Guaranteed Entrance To Heaven

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ الْيَوْمَ صَائِمًا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا قَالَ فَمَنْ تَبِعَ مِنْكُمْ الْيَوْمَ جَنَازَةً قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا قَالَ فَمَنْ أَطْعَمَ مِنْكُمْ الْيَوْمَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا قَالَ فَمَنْ عَادَ مِنْكُمْ الْيَوْمَ مَرِيضًا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا اجْتَمَعْنَ فِي امْرِئٍ إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ 

From Abu Hurairah RA, the Prophet SAW once asked: "Which of you are fasting this morning?"  Abu Bakr replied, "I am."  He asked again: "Which of you have sent the jenazah today?"  Abu Bakr replied: "Me."  He asked again: "Who among you have fed the poor today?"  Abu Bakr replied: "Me."  He asked again: "Which of you have visited the sick today?"  Abu Bakr replied, "I am."  Then the Prophet SAW said: "There is no such deed in a person except that he will surely enter heaven."

(HR Muslim No: 1707)

Status: Sahih Hadith 

Learnings:

1. Paradise is reserved for those who believe and do righteous deeds. 

2. Abu Bakr RA is an example of a companion of the Prophet SAW who showed righteous deeds. 

3. Fasting is part of every Muslim's personal worship as proof of one's obedience and sincerity to Allah. 

4. Sending the jenazah, feeding the poor and visiting the sick is a Muslim duty to the society.  It is part of fulfilling the responsibility towards the rights of others when we live in a society. 

5. Believers who perform individual worship duties such as prayer, fasting, zakat as well as the duty to give back to the community such as visiting the sick, helping the needy, will definitely enter heaven. 

Let us assist the weak like the fakir and the poor, the sick and orphans. Enliven the culture of visiting or finding out how our relatives, friends, neighbors around us are.  May Allah swt connect our hearts together.