The Companion Abū Hurayrah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

یَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّۃَ اَقْوَامٌ اَفْئِدَتُہُمْ مِثْلُ اَفْئِدَۃِ الطَّیْرِ

“Some people whose hearts are like the hearts of birds will enter Paradise.”^[1]

Commenting on this hadith, Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes:

The hearts of birds possess the highest level of trust in Allah, and they fear Him immensely. They do not have hatred and animosity. A person with these qualities is almost angelic in nature.^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب      صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

An accomplished saint

Dear Islamic brothers! There are many ranks of sainthood, the highest degree of which is Ṣiddīqiyya. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه Imam Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was also at this level. Once, the mother of the believers, Lady ʿĀishah al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْها heard Imam Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه speaking and said:

مَنْ ہٰذَا الّذِی یَتَکلَّمُ بِکَلَامِ الصِدِّیْقِیْنَ

“Who is this, speaking with the words of the Ṣiddīqīn?”

Similarly, Imam Zayn al-ꜤĀbidīn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was once told a statement of Imam Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, to which he exclaimed: