Gardens of the Righteous — Page 106
106. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS said: Messenger of Allah, shall we prepare a mattress for you? He said: What have I to do with the world? I am in the world like a rider who stops in the shade of a tree awhile, then passes on and leaves it (Tirmidhi). 490. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The poor will enter Paradise half a millennium sooner than the rich (Tirmidhi). 491. Ibn Abbas and Imran ibn Husain relate that the Holy Prophet said: I had a view of Paradise and saw that most of its dwellers were the poor; and I had a view of the Fire and saw that most of its denizens were women (Bokhari and Muslim). 492. Usamah ibn Zaid relates that the Holy Prophet said: I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that most of those who entered it were the poor, while the rich were held back from it. But those destined for the Fire were commanded to be driven into it (Bokhari and Muslim). 493. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The truest thing a poet said is the saying of Labid: Everything beside Allah is vain (Bokhari and Muslim). 56. . On the Excellence of Hunger etc. . Allah, the Exalted, has said: 177. Then they were followed by a people who laid aside. Prayer and pursued evil desires; they will be seized with ruin, except those of them who repent and believe and act righteously. Such will enter Paradise, not being wronged in the least (19. 60-61). 178. One day he went forth before his people in his panoply, and those who were eager for the life of this world exclaimed:. Would that we had the like of that which Korah has been given. Indeed, he is the master of a great fortune. But those who had true knowledge rebuked them: Ruin seize you,. Allah's reward is best for those who believe and act righteously (28. 90-81). 179. Then you shall be called to account on that day in respect of the worldy favours conferred upon you (102. 9). 180. Whoso desires only the hither life, We bestow upon those of them we please such immediate advantage as We determine; thereafter We appoint hell for them which they enter condemned and rejected (17. 19). 494. Ayesha relates: The family of the Holy Prophet never ate their fill of barley bread two days running till he died (Bokhari and Muslim). Another