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three things: his family, his wealth, and his deeds. Two of them turn back while one remains: his family and his wealth return, whereas his deeds stay with him.” Agreed upon.

107 – The eleventh: Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Paradise is nearer to any one of you than the strap (shirāk) of his sandal (1), and the Fire is just as close.” Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

108 – The twelfth: Abū Firās Rabīʿah ibn Kāʿb al-Aslamī, a servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and one of the People of the Ṣuffah (2) (may Allah be pleased with him), said, “I used to spend the night with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); I would bring him his water for wuduʾ (3) and whatever he required. He said to me, ‘Ask [of me].’ I replied, ‘I ask to accompany you in Paradise.’ He said, ‘Anything else?’ I answered, ‘That is all.’ He said, ‘Then help me to secure this for you by making frequent prostrations’ (4).” Recorded by Muslim.

109 – The thirteenth: Abū ʿAbd-Allah—also said to be Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān—Thawbān, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with him), reported: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘Commit yourself to abundant prostration, for you will never prostrate to Allah even once without Allah raising you by it one degree and erasing from you one sin.’” Recorded by Muslim.

110 – The fourteenth: Abū Ṣafwān ʿAbd-Allah ibn Busr al-Aslamī (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best of people is the one whose life is long and whose deeds are good.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a ḥasan (sound) hadith (5).

(1) It refers to one of the front straps (siwar) of a sandal; if it is lost the wearer’s gait is impaired. The point is that entry into jannah (Paradise) is easy—by correcting one’s intention and performing acts of obedience—while entry into the Fire is just as easy, by following desire and committing sins. (2) This is the roofed platform (suffah) at the rear of the Prophet’s Mosque where the poor once took shelter; after the major expansions it now lies roughly in the middle of the mosque. (3) It means the water set aside for wudu (ablution); “his need” denotes whatever else he requires, such as clothing and the like. (4) The wording hints that the Prophet ﷺ exerted himself, like others, to repair it, portraying him as the physician striving for its cure; yet a physician needs the patient’s cooperation by the latter taking the prescribed remedy. (5) Graded sahih (sound) by Shaykh Nasir al-Albani; see al-Albani, Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi (abridged isnad), 2/271, no. 1898, with an additional phrase at the beginning.

ثَلَاثَةٌ : أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ ، فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ : يَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ ، وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ » متفق عليه . ١٠٧ - الحادي عشر : عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : قال النبي ﷺ : « الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ (١) ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ » رواه البخاري . ١٠٨ - الثاني عشر : عن أبي فراس ربيعة بن كعب الأسلمي خادم رسول الله ﷺ ، ومن أهل الصُّفَّةِ (٢) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَآتِيهِ بِوَضُوئِهِ (٣) وَحَاجَتِهِ فَقَالَ : « سَلْنِي » فَقُلْتُ : أَسْأَلُكَ مُرَافَقَتَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ . فَقَالَ : « أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ » ؟ قُلْتُ : هُوَ ذَاكَ قَالَ : « فَأَعِنِّي عَلَى نَفْسِكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ » (٤) رواه مسلم . ١٠٩ - الثالث عشر : عن أبي عبد الله ويقال : أبو عبد الرحمن ثوبان مولى رسول الله ﷺ رضي الله عنه قال : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ : « عَلَيْكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ ؛ فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً ، وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً » رواه مسلم . ١١٠ - الرابع عشر : عن أبي صفوان عبد الله بن بُسْرٍ الأسلمي رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « خَيْرُ النَّاسِ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن (٥) .

(١) هو أحد سيور النعل التي تكون في وجهه ويختل المشي بفقده . والمعنى أن تحصيل الجنة سهل ، وذلك بتصحيح القصد وفعل الطاعات ، والنار كذلك بموافقة الهوى وفعل المعاصي . (٢) هو محل مسقوف آخر المسجد النبوي يأوي إليه الفقراء ، وأصبحت الآن وسط المسجد بعد التوسعات الكبيرة . (٣) يعني الماء المعد للوضوء ( وحاجته ) أي ما يحتاج إليه من لباس وغيره . (٤) فيه إشارة إلى أنه ﷺ - كان مجتهداً أي اجتهاد في إصلاحه كغيره ، وأنه الطبيب الساعي في شفائه ، والطبيب يحتاج لمساعدة المريض بتعاطيه ما يصفه . (٥) قال عنه الشيخ ناصر : « صحيح » انظر صحيح « سنن الترمذي باختصار السند » ٢/٢٧١ برقم ١٨٩٨ بزيادة في أوله .