Ensure me that you will practice the following six...
Ensure me that you will practice the following six, then I ensure you of (entrance to) Paradise: telling the truth, standing by your promises, returning (people's) trusts, keeping your privy parts (from the unlawful), controlling your eyes and restraining your hands. دَخَلْتُ الجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ عَلى بَابِهَا: الصَّدَقَةُ بِعَشَرَةٍ، وَالقَرْضُ بِثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ. فَقُلْتُ يا جِبْرِيْلُ كَيْفَ صَارَتِ الصَّدَقَةُ بِعَشْرَةٍ وَالقَرْضُ بِثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ.
قَالَ لِأَنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ تَقَعُ في يَدِ الغَنِيِّ وَالفَقِيْرِ، وَالقَرْضُ لا يَقَعُ اِلاّ في يَدِ مَنْ يَحْتَاجُ اِلَيْهِ. Entering Paradise, I saw the statement on its door that `charity will be rewarded ten times as much but lending, eighteen times as much. I asked Gabriel for the reason, and he replied: "Charity is to the good of the poor and the rich alike, but lending is only to the good of the needy".
دَخَلَتُ الجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ في عَارِضَتَي الجَنَّةِ مَكْتُوبَاً ثَلاثَةُ أسْطُرٍ بِالذَّهَبِ: السَّطْرُ الأوَّلُ »لا إلهَ إلاّ اللَّهُ، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ«. وَالسَّطرُ الثَّانِي »مَا قَدَّمْنَا وَجَدْنَا، وَمَا أكَلْنَا رَبِحْنَا، وَمَا خَلَّفْنَا خَسِرْنَا«أ وَالسَّطْرُ الثَّالِثُ »أُمَّةٌ مُذْنِبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُوْرٌ.
Entering Paradise, on two sites, I saw three statements written in gold, reading )"There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger." )"We arrived at what we sent ahead, availed ourselves of what we made use of, and lost what we left behind.," and )" What a sinful nation and what a forgiving Lord!" الغِلُّ وَالحَسُدُ يَأْكُلانِ الحَسَنَاتِ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ الحَطَبَ. Envy and hatred ruin all the good, just as fire swallows firewood.
لَيَرُدَّنَّ الحُقُوْقُ إلى أهْلِهَا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُقَاصَ لِلشَّاةِ الجَمَّاءِ مِنَ الشَّاةِ القَرْنَاءِ تَنْطَحُهَا. Even a horned goat having gored an unhorned one will be called to account in the Doomsday when rights are given back to the rightful. وَ الشَّاةَ إنْ رَحِمْتَهَا يَرْحَمْكَ اللَّهُ. Even if you have mercy for a lamb, God will be Merciful to you. ما مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ اِلاّ وَلَهُ ذَنْبٌ يُصِيْبُهُ الفَيْنَةُ بَعْدَ الفَيْنَةِ، لا يُفارِقُهُ حَتَّى يُفارِقَ الدُّنْيَا.
Every believer has a sin which he commits once in a while and will not avoid doing it till he dies." كُلُّ نَعِيْمِ زَائِلٌ إلاّ نَعِيْمَ أهْلِ الجَنَّةِ، وَكُلُّ هَمٍّ مُنْقَطِعٌ إلاّ هَمَّ أهْلِ النَّارِ. Every blessing is perishable save that of the blessed, and so is every grief save that of the damned.
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