Jami at-Tirmidhi 2355 — Poor Muslims and Forty Autumns

Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2355

This hadith about poor Muslims entering Paradise before the rich mentions a time of forty autumns. Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said the poor Muslims are admitted into Paradise before their rich by forty autumns. The wording is short and should not be stretched beyond what it says. It gives a glad tiding connected to poor Muslims and entry into Paradise. It also reminds readers that the honor of the Hereafter is not judged by how much someone had in the world. The hadith turns attention from wealth in hand to the final return to Allah.