[Ghamidi] "An Abi Hurayrata razi-allah anhu
anna rasulallahi salallahu alayhi wassalam, qaal.
Man anfaka zavjaina min shaiy'im minal ashyayi fi sabilillah.
Da'aagul khazanatu min abvabil jannah,
ya abdallah, haza khair.
Fa man kaana min ahas salaati duiya mim babis salah,
wa man kaana min ahlil jihadi duiya mim babil jihad.
Wa man kaana min ahlis siyami duiya mim baabir rayyaan.
Wa man kaana min ahlis sadaqa duiya mim baabis sadaqa.
Fa qaala Abu Bakrin razi-allahu anhu, bi abi anta wa ummi ya rasulallah,
maa alaaman duiya min tilkal abvab min zarura,
fa hal yuda ahadum min tilkal abvabi kulliha.
Qaala na'am. Wa arju an takuna minhum."
"It is stated by Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah [PBUH] said,
'he who spent in the way of Allah things in pairs ...
that is, he who while spending in the way of Allah said that
'if Allah asks to spend a given thing, I will spend two of them.'
... he who spent things in pairs,
the doorkeepers of the gates of paradise will call him that
'O the servant of Allah, come here, this gate is better',
then among them, he who would have prayed regularly,
will be called from the gate of salah.
He who would have been a "Mujahid", will be called from the gate of jihad.
He who would have fasted regularly, will be called from the gate of "Rayyaan".
And the one who would be among those who give charity,
will be called from the gate of charity.'
When Syedna Abu Bakr [RD] listened to it, he asked, 'O Messenger of Allah,
may my parents be sacrificed for you, since it is not needed that one is called
from all the gates, but still I am asking if there will be anyone,
who will be called from all the gates'?"
That is, the point that was described in it was that
there will be such an arrangement,
that if a person would have fasted with great care,
or a person would have been very regular in offering salah...
The difference that has been made here is not that
a person was fasting but not praying, or that he was praying but not fasting.
Rather, the intent is to say that he was very fond of a particular act of worship.
So there will be gates, such that those who were very fond of fasting,
will be called from the gate of fasting.
Those who were fond of praying, will be called from the gate of prayer.
It is evident that this question could have arisen on that occasion,
so Syedna Abu Bakr Sidiq [RD] asked as he was sitting there,
and this is his narration, that it is fine as the purpose is to go to paradise,
so it is not needed that one is called from all the gates,
but can it be that one is called from all the gates?
That is, will one be called from other gates too given if
one used to offer salah regularly, observe the fasts regularly,
used to abide by other acts of worship as well and used to do a lot of charity?
"... but still I am asking that will there be anyone
who will be called from all the gates?
He [PBUH] said, 'Yes, and I hope that you, O Abu Bakr, will be among them'."
That is, it is also correct
that one may be more preoccupied with a particular act of worship.
But there will be people like Syedna Abu Bakr [RD] as well, right?
And this is what the Prophet [PBUH] assumes about him.
It can be estimated from this..."I hope that you, O Abu Bakr, will be among them."
It can be imagined from this that in the knowledge and practice of religion,
what the status of Syedna Abu Bakr Sidiq [RD] is.
So the Prophet [PBUH] gave it as a glad tiding (to Abu Bakr) that
this is what He [PBUH] hopes will be the case as there is nothing about which
others will be preferred over him.
If one is to consider Salah, then that is at its extreme,
and the same is with observing fasts...
In them, if one would have the affection for prayers, yearning for it,
and the desire for offering as many "Navaafil" as possible,
then one will be called from the gate of prayers.
All other good deeds have further been mentioned in the same way.
If observing fasts prevails, then one will be called from its gate.
If performing Hajj prevails, then one will be called from its gate.
If one has an affection for Umrah, then one will be called from its gate.
If there is the case of giving charity and spending on others,
then people will be called from the gate of charity.
So this is the glad tiding of the Prophet [PBUH] about Syedna Abu Bakr Sidiq [RD].
And it is evident that the advice sought to be given in it is that
we all should try to have the same love for everything, for every act of religion.
However, the matter with human beings does not happen to be alike,
so whatever Allah Almighty blesses one with,
the gates of paradise should open for oneself.
And we should pray to Allah to open these gates for us,
and to save us from the torment of hell.
"wa aakhiru dawana anilhamdulillalhi rabbil a'alameen".