sleep, for the pleasures of this world are but little, whereas the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah. Yet, by His wisdom—and as a means of trial and examination—people behave in this life as though nothing existed except this world; many live as if they were created for it, when in truth the world was created for them. Man was created for the Hereafter, the enduring abode that never perishes: either a blazing inferno—may Allah protect us—or an everlasting bliss. We ask Allah for ourselves and for you to be among the righteous for whom He has prepared what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has never crossed a human heart.

1885 – Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “In Paradise the believer will have a pavilion made from a single hollow pearl; its height in the sky will be sixty miles. Inside it the believer will have families, and he will visit them all, yet none of them will see the others.” Agreed upon. (One mile equals six thousand cubits.)

1886 – Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “In Paradise there is a tree so vast that a swift, noble horseman could ride in its shade for one hundred years without reaching the end of it.” Agreed upon. The two Shaykhs likewise narrated it in their Ṣaḥīḥ collections from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said