Q. We understand
that entrance to the Heaven will depend on the mercy of Allah, the Most-Merciful,
and not on our deeds only. We all the time seek the mercy of the Merciful
for here and for the Hereafter. Someone came to the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho
Alaihi Wassallam)asking him what he was required to do to enter into the
Heaven. The Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wassallam)narrated the minimum
deeds he was required to do it order to enter into the Heaven. Would you
be kind enough to give details of the minimum deeds. May Allah reward
you for this noble work.
(M.S. Desin, Dammam)
A. There are a number of Hadiths in which the Holy Prophet ( Sallaho
Alaihai Wasallam)has mentioned the requirements for entering the Paradise
while answering different questions asked by different Sahabah. The deeds
mentioned in such Ahadith have been varying from person to person and
from occasion to occasion. The reason is obvious, because Islamic injunctions
relate to every walk of life and different persons are required to do
different acts according to their respective environments. However, keeping
all such Ahadith in view, one can summarise the issue in the following
manner :
1) The most fundamental requirements for entering the Paradise
are: To have Iman i.e., faith inn the oneness of Allah, the Prophethood
of all the Messengers and in the Finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad
(Sallallho Alaihi Wasallam) and in the injunctions brought by him, and
in the Hereafter. Without having a firm faith in these one cannot expect
to enter the Jannah.
2) An instant entry into the Heaven without being subjected to any kind
of punishment further requires:
(a) Observance of all the obligations prescribed by the Holy Qur'an
and the sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wassallam)which
include "Faraid" such as the five Prayers, Fasts of Ramadan,
payment of Zakah for the person who own Nisab, and performance of Hajj
for those who can afford it. The obligation also includes "Wajibat"
like 'Qurbani' etc.
(b) Abstinence from all the major sins like adultery, fornication,
drinking liquor, eating pork, telling lies accepting bribe and committing
back-biting, usurping the property of others, etc. etc.
(c) If a Muslim does not fulfil the requirement s mentioned in (b)
above or fails to fulfil anyone of them he may be subjected to the punishment
of Hell and shall not be entitled to entry into Jannah in the beginning.
However, after being subjected to the punishment prescribed for several
mis-deeds comitted by him, he will be admitted to the Jannah by virtue
of Iman.
This is the gist of rules mentioned in the Holy Qur'an and in the Sunnah
of Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wassallam). It will be sufficient,
I hope, to satisfy your inquiry.
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