Hadith 2657

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: "I was sitting with a group of the poor emigrants, some of them covering themselves with others due to lack of clothing, while a reciter was reciting to us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and stood among us. When he stood, the reciter stopped. He greeted us then asked: 'What were you doing?' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we had a reciter reciting the Book of Allah to us and we were listening.' He said: 'Praise be to Allah Who has made among my ummah those with whom I have been commanded to be patient.' Then he sat among us to make himself equal with us, then motioned with his hand like this (forming a circle), so they gathered around him with their faces turned toward him. He said: 'Rejoice, O group of poor emigrants, with complete light on the Day of Judgment. You will enter Paradise half a day before the wealthy - that being five hundred years.'"