Paradise is our goal. We all want to go to Paradise after death. But how will we get Paradise? What is the condition for entry to Paradise? People are not clear about this. People think that offering salat ul-tasbih or saying takbir ula are the means of entering Paradise. Offering ishraq and chast will guarantee Paradise. If we travel to attend religious gatherings or associate ourselves with a saint we will attain Paradise. All these notions are baseless. They have no relation with Paradise. We have to understand that the price for Paradise is not outside of ourselves but rather it is within us. Visiting Muslim holy places isn't enough to enter Paradise. 

The condition for entry to Paradise is not external, it is internal. You have to develop a personality which is deserving of Paradise, a personality which is capable of being settled in Paradise.  The Quran says: وَذَلِكَ جَزَاءُ مَنْ تَزَكَّى (20:76) This is a personality which undergoes purification and becomes God-oriented. Paradise is a very refined, noble and ideal society. If we develop the qualities required for entry to Paradise only then we will be admitted to Paradise. Whatever else you do external to yourself won't get you Paradise. This is living in falsehood. The Quran says: لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ (4:123) People these days have wishful thoughts. Every person entertains wishful ideas which make him believe he will surely enter Paradise. It is essential for a person to rise above such thinking. Because after death we won’t have another chance. Whatever we have to do, must be done before death.