The lowest rank in
Paradise
HAbdullah ibn Mas`ood (RA) narrated
that the Prophet (SAW) said: "I know the last person who will come
out of Hell and the last one to enter the Paradise. A man comes out
crawling and Allah (SWT) says: Go, enter the Paradise. Then he
approaches it and it appears to him as if filled, then he returns
back and says: O Allah, I found it full. Then Allah says: Go, enter
the Paradise. He approaches it and it appears to him as if filled.
He then returns back and says: O Allah, I found it to be full. Allah
says to him: Go, enter Paradise, you have what is equal to the whole
world and ten folds (or, you have what is equal to ten times this
world). He then says: "O Allah, are you mocking me (or laughing at
me) while You are the King?" Ibn Mas`ood said: I saw the Prophet,
(SAW) laugh till his molar teeth were seen. Abdullah stated that the
Prophet (SAW) said: "That is the lowest rank of those in the
Paradise." [Al Bukhari and Muslim]
In the Hadith narrated by Ibn Mas`ood and the Hadith narrated by Abu
Saeed al Khudri, is the story of the man of the tree, who is in the
lowest rank of Paradise. Allah reminds him, beseech such and such.
When he says all and has nothing more to beg, Allah says: That is
for you with ten folds more. Then he enters his house where his two
wives of black and white eyed Hoor al`Ein came to him and say: We
thank Allah who brought you alive to us and brought us alive to you.
Then
he says: No person is given like what I have been given." [Muslim]
Al Mughira ibn Shu`ba narrated that the Prophet(SAW) said:
"Musa (AS) asked Allah(SWT): Who is of the lowest rank among those
of Paradise? He said: He is a man who comes after those of Paradise
have been entered into it." Then it is said to him, "Enter
Paradise." He says: O my Rabb Allah, how could I? People had already
taken their places and got their grants? He is then told: Will you
be satisfies if you have the possessions of a king of the world. He
says: I am satisfied O my Rabb. Then Allah says: that is for you,
and
like it, and a like, and a like, and a like." For the fifth he says
`I am pleased O my Rabb'. Allah says: this is for you and like it
ten folds, and also whatever you like and what pleases your eyes.
The man says: I am pleased O my Rabb!." [Muslim] |
