I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a sudden the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came along and stood beside us. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood, the reader stopped and greeted him. He asked: What were you doing? We said: Messenger of Allah! We had a reader who was reciting to us and we were listening to the Book of Allah, the Exalted. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: Praise be to Allah Who has put among my people those with whom I have been ordered to stay. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then sat among us so as to be like one of us, and when he had made a sign with his hand they sat in a circle with their faces turned towards him. The narrator said: I think that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recognize any of them except me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: Rejoice, you group of poor emigrants, in the announcement that you will have perfect light on the Day of Resurrection. You will enter Paradise half a day before the rich, and that is five hundred years.  

جَلَسْتُ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ ضُعَفَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَإِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ لَيَسْتَتِرُ بِبَعْضٍ مِنَ الْعُرْىِ وَقَارِئٌ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا إِذْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَكَتَ الْقَارِئُ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ قَارِئٌ لَنَا يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَصْبِرَ نَفْسِي مَعَهُمْ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَطَنَا لِيَعْدِلَ بِنَفْسِهِ فِينَا ثُمَّ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا فَتَحَلَّقُوا وَبَرَزَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ لَهُ قَالَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَرَفَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا غَيْرِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْشِرُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ صَعَالِيكِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ بِالنُّورِ التَّامِّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَاءِ النَّاسِ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ وَذَاكَ خَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ  

[Machine] I was in a circle of the Ansar. Some of us would cover themselves with a part of their clothing, and we had a reader who would recite the Book of Allah to us. While we were listening to the Quran, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and sat among us to count himself as one of us. The reader stopped and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What were you saying?" We said, "O Messenger of Allah, we had a reader who would recite the Book of Allah to us." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ , raising his hand and gesturing with it towards himself, said, "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, he made them turn away from themselves to him and said, 'shave your heads'. The circle of people turned and I did not see anyone other than myself whom the Messenger of Allah recognized." So he said, "Rejoice, O people of the Sa'laik, you will enter Paradise half a day before the rich, and that is five hundred years."  

كُنْتُ فِي حَلْقَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِنَّ بَعْضَنَا لَيَسْتَتِرُ بِبَعْضٍ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ وَقَارِئٌ لَنَا يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا فَنَحْنُ نَسْمَعُ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ إِذْ وَقَفَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَعَدَ فِينَا لِيَعُدَّ نَفْسَهُ مَعَهُمْ فَكَفَّ الْقَارِئُ فَقَالَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ؟ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ قَارِئٌ لَنَا يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ وَحَلَّقَ بِهَا يُومِئُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ تَحَلَّقُوا فَاسْتَدَارَتِ الْحَلْقَةُ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَرَفَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا غَيْرِي قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ الصَّعَالِيكِ تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ وَذَلِكَ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ عَامٍ