The Story of the Prophet Muhammad’s Companions Who Are Guaranteed to Enter Heaven
From Abu Hurairah ra, the Messenger of Allah SAW said,
“You will not enter heaven until you believe, and you will not believe until you love each other. Do you want me to show you an act that if you do it, you will love each other, namely spreading greetings among yourselves.”
(HR Imam Muslim)
Allah gave a guarantee of heaven to the Prophet’s companions because of their dedication to Islam which was greater than towering mountains.
The following are the companions of the prophet who were guaranteed by Allah SWT to enter heaven along with their brief stories:
Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq, the First Companion of the Prophet
Abu Bakar As Shidiq, the first companion of the prophet who was guaranteed to enter heaven
The first story of the Prophet Muhammad’s Companion who was guaranteed to enter heaven was Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq. He was part of the assabiqunal awwalun, namely the first people to convert to Islam. Friends who always accompanied the Messenger of Allah in preaching, broadcasting the Islamic religion.
Abu Bakr was known as a person who was soft-spoken, patient, and also a philanthropist who freed 70 slaves. The Prophet gave the title “Ash-Siddiq” to Abu Bakr, which means “saying the truth”.
Abu Bakr also accompanied the Prophet on the emigration journey from Mecca to Medina. Even though he faced the threat of being killed by the Quraysh infidels, Abu Bakr remained loyal to accompany the Prophet. When the Prophet was sick, Abu Bakr was appointed by the Prophet Muhammad to replace him as Prayer Imam.
When Rasulullah died, many of his friends did not believe in Rasulullah’s death, but Abu Bakar was the only one who reminded them that Rasulullah was also a human being, just like them.
Abu Bakr continued the leadership of the Prophet as Caliph of the Muslim community. When he became Caliph, Abu Bakr remained on the straight path, persistent in protecting Islam and fighting apostates.
Umar bin Khattab, the Brave Companion of the Prophet Muhammad
Umar bin Khattab Al-Faruq who is guaranteed to enter heaven
The next companion of the Prophet who is guaranteed to enter heaven is Umar bin Khattab. Umar’s dedication to Islam was very great in his life. At the beginning of Islam’s presence in Mecca, Umar had intended to kill the Prophet Muhammad.
However, after hearing his sister read the verses of Allah, the intelligent and rational Umar was able to assess that the sentences read by his sister were not human creations. Instead of killing the Prophet Muhammad, Umar bin Khattab approached him to consciously embrace Islam.
After embracing Islam, Umar became the bravest person and did not hesitate to take up the sword to defend the truth of Islamic teachings. Umar also became the bravest person to give ideas and criticism to the Prophet. The Prophet Muhammad gave him the title “Al-Faruq” which means “the distinguisher between right and wrong”.
The leadership of the Caliph Umar increasingly made him guaranteed to enter heaven
After Abu Bakr died, Umar continued the position of Caliph. As an Islamic leader, Umar bin Khattab always totally carried out his role. Creating various new systems for the development of Islamic society and the welfare of his people. Even when the plague hit, Umar was willing to not eat and prioritize his people to eat. Umar’s leadership was able to spread the message of Islam to a third of the world’s population.
Uthman bin Affan, Pioneer of Compiling the Al-Quran Manuscript
Uthman bin Affan, Companion of the Prophet who compiled the first mushaf
Uthman bin Affan is included in the category of companions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW who are guaranteed to enter heaven. He is also a group of assabiqunal awwalun or the first group of people to convert to Islam. He became the third Caliph after Umar bin Khattab died.
Uthman was known as a very wealthy merchant in Mecca. Although rich, Utsman was very generous, had good speech, and spent a lot of his wealth on zakat, alms, and infaq.
During Utsman’s leadership, Islam continued to progress. Among them, Utsman built the first Islamic navy, and expanded the area of Islamic propagation. Collecting different Quranic manuscripts, then compiling one manuscript that was agreed to be used together until now.
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Then, Utsman was a figure who had high social concern. One of them was he donated a well so that people could drink and use water during droughts. The well still exists today and functions. Amazing, right!
Ali bin Abi Thalib, Loyal to the Prophet Since Childhood
The second person who embraced Islam after Khadijah was Ali bin Abi Talib. God made Ali to enter the group of the Prophet’s friends guaranteed to enter heaven. Because, Ali has learned Islam since he was a child. Learn directly from the Prophet. His loyalty to Islam does not need to be doubted, Ali was never absent from the wars that took place to defend Islam.
The struggle of Ali bin Abi Talib KAW
When the Prophet migrated, Ali disguised himself as the Prophet Muhammad by sleeping on his bed. Until the infidels of Quraish thought that Prophet Muhammad was still in his house.
When the Quraysh infidels wanted to attack the Prophet Muhammad, they found Ali in bed. In vain they waited overnight to kill the Prophet Muhammad.
Finally they left Ali. Three days later, Ali migrated to Madinah alone. Hiding during the day, and traveling at night. How loyal Ali was to the Messenger of Allah, so that he sincerely did his duty.
After Uthman died, there was a vacancy in Islamic leadership for some time, then Ali was proposed to be the next Caliph. During his leadership he experienced many challenges, because there were many rebellions from groups that were divided by their respective thoughts. Ali bin Abi Talib was the last person in the Khulafaur Ar-Rasyidin.
Talhah bin Ubaidillah, Protector of the Messenger of Allah who likes to give waqf
Talhah bin Ubaidillah’s name is not as famous as Abu Bakar or Umar bin Khattab, but Prophet Muhammad mentioned Talhah after Ali as a friend of the prophet who is guaranteed to enter heaven.
When Islam was present in Mecca, Talhah did not hesitate to accept the teachings of the Prophet. He immediately joined Islam. As long as Islamic preaching was carried out, Talhah fought in the war and carried out the duties given by the Messenger of Allah.
The Prophet gave the nickname Talhah the Kind-hearted, Talhah the Generous, Talhah the Benevolent. During Uhud, the Muslims were careless and almost endangered the Prophet’s life. When the Quraysh were about to attack the Prophet, Talhah immediately protected the Prophet until he lost his fingers.
The Prophet said,
“Whoever wants to see a Martyr walking on the face of the earth, then he should see Talhah bin ‘Ubaidillah.”
(HR Tirmidhi 3672)
Zubair bin Awwam, Apostle of the Prophet SAW
Zubair bin Awwam is a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, also one of the first people to convert to Islam or assabiqunal awwalun. He embraced Islam since the age of 15, he was very loyal to the Prophet, and always tried to protect the Prophet from danger.
The Prophet mentioned Zubair bin Awwam as one of the companions of the Prophet who were guaranteed to enter heaven.
“Indeed every prophet has a helper (disciple), and my disciple is Zubair bin Awwam.”
(HR Muslim)
Abdurrahman bin Auf, a Humble and Generous Companion
One of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW who had extraordinary generosity was Abdurrahman bin Auf. Although he was a wealthy merchant, Abdurrahman bin Auf spent much of his wealth to help Muslims. Abdurrahman bin Auf was also part of the assabiqunal awwalun, or the first 10 people to convert to Islam.
When he heard the Messenger of Allah mention the name Abdurrahman bin Auf as one of the companions of the prophet who entered heaven, it did not make him feel arrogant but worried. He was worried about whether he was worthy of entering heaven and felt like a nobody. In fact, Abdurrahman bin Auf’s services to the development of Islam were very great, so he was worthy of being guaranteed entry into heaven.
Sa’ad bin Abi Waqash, Faithful Fighting in the Way of God
Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqash is the maternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad. His father Sa’ad is Aminah’s uncle. When he heard that Islam was present in Mecca, Sa’ad immediately approached the Prophet to say the shahadat sentence. Sa’ad knew the Prophet very well, so he believed in the religion of God.
The thing that made Sa’ad join the group of the Prophet’s friends who are guaranteed to enter heaven is his loyalty that always accompanied the Messenger of Allah in battle. Sa’ad was very good at archery, and he was the first person to shoot an arrow in defense of Islam.
In addition to his loyalty to Islam, Sa’ad also loved his mother very much. He is a devoted child to both his parents. Although at the beginning of Sa’ad’s conversion to Islam he was opposed by his mother, Sa’ad still defended his religion and was kind to his mother who had a different faith.
Sa’id bin Zaid, Assabiqunal Awwalun Group
A person who played a role in making Umar bin Khattab convert to Islam was Sa’id bin Zaid along with Fatimah binti Khattab, his wife. Sa’id was Umar bin Khattab’s brother-in-law. Since childhood, Sa’id was invited by his father to find the right religion, the true religion, because the tradition of worshiping idols was considered wrong. However, before finding Islam, his father had passed away.
When he heard about Islam being propagated by the Prophet, Sa’id immediately joined the group of Islamic pioneers, namely the first people to convert to Islam. His wife also joined in declaring herself to be a Muslim.
Sa’id’s struggle in defending Islam is beyond doubt. Sa’id always went to war with the Prophet, and also carried out the Prophet’s orders earnestly. The Prophet mentioned Sa’id’s name as one of the prophet’s companions who was guaranteed to enter heaven.
Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah, Loyal Defender of Prophet Muhammad SAW and Islam
Abu Ubaidah is known as a meek but very agile figure like a lion. Has the nature of trust and responsibility. It is a group of assabiqunal awwalun who professed shahadat one day after Abu Bakr.
In the Battle of Badr, Abu Ubaidah infiltrated the enemy forces without fear. He was never absent following the battle to defend Islam. Loyal in defending Prophet Muhammad in any situation.
Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah once migrated to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) with the Prophet, to invite the people of Abyssinia to convert to Islam. After the death of the Messenger of Allah, Abu Ubaidah joined the candidate for Caliph along with Abu Bakr and Umar bin Khattab.
Even when Umar became Caliph, he really wanted Abu Ubaidah to continue the leadership of Islam. But fate said otherwise, Abu Ubaidah died because he was caught in an epidemic.
Zaid bin Haritsah, Origin of the Verses About Adopted Children
Zaid bin Haritsah was a friend of the Prophet who was the cause of the revelation of the verse about adopted children. The story starts from Zaid being kidnapped when he was invited by his mother to go to his hometown. Then, he was attacked and instantly made a slave by the captors.
His mother searched for Zaid’s whereabouts because she wanted to know if her son was gone or still alive. After being tired from the accumulated worry, his mother got the happy news that her son was still alive and living in the city of Mecca with the Prophet SAW. He adopted Zaid as a son.
Hearing the news, the mother rushed to the city of Medina with money to redeem her son. When he arrived at the Prophet’s residence, he asked Zaid to choose whether to stay with the Prophet or to go home with his mother. If he returns, then the Messenger of Allah will not take the ransom money from Zaid’s parents.
Zaid chose to live with the Prophet. He gathered people around to announce that Zaid was his son and heir. However, from this event, Allah’s verse of Surat Al-Ahzab verse 5 came down which states that adopted children should still be called by the name of their biological father, not the adoptive father.
“Call them (the adopted children) by (wearing) the names of their (biological) fathers; that is more just in the sight of God, and if you do not know their fathers, then (call them as) your religious brothers and your elders”
(QS al-Ahzaab: 5).
That is asbabun nuzul about adopted children. Muslims who want to adopt a child should know the law based on Islamic Shari’a which can be accessed through the content of the priority of caring for orphans.
In the end, Zaid bin Haritsah became one of the closest companions of the Prophet SAW. Then, Zaid bin Haritsah became the only friend of the Prophet Muhammad whose name is immortalized in the Al Quran.
Guaranteed Entry to Heaven by Emulating the Stories of the Companions of the Prophet
From Abdurrahman bin Auf, he said, the Messenger of Allah saw. said:
“Abu Bakr is in heaven, Umar is in heaven, Usman is in heaven, Ali is in heaven, Talhah is in heaven, Zubair is in heaven, Abdurrahman bin Auf is in heaven, Sa’ad is in heaven, Sa’id is in heaven, Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah is in heaven.”
(HR. At-Tirmidhi)
Thus the story of the Prophet’s companions is guaranteed entry to heaven. Truly the struggle of the companions was very great until they were guaranteed to become residents of heaven. Companions can emulate the good deeds done by the companions, as a reference for our path to heaven.
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