[Machine] To give people what they deserve and to respect them while doing so. While he was giving people their dues, a man from the people of the desert came and said, "O Mu'adh, appoint me as a mayor (of the people of the desert) as I am from such and such a place. Perhaps I will be able to return to my people before nightfall." Mu'adh replied, "No, I swear by Allah, I will not give you (authority) until I give the people of this city (their rights) first." This means the people of the city. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "All the Prophets will enter Paradise before Sulaiman bin Dawud by forty years, and the poor Muslims will enter Paradise before their rich counterparts by forty years, and the righteous slaves will enter Paradise before others by forty years, and the people of the cities will enter Paradise before the people of the deserts by forty years, due to the blessings of cities, congregations, gatherings, and circles of remembrance. And when there is a calamity, they are secluded for it apart from others."  

أَنْ أَعْطِ النَّاسَ أُعْطِيَاتِهِمْ واغْزُ بِهِمْ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يُعْطِي النَّاسَ وَذَلِكَ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ أَهْلِ الرُّسْتَاقِ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ مُرْ لِي بِعَطُائِي فَإِنِّي رَجُلٌ مَنْ أَهْلِ الرُّسْتَاقِ مِنْ مَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَعَلِّي آوِي إِلَى أَهْلِي قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أُعْطِيكَ حَتَّى أُعْطِي هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَإِنَّ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَإِنَّ صَالِحَ الْعَبِيدِ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الْآخَرِينَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمُدُنِ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَهْلِ الرُّسْتَاقِ بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا بِفَضْلِ الْمَدَائِنِ وَالْجَمَاعَاتِ وَالْجُمُعَاتِ وَحِلَقِ الذِّكْرِ وَإِذَا كَانَ بَلَاءٌ خُصُّوا بِهِ دُونَهُمْ»