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Contents of Hadith
Narrated: Ibn Masud
Verily the Messenger of Allah said: The
last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once and
stumble once and be burnt by the Fire once. Then when he gets
beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has
saved me from thee. Allah has given me something He has not
given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a
tree would be raised up for him and he will say: O my Lord I
bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its
shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Exalted and Great,
would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me
for something else. He would say: No. my Lord. And he would
promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord
would excuse him because He sees what he cannot help desiring;
so He would bring him near it, and he would take shelter in
its shade and drink of its water. Afterwards a tree more
beautiful than the first would be raised up before him and he
would say: O my Lord! bring me near this tree in order that I
may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I
shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O
son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for
something else. He would promise Him that he would not ask for
anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He would see
something he cannot help desiring. So He would bring him near
it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a
tree would be raised up for him at the gate of the Paradise,
more beautiful than the first two. He would say: O my Lord!
bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and
drink from its water. I shall not ask Thee for anything else.
He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! did you not promise Me
that you would not ask Me anything else? He would say: Yes, my
Lord, but I shall not ask Thee for anything else. His Lord
would excuse him for He sees something the temptation of which
he could not resist. He (Allah) would bring him near to it,
and when He would bring him near it he would hear the voices
of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord!
admit me to it. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, what will
bring an end to your requests to Me? Will it please you if I
give you the whole world and a like one along with it? He will
say: O my Lord! art Thou mocking at me, though Thou art the
Lord of the worlds? Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the
hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They
(then) said: Why do you laugh? He said: It is in this way that
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) laughed. They
(the companions of the Holy Prophet) asked: Why do you laugh.
Messenger of Allah? He said: On account of the laugh of the
Lord of the universe, when he ldesirer of Paradise) sai Thou
mocking at me though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He would
say: I am not mocking at you, but I have power to do whatever
I will.