Does the Prophet's vision of Abraham and Ja'far in Paradise contradict his being the first to enter it on the Day of Resurrection?
It is true that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I will be the first to enter Paradise on the Day of Resurrection." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw Ja'far flying in Paradise with the angels, and this was in the life of the (interim life in the grave). As for Abraham, peace be upon him, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw him in the Rawdah (garden) during the journey of Al-Isra' and Al-Mi'raj, and this vision was also in the life of the Barzakh. There is no contradiction in this; for his vision of Ja'far and Abraham was in the life of the Barzakh (the grave), while his entering Paradise first will be in the afterlife after the resurrection.
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