| Abdullah ibn Mas`ood, radhiallahu `anhu, narrated that the
Prophet, (pbuh) 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 (subhanahu wa ta`ala) 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,
(pbuh) laugh till his molar teeth were seen. Abdullah stated that the Prophet (pbuh) 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, (pbuh),
said:
Musa `alaihis salam asked Allah: 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] |