On What Allah Has Promised the Believers in Paradise

The Allah-revering, pious ones are surely in Gardens and water-springs, (and it is said to them): “Enter you here in peace, perfectly secure!” We strip away whatever there is in their bosoms of rancor and jealousy (which they may have felt against each other while in the world). As brothers face to face, (they take their ease) on couches raised. No sense of fatigue ever touches them, nor are they ever asked to leave. (al-Hijr 15:45–48)

Whereas the Allah-revering, pious ones will be in a position absolutely secure (from any evil), amid gardens and springs (of Paradise); dressed in fine silk and silk brocade, (seated) face to face. Just so it will be and We will assign for them maidens pure, most beautiful of eye. There they call for every kind of fruit in security (from any harm). They will not taste death therein, except the first death (of leaving the world); and He has preserved them from the punishment of the Blazing Flame as a grace from your Lord. That is the supreme triumph. (ad-Dukhan 44:51–57)

O My servants! You will have no fear today, nor will you grieve! (You) who have believed in My signs and Revelations, and have submitted to Me wholly (as Muslims). Enter Paradise, you and your (believing) spouses, made contented. Trays of gold and goblets will be passed round them; and there will be therein all that souls desire, and eyes delight in, and you will abide therein. That is the Paradise which is made your inheritance in return for what you used to do (in the world). In it there is for you fruit (of all kinds) in abundance, to eat therefrom. (az-Zukhruf 43:68–73)

The virtuous and godly ones will certainly be in (Gardens of) bounty and blessing; on thrones, looking around (at the blessings of Paradise). You will recognize on their faces the brightness of bliss. They will be served to drink pure wine under the seal (of Divine sanction and preservation). Its seal is a fragrance of musk. And to that (blessing of Paradise), then, let all those who aspire (to things of high value) aspire as if in a race (with each other). Its admixture will be from tasnim (the most delightful drink out of the loftiest spring of Paradise); a spring from which those near-stationed to Allah drink. (al-Mutaffifin 83: 22–28)

871. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah the Almighty said, ‘I have prepared for My righteous servants something that the eye has not seen nor the ear heard and that has not occurred to the heart of man. Recite if you wish, ‘No soul knows what joyous means of happiness is kept hidden (reserved) for them as a reward for what they have being doing’” (as-Sajdah 32:18). (Sahih al-Bukhari, Tafsir as-Surah, 32/1; Sahih Muslim, Jannah, 2).

872. Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I know who will be last of the people of Hell to come out of it and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise. A man will emerge from Hell crawling and Allah the Almighty will say to him, ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ He will come to it, imagine that it is full and return and say, ‘My Lord, I found it full.’ Allah the Almighty will say to him, ‘Go and enter Paradise.’ He will come to it and imagine that it is full and return and say, ‘My Lord, I found it full.” Allah the Almighty will say to him, ‘Go and enter Paradise. You will have the same as this world and ten times more—or you will have the same as it ten times over.’ He will say, ‘Are You making fun of me—or laughing at me—when You are the King?’” Ibn Mas’ud said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, laugh until his molars showed. He was saying, ‘That will be the position of the least of the people of Paradise.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Riqaq, 51; Sahih Muslim, Iman, 308).

873. Abu Said al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The people of Paradise will look at the people in the rooms above them as you look at a bright star far on the horizon of the east or the west because of the great distance between them.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, are those the stations of the Prophets which only they attain?” He said, “Rather, by the One in whose hand my soul is, they are men who believed in Allah and confirmed the Messengers.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Badu’l-Khalq, 8; Sahih Muslim, Jannah, 119).

874. Abu Said and Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with them, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, a herald will call out, ‘You will live and never die. You will be healthy and never ill. You will be young and never grow old. You will have blessing and never experience hardship.’” (Sahih Muslim, Jannah, 22).

875. Abu Said al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say to the people of Paradise, ‘O people of Paradise!’ They will say, ‘At your service and in obedience, O our Lord!’ He will say, ‘Are you content?’ They will say, ‘How could we not be content, our Lord, when You have given us what You have not given any of Your creation?!’ He will say, ‘Shall I give you even better than that?’ They will say, ‘What thing could be better than that?’ He will say, ‘That I send down My pleasure upon you and after it never more be angry with you.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Riqaq, 51; Sahih Muslim, Jannah, 9).

876. Jarir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he looked at the moon on the night of the full moon. He said, ‘You will see your Lord directly as you see this moon and you will not be harmed by seeing Him.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Tafsir as-Surah, 50/2; Tawhid, 24; Sahih Muslim, Masajid, 211).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014