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FOUR STEPS TO PARADISE

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“A Bedouin Arab came to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, tell me what I must do to enter Paradise.’ He answered, ‘Worship Allah, and do not associate anything with Him. Establish the prayer. Pay the obligatory charity and fast during Ramadan.’ The man said, ‘By Him in whose Hands is my life I will not add anything to this.’

As he started to leave the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said to his Companions, ‘He who would be pleased to look at someone from the inhabitants of Paradise should look at that one.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.