Chapter X: Remembrance of Death
(11) Paradise: The Prophet said: Some one will declare : O dwellers of Paradise, you will live in Paradise healthy without any ailment. You will live therein forever and you will never die. You will enjoy therein permanent youth and you will never become old. You will forever live there in happiness and you will never suffer troubles. This is the declaration of God. The Prophet said : He who spent two kinds of property in the way of God will be welcomed to Paradise from each of its doors. Paradise has got eight doors. He who prayed will be called from the door of prayer. He who paid Zakat will be called from the door of Zakat. He who fought will be called from the door of Jihad. Hazrat Abu Bakr said : It appears that each one will be called from each door. Is there any person who will be welcomed from all the doors? He said : someone will get that welcome. I hope I will be one of them.
The Prophet said: When I will come to the door of Paradise and order it to be opened, the guard will say : Who are you ? I will say : I am Muhammad. He will say : I have been ordered not to open it before you entered.
The Prophet said: The dwellers of Paradise will see the inhabitants above their heads just as you see the stars in the horizon from east to west. This is because of their high status. The companions asked : O Messenger of God, that is the status of the Prophets and none will get that position except the Prophets. The Prophet said : That is true: By One in whose hand there is my life, there are men who believed in God and believed the Prophet as true. He said : The owners of the high status will be seen from their
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places just as you see the bright star in the horizon. Among them there will be Abu Bakr and Omar and they will be given blessings.