Did he not reach Ramadhan, fast & pray with such & such
number of prostrations in the year??
Talha
ibn ‘Ubaydallah (رضي
اللّه عنـه) reported that two men
came to the Prophet (صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) who had
accepted Islam at the same time. One of them used to partake in Jihad more-so
than the other, and so (one day) he fought in a battle and was martyred
therein. The other remained behind him for another year, and then he passed
away.
Talha
said, ‘I saw in my dream that I was at the door of Paradise when behold, I was
with both of them (the two men). Someone came out of Paradise and allowed the
man who passed away later to enter first. Then he came out again and allowed
the martyred one to enter. Then he returned and said to me, ‘Go back,
for your time has not come yet.’
Talha woke
up and began to inform others about this and they were all surprised. This
reached the Messenger of Allah (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) and when they informed him of it, he said: