Friday 6 April 2007

Increase your Share!

How can the Believer increase his share of the trees of Paradise?
A l-Khalîl ar-Rahmân and the Father of the Prophets, Ibrâhîm (as) asked our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Aâlihi Wasallam) on the night of the Isrâ' to convey his greetings to this ummah and to tell them the way in which they could increase their share of the trees of Paradise. At-Tirmidhi reported with a Hasan Isnâd from Ibn Mas'ûd that the Messenger of Allâh(Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Aâlihi Wasallam) said:

"I met Ibrâhîm...and he said, "O Muhammad, tell your ummah that Paradise is a land whose soil is good and its water is sweet. It is an empty plain, which will be planted with SubhânAllâh, Alhamdulillâh, and Allâhu Akbar"
[Sahîh al-Jâmi' as-Saghîr, 5/34, no. 5028]

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