Mishkat al-Masabih 5013 — Manners

Abu Maalik Ash'ary Narrated from:

Sayyiduna Abu Maalik Ash'ary رحمه الله said that he was sitting with the Prophet (one day) when he said, "Surely, Allah, Mighty and Glorious, has certain slaves who are neither Prophets nor martyrs yet the Prophet and the martyrs will wish to be in their places because of their nearness to, and their rank with, Allah."One of the villagers asked, "Do tell us, who are they?" He said, "they are Allah's slaves from different cities and different tribes and are unrelated by blood ties that might call upon them to join bonds of kinship, neither do they spend money on each other. But, they love each other only because of Allah's spirit - the Quran. ON the day of resurrection, their faces will be light, and pulpits of light shall be erected for them under the throne of Ar Rahman (the compassionate)."