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they did. The poor mentioned this to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said: ‘That is Allah’s bounty, which He grants to whom He wills.’”
The poor enter Paradise first because their reckoning is light, while the wealthy are delayed on account of their reckoning. Then, once a wealthy person has been brought to account, if his good deeds exceed those of a poor person, his rank in Paradise will be higher, even though he entered later. Likewise, the seventy thousand will enter Paradise without being brought to account—among them Ukkāshah ibn Mihsan—yet someone better than one of them may enter Paradise after being brought to account.
May Allah bless Muhammad and grant him peace.
مَا قَالُوا.
فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ الْفُقَرَاءَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ:
ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيه مَنْ يَشَاءُ} فَالْفُقَرَاءُ مُتَقَدِّمُونَ فِي دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ لِخِفَّةِ الْحِسَابِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَالْأَغْنِيَاءُ مُؤَخَّرُونَ لِأَجْلِ الْحِسَابِ ثُمَّ إذَا حُوسِبَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِ الْفَقِيرِ كَانَتْ دَرَجَتُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَوْقَهُ وَإِنْ تَأَخَّرَ فِي الدُّخُولِ كَمَا أَنَّ السَّبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَمِنْهُمْ عُكَاشَةُ بْنُ مُحْصَنٍ وَقَدْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِحِسَابِ مَنْ يَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ. وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ.