Silsilah Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know about that group from my Ummah who will be the first to enter Paradise?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That group is of the Muhajirun (Emigrants). On the Day of Resurrection, they will come to the gate of Paradise and demand that it be opened. The gatekeeper will ask them: Has your reckoning been completed? They will say: On what matter should we be reckoned? Our swords remained on our shoulders in the path of Allah until we died. So the gate will be opened for them, and (after entering Paradise) they will have already taken a nap of forty years before the general people enter."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The very first group to enter Paradise will be the poor emigrants, through whom people are protected from unpleasant things. When they are commanded, they listen and obey. If any of them needs something from the king, it is not fulfilled for him, until he dies and that need remains in his chest. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will call Paradise, and it will come adorned and beautified, displaying its splendor and decoration. Then Allah Almighty will announce: Where are My servants who fought in My way, and were fought against, who were harmed in My way, and who strove in My way? (My servants!) Enter Paradise. They will enter Paradise without reckoning. (Upon witnessing this) the angels will come and prostrate and say: O our Lord! We used to glorify and sanctify You day and night, but who are these people whom You have preferred over us? The Lord Almighty will say: These are My servants who strove in My way, and were harmed in My way. So the angels will enter upon them from every gate and say: «سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُم بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ ۚ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ» Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home (Surah Ra’d: 24)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first group to enter Paradise will have faces shining like the full moon of the fourteenth night. Then those who enter after them will have faces shining like the brightest star in the sky. They will neither urinate nor defecate, nor spit nor blow their noses. Their combs will be of gold, their sweat will be as fragrant as musk, and their incense burners will burn fragrant wood. Their wives will be large-eyed houris. All (the people of Paradise) will be in the form of a single man, in the image of their father Adam (peace be upon him), and in height they will be sixty cubits tall (just as Sayyiduna Adam, peace be upon him, was)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first group to enter Paradise, their faces will be shining like the full moon of the fourteenth night, then the next group will enter whose color will shine like the brightest star in the sky. Each of them will have two wives, each wife will be adorned with seventy fine garments, and through them the marrow of her shin bone will be visible."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The men and women became involved in boasting and pride. They said: The number of women in Paradise will be greater than that of men. Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) looked towards the people and said: Are you not listening to what Abu Hurairah is saying? Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say regarding the first group to enter Paradise: "Their faces will be (shining) like the full moon of the fourteenth night, and the faces of the next group will be (radiant) like the brightest star in the sky. Every person of Paradise will have two wives. The marrow of their bones will be visible through the flesh, and there will be no unmarried man or woman in Paradise."