Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying that: Allah the Exalted and Glorious, said:
I have prepared for My pious servants which no eye has
ever seen, and no ear has ever heard, and no human heart
has ever perceived but it is testified by the Book of
Allah. He then recited:" No soul knows what comfort has
been concealed from them, as a reward for what they did".
(xxxii. 17)
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: I
have prepared for My pious servants which no eye (has
ever) seen, no ear has (ever) heard and no human heart has
ever perceived those bounties leaving apart (those
bounties) about which Allah has informed you.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said:
I have prepared for My pious servants which the eye has
seen not, and the ear has heard not and no human heart has
ever perceived such bounties leaving aside those about
which Allah has informed you. He then recited:" No soul
knows what comfort has been hidden for thein".
Sahl b. Sa'd as-Sa'idi reported: I was in the company
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he gave
a description of Paradise and then Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) concluded with these words: There would
be bounties which the eye has not seen and the ear has not
heard and no human heart has ever perceived them. He then
recited this verse:" They forsake (their) beds, calling
upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and spend out of what
We have given them. So no soul knows what refreshment of
the eyes is hidden for them: a reward for what they did"
(xxxii. 16-17)
Chapter 2: THERE IS IN PARADISE A TREE UNDER THE
SHADOW OF WHICH A RIDER CAN TRAVEL FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND
EVEN THEN HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COVER IT
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: In Paradise, there is a tree under
the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred
years.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters with the
addition of these words:" He will not be able to cover
this distance."
Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: In Paradise, there is a tree under
the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred years
without covering (the distance) completely. This hadith
has also been transmitted on the authority of Abu Sa'id
al-Khudri that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) is
reported to have said: In Paradise, there is a tree under
the shadow of which a rider of a fine and swift-footed
horse would travel for a hundred years without covering
the distance completely. There would be the pleasure of
Allah for the inmates of Paradise and He would never be
annoyed with them.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) said that Allah would say to the
inmates of Paradise: O, Dwellers of Paradise, and they
would say in response: At thy service and pleasure, our
Lord, the good is in Thy Hand. He (the Lord) would say:
Are you well pleased now? They would say: Why should we
not be pleased, O Lord, when Thou hast given us what Thou
hast not given to any of Thy creatures? He would, however,
say: May I not give you (something) even more excellent
than that? And they would say: 0 Lord, what thing can be
more excellent than this? And He would say: I shall cause
My pleasure to alight upon you and I shall never be
afterwards annoyed with you.
Chapter 3: THE INMATES OF PARADISE WOULD SEE THE
INMATES OF THE UPPER APARTMENT AS ARE SEEN THE PLANETS IN
THE SKY
Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The inmates of Paradise will look to
the upper apartment of Paradise as you see the planets in
the sky. I narrated this hadith to Nu'man b. Abi 'Ayyash
and he said: I heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri as saying: As you
see the shining planets in the eastern and western (sides
of) horizon.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The inmates of Paradise
would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as
you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern
and the western horizon because of the superiority some
have over others. They said: Allah's Messenger, would in
these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able
to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand
is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the
Truth, will reach them.
Chapter 4: HE WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GLIMPSE OF
THE SACRED FACE OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
EVEN AT THE COsT OF HIS WHOLE PROPERTY AND HIS FAMILY
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The people most loved by me from
amongst my Ummah would be those who would come after me
but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire to
catch a glimpse of me even at the cost of his family and
wealth.
Chapter 5: THERE IS A STREET IN PARADISE WHERE
THE INMATES OF PARADISE WOULD GET FAVOUR AND GRACE
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: In Paradise there is a street to
which they would come every Friday. The north wind will
blow and would scatter fragrance on their faces and on
their clothes and would add to their beauty and
loveliness, and then they would go back to their family
after having an added lustre to their beauty and
loveliness, and their family would say to them: By Allah,
you have been increased in beauty and loveliness after
leaving us, and they would say: By Allah, you have also
increased in beauty and loveliness after us.
Chapter 6: THE FIRST GROUP THAT WOULD BE ADMITTED
TO PARADISE WOULD BE LIKE THE FACE OF THE FULL MOON AND THE
DESCRIPTION OF THEIR QUALITIES AND THEIR SPOUSES
Muhammad reported that some (persons) stated with a
sense of pride and some discussed whether there would be
more men in Paradise or more women. It was upon this that
Abu Huraira reported that Abu'l Qasim (the Holy Prophet)
(may peace be upon him) said: The (members) of the first
group to get into Paradise would have their faces as
bright as full moon during the night, and the next to this
group would have their faces as bright as the shining
stars in the sky, and every person would have two wives
and the marrow of their shanks would glimmer beneath the
flesh and there would be none without a wife in Paradise.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The (members of
the) first group which would get into Paradise will have
their faces as bright as stars in the sky. They would
neither pass water, nor void excrement, nor will they
suffer from catarrh, nor will they spit, and their combs
would be made of gold, and their sweat will be musk, the
fuel of their brazier will be aloes, and their wives will
be large-eyed maidens and their form would be alike as one
single person after the form of their father (Adam) sixty
cubits tall.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The first group of my Ummah to get
into Paradise would be like a full moon in the night. Then
those who would be next to them; they would be like the
most significantly glittering stars in regard to
brightness, then after them (others) in ranks. They would
neither void excrement, nor pass water, nor suffer from
catarrh, nor would they spit. And their combs would be
made of gold, and the fuel of their braziers would be
aloes and their sweat would be musk and their form would
be the form of one single person according to the length
of their father sixty cubits tall. This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi Shaiba with a
slight variation of wording.
Chapter 7: THE DESCRIPTION OF PARADISE AND THE
REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH BY ITS INMATES MORNING AND EVENING
Hammam b. Munabbih reported: These are some of the
ahidith which Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and one is this that he is
reported to have said: The (members of the) first group
that would be admitted to Paradise would have their faces
as bright as full moon during the night. They would
neither spit nor suffer catarrh, nor void excrement. They
would have their utensils and their combs made of gold and
silver and the fuel of their braziers would be aloes and
their sweat would be musk and every one of them would have
two spouses (so beautiful) that the marrow of their shanks
would be visible through the flesh. There would be no
dissension amongst them and no enmity in their hearts.
Their hearts would be like one heart, glorifying Allah
morning and evening.
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying that the inmates of Paradise would eat
and drink but would neither spit, nor pass water, nor void
excrement, nor suffer catarrah. It was said: Then, what
would happen with food? Thereupon he said: They would
belch and sweat (and it would be over with their food),
and their sweat would be that of musk and they would
glorify and praise Allah as easily as you breathe.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said that the inmates of Paradise would
eat therein and they would also drink, but they would
neither void excrement, nor suffer catarrh, nor pass
water, and their eating (would be digested) in the form of
belching and their sweat would be musk aged they would
glorify and praise Allah as easily ai you breathe.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who would get into Paradise (would be
made to enjoy such an everlasting) bliss that he would
neither become destitute, nor would his clothes wear out,
nor his youth would decline.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abu Huraira both reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There
would be an announcer (in Paradise) who would make this
announcement: Verily I there is in store for you
(everlasting) health and that you should never fall ill
and that you live (for ever) and do not die at all. And
that you would remain young and never grow old. And that
you would always live in affluent circumstances and never
become destitute, as words of Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, are:" And it would be announced to them: This is
the Paradise. You have been made to inherit it for what
you used to do". (VII; 43)
Chapter 9: THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TENTS FOR THE
INMATES OF PARADISE
Abu Bakr b. Abdullah b. Qais reported on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said that in Paradise there would be for a believer a
tent of a single hollowed pearl the breadth of which would
be sixty miles. It would be meant for a believer and the
believers would go around it and none would be able to see
the others.
Abu Bakr b. Abdullah b. Qais reported on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said that in Paradise there would be a tent made of a
single hollowed pearl, the breadth of which would be sixty
miles from all sides and there would live a family in each
corner and the other would not be able to see the believer
who goes around them.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Bakr b. Abu Musa b. Qais who, on the authority of his
father, reported the Apostle (may peace be upon him) to
have said that there would be a tent made of a pearl whose
height towards the sky would be sixty miles. In each
corner, there would be a fanaily of the believer, out of
sight for the others.
Chapter 10: WHAT RIVERS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE
FOUND IN PARADISE
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There would enter Paradise people
whose hearts would be like those of the hearts of birds.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
created Adam in His own image with His length of sixty
cubits, and as He created him He told him to greet that
group, and that was a party of angels sitting there, and
listen to the response that they give him, for it would
form his greeting and that of his offspring. He then went
away and said: Peace be upon you! They (the angels) said:
May there be peace upon you and the Mercy of Allah, and
they made an addition of" Mercy of Allah". So he who would
get into Paradise would get in the form of Adarn, his
length being sixty cubits, then the people who followed
him continued to diminish in size up to this day.
Chapter 12: THE DESCRIPTION OF HELL AND THE
INTENSITY OF ITS HEAT AND TORMENTS
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The Hell would he brought on that da
(the Day of judgment) with seventy bridles and every
bridle would be controlled by seventy angels.
Abil Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as seying: The fire which sons of Adam burn is
only one-seventieth part of the Fire of Hell. His
Companions said: By Allah, even ordinary fire would have
been enough (to burn people). Thereupon he said: It is
sixty-nine parts in excess of (the heat of) fire in this
world each of them being equivalent to their heat.
Abu Huraira reported: We were in the company of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) that we heard a terrible
sound. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Do you know what (sound) is this? We said: Allah and
His Messenger know best. Thereupon he said: That is a
stone which was thrown seventy years before in Hell and it
has'been constantly slipping down and now it has reached
its base.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abfi
Huraira with the same chain of transmitters but with this
change of wording that the Holy Prophet (may. peace be
upon him) said: It reached at its base and you heard its
sound.
Samura b. Jundub reported Allah's Apostle (may peace
-be upon him) as saying: There will be some to whose
ankels the fire will reach, some to whose knees, some to
whose waist the fire will reach, and some to whose
collar-bone the fire will reach.
Samura b. Jundub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There would be among them those to
whom the fire will reach up to their ankels and to some of
them the fire would reach their knees and to some it would
reach their waists and to some it would reach up to their
collar-bones.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: There was a dispute between the
Hell and the Paradise and it (the Hell) said: The haughty
and the proud would find abode in me. And the Paradise
said: The meek and the humble would find their abode in
me. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, (addressing
the Hell) said: You are (the means) of My punishment by
which I punish those of My servants whom I wish. (And
addressing the Paradise) He said: You are only My Mercy by
means of which 1 shall show mercy to those whom I wish,
but each one of you would be full.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: The Hell and the Paradise fell into
dispute and the Hell said: I have been dis- tinguished by
the proud and the haughty. And the Paradise said: What is
the matter with me that the meek and the humble amongst
people and the downtrodden and the simple enter me?
Thereupon Allah said to the Paradise: You are (the means)
of My Mercy whereby I show mercy to those of My servants
whom 1 wish, and He said to the Hell: You are (the means)
of punishment whereby 1 punish those of My servants whoml
wish. Both of you will be full. The Hell will riot be
filled up until Allah puts down His foot in it. The Hell
would say: Enough, enough, enough, and at that time it
will be filled up, all its parts integrated together.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The Paradise and the Hell disputed with
each other. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Hammam b. Munabbih reported that Abu Huraira narrated
to them some ahadith of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and one of them is this that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: The Paradise and the Hell
fell into dispute and the Hell said: 1 have been
distinguished for accommodating (the haughty and proud in
me), and the Paradise said: What is the matter that the
meek and the humble and the downtrodden and simple would
find an abode in me? Thereupon Allah said to Paradise: You
are a (means) of My Mercy. 1 shall show mercy through you
to one whom I will from amongst My servants. And lie said
to the Hell: You are a (sign) of My chastisement and I
shall chastise through you anyone whom I will from amongst
My servants and both of you, would be full. And as regards
the Hell it would not be full until Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, places His foot therein, and it would say:
Enough, enough, enough, and it would be then full and the
one part would draw very close to the other one and Allah
would not treat unjustly anyone amongst His creation and
He would create another creation for the Paradise (to
accommodate it).
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: The Paradise and the Hell
disputed with each other. The rest of the hadith is the
same as transmitted by Abu Huraira up to the words'." It
is essential for Me to fill up both of you."
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) said that the Hell would continue to say: Is
there anything more, until Allah, the Exalted and High,
would place His foot therein and that would say: Enough,
enough, by Your Honour, and some parts of it would draw
close to the other.
'Abd al-Wahhab b. Ata' reported in connection with the
words of Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious: We would say
to Hell on the Day of Ressurection: Have you been
completely filled up? and it would say: Is there anything
-more? And he stated on the authority of Anas b. Malik
that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: (The
sinners) would be thrown therein and it would continue to
say: Is there anything more, until Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, would keep His foot there- in and some of its
part would draw close to the other and it would say:
Enough, enough, by Thy Honour and by Thy Dignity, and
there would be enough space in Paradise until Allah would
create a new creation and He would make them accommo- date
that spare place in Paradise.
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There would be left some space in Paradise as
Allah would like that to be left. Then Allah would create
another creation as He would like.
Abu Sa'id reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Death would be brought on the Day of
Resurrection. in the form of a white-coloured ram. Abu
Kuraib made this addition: Then it would be made to stand
between the Paradise and the Hell. So far as the rest of
the hadith is concerned there is perfect agreement
(between the two narrators) and it would be said to the
inmates of Paradise: Do you recognise this? They would
raise up their necks and look towards it and say: Yes, '
it is death. Then it would be said to the inmates of
Hell-Fire.. Do you recognise this? And they would raise up
their necks and look and say: Yes, it is death. Then
command would be given for slaughtering that and then it
would be said: 0 inmates of Paradise,, there is an
everlasting life for you and no death. And then
(addressing) to the inmates of the Hell-Fire, it would be
said: 0 inmates of Hell-Fire, there is an everlasting
living for you and no death. Allah's Messenger (may peace
be u@on him) then recited this verse pointing with his
hand to this (material) world:" Warn them, this Day of
dismay, and when their affairs would be decided and they
would be un- mindful and they believe not" (xix. 39).
Abu Sa'id reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When the inmates of Paradise would be
admitted to Paradise and the inmates of Hell would be
admitted to Hell, it would be said (to the inmates of
Paradise): 0 inmates of Paradise. The rest of the hadith
is the same but with this variation (that he only) said.
That is the word of Allah, the Exalted. And he did not
say: Then Allah's Mes- senger (may peace be upon him)
recited, and he did not make a mention of his having
pointed with his hand towards the (material) world.
Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Allah would admit the inmates of Paradise
into Paradise and the inmates of Hell into Hell. Then the
announcer would stand between them and say: 0 inmates of
Paradise, there is no death for you,0 inmates of Hell,
there is no death for you. You would live for ever
therein.
Umar b. Muhammad b. Zaid b. 'Abdullah b. 'Umar b. al-Khattab
reported on the authority of his father Abdullah b. Umar
that Allah's Messenger (may peace big upon him) said: When
the inmates of Paradise would go to Paradise and the
inmates of Hell would go to Hell, death would be called
and it would be placed between the Paradise and the Hell
and then slaughtered and then the announcer would
announce: 0 inmates of Paradise, no death 0 Inmates of
Hell-Fire, no death. And it would in. crease the delight
of the inmates of Paradise and it would increase the grief
of the inmates of Hell-Fire.
It is transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The molar
tooth of an unbeliever or the canine teeth of an
unbeliever will be like Ubud and the thickness of his skin
a three night's journey.
Abu Huraira reported directly from Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) that he said: The distance of the
two shoulders of the non-believer in Hell will be a
three-day journey for a swift rider.
Haritha b. Wahb reported that he heard Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) as saying: May I not inform you
about the inmates of Paradise? They said: Do this, of
course. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Every humble person who is considered to be humble
if he were to adjure In the name of Allah, He would fulfil
it. He then said: May I not inform you about the denizens
of Hell-Fire? They said: Yes. And he said: Every haughty,
fat and proud (person).
Haritha b. Wahb al-KhuzaIi reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: May I not inform you
about the inmates of Paradise? (And then informing about
them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be
humble and if they were to adjure in the name of Allah,
Allah would certainly fulfil it. May I not inform you
about the inmates of Hell-Fire? They are all proud, mean
and haughty.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: Many a people with dishevelled hair
are driven away from the door (but they are so pious) that
if they are to swear in the name of Allah, He would
definitely fulfil that.
'Abdullah b. Zam'a reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) delivered an address and he made a
mention of the dromedary and also made a mention of one
(base person) who cut off Its hind legs, and he recited:"
When the basest of them broke forth with mischief" (xei.
12). When A mischievous person, strong even because of the
strength of a family like Abu Zam'a, broke forth. He then
delivered instruction in regard to the women saying: There
is amongst you who beats his woman, and in the narration
on the authority of Abu Bakr, the words are: He flogs her
like a slave-girl. And in the narration of Abu Kuraib (the
words are): He flogs like a slave and then comforts his
bed with the help of that at the end of the day, and he
then advised in regard to laughing of people at the
breaking of wind and said: One of you laughs at that which
you yourself do.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: I saw 'Amr b. Luhayy b. Qam'a b.
Khindif, brother of Bani Ka'b, dragging his Intestines in
Fire.
Sa'id b. Musayyib explained" al-bahira" as that animal
which is not milked but for the idols. and none amongst
the people milks them, and" as-sa'iba" as that animal
which is let loose for the deities. Nothing is loaded over
it, and Ibn Musayyib narrated that Abu Huraira stated that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I saw 'Amr
b. 'Amir al-Khuzili dragging his intestines in fire and he
was the first who devoted animals to deity.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Two are the types amongst the
denizens of Hell, the one possessing whips like the tail
of an ox and they flog people with their help. (The second
one) the women who would be naked in spite of their being
dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce
others with their hair high like humps. These women would
not get into Paradise and they would not perceive the
odour of Paradise, although its frag- rance can be
perceived from such and such distance (from great
distance).
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: If you survive for a time you would
certainly see people who would have whips in their hands
like the tail of an ox. They would get up in the morning
under the wrath of Allah and they would get into the
evening with the anger of Allah.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: If you live for a time, you would
certainly see people get up (in the morning) in the wrath
of Allah and getting into the evening under the curse of
Allah, and there would be in their hands (whips) like the
tail of an ox.
Chapter 14: PERTAINING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
WORLD AND ASSEMBLING ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
This hadith has been narrated through five different
chains of transmitters and all of them are narrated on the
authority of Mustaurid, brother of Bani Fihr, that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, this
world (is so insigni- ficant in comparison) to the
Hereafter that if one of you should dip his finger- (and
wnile saying this Yahyg pointed with his forefinger) -in
the ocean and then he should see as to what has stuck to
it. This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters also but with a slight variation of wording.
'A'isha reported that she beard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The people would be
assembled on the Day of Resurrection barefooted, naked and
uncircumcised. I said: Allah's Messenger, will the male
and the female be together on the Day and would they be
looking at one another? Upon this Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: 'A'isha, the matter would be too
serious for them to look to one another.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hatim
b. Abi Saghira with the same chain of transmitters and
there is no mention of the word" uncircum- cised."
Ibn Abbas reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) deliver an address and he was saying
that they would meet Allah barefooted, naked and
uncircumcised.
This hadith has been narrated through other chains of
transmitters on the authority of Ibn Abbas, (and) the
words are: While Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
stood up to deliver a sermon, he said: 0 people, Allah
would make you assemble barefooted, naked and
uncircumcised (and then recited the words of the Qur'an):"
As We created you for the first time, We shall repeat it.
(It is) a promise (binding) upon us. Lo! We are to perform
it, and the first person who would be clothed on the Day
of Resurrection would be (Hadrat) Ibrahim (peace be upon
him)" and, behold! some persons of my Ummah would be
brought and taken to the left and I would say: My Lord,
they are my companions, and it would be said: You do not
know what they did after you, and I would say just as the
pious servant (Hadrat 'Isa) said:, I was a witness
regarding them as I remained among them and Thou art a
witness over everything, so if Thou chastisest them, they
are Thy servants and if Thou for- givest them, Thou art
Mighty, Wise" (v. 117-118). And it would be said to him:
They constantly turned to their heels since you left them.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Waki'
and Mu'adh (and the words are):" What new things they
fabricated."
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying, The people will be assembled in three
categories. Those desirous (of Paradise), fearing (Hell),
coming two upon the came], three upon the camel, four upon
the camel, ten upon the camel and the rest will be
assembled, Hell-Fire being with them when they are at
midday where they would spend the night and where they
would spend the morning and where they would spend the
evening.
Chapter 15: THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF
RESURRECTION (MAY ALLAH SAVE US FROM ITS TERRORS)
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When the people would stand before Allah.
the Lord of the worlds, each one of them would stand
submerged into perspiration up to half of his ears, and
there is no mention of the" day" in the badlth transmitted
on the authority of Ibn Muthanni.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Ibn 'Umar but with a slight variation of wording (and the
words are):" One of them would be completely submerged in
perspiration up to half of his ears."
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: The perspiration would spread on
the Day of Resurrection upon the earth to the extent of
seventy cubits and it would reach up to their mouths or up
to their ears. Thaur is not sure (which words) he used
(mouth or ears).
Miqdad b. Aswad reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace he upon him) as saying: On the Day of
Resurrection, the sun would draw so close to the people
that there woum be left only a distance of one mile.
Sulaim b. Amir said: By Allah, I do not know whether he
meant by" mile" the mile of the (material) earth or dn
instrument used for applying collyrium to the eye. (The
Holy Prophet is, however, reported to have said): The
people would be submerged in perspiration according to
their deeds, some up to their. knees, Some up to the waist
and some would have the bridle of perspiration and, while
saying this, Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
pointed his hand towards his mouth.
Chapter 16: THE QUALITIES BY WHICH THE INMATES OF
PARADISE AND THE DENIZENS OF HELL CAN BE RECOGNISED IN THIS
WORLD
'Iyad b. Him-ar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), while delivering a sermon one day,
said: Behold, my Lord commanded me that I should teach you
which you do not know and which He has taught me today.
(He has instructed thus): The property which I have
conferred upon them is lawful for them. I have created My
servants as one having a natural inclination to the
worship of Allah but it is Satan who turns them away from
the right religion and he makes unlawful what has been
declared lawful for them and he commands them to ascribe
partnership with Re, although he has no justification for
that. And verily, Allah looked towards the people of the
world and He showed hatred for the Arabs and the
non-Arabs, but with the exception of some remnants from
the People of the Book. And He (further) said: I have sent
thee (the Holy Prophet) in order to put you to test and
put (those to test) through you. And I sent the Book to
you which cannot be washed away by water, so that you may
recite it while in the state of wakefulness or sleep.
Verily, Allah commanded me to burn (kill) the Quraish. I
said: My Lord, they would break my head (like the tearing)
of bread, and Allah said: You turn them out as they turned
you out, you fight against them and We shall help you in
this, you should spend and you would be conferred upon.
You send an army and I would send an army five times
greater than that. Fight against those who disobey you
along with those who obey you. The inmates of Paradise are
three: One who wields authority and is just and fair, one
who Is truthful and has been endowed with power to do good
deeds. And the person who is merciful and kind hearted
towards his relatives and to every pious Muslim, and one
who does not stretch his hand in spite of having a large
family to support. And He said: The inmates of Hell are
five: the weak who lack power to (avoid evil), the
(carefree) who pursue (everything irrespective of the fact
that it is good or evil) and who do not have any care for
their family or for their wealth. And those dishonest
whose greed cannot be concealed even in the case of minor
things. And the third. who betray you. morning and
evening, in regard to your family and your property. He
also made a mention of the miser and the liar and those
who are in the habit of abusing people and using obscene
and foul language. Abu Ghassan in his narration did not
make mention of" Spend and there would be spent for you."
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
'Iyad b. Himar that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) gave an address one day. The rest of the hadith is
the same.
Iyad. b. Himar reported tbat, while Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) was delivering an address, he
stated that Allah commanded me The rest of the hadith is
the same, and there is an addition in it:" Allah revealed
to me that we should be humble amongst ourselves and none
should show pride upon the others, And it does not behove
one to do so, and He also said: There are among you people
to follow not caring a bit for their family and property.
Qatada said: Abu Abdullah, would this happen? Thereupon he
said: Yes. By Allah, I found this in the days of ignorance
that a person grazed the goat of a tribe and did not find
anyone but their slave-girl (and he did not spare her) but
committed adultery with her.
Chapter 17: THE DEAD WOULD BE SHOWN HIS SEAT IN
PARADISE AND HELL, AND THE AFFIRMATION OF THE TORMENT OF THE
GRAVE AND SEEKING REFUGE FROM IT
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: When any one of you dies, he is shown
his seat (in the Hereafter) morning and evening; if he is
amongst the inmates of Paradise (he is shown the seat)
from amongst the inmates of Paradise and if he is one from
amongst the denizens of Hell (he is shown the seat) from
amongst the denizens of Hell, and it would be said to him:
That is your seat until Allah raises you on the Day of
Resurrection (and sends you to your proper seat).
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: When a person dies, he is shown his seat
morning and evening. If he is one amongst the inmates of
Paradise (he is shown his seat) in Paradise and if he is
one amongst the denizens of Hell-Fire (he is shown his
seat) in the Hell-Fire. Then it is said to him: That is
your seat where you would be sent on the Day of
Resurrection.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: I did not hear this
badith from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
directly but it was Zaid b. Thibit who narrated it from
him. As Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was going
along with us towards the dwellings of Bani an-Najjar,
riding upon his pony, it shied and he was about to fall.
He found four, five or six graves there. He said: Who
amongst you knows about those lying in the graves? A
person said: It is I. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: In what state did they die? He said: They died as
polytheists. He said: These people are passing through the
ordeal in the graves. If it were not the reason that you
would stop burying (your dead) in the graves on listening
to the torment in the grave which I am listening to, I
would have certainly made you hear that. Then turning his
face towards us, he said: Seek refuge with Allah from the
torment of Hell. They said: We seek refuge with Allah from
the torment of Hell. He said: Seek refuge with Allah from
the torment of the grave. They said: We seek refuge with
Allali from the torment of the grave. He said: Seek refuge
with Allah from turmoil, its visible and invisible
(aspects), and they said: We seek refuge with Allah from
turmoil and its visible and invisible aspects and he said:
Seek refuge with Allah from the turmoil of the Dajjal, and
they said We seek refuge with Allah from the turmoil of
the Dajjal.
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the
dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated
Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the
grave.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Ayyub through some other chains of transmitters (and the
words are):" Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and
said: It is the Jews who are being tormented in their
graves.
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) having said: When the servant is placed in his
grave and his companions retrace their steps arid he hears
the noise of the footsteps, then two angels come to him
and make him sit and say to him: What you have to say
about this person (the Holy Prophet)? If he is d believer,
lie would say: I bear testimony to the fact that he is a
servant of Allali and His Messenger. Then it would be said
to him: Look to your seat in the Hell- Fire, for Allah has
substituted (the seat of yours) with a seat in Paradise.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He would
be shown both the seats. Qatada said: It was mentioned to
us that his grave (the grave of a believer) expands to
seventy cubits and is full with verdure until the Day when
they would be resurrected.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: When the dead body. is placed in
the grave, he listens to the sound of the shoes (as his
friends and relatives return after burying him).
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) said: When the servant is placed in his grave
and his friends retrace their steps. The rest of the
liadith is the same as transmitted by Qatada.
Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) as saying: This verse:" Allah grants
steadfastness to those who believe with firm word," was
rereaied in connection with the torment of the grave. It
would be said to him: Who is your Lord? And he would say:
Allah is my Lord and Muhammad is my Apostle (may peace be
upon him), and that is (what is implied) by the words of
Allah, the Exalted:" Allah keeps steadfast those who
believe with firm word in this world and in the
Hereafter."
Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that this verse:" Allah
keeps steadfast those who believe with firm word in th;s
world and the Hereafter," was revealed in con- nection
with the torment of the grave.
Abu Huraira reported: When the soul of a believer would
go out (of his body) it would be received bv two angels
who would take it to the sky. Hammad (one of the narrators
in the chain of transmitters) mentioned the swetness of
its odour, (and further said) that the dwellers of the sky
say: Here comes the pious soul from the side of the earth
Let there be blessings of Allah upon the body in which it
resides. And it is carried (by the angels) to its Lord,
the Exalted and Glorious. He would say: Take it to its
destined end. And if he is a nonbeliever and as it (the
soul) leaves the body-Hammad made a mention of its foul
smell and of its being cursed-the dwellers of the sky say:
There comes a dirty soul from the side of the earth, and
it would be said: Take it to its destined end. Abu Huraira
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
put a thin cloth which was with him upon his nose while
making a mention (of the foul smell) of the soul of a
non-believer.
Anas b. Malik reported: We were along with Umar between
Mecca and Medina that we began to look for the new moon.
And I was a man with sharp eye- sight, so I could see it,
but none except me saw it. I began to say to 'Umar: Don't
you see it? But he would not see it. Thereupon Umar said:
I would soon be able to see it (when it will shine more
brightly). I lay upon bed. He then made a mention of the
people of Badr to us and said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) showed us one day before (the actual
battle) the place of death of the people (participating)
in (the Battle) of Badr and he was saying: This would be
the place of death of so and so tomorrow, if Allah wills.
Umar said: By Him Who sent him with truth, they did not
miss the places (of their death) which Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had pointed for them. Then they
were all thrown in a well one after another. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) then went to them and
said: O, so and so, the son of so and so; O so and so, the
son of so and so, have you found correct what Allah and
His Messenger had promised you? I have, however, found
absolutely true what Allah had promised with me. Umar
said: Allah's Messenger, how are you talking with the
bodies without soul in them. Thereupon he said: You cannot
hear more distinctly than (their hearing) of what I say,
but with this exception that they have not power to make
any reply.
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) let the dead bodies of the unbelievers
who fought in Badr (lie unburied) for three days. He then
came to them and sat by their side and called them and
said: O Abu Jahl b. Hisham, O Umayya b. Khalaf, O Utba b.
Rab'ila, O Shaiba b. Rabi'a, have you not found what your
Lord had promised with you to be correct? As for me, I
have found the promises of my Lord to be (perfectly)
correct. Umar listened to the words of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, how
do they listen and respond to you? They are dead and their
bodies have decayed. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what I am saying to them,
even you cannot hear more distinctly than they, but they
lack the power to reply. Then'he commanded that they
should be buried in the well of Badr.
Aba Talha reported: When it was the Day of Badr and
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had gained victory
over them (the Meccans), he commanded more than twenty
persons, and in another hadith these are counted as
twenty-four persons, from the non-believers of the Quraish
to be thrown into the well of Badr. The rest of the hadith
is the same.
Chapter 18: THE RECKONING ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
IS A FACT
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: He who is taken to account on the Day of
Resurrection is in fact put to torment. I said: Has Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, not said this: 'He will be made
subject to an easy reckoning" (Ixxxiv. 8)? Thereupon he
said: (What it implies) is not the actual reckoning, but
only the presentation of one's deeds to Him. He who is
thoroughly examined in reckoning is put to torment.
'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Everyone who is reckoned thoroughly is
undone. I said: Allah's Messenger, has Allah not called
(reckoning) as easy reckoning? Thereupon he said.. It
implies only presenta- tion of (one's deeds to Him), but
if one is thoroughly examined in reckoning, he in fact is
undone.
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying three days before his death: None of
you should court death but only hoping good from Allah
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari reported: I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say three days before
his death: None of you should die but hoping only good
from Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Abdullah b. Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: When Allah intends to
chastise a people, He chastises all of them then they
would be raised according to their deeds.