Bk 40 Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description,
Its Bounties and Its Intimates (Kitab Al−Jannat wa Sifat
Na'imiha wa Ahliha)
Chapter 1: ...
Bk 40, Number: 6778
Anas b. Malik reported: The Paradise is surrounded by
hardships and the Hell−Fire is surrounded by temptations.
Bk 40, Number 6779:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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)
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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".
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6789:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hazim
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6794:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6799:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6812:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abn Huraira
through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation
of wording.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6824:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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 upon 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).
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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)
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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).
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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."
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6872:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, 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
Bk 40, Number 6876:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, 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.
Bk 40, Number 6879:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash
but with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 40, 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.
