What is the reason the poor enter Paradise before the rich?
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The questioner : Does this imply that the poor are better than the rich?
The Shaykh : No, it does not imply that, because their precedence in entering Paradise is due to what they were deprived of in terms of comfort in this world, for they tasted misery, fatigue, hunger, and thirst.
The questioner : Will he be of a lower rank?
The Shaykh : He may be of a lower rank than the rich, because the rich person, when he enters, may be above him by stages.
The questioner : Is there evidence for this?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is from two hadiths. Yes. We took three, come on.
The Shaykh : No, it does not imply that, because their precedence in entering Paradise is due to what they were deprived of in terms of comfort in this world, for they tasted misery, fatigue, hunger, and thirst.
The questioner : Will he be of a lower rank?
The Shaykh : He may be of a lower rank than the rich, because the rich person, when he enters, may be above him by stages.
The questioner : Is there evidence for this?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is from two hadiths. Yes. We took three, come on.