Volume 4, Book 52, Number 48:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle, offer prayer perfectly and fasts the
month of Ramadan, will rightfully be granted Paradise by Allah, no matter whether he fights in Al –
lah’s Cause or remains in the land where he is born.” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle ! Shall we
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acquaint the people with the is good news?” He said, “Paradise has one-hundred grades which Allah
has reserved for the Mujahidin who fight in His Cause, and the distance between each of two grades
is like the distance between the Heaven and the Earth. So, when you ask Allah (for something), ask
for Al-firdaus which is the best and highest part of Paradise.” (i.e. The sub-narrator added, “I think
the Prophet also said, ‘Above it (i.e. Al-Firdaus) is the Throne of Beneficent (i.e. Allah), and from it
originate the rivers of Paradise.”)