Sunnah Formula for the Membership of Paradise

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Allah Almighty states in the Holy Quran:

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اِنۡ تَتَّقُوا اللہَ یَجْعَلۡ لَّکُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَّیُکَفِّرْ عَنۡکُمْ سَیِّاٰتِکُمْ وَیَغْفِرْ لَکُمْ ؕ وَاللہُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظِیۡمِ ﴿۲۹﴾

‘O believers! If you will fear Allah, He will grant you that by which you may be able to distinguish between right and wrong and will remove off your evils and will forgive you. And Allah is the owner of great Grace.

(Al-Anfal 8, Verse 29)

Hadeeth:

عَنْ اَبِیْ اُمَامَۃَ صُدَیِّ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ الْبَاھِلِی رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہُ قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللہِ صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَسَلَّمَ یَخْطُبُ فِیْ حَجَّۃِ الْوَدَاعِ فَقَالَ:اِتَّقُوااللہَ،وَصَلُّوْاخَمْسَکُمْ ،وَصُوْمُوْا شَہْرَکُمْ ،وَأَدُّوْا زَکَاۃَ اَمْوَالِکُمْ، واَطِیْعُوْا اُمَرَآئَکُمْ تَدْخُلُوْاجَنَّۃَ رَبِّکُمْ۔

(ترمذی، کتاب السفر ، باب ما ذکر فی فضل الصلوۃ، ۲/۱۱۹، حدیث:۶۱۶، بتغیر قلیل)

Sayyiduna Abu Umaamah Sudaiy ibn ‘Ajlaan al-Baahili – may Allah be pleased with him – reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah – may Allah send peace and blessings upon him – delivering a sermon during his farewell Hajj, he stated, “Fear Allah, pray your five times Salah, keep your fasts of Ramadan, pay the obligatory charity of your wealth and obey those in authority among you, and you will enter the Paradise of your Lord.”

(Tirmidhi)

Commentary:

The Hadeeth emphasizes the importance of five things:

• Fear Allah
• Pray your five times Salah
• Keep your fasts of Ramadan
• Pay the obligatory charity of your wealth
• Obey those in authority among you

Then as a result you will enter the Paradise of your Lord.

Riyadus Saliheen – Hadeeth No. 73 (Sunnah Formula for the Membership of Paradise)