Back to search

Will the Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon), peace be upon him, enter Paradise after forty years because he was wealthy and accountability comes with it?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The Prophet of Allah, Sulaiman, peace be upon him, will enter Paradise without reckoning, like the rest of the prophets. The saying "All prophets will enter Paradise forty years before Sulaiman ibn Dawud" is an inauthentic hadith due to the weakness of its narrators and the strangeness of its text, and its contradiction with the high status of the prophets. Furthermore, worldly blessings do not diminish the reward in the Hereafter, as long as they were not acquired unjustly or if Allah was not thanked for them.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy