others. Yet the Hereafter is greater in ranks and greater in distinction.” (Surah al-Isrā’, 21)

Everything a servant seeks of the Hereafter through worship, acts of devotion, supplication or any other means is found in Paradise.

Seeking Paradise and seeking refuge from the Fire is the way of Allah’s prophets and messengers and all His devoted servants—the foremost, who are brought near to Him, and the people of the right hand. As related in the Sunan collections, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked one of his Companions, “What do you say in your supplication?”

He replied, “I say: ‘O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and seek refuge in You from the Fire.’ But I do not know how to offer the murmured supplications that you and Muʿādh offer.”

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Our murmured supplications revolve around it.”

He thus stated that he