement) except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed ten times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him. , Supporting Islam Never did I feel jealous of any woman as I was jealous of Khadij a. She had died three years before he (the Holy Prophet) married me. I often heard him praise her, and his lord, the Exalted and Glorious, had commanded him to give her the glad tidings of a palace of jewels in Paradise: and whenever he slaughtered a sheep he presented (its meat) to her female companions. , Allah's Messenger, le. Khadija is coming to you with a vessel of seasoned food or drink. When she comes to you, offer her greetings from her Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, and on my behalf and give her glad tidings of a palace of jewels in Paradise wherein there is no noise and no toil. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording. , Umar ibn Khattab I entered Paradise and saw in it a house or a palace. I said: For whom is it reserved? They (the Angels) said: It is for 'Umar b. Khattab. (The Prophet said to 'Umar b. Khattab): I intended to get into it but I thought of your feelings. Thereupon 'Umar wept and said: Apostle of Allah, could I feel any jealousy in your case? , Confirmed Entry of Paradise Abu Umamat Al Bahili reported the Apostle of Allaah( ﷺ ) as saying “There are three persons who are in the security of Allaah, the Exalted.” “A man who goes out on an expedition to fight in the path of Allah, the Exalted, is in the security of Allaah, until He takes him unto Him(i.e., he dies) and brings him i nto Paradise or brings him(alive) with reward and booty he obtains and a man who goes to the mosque is in the security of Allaah, until he takes him unto Him(i.e., he dies), and he brings him into Paradise or brings him with reward and spoils he obtains; a nd a man who enters his house after giving salutation is in the security of Allaah, the Exalted.” , Ubadah said: Abu Muhammad told a lie. I heard the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) say: There are five prayers which Allah has prescribed on His servants. If anyon e offers them, not losing any of them, and not treating them lightly, Allah guarantees that He will admit him to Paradise. If anyone does not offer them, Allah does not take any responsibility for such a person. He may either punish him or admit him to Par adise." , Allah has undertaken to provide for one who leaves his home (only) to fight for His cause and to affirm the truth of His word; Allah will either admit him to Paradise or will bring him back home from where he had come out, with his reward and bo oty. , "The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, ""If anyone is pleased with Allah as his Rabb, with Islam as his religion and with Muhammad ( ﷺ ) as (Allah's) Messenger, surely, he will be entitled to enter Jannah."" Abu Sa'id was delighted with this and requeste d the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) to repeat it. He ( ﷺ ) repeated it again and then said, ""There is also another act by which Allah will elevate the position of a (pious believing) slave in Jannah to a grade one hundred degrees higher. And the distance between a ny two grades is equal to the distance between heaven and earth."" He asked the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) what it was and he (( ﷺ )) replied, ""Jihad in the way of Allah; Jihad in the way of Allah."" [Muslim]." , Another narration in Muslim is: the Messenge r of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, ""Whosoever testifies that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Allah (SWT) saves him from the Fire (of Hell)""." , Verily the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: Seventy thousand men of my Ummah wo uld enter Paradise without rendering account. They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Who would be those, Messenger of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would be those who neither practise charm, not take omens, nor do they cauterise, but the y repose their trust in their Lord. , Miscellaneous There was an argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whose lapse caused you to get out of Paradise? Adam said to him: Are you that Moses whom Allah selected for His Messengership , for His conversation and you blame me for an affair which had been ordained for me before I was created? This is how Adam came the better of Moses. , Has there been drawn a distinction between the people of Paradise and the denizens of hell? He said: Y es. It was again said: (If it is so), then What is the use of doing good deeds? Thereupon he said: Everyone is facilitated in what has been created for him. , "‘A’isha reported the Prophet as saying, “Do you know what happens this night?” meaning the mid dle night of Sha‘ban. She asked, “What happens in it, Messenger of God?” He replied, “In it record is made of every human being who will be born and of every human being who will die this year; in it their actions are taken up to heaven and in it their pro visions are sent down.” She asked, “Does one enter paradise only by the mercy of God most high?” He replied three times, “No one enters paradise but by the mercy of God most high.” She asked, “Not even you, Messenger of God?” He put his hand on the crown o f his head and said, “Not even I, unless God enfolds me in His mercy,” saying it three times. Baihaqi transmitted it in [Kitab] ad - Da'awat al - kabir." , Ride on until you reach the garden of Khakh for there is a woman amongst the polytheists and there is a letter with her sent by Hatib to the polytheists; the rest of the hadith is the same. , When Allah fashioned Adam in Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to see what actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he would not have control over himself. , Khadeejah ( رض الله عنها ) asked the Prophet ( ﷺ ) about two children of her who had died during the jahiliyyah. The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: “They are in Hell.` When he saw that she was upset, he said: “If you saw where they are now, you would hate them. ” She said: O Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ), about my child from you? He said: `He i s in Paradise.` Then the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: `The believers and their children will be in Paradise and the mushrikeen and their children will be in Hell.” Then the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) recited: “And those who believe and whose offspring follow t hem in Faith, - to them shall We join their offspring...” [At - Toor 52:25]. “ I heard 'Abbad bin Shurahbil, a man from Banu Ghubar, say: ‘We suffered a year of famine, and I came to Al - Madinah. I came to one of its gardens and took an ear of corn, I rubbed it, ate some and put the rest in my garment. The owner of the garden came and beat me and took my garment. I came to the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and told him (what had happened). He said to the man: "You did not feed him when he was hungry and you did not teach him w hen he was ignorant."' Then the Prophet ( ﷺ ) told him to give back his garment and ordered that a Wasq or half a Wasq of food be brought to him." , I saw in a state of sleep as if I have in my hand a piece of silk cloth and there is no place in the Paradis e where I intend to reach but that piece of cloth does not fly towards it. I made a mention of it to Hafsa (the sister of Ibn 'Umar) and Hafsa made a mention of it to Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ ), whereupon Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ ) said: I find 'Abdullah b 'Umar a pious person. , "Sa'd bin 'Ubadah went out with the Prophet on one of his campaigns, and death came to his mother in Al - Madinah. It was said to her (as she was dying): 'Make a will.' She said: 'To whom shall I make a will? The wealth belongs to Sa'd.' Then she died before Sa'd came. When Sa'd came, he was told about that and he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will it benefit her if I give in charity on her behalf?' The Prophet said: 'Yes.' Sa'd said: 'Such and such a garden is given in charity on her behalf' - rega rding a garden that he named." , "I heard the Messenger of Allah say" 'Whoever spends on a pair of things in the cause of Allah, he will be called from the gates of Paradise: O slave of Allah, this is good for you. Paradise had (several) gates. Whoever is one of the people of Salah, he will be called from the gate of prayer. Whoever is one of the people of Jihad, will be called from the gate of Jihad. Whoever is one of the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity. And whoever is one of the people of fasting will be called from the gate of Ar - Rayyan." Abu Bakr said: "Is there any need for anyone to be called from all of these gates? Will anyone be called from all of them, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Yes, and I hope that you will be a mong them." , I am narrating to you a tradition. If I were not at death's door, I would not narrate it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) say: A ruler who, having obtained control over the affairs of the Muslims, does not stri ve for their betterment and does not serve them sincerely shall not enter Paradise with them. , There is pre - emption in everything which is shared, be it land, or a dwelling or a garden. It is not proper to sell it until he informs his partner; he may go in for that, or he may abandon it; and it he (the partner intending to sell his share) does not do that, then his partner has the greatest right to it until he permits him. , Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) said that the Messenger of Al lah ( ﷺ ) decreed pre - emption in every joint ownership and not divided - the one - it may be a dwelling or a garden. It is not lawful for him (for the partner) to sell that until his partner gives his consent. He (the partner) is entitled to buy it when he desir es and he can abandon it if he so likes. And if he (the one partner) sells it without getting the consent of the (other partner), he has the greatest right to it. , He who has a partner in a dwelling or a garden, it is not lawful for him to sell that un til he is permitted by his partner. If he (the partner) agrees, he should go in for that, and if he disapproves of that, he should abandon (the idea of selling it). , then an unsaddled horse was brought to him and a person hobbled it, and he (the Messenger of Allah) rode upon it and it bounded and we followed it and ran after it. One of the people said that the Prophet ( ﷺ ) remarked: How many among hanging bunches in the Paradise are meant for Ibn Dahdah? , We are the last (but) we would be the fi rst on the Day of Resurrection, and we would be the first to enter Paradise, but that they were given the Book before us and we were given after them. They disagreed and Allah guided us aright on whatever they disagreed regarding the truth. And it was this day of theirs about which they disagreed, but Allah guided us to it, and that is Friday for us; the next day is for the Jews and the day following for the Christians. , "We were sitting with Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ). Abu Bakr and 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) were also there among the audience. In the meanwhile, Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) got up and left us. We waited long for his return: When we were worried about his safety, and got scared, we got up. I, therefore, went out to look for Messenge r of Allah and came to a garden which belonged to the Ansar. He ( ﷺ ) said to me ""Go and give glad tidings of Jannah to anyone who testifies 'La ilaha illallah (There is no true god except Allah),' being whole - heartedly certain of it"" [Muslim]." , "Mes senger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, ""He who bears witness that there is no true god except Allah, alone having no partner with Him, that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, that 'Isa (Jesus) is His slave and Messenger and he (Jesus) is His Word which He commun icated to Maryam (Mary) and His spirit which He sent to her, that Jannah is true and Hell is true; Allah will make him enter Jannah accepting whatever deeds he accomplished"". [Al - Bukhari and Muslim]. It (Kauthar) is a canal which my Lord the Exalted and the Glorious has promised me in Paradise. There is a tank over it, but he made no mention of the tumblers like the number of the stars. , The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: Allah, the High and Glorious, would say: O Adam I and he would say: At Thy service , at thy beck and call, O Lord, and the good is in Thy Hand. Allah would say: Bring forth the group of (the denizens of) Fire. He (Adam) would say: Who are the denizens of Hell? It would be said: They are out of every thousand nine hundred and ninety - nine. He (the Holy Prophet) said: It is at this juncture that every child would become white - haired and every pregnant woman would abort and you would see people in a state of intoxication, and they would not be in fact intoxicated but grievous will be the torm ent of Allah. He (the narrator) said: This had a very depressing effect upon them (upon the companions of the Holy Prophet) and they said: Messenger of Allah, who amongst us would be (that unfortunate) person (who would be doomed to Hell)? He said: Good ti dings for you, Yajuj Majuj would be those thousands (who would be the denizens of Hell) and a person (selected for Paradise) would be amongst you. He (the narrator) further reported that he (the Messenger of Allah) again said: By Him in Whose Hand is thy l ife, I hope that you would constitute one - fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise. We extolled Allah and we glorified (Him). He (the Holy Prophet) again said: BY Him in Whose Hand is my life, I wish you would constitute one - third of the inhabitants of Paradi se. We extolled Allah and Glorified (Him). He (the Holy Prophet) again said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, I hope that you would constitute half of the inhabitants of Paradise. Your likeness among the people is the likeness of a white hair on the skin o f a black ox or a strip on the foreleg of an ass. , " I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from the Fire and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise. A man will be brought forth and He (s.a.w) will say: 'Ask about his small si ns and hide his large sins.' So it will be said to him: 'Did you do this and that on such and such a day, did you do this and that on such - and – such a day?'” He said: “Then it will be said to him; 'For each of your sins you shall have a reward.'” He (s .a.w) said: “So he will say: 'O Lord! I have done things that I do not see here.'” He (Abu Dharr) said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) laugh until his molars were visible.” (Sahih) , "I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from it. A man will exit it crawling, and he will say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all the places.'" He said: "So it will be said to him: 'Go to Paradise to enter Paradise.' So he will go to enter, but he will see that the people have taken all the places. He wil l return and say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all of the places.' So it will be said to him: 'Do you remember the times you used to live in?' And he will say: 'Yes.' So it will be said to him: 'Wish, He will wish for something, and it will be said to hi m: 'For you is whatever you wished for, and ten times the world.' He will say: 'Do you mock me while you are the King?'" He (Ibn Masud) said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) laugh until his molars were visible." , (Another chain) from Abu Sa'eed Al - Khudri who narrated that the Prophet SAW said: ""The first batch to enter Paradise will appear like the moon of a night that it is full. The second will appear like the color of the most beautiful (brightest) star in the sky. Each man among them shall hav e two wives, each wife wearing seventy bracelets, with the marrow of their shins being visible from behind them.""" , The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: I will come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. and would seek its opening. and the keeper would say: Who art thou? I would say: Muhammad. He would then say: It is for thee that I have been ordered, and not to open it for anyone before thee. , """Indeed the first batch to enter Paradise will appear like the moon of a night that is full. The second will appear like the color of the most beautiful (brightest) star in the sky. Each man among them shall have two wives, each wife wearing seventy bracelets, with the marrow of their shins being visible from behind them."" UNFILTERED -------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- The Apostle of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: I would be the first intercessor in the Paradise and no apostle amongst the apostles has been testified (by such a large number of people) as I have been testified. And verily there would be an apostle among the apostles who would be testified to by only one man from his people. , "Ibn `Abbas said to me, ""Shall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise?"" I said, ""Yes."" He said, ""This black lady came to the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and said, 'I get attacks of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.' The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said (to her), 'If you wish, be patient and you will have (enter) Paradise; and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will remain patient,' and added, 'but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become uncovered.' So he invoked Allah for her."" Narrated 'Ata: That he had seen Um Zafar, the tall black lady, at (holding) the curtain of the Ka`ba." , He who appropriated the right of a Muslim by (swearing a false) oath, Allah would make Hell - fire necessary for him and would declare Paradise forbidden for him. A person said to him: Messenger of Alla h, even if it is something insignificant? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: (Yes) even if it is the twig of the arak tree. , "When 'Uthman (ra) was circled (by the rebels), he looked upon them from above and said, ""Ias you by Allah, I ask nobody but the Com panions of the Prophet ( ﷺ ), dont you know that Allah's Messenger ( ﷺ ) said, 'Whoever will (buy and) dig the well of Ruma will be granted Paradise,' and I (bought and) dug it? Don't you know that he said. 'Whoever equip the army of 'Usra (i.e., Tabuk's Ghaz wa) will be granted Paradise,' and I equipped it ?"" They attested whatever he said. When 'Umar founded his endowment he said, ""Its administrator can eat from it."" The management of the endowment can be taken over by the founder himself or any other pers on, for both cases are permissible." , A person belonging to the people of the past suffered from a boil, when it pained him, he drew out an arrow from the quiver and pierced it. And the bleeding did not stop till he died. Your Lord said: I forbade his en trance into Paradise. Then he (Hasan) stretched his hand towards the mosque and said: By God, Jundab transmitted this hadith to me from the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) in this very mosque. , "I was sitting in a gathering in which there was Sa`d bin Malik and Ibn `Umar. `Abdullah bin Salam passed in front of them and they said, ""This man is from the people of Paradise."" I said to `Abdullah bin Salam, ""They said so - and - so."" He replied, ""S ubhan Allah! They ought not to have said things of which they have no knowledge, but I saw (in a dream) that a post was fixed in a green garden. At the top of the post there was a handhold and below it there was a servant. I was asked to climb (the post) So I climbed it till I got hold of the handhold."" Then I narrated this dream to Allah's Messenger ( ﷺ ). Allah's Apostle said, ""`Abdullah will die while still holding the firm reliable handhold (i.e., Islam)." , We were sitting with Hudhaifa in the mo sque. A man came and sat along with us. It was said to Hudhaifa that he was the man who carried tales to the ruler. Hudhaifa remarked with the intention of conveying to him: I have heard the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) saying: The tale - bearer will not enter Par adise. , "The Prophet ( ﷺ ) looked at a man fighting against the pagans and he was one of the most competent persons fighting on behalf of the Muslims. The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, ""Let him who wants to look at a man from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire, look a t this (man)."" Another man followed him and kept on following him till he (the fighter) was injured and, seeking to die quickly, he placed the blade tip of his sword between his breasts and leaned over it till it passed through his shoulders (i.e., comm itted suicide)."" The Prophet ( ﷺ ) added, ""A person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of Paradise while in fact, he is from the dwellers of the (Hell) Fire: and similarly a person may do deeds that seem to the people as the deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire while in fact, he is from the dwellers of Paradise. Verily, the (results of) deeds done, depend upon the last actions.""" , Gabriel came to me and gave me the tidings: Verily he who died amongst your Ummah without associating anything with Allah would enter Paradise. I (the narrator) said: Even if he committed adultery and theft. He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yes), even if he committed adultery and theft. , "We were in the company of the Prophet ( ﷺ ) on a journey, an d whenever we ascended a high place, we used to say Takbir (in a loud voice). The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, ""O people! Be kind to yourselves, for you are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one, but You are calling an All - Hearer, and an All - Seer."" Then he ca me to me as I was reciting silently, ""La haul a wala quwwata illa bil - lah."" He said, ""O `Abdullah bin Qais! Say: La haul a walaquwata illa bil - lah, for it is one of the treasures of Paradise."" Or he said, ""Shall I tell you a word which is one of the treasures of Paradise? It is: La haul a wala quwwata illa bil - lah.""" , Messenger of Allah, what are the two things quite unavoidable? He replied: He who dies without associating anyone with Allah would (necessarily) enter Paradise and he who dies assoc iating anything with Allah would enter the (Fire of) Hell. , "The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said ""The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtani wa ana `Abduka, wa ana `ala `ahdika wa wa`dika mastat a`tu, A`udhu bika min Sharri ma sana`tu, abu'u Laka bini`matika `alaiya, wa abu'u laka bidhanbi faghfir lee fa innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta."" The Prophet ( ﷺ ) added. ""If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.""" , I heard the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) saying: He who dies associating anything with Allah would enter the Fire (of Hell). 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud said: I say that he who died without associating anything with Allah entered Pa radise. , "The Prophet ( ﷺ ) and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari m