Thekabarnews.com—On a calm day, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ sat with his companions (ṣaḥābah). The prophet was calm, but every word he said was full of meaning. As he spoke to them, the crowd went silent, their hearts caught between hope and amazement.

Then the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said something that would stay with his friends for a long time after that moment:

“Seventy thousand people from my ummah will go to heaven without having to answer for their actions or be punished.” (Hadith narrated by Bukhari and Muslim)

The ṣaḥābah looked at each other. The amount seemed huge, but the accolade felt far away. Who were these people? What kind of lives did they achieve with this enormous reward?

Umar ibn Al-Khattab stood among them. He asked the question that was on everyone’s mind with genuine respect and humility:

“O Messenger of Allah, who are these people?”

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ looked at Umar with kindness and said in a voice that was both soft and sharp:

“They are people who do not seek ruqyah, do not believe in negative omens, do not treat illness with cauterization, and who lay their whole reliance in their Lord.” (Hadith narrated by Bukhari and Muslim).

Umar stopped talking. His chest clenched, not because fear gripped him, but because understanding struck him. It was not just the number of apparent deeds that made entering heaven without reckoning possible. It was about how pure tawakkul is—complete trust in Allah—and how complete one’s tawhid is.

Umar said in a calm but firm voice:

“Messenger of Allah, how lucky they are…”

But the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, who had no limits on his mercy for his ummah, added words that gave them more hope:

“I requested my Lord to make more of them.”

The ṣaḥābah were shocked. Umar raised his head. How big is Allah’s mercy? How much did the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ love his people?

Another narration states that each of the seventy thousand will bring along another seventy thousand, and all of them will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment.

Umar looked down, his eyes full of sadness. He learned a deep truth that day: people who feel safe in themselves do not go to paradise without accounting for it. Only those who give their whole lives to Allah do. This is not the case for individuals who rely solely on their own strength, but rather for those who fully dedicate their hearts to Allah.

People came to regard Umar ibn Al-Khattab as a man of unshakable faith—firm and unyielding against falsehood, yet gentle and deeply trusting in Allah.

And the ummah learned a lesson that will last forever:

Clean up your tawhid if you want heaven without having to think about it.
If you want Allah’s mercy, trust Him with your heart.
If you want to be close to the Prophet ﷺ in the Hereafter, you need to learn to trust your Lord entirely in this life.

“O Allah, make us among Your servants who genuinely rely on You. Our hearts are not linked to creation, our feet are directed only by hope in You, and one day we shall be invited to join Paradise without punishment or accounting.”

Wallāhu a‘lam bish-shawāb.