The Last to Enter Paradise

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Masud (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said:

“The last entrant to Paradise would be a man who walks once and stumbles once and be burnt by the fire once. When he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He who has saved me from you and has given me what He gave nobody in the earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him. So he will say:  O my Lord! Bring me closer to this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink from its water. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) would say: O son of Adam! If I grant you this, you will demand Me something else. He will say: No, my Lord. He promised   that he would ask for nothing else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees that the man would not have patience over it. So He will make him near it. Then he will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Afterwards, a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him.  So he will say: O my Lord! Bring me near this tree. So that I may drink its water and take shelter in its shade. I shall not ask you for anything other than that. Allah will say: O son of Adam!  Did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me for anything else. He will reply: Probably I shall ask for nothing if you bring me near it. And he promised Him that he would not ask Him for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He   knows that he would not keep his word. Anyhow, He would bring him near to the tree. The man will take shelter in its shade and drink its water. Then a tree more beautiful than the first two would be raised up at the gate of Paradise. He will say: O Lord! Please make me near to this tree so that I may enjoy its shade and drink its water. I shall not ask You anything else. His Lord would excuse him as the temptation of which he could not resist.  So He will make him near this tree. When He would bring him near it, he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! Admit me to it. Allah would say: O son of Adam! What will bring an end to your demands to Me? Will it please you if I give you the (whole) world and a similar one along with it? The man will say: Are you mocking at me, though you are the Lord of the worlds?”

Narrating this Haditn Ibn Masud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They said: Why do you laugh?  He said: In the same way Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) also laughed (when he said this Hadith, and (the Companions) asked: Why do you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?  He replied: On account of the laughter of the Lord of the worlds when the desirous of Paradise said:  Are   you mocking at me though you are the Lord of the worlds? At this, Allah will remark: I am not mocking at you, but I am All-Capableto do whatever I wish.” (This Hadith is sound and reported by Muslim),

This Hadith highlights the fact that the last entrant to Paradise will undergo various phases. It also shows the aspect of human nature that man is not contended with one thing but always desires better than that is available to him.

Narrated Abu Dhar (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: “I know the last of the dwellers of Hell to come out and the last of the people of Paradise to enter. He is a man who  would  be  brought  before  Allah  on  the   Day of Resurrection, Then Allah will  command the  angels: Ask him  about  the  minor   sins and hide the major ones. Then it will  be  said  to him: On such and such day you did that and that  sin;  and  on such and such day you committed  that and that    bad  deed.  The Prophet (Peace be upon him) added: It will be said to him: In place of every evil deed, you will be granted one good deed.”

The Prophet (Peace be upon him) continued. “The sinner would say: My Lord! I have done things which I do not find here.” The narrator said: Indeed I saw the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) laugh until his premolar teeth were visible. (because the sinner was forgiven). (This Hadith is sound and reported by Tirmidhi).

This is how Allah would cover a sinner with His Mercy. Even his minor sins would be so great that he will feel so ashamed of them that he will not be able to ask Allah Paradise.