Hadith #249

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Affan and Bahz narrated to us, they said Shu'bah narrated to us, he said Sa'd ibn Ibrahim informed me, he said I heard Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman narrating from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ who said: 'Whoever spends two things in the cause of Allah will be called from the gates of Paradise: "O servant of Allah, this is good." Whoever is among the people of prayer will be called from the gate of prayer. Whoever is among the people of jihad will be called from the gate of jihad. Whoever is among the people of fasting will be called from the gate of al-Rayyan. Whoever is among the people of charity will be called from the gate of charity.' Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will anyone be called from all of these gates?' He said: 'Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them.'