(Explanation of the First to Enter Paradise) This, and the first of them to enter is the best of Allah’s creation, those whom He has distinguished with the Qur’an and the Prophets, according to their ranks of preference, those being the gifts of the Bestower.

The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that the first of the people to enter from this Ummah is Abu Bakr, and that a weak hadith was narrated that the first to enter Firdaus from this Ummah is 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, but it is weak. He said: If it were authentic, then the generality of the statement "the first of them" is specified by the hadith of Abu Bakr, meaning: the first of them after Abu Bakr. And if 'Umar is the first of them after Abu Bakr, then the matter is clear, because the best of this Ummah after Abu Bakr is 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes.