Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 40:
The Book Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description,
Its Bounties and Its Intimates (Kitab Al-Jannat wa Sifat
Na'imiha wa Ahliha)
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
day (the Day of judgment) with seventy-thousand bridles
and every bridle would be controlled by seventy-thousand
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 heard 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.
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