It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was sitting in a circle of Ansari companions (may Allah be pleased with them), we were covering our private parts from each other and a Qari (reciter) was reciting the Holy Qur'an in front of us and we were listening to it. Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also arrived and sat among us so that he could count himself among them. The Qari suddenly stopped. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What were you people saying?" We submitted, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Our Qari was reciting the Holy Qur'an to us." Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured with his hand to form a circle, so the people turned into a circle. I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recognize anyone among them except me and said, "O group of the poor! Rejoice, for you will enter Paradise five hundred years before the rich — which will be half a day of the Day of Resurrection."