Whoever likes to look at aman who will enter Paradise, let him look at
this man. Abdullah Ibn Abbas, who was present and heard this comment,
followed the man who was favoured with this promise. He asked his
permission to be his guestwhich the man accepted. After observing him
for three consecutive nights, without seeing anything extraordinary
about him, Abdullah Ibn Abbas said: I don't see anything about you
which qualifies you toenter Paradise more than the rest of us. Can you
remember one special thing you do of which I may not be aware. After
thinking for sometime theman said: Nothing is outstanding in my life
except one thing, may be, that I go to bed with a pure and sound heart
towards my friends (meaning to forgive others of their bad qualities
and to think good of everybody). Then Ibn Abbas exclaimed: This is
exactly what qualifies you to enter paradise. Source: from the
book"Luminaries of Islam" by Arafat K.El-Ashi
It is not easy to forgive others of their faults but let us try hard
to bring this quality in ourselves.
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