سألوا الإمام الحسن البصرى
Some people asked ِAl-Hasan Ibn Al-Haythem;
ان خيروك بين :: أمرين :: صلاة ركعتين و دخول الجنة
If you have been given the chance to choose among "Doing two Ruk'at of Salat (Two Prayers)" or "Entering the Heaven",
فأيهما تختار اولا فقال :
Which of them you are going to choose?
سأختار الركعتين اولا
So he answered: I would choose doing Two Ruk'at,
لان فى أدائهما رضاء لربى
Because by doing them, I would satisfy Allah
وفى دخول الجنة رضاء لنفسى
While if I choose Heaven, then I am satisfying myself,
وأولى بالعبد المؤدب ان يفضل رضاء ربه على رضاء نفسه
and the good and polite Mo'min (Believer) would put Allah's satisfaction before his own!!
