the Paradise
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1 I offer the voluntary – four Rak`ahs - Zuhr prayer and hope that the gates of the Paradise will be opened for it
'Abdullah bin As-Sa'ib ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ( may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) used to perform four Rak'ah prayer after the declining of the sun before Zuhr prayer and would say, "This is an hour at which the gates of heaven are opened, and I like that my good deeds should rise to heaven at that time."
[ At- Tirmidhi ].
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2 To draw closer to the Paradise
Samura b. Jundub ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported
that the Messenger of Allah Messenger ( may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as saying, “Be present at the mention of Allah and go near the imam; for if anyone always keeps far away the result will be that he will be put in a back place in paradise, supposing he enters it."
[ Abu Dawud ]
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3 Allah will elevate my rank and allow me to reach the ranks of the honorable slaves in the Paradise.
The Messenger of Allah ( May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
" When Allah has previously decreed for a servant a rank which he has not attained by his action, He afflicts him in his body, or his property or his children. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Nufail added in his version: "He then enables him to endure that." The agreed version goes: "So that He may bring him to the rank previously decreed from him by Allah."
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4 Allah will build for me a house in the Paradise
`Aisha ( may Allah be pleased her ) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
" whoever fills a gap Allah will build for him a house in the Paradise and raise his rank"
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5 To be admitted into the Paradise
It was narrated that ‘Ubadah bin Samit ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: ‘Five prayers that Allah has enjoined upon His slaves, so whoever does them and does not omit anything out of negligence, on the Day of Resurrection Allah will make a covenant with him that He will admit him to Paradise. But whoever does them but omits something from them out of negligence, will not have such a covenant with Allah; if He wills He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him.’”
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6 Allah prepares a hospitable abode for me in the Paradise
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "He who goes to the mosque at dawn or dusk (for Salat), Allah prepares a hospitable abode for him in Jannah, every time when he walks to it or comes back from it".
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
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7 So that the Paradise will be opened for me
Jabir bin Abdullah ( may Allah be pleased with him ) said:
the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:" The key of paradise is prayer, and the key of prayer is being purified."
