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ahmad-zuhd:193ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī > al-Ḥasan > Balaghanā

[Machine] That the poor Muslims will enter Paradise before their rich counterparts by forty years, and the others will crawl on their knees, and then their Lord will come to them and say, "You were the rulers and leaders of the people, and you had my need and request." Al-Hasan said, "And by Allah, the account is severe except what Allah has made easy."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنَا

أَنَّ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَالْآخَرُونَ جُثَاءٌ عَلَى رُكَبِهِمْ فَيَأْتِيهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ ﷻ فَيَقُولُ أَنْتُمْ كُنْتُمْ حُكَّامَ النَّاسِ وَوُلَاةَ أُمُورِهِمْ فَعِنْدَكُمْ حَاجَتِي وَطِلْبَتِي قَالَ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ «فَثَمَّ وَاللَّهِ حِسَابٌ شَدِيدٌ إِلَّا مَا يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ ﷻ»