✦⋆· said, "The most effective way my community will enter Paradise is through God wariness and good character."

● The Prophet (saw) asked, "Would you all love to enter Paradise?" They replied, "Yes, O Prophet of Allah." He said, "Shorten your expectations, fix your eyes on death, and feel ashamed in front of Allah to the extent one ought to."

● "The first of people to enter Paradise will be the poor, the one who does good to others, Martyr & the servant who worshipped his lord well."

● The Prophet (saw) said to Imam Ali (as), "The first four people to enter Paradise will be you, me, Hassan and Hussain."

● "Whoever meets Allah with three things will enter Paradise from any door he likes: good character, fear of Allah in public as well as in solitude, and desisting from disputation even when in the right."

● "Present me with six things and I will present you with Paradise. When you speak, do not lie; when you promise, do not break it; when you are entrusted with something, do not betray; lower your gazes, guard your private parts, restrain your hands and your tongues."

● "Paradise is forbidden to three types of people: one who is reproachful for his gifts, one who backbites, and one who imbibes alcohol."

● "A traitor and a deceiver will not enter Paradise."

● "All of you shall enter Paradise except for the one who fled from Allah like the fleeing of a camel from its owner."

● "Whoever assumes responsibility of taking care of people, then deceives them, Allah forbids him entry into Paradise."

● "There is a station in Paradise that none can attain except a just leader, or one who has maintained relations with his kin, or who is forbearing with his family."

✦⋆· "Indeed I have not seen anything like Paradise, the seeker whereof is sleeping, nor have I seen anything like the Fire, whose escapee is sleeping."

● "Paradise is the best goal."

● "Through trials one attains Paradise."

● "Paradise is the abode of security."

● Imam Ali (as) said, describing Paradise, "There are degrees differing in excellence, and various stations."

● "The people of Paradise will gaze upon the stations of our shi'a just as one of you gazes at the stars on the horizons of the sky."

● "Verily there is no price for your soul except for Paradise, so do not sell it for anything else."

● "The people of Paradise will be the believers who are lenient and of soft temperament."

● "The price for Paradise is righteous deeds & abstention from the world."

● "Paradise has eight doors: a door through which the Prophets and the truthful ones will enter, a door through which the martyrs and the righteous will enter, five doors through which our shi'a and our lovers will enter ..., a door through which the rest of the Muslims will enter, that is, those that bear witness to 'There is no god but Allah' and who do not bear an atom's weight of enmity towards us, the Ahlulbayt (as)."

✦⋆· said, "O our shi'as! As for Paradise, it will not escape you sooner or later, but do compete with each other to attain stations therein."

✦⋆· "Paradise is surrounded by trials and patience. So whoever endures trials in the world will enter Paradise. Hell is surrounded by pleasures and desires. Thus, whoever allows himself its pleasures and desires [of the world] will enter the Fire."

✦⋆· "Saying 'There is no God but Allah' is the price for Paradise."

● "There are three things which if a person performs even one, Allah will make Paradise incumbent upon him: to give charity when one is needy oneself, cheerfulness with the whole world, and being just in spite of one's self."

● "For the one who occupies the lowest station in Paradise, were the humans and the jinn to appear as guests for him, nothing would diminish from him if he were to provide them all with food and drink."

✦⋆· "Whoever asks Allah for Paradise but does not endure tribulations has in fact ridiculed himself."

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"Be kind towards your mother if you want to end up in Paradise." [Of course, first you must have faith in Allah and be a good Muslim, etc.]

"There is no other way that takes you closer to Paradise than being kind towards your mother."