عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قُلْت يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الجَنَّةَ وَيُبَاعِدْنِي مِنْ النَّارِ، قَالَ: «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ: تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ البَيْتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الخَيْرِ، الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا يُطْفِئُ المَاءُ النَّارَ، وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ تَلَا: {تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ} حَتَّى {بَلَغَ يَعْمَلُونَ}، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُك بِرَأْسِ الأَمْرِ وَعَمُودِهِ وَذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: رَأْسُ الأَمْرِ الإِسْلَامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الجِهَادُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُك بِمِلَاكِ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ، فقُلْت: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّه! فَأَخَذَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَقَالَ: كُفَّ عَلَيْك هَذَا، قُلْت: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! وَإِنَّا لَمُؤَاخَذُونَ بِمَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلسِنَتِهِمْ»!
Kutoka kwa Muadhi bin Jabali radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake amesema: Nilisema ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu! Hebu nieleze amali itakayoniingiza peponi na kuniweka mbali na Moto, akasema: "Hakika umeniuliza kuhusu jambo kubwa, lakini nijepesi kwa yule atakayefanyiwa wepesi na Mwenyezi Mungu: Ni kumuabudu Mwenyezi Mungu bila kumshirikisha na chochote, na kusimamisha swala, na kutoa zaka, na kufunga mwezi mtukufu wa Ramadhani, na kuhiji. kisha akasema Mtume: Je, nikujulishe milango ya kheri? Funga ni kinga, na sadaka inaondosha madhambi kama maji yanavyo uzima moto, na swala ya mtu katikati ya usiku, kisha akasoma kauli ya Mwenyezi Mungu: "Mbavu zao zinaachana na vitanda..." mpaka alipofikia mwisho wa aya "wanayoyatenda". Kisha akasema Mtume: Je nikueleze kichwa cha mambo yote na nguzo yake na kilele chake? Nikajibu ndio ewe mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, akasema: kichwa cha mambo yote ni Uislamu, na nguzo yake ni Swala, na kilele chake ni Jihadi. Kisha akasema: Je nikujulishe kinachoyahifadhi na kuyatunza matendo hayo? Nikasema ndio ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, akaushika ulimi wake kisha akasema: Zuia ulimi wako, nikamuuliza: Ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu je tutahesabiwa kwa kila tunacho kizungumza? Akasema: Akukose mama yako, hakuna kitakacho waingiza watu wengi motoni kama maneno wanayoyazungumza."!
Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an action that lets me enter Paradise and keep me away from Hellfire. He said: "You have asked about something grave, but it is easy for whomever Allah makes it easy for. Worship Allah, without associating anything with Him, offer the prayer, pay Zakah, fast Ramadan, and perform Hajj. Then, he said: Shall I not guide you to the gates of goodness? Fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sins as water extinguishes fire, and a man's prayer in the middle of night. Then, he recited: {Their sides forsake their beds} until he reached {what they used to do.} Then he added: Shall I tell you of the essence of the matter, its pillar, and its peak? I replied: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: The essence of this matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer, and its peak is Jihad. Then he said: Shall I tell you of what holds all these things? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He took hold of his tongue and said: Keep this under control. I asked: O Prophet of Allah, shall we be held accountable for what we say? He replied: May your mother lose you! What else can cast people on their faces—or on their noses—except the harvest of their tongues?!"
Pupa ya Maswahaba radhi za Allah ziwe juu yao ya kutaka kujifunza, na ndio maana maswali yao yalikuwa ni mengi sana kwa Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake.
Utambuzi wa Maswahaba radhi za Allah ziwe juu yao kwa kujua kwao kuwa matendo ni sababu ya kuingia Peponi.
Swali lililotoka kwa Muadhi radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake ni swali zito; kwa sababu kwa uhalisia ndio siri ya uhai na uwepo wa kila kitu, kila kilichopo katika dunia kwanzia wanadam au majini lengo lake la mwisho ima iwe Pepo, ama motoni, na ndio maana swali hili likawa zito.
Kuingia kwake peponi kumefungamanishwa na kuzitekeleza nguzo tano za Uislamu, nazo ni: Shahada mbili na swala na zaka na swaumu na Hija.
Kichwa cha dini na jukumu ghali na wajibu mkubwa ni kumpwekesha Mwenyezi Mungu, kwa kumuabudu yeye peke yake asiye na mshirika.
Huruma ya Mwenyezi Mungu kwa waja wake kwa kuwafungulia milango ya kheri ili wajiongezee sababu za malipo na kusamehewa madhambi.
Fadhila za kujikurubisha kwa Mwenyezi Mungu kwa ibada za sunna baada ya kutekeleza faradhi.
Swala katika Uislamu ni sawa na nguzo linayosimamia hema, Uislamu unaondoka kwa kudondoka kwake, kama linavyodondoka hema kwa kudondoka kwa nguzo.
Ulazima wa kuhifadhi ulimi kwa yale yanayomdhuru mtu katika dini yake.
Kuuzuia ulimi na kuudhibiti na kuufunga ndio msingi wa kheri zote.