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Jami at-Tirmidhi 2351 — Poor Muhajirin Enter First
What Has Been Related About 'The Poor Among The Muhajirin Will Enter Paradise Before The Rich Among Them'
Hadith About Poor Muhajirin Entering Paradise Before the Rich
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2351
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2351
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَجَابِرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
Abu Sa'eed Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The Poor Muhajirin Will Enter Paradise Before The Rich Among Them By Five Hundred Years."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2351In-book reference : Book 36, Hadith 48English translation : Vol. 4, Book 10, Hadith 2351
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2351
This hadith about the poor Muhajirin gives a clear statement from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). He said that the poor Muhajirin will enter Paradise before the rich among them by five hundred years. The wording is specific: it speaks about the poor among the Muhajirin and the rich among them. Because the text is short, the explanation should stay short and careful. The narration highlights a special glad tiding for those poor Muhajirin. It also reminds readers that wealth and poverty are not only worldly labels; they are connected to standing before Allah and the Hereafter in ways the Prophet (s.a.w) taught.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith gives glad tidings to the poor Muhajirin.
- It states a time difference of five hundred years before the rich among them.
- The wording should be kept specific to what the narration says.
