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The Forty Hadiths of al-Nawawi

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On the authority of Abu ‘Abdullah Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with them both,

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that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saying:

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"Do you see that if I perform the prescribed prayers, fast Ramadan, treat the lawful as permissible,

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and treat the forbidden as prohibited, and do not add anything to that,

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shall I enter Paradise?" He replied, "Yes." Narrated by Muslim.

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The meaning of "treating the forbidden as prohibited" is that he avoided it, and the meaning of "treating the lawful as permissible"

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is that he performed it while believing in its lawfulness. And Allah knows best.

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The hadith clarifies that the path to Paradise is clear and accessible,

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based upon realizing the oneness of Allah (Tawhid) and performing the obligatory duties that Allah has imposed upon His servants.

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Entering Paradise is not achieved through complex deeds,

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but rather by upholding the pillars of Islam with sincerity and uprightness.

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The hadith emphasizes that the greatest means by which a servant draws near to Allah

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is by adhering to the obligatory duties before expanding into supererogatory acts,

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because the obligatory duties are the foundation of religious integrity and a person's salvation in the Hereafter.