What Every Person Needs To Know About Jannah (Paradise) Episode 10 The Gates of Paradise

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*What Every Person Needs To Know About Jannah (Paradise)*

*Episode 10*

*The Gates of Paradise*

Paradise has gates through which the believers, like the angels, will enter:

"'Adn [Eden - everlasting gardens] of Paradise, whose doors will open for 

them" [38:50]

"...And angels shall enter unto them from every gate [with the salutation]: "Peace be unto you for that you persevered in patience! How excellent is the final home!"[13:23-24]

Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) has told us that these gates will be opened when the believers 

reach them, and they will be welcomed by the angels with greetings of peace:

"...till, when they reach it, its gates will be opened, and its keepers will say, "Salaamun 

'alaykum! You have done well, so enter here to abide therein." [39:73]

The number of gates in Paradise is eight, one of which is called ar-Rayyaan, which is 

exclusively for those who fast.

al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Sahl ibn Sa'eedi (Radi-Allahu Anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) said,

"In Paradise there are eight gates, one of which is called ar-Rayyaan. No one will enter it 

except those who fast, and when they have entered it will be locked behind them and no 

one else will enter it". [Ibn Katheer, an-Nihaayah, 2/214]

In addition to ar-Rayyaan, there are also gates for those who pray much, those who give in 

charity and those who fight in jihaad; Abu Hurayrah (Radi-Allahu Anhu) reported that the 

Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) said,

 "Whoever spends a pair [of anything] from his wealth for the sake of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) will be called from the gates of Paradise, and Paradise has eight gates. Whoever used to pray [regularly and properly] will be called from the gate of prayer; whoever use to give in charity will be called from the 

gate of charity' whoever used to fight in jihaad will be called from the gate of jihaad, and 

whoever used to fast [regularly] will be called from the gate of fasting". Abu Bakr (Radi-

Allaahu Anhu) said, "By Allah, it would not matter if a person was called from any of them but will anyone be called from all of them, O Messenger of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam)?" He said, "Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them". [saheeh, Ibn Katheer, an-

Nihaayah, 2/214]

The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) also said, "Whoever performs wudhu and does it 

properly, then lifts his gaze to the sky and says, "Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wahdahu laa shareeka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu, the eight gates of Paradise will be opened to him, and he will enter it through whichever one he wishes". [Muslim, Ahmad and others on the authority of 'Umar, an-Nihaayah, 2/219]

The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) told us that there is a gate, which is only for those 

who will not be called to account: this is the right-hand gate of Paradise. Everyone else will 

enter Paradise with the rest of the nations through the other gates. In a hadith about ash-

Shafa'ah (intercession) whose authenticity is agreed upon, Abu Hurayrah (Radi-Allahu 

Anhu) reported that the Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) said, "Allah (Subhanahu Wa 

Ta’ala) will say, "O Muhammad, admit those of your ummah who do not need to be brought to account through the right-hand gate and the others will enter through the other gates like the rest of the people.""

In the same hadith, the Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) described the width of the gates of Paradise:

"By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the distance between two panels of the gates of Paradise or between the two gate posts, is like the distance between Makkah and Hajar, or between Makkah and Basra" [an-Nihaayah, 2/221]

The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) has told us that the gates of Paradise are opened 

during Ramadan. al-Bukhaari, Muslim, and Ahmad report from Abu Hurayrah (Radi-Allahu 

Anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) said, "When the month of 

Ramadan comes, the gates of heaven are opened".

In some reports it states that the distance between the two gate-panels when they are open is that of a forty year journey.

The Messenger of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) said, "The distance between the two gate-panels of one of the gates of Paradise is the distance of forty-year's walking, but there 

will come a time when it is very crowded". [Ahmad in al-Musnad, Abu Na'eem in al-Hilyah, from Haakim ibn Mu'aawiyah from Mu'aawiyah, sahih; see also Muslim and Ahmad on the 

authority of 'Utbah ibn Ghazwaan]

And in the narration of at-Tabaraani reported in al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer from 'Abdullaah ibn Salaam, it is said "..and it [the gate] will become as crowded as a drinking-trough surrounded by thirsty camels".