WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 *Riyadh as-Salihin* (The Meadows of the Righteous) from the Words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:16.699 Chapter: Clarification of What Allah Has Prepared for the Believers in Paradise. 00:00:16.699 --> 00:00:22.579 On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:00:22.579 --> 00:00:26.710 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:00:26.710 --> 00:00:30.710 "Indeed, I know the last of the people of the Fire to be brought out of it, 00:00:30.710 --> 00:00:34.710 and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise: 00:00:34.710 --> 00:00:37.780 It is a man who emerges from the Fire crawling. 00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:40.780 Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He, will say to him: 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:43.780 'Go and enter Paradise.' 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:45.780 So he comes to it, 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.780 but it is made to appear to him as though it were full. 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:50.780 He returns and says: 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:53.780 'O Lord, I found it full.' 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:56.810 Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He, will say to him: 00:00:56.810 --> 00:00:59.810 'Go and enter Paradise.' 00:00:59.810 --> 00:01:01.810 So he comes to it, 00:01:01.810 --> 00:01:04.810 but it is made to appear to him as though it were full. 00:01:04.810 --> 00:01:07.810 He returns and says: 00:01:07.810 --> 00:01:10.810 'O Lord, I found it full.' 00:01:10.810 --> 00:01:13.870 Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He, will say to him: 00:01:13.870 --> 00:01:16.969 'Go and enter Paradise, 00:01:16.969 --> 00:01:20.969 for indeed you shall have the equivalent of the world and ten times as much,' 00:01:20.969 --> 00:01:25.000 or 'Indeed, you shall have ten times the equivalent of the world.' 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.099 He will say: 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:29.099 'Are You mocking me, 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:32.099 or laughing at me, while You are the Sovereign?'" 00:01:32.099 --> 00:01:34.319 He (Ibn Mas'ud) said: 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.319 "And I certainly saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) laugh 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.420 until his molar teeth were visible. 00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:43.420 And he used to say: 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:47.670 'That is the lowest of the people of Paradise in status.'" 00:01:47.670 --> 00:01:50.310 Agreed upon [by al-Bukhari and Muslim]. 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:53.540 *Habwan* means crawling. 00:01:53.540 --> 00:01:56.540 *Nawajidhu-hu* means his molars. 00:01:56.540 --> 00:02:00.750 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:02:00.750 --> 00:02:03.750 It is human nature for the son of Adam to breach promises; 00:02:03.750 --> 00:02:07.750 that is why this man is astonished by the promise of the Lord of the Worlds, 00:02:07.750 --> 00:02:09.750 thinking that He is mocking him 00:02:09.750 --> 00:02:11.750 or breaking His promise— 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:13.750 far exalted is He above that! 00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:15.750 For He never fails in His promise. 00:02:15.750 --> 00:02:17.750 When He promises, He fulfills it, 00:02:17.750 --> 00:02:21.419 and when He threatens punishment, He pardons. 00:02:21.419 --> 00:02:24.419 The lowest status of the people of Paradise 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:28.419 is ten times the domain and bliss of the entire world. 00:02:28.419 --> 00:02:32.580 On the authority of Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:36.580 that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:39.610 "Indeed, for the believer in Paradise there is a tent 00:02:39.610 --> 00:02:42.610 made of a single hollowed pearl, 00:02:42.610 --> 00:02:46.610 its height extending sixty miles into the sky. 00:02:46.610 --> 00:02:49.669 Within it, the believer has households 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:51.669 whom he visits and revolves among, 00:02:51.669 --> 00:02:54.669 yet they cannot see one another." 00:02:54.669 --> 00:02:56.770 Agreed upon. 00:02:56.770 --> 00:02:59.090 A mile (*al-mil*) 00:02:59.090 --> 00:03:03.560 is six thousand cubits. 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.750 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:09.750 A demonstration of the magnitude of Almighty Allah's creation in Paradise, 00:03:09.750 --> 00:03:14.870 so that the believers may enjoy everlasting bliss. 00:03:14.870 --> 00:03:18.870 On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:03:18.870 --> 00:03:22.939 from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:24.939 "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:28.939 beneath whose shade a rider mounted on a swift, well-bred, trained horse 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:32.060 travels for a hundred years without crossing it." 00:03:32.060 --> 00:03:34.060 Agreed upon. 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.159 And its transmission in the two *Sahihs* also includes 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:41.259 a narration on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:48.120 "A rider travels in its shade for a hundred years without crossing it." 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.310 *Al-jawad* means horse. 00:03:51.310 --> 00:03:53.310 *Al-mudhammar* (well-trained/conditioned horse) 00:03:53.310 --> 00:03:57.310 refers to a horse that is fed until it grows plump and strong, 00:03:57.310 --> 00:04:00.310 then its fodder is reduced to bare sustenance, 00:04:00.310 --> 00:04:02.310 and it is placed inside an enclosure 00:04:02.310 --> 00:04:06.340 and covered with blankets until it heats up and sweats, 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:09.340 so that when its sweat dries and its excess flesh is shed, 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:11.759 it becomes powerful at running. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.759 "Without crossing it" 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:19.560 means he does not reach the furthest extent of its sprawling branches. 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:21.850 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:04:21.850 --> 00:04:25.850 A demonstration of the immense size of the trees and shade in Paradise, 00:04:25.850 --> 00:04:30.850 which points to His supreme power and bounty toward His God-fearing servants, 00:04:30.850 --> 00:04:33.850 as He has granted them the Abode of Honor as an inheritance, 00:04:33.850 --> 00:04:41.029 where they delight in its bliss, trees, and extended shade. 00:04:41.029 --> 00:04:45.029 On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:04:45.029 --> 00:04:49.129 from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:54.129 "Indeed, the people of Paradise will look up at the dwellers of the high chambers above them, 00:04:54.129 --> 00:05:01.129 just as you look up at a brilliant, distant star setting on the horizon in the east or the west, 00:05:01.129 --> 00:05:04.160 because of the difference in superiority between them." 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.160 They said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.160 are those the dwellings of the Prophets, which no one else can attain?" 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.160 He said: 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.160 "Nay, by Him in Whose Hand is my soul! 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.350 They are men who believed in Allah and affirmed the truth of the Messengers." 00:05:19.350 --> 00:05:22.819 Agreed upon. 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:24.819 *Yatara'awna* 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:26.819 means they look up and observe. 00:05:26.819 --> 00:05:28.949 *Al-ghabir* 00:05:28.949 --> 00:05:30.949 means that which is receding or far off on the horizon. 00:05:30.949 --> 00:05:35.230 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:05:35.230 --> 00:05:41.230 The people of Paradise vary in status according to their degrees in deeds and virtue. 00:05:41.230 --> 00:05:48.959 Whoever affirms the truth of the Messengers and truly believes in them shall attain their lofty stations. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.959 On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:55.959 that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:05:55.959 --> 00:06:02.959 "The space of the bow-length in Paradise is better than everything over which the sun rises or sets." 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:05.089 Agreed upon. 00:06:05.089 --> 00:06:08.269 *Qabu qawsin* (the space of a bow-length) 00:06:08.269 --> 00:06:12.269 means the distance between the grip and the curved end of the bow, 00:06:12.269 --> 00:06:15.269 and every bow has two such spans. 00:06:15.269 --> 00:06:18.069 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:06:18.069 --> 00:06:20.230 Magnifying the eternal bliss of Paradise 00:06:20.230 --> 00:06:24.230 and deeming the worldly life and its contents insignificant, 00:06:24.230 --> 00:06:27.230 for the bliss of Paradise is everlasting and uninterrupted, 00:06:27.230 --> 00:06:31.230 while the enjoyments of the world are meager, trivial, and fleeting. 00:06:31.230 --> 00:06:35.579 On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:39.579 that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:06:39.579 --> 00:06:44.610 "Indeed, in Paradise there is a market which they will visit every Friday, 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:46.610 whereupon the northern wind will blow 00:06:46.610 --> 00:06:50.610 and shower upon their faces and garments, 00:06:50.610 --> 00:06:53.610 causing them to increase in beauty and loveliness. 00:06:53.610 --> 00:06:58.610 They will then return to their families having increased in beauty and loveliness, 00:06:58.610 --> 00:07:01.610 and their families will say to them: 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:05.610 'By Allah, you have increased in beauty and loveliness!' 00:07:05.610 --> 00:07:07.610 And they will reply: 00:07:07.610 --> 00:07:13.610 'And you, by Allah, have also increased in beauty and loveliness after us!'" 00:07:13.610 --> 00:07:15.769 Narrated by Muslim. 00:07:15.769 --> 00:07:19.949 "Indeed, in Paradise there is a market" 00:07:19.949 --> 00:07:22.949 means a gathering place in Paradise where they assemble, 00:07:22.949 --> 00:07:26.949 just as people gather in markets in this world. 00:07:26.949 --> 00:07:29.980 "Will blow" (*fa-tahubbu*) means it will stir up. 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:32.019 "The northern wind" (*rih ash-shamal*) 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:35.019 is the wind that blows from behind the Qiblah. 00:07:35.019 --> 00:07:37.019 It was specifically mentioned 00:07:37.019 --> 00:07:41.019 because the Arabs used to anticipate rainbearing northern clouds, 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:44.019 which brought goodness and rain. 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:48.069 Among the benefits of the hadith: 00:07:48.069 --> 00:07:53.069 Clarification that the people of Paradise will continuously increase in beauty and loveliness. 00:07:53.069 --> 00:07:58.230 *Riyadh as-Salihin* (The Meadows of the Righteous).