3001 – The Flying Horses of Paradise

“If you are admitted into Paradise, you shall be brought a horse of rubies with two wings, then you shall be carried on it, then it will fly with you wherever you wish.”

Reported by al-Tirmidhī (2547) and al-Ṭabarānī (4/215: 4075), and from him Abū Nuʿaym in Ṣifat al-Jannah [Description of Paradise] (261/423) by way of Wāṣil b. al-Sāʾib, from Abū Sawrah, from Abū Ayyūb [who] said:

“A Bedouin came to the Prophet, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allāh, I love horses, are there horses in Paradise?’ The Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said: … and he mentioned the ḥadīth.

[more to follow…]

Marketplace

Upon entering the marketplace, it is recommended for one to read the following supplication [in green]:

On the authority of ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb [who narrated] that the Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said:

“Whoever enters the marketplace and says, ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allāh alone without any partners, to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, He gives life and causes death, He is the All-Living and does not die, in His Hand is all goodness, and He has power over all things’, Allāh will write a million good deeds for him, and wipe a million evil deeds away from him, and raise a million ranks for him.”

Reported by al-Tirmidhī.

Ḥasan: al-Tirmidhī (3428) and in the Dār al-Taʾṣīl edition (3746). Ibn Mājah (2235). Aḥmad (327). See: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb (1694) of al-Albānī.