Anas ibn Malik reported: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, "Coming upon you now is a man from the people of Paradise". A man from the Ansar came whose beard was disheveled by the water of ablution and he was carrying both of his shoes with his left hand.
The next day the Prophet repeated the same words, and the man came in the same condition. The third day the Prophet repeated the same again, and the man came in the same condition. When the Prophet stood up to leave, Abdullah ibn Amr followed the man and he said,"I am in a dispute with my father and I have sworn not to enter my home for three days. May I stay with you? "
The man said, "yes."
Abdullah stayed three nights with the man but he never saw him praying at night. Whenever he went to bed, he would remember Allah and rest until he woke up for morning prayer. Abdullah said that he never heard anything but good words from his mouth.
When three nights had passed and he did not see anything special about his actions, Abdullah asked him, "O servant of Allah, I have not been in dispute with my father nor have I cut relations with him. I heard the Prophet say three times that a man from the people of Paradise was coming to us and then you came. I thought I should stay with you to see what you are doing that I should follow, but I did not see you do anything special. Why did the Prophet speak highly of you?"
The man said, "I am as you have seen". When Abdullah (r.a) was about to leave, the man said, "I am as you have seen, except that before going to sleep every night I forgive everyone and sleep with a clean heart "Abdullah said, "This is what you have achieved and it is something we have not accomplished."
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 12286, Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Kathir
For forgiving other he was promised paradise while still being alive. Subhanallah.
Last chapters answers
1. Salat dhuha ( A sunnah prayer prayed between fajr and noon)
2. In a muswala( any place where you can pray) In Islam anywhere on this earth can be a muswala except areas that are najis like toilets.
3. Any answered rakat.
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