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2616. Mu'ādḥ bin Jabal narrated: "I accompanied the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. One day I was near him while we were moving so I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Inform me about an action by which I will be admitted into Paradise, and which will keep me far from the Fire.' He said: 'You have asked me about something great, but it is easy for whomever Allāh makes it easy: Worship Allāh and do not associate any partners with him, establish the Salāt, give the Zakāt, fast Ramaḍān and perform Hajj to the House.' Then he said: 'Shall I not guide you to the doors of good? Fasting is a shield, and charity extinguishes sins like water extinguishes fire – and a man's praying in the depths of the night.'" He said: "Then he recited: 'Their sides forsake their beds to call upon their Lord.' Until he reached: 'What they used to do.'[1] Then he said: 'Shall I not inform you about the head of the entire matter, and its pillar, and its hump.' I said: 'Of course O Messenger of Allāh!' He said: 'The head of the matter is Islām, its pillar is the Salāt, and its hump is Jihād.' Then he said: 'Shall I not inform you about what governs all of that?' I said: 'Of course O Messenger of Allāh!'" He ﷺ said:
"So he grabbed his tongue. He said: 'Restrain this.' I said: 'O Prophet of Allāh! Will we be taken to account for what we say?' He said: 'May your mother grieve your loss O Mu'ādḥ! Are the people tossed into the Fire upon their faces, or upon their noses, except because of what their tongues have wrought?'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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[1] As-Sajdah 32:16,17.
Commentary
The Noble Prophet ﷺ told us in this Hadīth about the status and virtues of the important and fundamental principles, and about their good effects and results, that the deeds that will be a means to enter paradise are hard, but they are easy for whom Allāh makes them easy and bestows ability to perform them, because no deed is possible without the assistance of Allāh.
