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REWARD FOR SINCERE TESTIMONY

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“Some of the Companions including Omar and Abu Bakr were sitting with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, when he stood up and left them. Time passed and we became anxious in case he had been harmed and we were not with him. Being concerned, we all stood up – Abu Hurairah being the first to do so - and set off in search of him. When Abu Hurairah reached a garden belonging to an Ansar he found the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, (Thereafter followed a lengthy discourse which concluded with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him) saying: ‘Go, and give the good news to those you met outside this garden, who, in sincerity bear witness from their heart that - there is no god except Allah - that they will be the inhabitants of Paradise.’"

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related this hadith