Divine mercy will lead to Paradise

Sayyiduna Jabir رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has said that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came to us and said: Just now my Khaleel Jibra`eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام came to me and said: O Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) I swear to the One Who has sent you with truthfulness! On the peak of a mountain in the sea a bondman of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ worshipped Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for 500 years. The length and width of the mountain were 30 arms each. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ would take out a sweet canal as wide as a finger in which sweet water would flow slowly and accumulate beneath the mountain and would take out a pomegranate from the pomegranate tree every night for him. In the evening, he would come down, make Wudu and would eat the pomegranate and then would stand for Salah. At the time of death he humbly asked to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to seize his soul in the state of Sajdah and to raise him [on the Judgement Day] in the state of Sajdah.

Sayyiduna Jibra`eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said: When he will be raised on the Judgement Day and he will be standing in the blessed court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say about him: Make My bondman enter Paradise by virtue of My mercy. He will humbly say: O my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! By virtue of my deeds. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say: Make My bondman enter Paradise by virtue of My mercy. He will again humbly say: O my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! By virtue of my deeds. Then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say to the angels: Compare the deeds of My bondman with the blessings I bestowed. The blessing of eye will surround his 500 hundred-years’ worship and the blessings of the rest of the body will be more than it [his worship].

Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say: Make My bondman enter the Hell. So he will be dragged towards the Hell. He will call out: O my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Make me enter Paradise by Your mercy. Then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say: Bring him back. He will be made to stand in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will ask him about those blessings which were bestowed upon him in the middle of the sea on a mountain. He will humbly say: O my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! All these things are done by You. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will say: All these happened because of My mercy and I make you enter Paradise also by My mercy. He then will be made to enter Paradise.

Sayyiduna Jibra`eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام humbly said: O Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم)! Undoubtedly, all things are by virtue of the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

(Al-Mustadrak, vol. 5, pp. 355, Hadees 7712)