Treatment for the Heart

[My sister, this is the hadith we discussed that night :)]

Anas Ibn Malik (radhiallahu 'anhu) reported that he and other companions were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam), then said: "A man from the people of Paradise will enter now." And a man from al-Ansar entered, with his beard dripping with water from Wudhu (ablution), and holding his sandals in his left hand.

The following day, the Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam) said the same thing and the same man entered.

On the third day, the Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam) again repeated his statement and the same man entered with water dripping and holding his sandals.

When the Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam) left, Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn al-As (radhi allahu anhu) followed the man and said: "I quarreled with my father and I swore I would not go to him for three days and night. Would you shelter me for these days?" The man replied, "Yes."

Anas said, "Abdullah said that he stayed with this man for three nights and he did not see him praying at night, but every time he moved and changed position in bed he would remember Allah saying, 'Allahu Akbar' until Salat-ul-Fajr."

Abdullah said, "I didn't hear anything from him but good. When the three nights had passed… I said: 'O slave of Allah! I really didn't abandon my father nor was I angry with him. But, I heard the Messenger of Allah speaking of you on three separate occasions, the Prophet had said that a man from the people of Paradise would enter, and you were the one to enter on all the three times. So, I wanted to stay with you to see what you do so that I could follow you. But I have not seen you doing much. So what is that you do for Allah's Messenger (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam) to say what he had said?"

The man replied, "It is nothing more than what you saw."

When Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn al-As was about to leave, the man called him back and said, "Yes, it is nothing more than what you saw, except one thing that I hope Allah will reward me greatly. Before I go to sleep, I don't have jealousy, envy, towards anybody. And I forgive anybody that has done anything (bad) to me. Every single night before I go to sleep I cleanse my heart of all those things (jealousy, envy)."

Abdullah said, "This is what has made you deserving of the praise and this is what we cannot do." [Musnad Ahmad]

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Anas ibn Malik reported that once the Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wa salam) exclaimed,
"Can't anyone of you be like Abu Damdam?"
The companions asked, "Who is Abu Damdam, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "When he gets up in the morning he says, 'O Allah, I offer my honor and life to You.' So that he would not abuse those who abuse him, nor would he wrong those who wronged him, or hit those who hit him."