Zuhd

كتاب الزهد

Chapter 39: Description of Paradise

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said

“I know the last of the people of Hell who will bebrought forth from it, and the last of the people of Paradise to beadmitted to Paradise. (It is) a man who will emerge from Hellcrawling, and it will be said to him: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ Hewill come to it and it will be made to appear to him as if it isfull.’ Allah will say: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ He will come toit and it will appear to him as if it is full. So he will say: ‘OLord, I found it full.’ Allah will say: ‘Go and enter Paradise.’He will come to it and it will be made to appear to him as if it isfull. So he will say: ‘O Lord, I found it full.’ Allah will say:‘Go and enter Paradise, for you will have the like of the world andten times more, or you will have ten times the like of the world.’He will say: ‘Are You mocking me, or are You laughing at me, whenYou are the Sovereign?’”He said: "And I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiling so broadly that his molar teeth could be seen."And he used to say: "This is the lowest of the people of Paradise in status."

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said

“Whoever asks for Paradise, three times, Paradise will say: “OAllah, admit him to Paradise.” And whoever asked to be saved fromHell, three times, Hell will say: “O Allah, save him from Hell.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said

“There is no one among you who does not have two abodes: Anabodein Paradise and an abode in Hell. If he dies and enters Hell,thepeople of Paradise inherit his abode. This is what Allah says:‘Theseare indeed the inheritors.’” [23:10]