369 - أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ الجَنَّةَ

369. The First to Enter Paradise

1169.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لعليٍّ عليه السلام - : إنَّ أوَّلَ أربَعةٍ يَدْخُلونَ الجَنّةَ: أنا وأنتَ والحَسنُ والحُسينُ .¹

1169. The Prophet (SAWA) said to Imam Ali (AS), 'The first four people to enter Paradise will be you, me, Hasan and Husayn.' ²

1170.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ الجَنّةَ مِن خَلقِ اللَّهِ الفُقَراءُ .³

1170.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The first of people to enter Paradise will be the poor.' ⁴

1171.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوَّلُ مَن يَدخُلُ الجَنّةَ شَهيدٌ وعَبدٌ أحسنَ عِبادةَ ربِّهِ .⁵

1171.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The first to enter Paradise will be the martyr and the servant who worshipped his Lord well.' ⁶

1172.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : أوَّلُ أهْلِ الجَنّةِ دُخولاً إلى‏ الجَنّةِ أهْلُ المَعروفِ .⁷

1172.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Among the people of Paradise, the first to enter therein will be the one who does good to others.' ⁸

368 - دَرَجاتُ الجَنَّةِ

368. The Ranks in Paradise

(وَمَنْ يَأْتِهِ مُؤْمِناً قَدْ عَمِلَ الصّالِحاتِ فَأُولئِكَ لَهُمُ الدَّرَجَاتُ الْعُلى‏) .¹

"But whoever comes to Him with faith and he has done righteous deeds, for such shall be the highest ranks." ²

1164.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ في الجَنّةِ دَرَجةً لا يَنالُها إلّاإمامٌ عادِلٌ ، أو ذو رَحِمٍ وَصُولٌ ، أو ذو عِيالٍ صَبورٌ .³

1164.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is a station in Paradise that none can attain except a just leader, or one who has maintained relations with his kin, or who is forbearing with his family.' ⁴

1165.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في صفةِ الجنّةِ - : دَرَجاتٌ مُتَفاضِلاتٌ ، ومَنازِلُ مُتَفاوِتاتٌ .⁵

1165.Imam Ali (AS) said, describing Paradise, 'There are degrees differing in excellence, and various stations.' ⁶

1166.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ أهْلَ الجَنّةِ لَيَتَراؤونَ مَنازِلَ شِيعَتِنا كما يَتَراءى‏ الرّجُلُ مِنكُمُ الكَواكِبَ في اُفُقِ السَّماءِ .⁷

1166.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The people of Paradise will gaze upon the stations of our Shia just as one of you gazes at the stars on the horizons of the sky.' ⁸

1167.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : علَيكَ بالقُرآنِ، فإنَّ اللَّهَ خَلقَ الجَنّةَ ... وجَعلَ دَرَجاتِها على‏ قَدْرِ آياتِ القُرآنِ، فمَن قَرأَ القُرآنَ قالَ لَهُ : إقْرَأْ وارْقَ ، ومَن دَخلَ مِنهُمُ الجَنّةَ لَم يَكُنْ في الجَنّةِ أعلى‏ دَرَجةً مِنهُ ما خلا النَّبِيّونَ والصِّدِّيقونَ .⁹

1167. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Adhere to the Qur'an ...for Allah has created Paradise, and has made its stations in accordance with the verses of the Qur'an. So whoever reads the Qur'an, it will say to him, 'Read and ascend!' So whoever from among them enters Paradise, there will not be a station higher than theirs except for the prophets and the truthful ones.' ¹⁰

1168.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ أدنى‏ أهْلِ الجَنّةِ مَنزِلاً لَو نَزلَ بهِ‏الثّقَلانِ - الجِنُّ والإنسُ - لَوَسِعَهُم طَعاماً وشَراباً ، ولا يَنْقُصُ مِمّا عِندَهُ شَي‏ءٌ .¹¹

1168.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'For the one who occupies the lowest station in Paradise, were the humans and the jinn to appear as guests for him, nothing would diminish from him if he were to provide them all with food and drink.' ¹²