Forty Gems of Beauty — Page 42
42 7— Difference Between an Active & Inactive Muslim Narrated by Hadrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet of Allah (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to say: Whoso believed in Allah and in His Prophet and established Prayer and observed fast in Ramadan, Allah promises to admit him into Paradise whether he fights for His cause or sits in the garden house where he was born. They (the companions) said: ‘Should we then communicate these pleasant tidings to the people, O Prophet of Allah?’ The Prophet answered: “There are a hundred grades in Paradise, prepared by Allah for those who fight in the path of Allah, and, in between each, is as great a distance as is between earth and heaven. So, O Muslims! When you beg of Allah (for heaven), beg of Him the Firdaus, for it is the most central Paradise, and the highest one and aloft of it is the celestial seat of the Gracious God and from there spring the streams of Paradise. ” ( S S S S a hih hih hih hih al-Bukh a a a a r i i i i , Book of Jihad and Expeditions, Chapter: Degrees of the Muj a a a a hid i i i i n in the way of Allah )