32) Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love one another for My glory's sake. Today I will shelter them in My shade, today there is no shade but only My shade.

(This Hadith is sound and related by Muslim.)

32) Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: I heard Allah's Messenger (pbuh) quoting his Lord ( Who said: My love is established for those who love one another for My sake; and My love is established for those who spend money for My sake; and My love is established for those who visit one another for My sake. (In fact) those who love one another for the sake of Allah will be at pulpits of light in the shade of Allah's Throne on a day when there is no shade but His shade.

(This Hadith is sound through all its channels and related in Musnad of Ahmad.)

33) Narrated Mu'adh bin Jabal: He said: I heard Allah's Messenger (pbuh) saying: Allah said: For those who love one another for the sake of My glory there will be pulpits of light for which the Prophets and martyrs will envy them. (On the Day of Resurrection)

(This Hadith is good and related by At-Tirmidhi.)

Paradise is surrounded with hardships where as the Hell is encompassed with lusts to attract sinners

34) Narrated Abu Huraira that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: When Allah created Paradise, He ordered Jibrael: Go and see it. So he went and saw it. Then he returned and said: O Lord, By Your glory! who hears of it would love entering it. Then He encompassed it with unpleasant things (hardships of worship) and said: O Jibrael! Go (again) and see it. So he went away to look at it. Then he came back and said: O Lord, By Your glory! I fear that no one will enter it. The Prophet (pbuh)) said: When Allah created Hell, He said: O Jibrael, go and see it So he went and saw it. Then he turned up and said: O Lord, By Your glory! No one who hears of it will enter it. So he encompassed it with lusts (worldly deceives) and said: O Jibrael! Go back and see it. He went again to see it and came back saying: O Lord, By Your glory! I fear that no one will escape from entering it

(This Hadith is fair and related by Abu Da'ud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i. Musnad of Ahmad and Mustadrak of Al-Hakim)

Some of what Allah has prepared for His righteous slaves

35) Narrated Abu Huraira the Prophet (pbuh) said: Allah (sw) said, "I had prepared for my righteous slaves what no eye has seen nor ear has heard nor a human mind has realized. (nor it has occurred to human heart)

(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, and At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.)

Later on Abu Huraira said: Recite if you wish: (No soul knows about the joy of eyes (pleasure) which has been hidden (concealed) for them. (the people).

Allah's pleasure for the inhabitants of Paradise

36) Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: Verily, Allah will address the inhabitants of Paradise: O inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: We present ourselves and are at Your pleasure; and goodness rests in Your hands. He will ask them: Are you satisfied? They will say: Why should we not be satisfied, O Lord! while You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation? Then He will say: Would you not like Me to grant you something better than that? They will say: O Lord! What is better than that?. He will say: I will never be angry with you afterwards.

(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)

Inhabitants of Paradise will be given pursuit

37) Narrated Abu Huraira that the Prophet (pbuh)was narrating a Hadith while a Bedouin was in his company: One of the inhabitants of Paradise will seek permission from his Lord for cultivation. Allah will ask him: what do you wish? He will reply in affirmative and say: But I like to cultivate (the land). (when the man is permitted) he will soon sow the seeds. The plants will grow up get ripe and be ready for harvesting. Then the yield will develop into conglobation like huge mountains then Allah (sw) will say: O son of Adam! Nothing can satisfy you. At this, the Bedouin remarked: O Allah's Messenger (pbuh)! This man must be either from Quraish (i.e. an emigrant) or an Ansari (resident of Madina) because they are cultivators whereas we are not farmers (on hearing it) Allah's Messenger (pbuh) laughed.

(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari.)

The Last to enter Paradise

38) Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud: Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: The last entrant to Paradise would be a man who walks once and stumbles once and be burnt by the fire once. When he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He who has saved me from you and has given me what He gave nobody in the earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him. So he will say: O my Lord! bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water. Allah would say: O son of Adam! If I grant you this, you will demand Me something else. He will say: No, my Lord. He promised that he would ask for nothing else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees that the man would not have patience over it. So He will make him near it. Then he will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Afterwards, a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him. So he will say: O my Lord! Bring me near this tree. So that I may drink its water and take shelter in its shade. I shall not ask you for anything other than that. Allah will say: O son of Adam! Did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me for anything else. He will reply: Probably I shall ask for nothing if you bring me near it. And he promised Him that he would not ask Him for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He knows that he would not keep his word. Anyhow, He would bring him near to the tree. The man will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Then a tree more beautiful than the first two would be raised up at the gate of the Paradise. He will say: O Lord! Please make me near to this tree so that I may enjoy its shade and drink its water. I shall not ask You anything else. His Lord would excuse him that the temptation of which he could not resist. So He will make him near this tree. When He would bring him near it, he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! Admit me to it. Allah would say: O son of Adam! What will bring an end o your demands to Me? Will it please you if I give you the (whole) world and a similar one along with it? The man will say: are you mocking at me, though you are the Lord of the worlds?

(Narrating this Hadiths Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They said: Why do you laugh? He said: In the same way Allah's Messenger (pbuh) also laughed (when he said His Hadith, and (the companions) asked: Why do you laugh, O Messenger of Allah? He replied: On account of the laughter of the Lord of the Worlds when the Desiree of Paradise said: are you mocking at me though you are the Lord of the worlds? At this, Allah will remark: I am not mocking at you, but I am All-capable to do whatever I wish.

(This Hadith is sound and related by Muslim)

39) Narrated Abu Dhar: Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: I know the last of the dwellers of the Hell to come out and the last of the people of Paradise to enter. He is a man who would be brought before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Then Allah will command the angels: Ask him about the minor sins and hide the major ones. Then it will be said to him: On such and such day you did that and that sin; and on such and such day you committed that and that bad deed. The Prophet (pbuh) added: It will be said to him: In place of every evil deed, you will be granted one good deed. The Prophet (pbuh) continued. The sinner would say: My Lord! I have done things which I do not find here. The narrator said: Indeed I saw the Messenger of Allah (sw) laugh until his premolar teeth were visible. (because the sinner was forgiven.)

(This Hadith is sound and related by At-Tirmidhi.)

Superiority of martyrs

40) Narrated Masruq: We asked 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud ( about this verse:

"Think not of those who have been killed in the way of Allah as dead; rather they are alive with their Lord being provided with sustenance.(3:169)

He ('Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: We asked the Prophet (pbuh) the meaning of this verse. So he explained it like this:

Their souls are in insides some green birds beside lanterns suspended from the divine throne roaming freely in the Paradise where ever they like. Then they take shelter at those lanterns. Once their Lord looked at them and said: Do you want anything else? They said: What more shall we want? We roam freely in Paradise as we like. Allah asked them the same question three times. When they felt that they would not be spared from being asked, they said: O Lord! We like you to put back our souls into our bodies so that we may be killed in Your way once again. As Allah saw that they had no wish. they would be let for joy in heaven.

(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari.)