How does a servant attain the high ranks of Paradise, and do books have an effect in that?
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We also received this question, in which the questioner asks: By what means does a Muslim attain the high ranks, or the highest ranks, in Paradise? And what are the books that help in that?
Answer:
What helps in that is not books, but deeds. The ranks in Paradise are attained through deeds[An-Nahl 16:32] [Ali 'Imran 3:163] So the people of Paradise differ in rank according to their deeds. Yes.
We also received this question, in which the questioner asks: By what means does a Muslim attain the high ranks, or the highest ranks, in Paradise? And what are the books that help in that?
Answer:
What helps in that is not books, but deeds. The ranks in Paradise are attained through deeds
Enter Paradise for what you used to do."
ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَThey are [varying] degrees in the sight of Allah, and Allah is Seeing of whatever they do.
هُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2076 - بماذا ينال العبد الدرجات العليا من الجنة وهل للكتب أثر في ذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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