The Book Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description, Its Bounties and Its Intimates
(Kitab Al-Jannat wa Sifat Na'imiha wa Ahliha)
Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 40:
Chapter 1:
Book 040, Number 6778:
Anas b. Malik reported: The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations.
Book 040, Number 6779:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6780:
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)
Book 040, Number 6781:
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.
Book 040, Number 6782:
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".
Book 040, Number 6783:
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
Book 040, Number 6784:
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.
Book 040, Number 6785:
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."
Book 040, Number 6786:
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.
Book 040, Number 6787:
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
Book 040, Number 6788:
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.
Book 040, Number 6789:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hazim through another chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6790:
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
Book 040, Number 6791:
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
Book 040, Number 6792:
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
Book 040, Number 6793:
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.
Book 040, Number 6794:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6795:
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.
Book 040, Number 6796:
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
Book 040, Number 6797:
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.
Book 040, Number 6798:
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.
Book 040, Number 6799:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6800:
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.
Book 040, Number 6801:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Jabir with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 8: THE EVERLASTING BLISS FOR THE INMATES OF PARADISE
Book 040, Number 6802:
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.
Book 040, Number 6803:
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
Book 040, Number 6804:
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.
Book 040, Number 6805:
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.
Book 040, Number 6806:
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
Book 040, Number 6807:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Saihan, Jaihan, Euphrates and Nile are all among the rivers of Paradise.
Chapter 11: THERE WOULD ENTER PARADISE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE HEARTS WOULD BE'LIKE THOSE OF BIRDS
Book 040, Number 6808:
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.
Book 040, Number 6809:
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
Book 040, Number 6810:
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.
Book 040, Number 6811:
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.
Book 040, Number 6812:
This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abn Huraira through
another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6813:
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.
Book 040, Number 6814:
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.
Book 040, Number 6815:
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.
Book 040, Number 6816:
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.
Book 040, Number 6817:
This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id with the same chain
of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 13: THE HAUGHTY AND THE PROUD WOULD GET INTO THE FIRE OF HELL AND THE HUMBLE AND MEEK WOULD GET INTO PARADISE
Book 040, Number 6818:
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.
Book 040, Number 6819:
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.
Book 040, Number 6820:
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.
Book 040, Number 6821:
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).
Book 040, Number 6822:
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."
Book 040, Number 6823:
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.
Book 040, Number 6824:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6825:
'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.
Book 040, Number 6826:
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.
Book 040, Number 6827:
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).
Book 040, Number 6828:
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.
Book 040, Number 6829:
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.
Book 040, Number 6830:
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.
Book 040, Number 6831:
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.
Book 040, Number 6832:
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.
Book 040, Number 6833:
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).
Book 040, Number 6834:
This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain
of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6835:
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.
Book 040, Number 6836:
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.
Book 040, Number 6837:
'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.
Book 040, Number 6838:
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.
Book 040, Number 6839:
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.
Book 040, Number 6840:
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).
Book 040, Number 6841:
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.
Book 040, Number 6842:
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
Book 040, Number 6843:
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.
Book 040, Number 6844:
'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.
Book 040, Number 6845:
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."
Book 040, Number 6846:
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.
Book 040, Number 6847:
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."
Book 040, Number 6848:
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)
Book 040, Number 6849:
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.
Book 040, Number 6850:
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."
Book 040, Number 6851:
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).
Book 040, Number 6852:
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
Book 040, Number 6853:
'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."
Book 040, Number 6854:
This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain
of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6855:
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.
Book 040, Number 6856:
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
Book 040, Number 6857:
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).
Book 040, Number 6858:
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.
Book 040, Number 6859:
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.
Book 040, Number 6860:
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.
Book 040, Number 6861:
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.
Book 040, Number 6862:
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.
Book 040, Number 6863:
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).
Book 040, Number 6864:
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.
Book 040, Number 6865:
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."
Book 040, Number 6866:
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.
Book 040, Number 6867:
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.
Book 040, Number 6868:
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.
Book 040, Number 6869:
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.
Book 040, Number 6870:
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
Book 040, Number 6871:
'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.
Book 040, Number 6872:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6873:
'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.
Book 040, Number 6874:
'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is examined thoroughly In reckoning is undone.
Chapter 19: IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HOPE GOOD FROM ALLAH
Book 040, Number 6875:
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
Book 040, Number 6876:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6877:
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.
Book 040, Number 6878:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying. Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies.
Book 040, Number 6879:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6880:
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.