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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 da (the Day of judgment) with seventy
bridles and every bridle would be controlled by seventy angels.
Book 040, Number 6811:
Abil Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as seying: The fire which sons of Adam burn is only one-seventieth part of the Fire
of Hell. His Companions said: By Allah, even ordinary fire would have been enough (to burn
people). Thereupon he said: It is sixty-nine parts in excess of (the heat of) fire in this
world each of them being equivalent to their heat.
Book 040, Number 6812:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abn
Huraira through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6813:
Abu Huraira reported: We were in the company of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) that we heard a terrible sound. Thereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Do you know what (sound) is this? We said: Allah and
His Messenger know best. Thereupon he said: That is a stone which was thrown seventy years
before in Hell and it has'been constantly slipping down and now it has reached its base.
Book 040, Number 6814:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abfi
Huraira with the same chain of transmitters but with this change of wording that the Holy
Prophet (may. peace be upon him) said: It reached at its base and you heard its sound.
Book 040, Number 6815:
Samura b. Jundub reported Allah's Apostle (may peace -be
upon him) as saying: There will be some to whose ankels the fire will reach, some to whose
knees, some to whose waist the fire will reach, and some to whose collar-bone the fire
will reach.
Book 040, Number 6816:
Samura b. Jundub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There would be among them those to whom the fire will reach up to
their ankels and to some of them the fire would reach their knees and to some it would
reach their waists and to some it would reach up to their collar-bones.
Book 040, Number 6817:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 13: THE HAUGHTY AND THE PROUD WOULD GET
INTO THE FIRE OF HELL AND THE HUMBLE AND MEEK WOULD GET INTO PARADISE
Book 040, Number 6818:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: There was a dispute between the Hell and the Paradise and it (the Hell)
said: The haughty and the proud would find abode in me. And the Paradise said: The meek
and the humble would find their abode in me. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
(addressing the Hell) said: You are (the means) of My punishment by which I punish those
of My servants whom I wish. (And addressing the Paradise) He said: You are only My Mercy
by means of which 1 shall show mercy to those whom I wish, but each one of you would be
full.
Book 040, Number 6819:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: The Hell and the Paradise fell into dispute and the Hell said: I have
been dis- tinguished by the proud and the haughty. And the Paradise said: What is the
matter with me that the meek and the humble amongst people and the downtrodden and the
simple enter me? Thereupon Allah said to the Paradise: You are (the means) of My Mercy
whereby I show mercy to those of My servants whom 1 wish, and He said to the Hell: You are
(the means) of punishment whereby 1 punish those of My servants whoml wish. Both of you
will be full. The Hell will riot be filled up until Allah puts down His foot in it. The
Hell would say: Enough, enough, enough, and at that time it will be filled up, all its
parts integrated together.
Book 040, Number 6820:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The Paradise and the Hell disputed with each other. The rest of the hadith
is the same.
Book 040, Number 6821:
Hammam b. Munabbih reported that Abu Huraira narrated to
them some ahadith of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and one of them is this
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The Paradise and the Hell fell into
dispute and the Hell said: 1 have been distinguished for accommodating (the haughty and
proud in me), and the Paradise said: What is the matter that the meek and the humble and
the downtrodden and simple would find an abode in me? Thereupon Allah said to Paradise:
You are a (means) of My Mercy. 1 shall show mercy through you to one whom I will from
amongst My servants. And lie said to the Hell: You are a (sign) of My chastisement and I
shall chastise through you anyone whom I will from amongst My servants and both of you,
would be full. And as regards the Hell it would not be full until Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, places His foot therein, and it would say: Enough, enough, enough, and it would
be then full and the one part would draw very close to the other one and Allah would not
treat unjustly anyone amongst His creation and He would create another creation for the
Paradise (to accommodate it).
Book 040, Number 6822:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: The Paradise and the Hell disputed with each other. The rest of
the hadith is the same as transmitted by Abu Huraira up to the words'." It is
essential for Me to fill up both of you."
Book 040, Number 6823:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said that the Hell would continue to say: Is there anything more, until Allah,
the Exalted and High, would place His foot therein and that would say: Enough, enough, by
Your Honour, and some parts of it would draw close to the other.
Book 040, Number 6824:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6825:
'Abd al-Wahhab b. Ata' reported in connection with the
words of Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious: We would say to Hell on the Day of
Ressurection: Have you been completely filled up? and it would say: Is there anything
-more? And he stated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: (The sinners) would be thrown therein and it would continue to say: Is
there anything more, until Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would keep His foot there- in
and some of its part would draw close to the other and it would say: Enough, enough, by
Thy Honour and by Thy Dignity, and there would be enough space in Paradise until Allah
would create a new creation and He would make them accommo- date that spare place in
Paradise.
Book 040, Number 6826:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: There would be left some space in Paradise as Allah would like that to be left.
Then Allah would create another creation as He would like.
Book 040, Number 6827:
Abu Sa'id reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Death would be brought on the Day of Resurrection. in the form of a
white-coloured ram. Abu Kuraib made this addition: Then it would be made to stand between
the Paradise and the Hell. So far as the rest of the hadith is concerned there is perfect
agreement (between the two narrators) and it would be said to the inmates of Paradise: Do
you recognise this? They would raise up their necks and look towards it and say: Yes, ' it
is death. Then it would be said to the inmates of Hell-Fire.. Do you recognise this? And
they would raise up their necks and look and say: Yes, it is death. Then command would be
given for slaughtering that and then it would be said: 0 inmates of Paradise,, there is an
everlasting life for you and no death. And then (addressing) to the inmates of the
Hell-Fire, it would be said: 0 inmates of Hell-Fire, there is an everlasting living for
you and no death. Allah's Messenger (may peace be u@on him) then recited this verse
pointing with his hand to this (material) world:" Warn them, this Day of dismay, and
when their affairs would be decided and they would be un- mindful and they believe
not" (xix. 39).
Book 040, Number 6828:
Abu Sa'id reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When the inmates of Paradise would be admitted to Paradise and the inmates
of Hell would be admitted to Hell, it would be said (to the inmates of Paradise): 0
inmates of Paradise. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation (that he
only) said. That is the word of Allah, the Exalted. And he did not say: Then Allah's Mes-
senger (may peace be upon him) recited, and he did not make a mention of his having
pointed with his hand towards the (material) world.
Book 040, Number 6829:
Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Allah would admit the inmates of Paradise into Paradise and the inmates of Hell
into Hell. Then the announcer would stand between them and say: 0 inmates of Paradise,
there is no death for you,0 inmates of Hell, there is no death for you. You would live for
ever therein.
Book 040, Number 6830:
Umar b. Muhammad b. Zaid b. 'Abdullah b. 'Umar b.
al-Khattab reported on the authority of his father Abdullah b. Umar that Allah's Messenger
(may peace big upon him) said: When the inmates of Paradise would go to Paradise and the
inmates of Hell would go to Hell, death would be called and it would be placed between the
Paradise and the Hell and then slaughtered and then the announcer would announce: 0
inmates of Paradise, no death 0 Inmates of Hell-Fire, no death. And it would in. crease
the delight of the inmates of Paradise and it would increase the grief of the inmates of
Hell-Fire.
Book 040, Number 6831:
It is transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The molar tooth of an unbeliever or the
canine teeth of an unbeliever will be like Ubud and the thickness of his skin a three
night's journey.
Book 040, Number 6832:
Abu Huraira reported directly from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) that he said: The distance of the two shoulders of the non-believer in
Hell will be a three-day journey for a swift rider.
Book 040, Number 6833:
Haritha b. Wahb reported that he heard Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) as saying: May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? They
said: Do this, of course. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Every
humble person who is considered to be humble if he were to adjure In the name of Allah, He
would fulfil it. He then said: May I not inform you about the denizens of Hell-Fire? They
said: Yes. And he said: Every haughty, fat and proud (person).
Book 040, Number 6834:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6835:
Haritha b. Wahb al-KhuzaIi reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? (And
then informing about them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be humble and if
they were to adjure in the name of Allah, Allah would certainly fulfil it. May I not
inform you about the inmates of Hell-Fire? They are all proud, mean and haughty.
Book 040, Number 6836:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: Many a people with dishevelled hair are driven away from the door (but
they are so pious) that if they are to swear in the name of Allah, He would definitely
fulfil that.
Book 040, Number 6837:
'Abdullah b. Zam'a reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) delivered an address and he made a mention of the dromedary and also
made a mention of one (base person) who cut off Its hind legs, and he recited:" When
the basest of them broke forth with mischief" (xei. 12). When A mischievous person,
strong even because of the strength of a family like Abu Zam'a, broke forth. He then
delivered instruction in regard to the women saying: There is amongst you who beats his
woman, and in the narration on the authority of Abu Bakr, the words are: He flogs her like
a slave-girl. And in the narration of Abu Kuraib (the words are): He flogs like a slave
and then comforts his bed with the help of that at the end of the day, and he then advised
in regard to laughing of people at the breaking of wind and said: One of you laughs at
that which you yourself do.
Book 040, Number 6838:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: I saw 'Amr b. Luhayy b. Qam'a b. Khindif, brother of Bani Ka'b, dragging
his Intestines in Fire.
Book 040, Number 6839:
Sa'id b. Musayyib explained" al-bahira" as that
animal which is not milked but for the idols. and none amongst the people milks them,
and" as-sa'iba" as that animal which is let loose for the deities. Nothing is
loaded over it, and Ibn Musayyib narrated that Abu Huraira stated that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: I saw 'Amr b. 'Amir al-Khuzili dragging his intestines in
fire and he was the first who devoted animals to deity.
Book 040, Number 6840:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Two are the types amongst the denizens of Hell, the one possessing whips
like the tail of an ox and they flog people with their help. (The second one) the women
who would be naked in spite of their being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and
seduce others with their hair high like humps. These women would not get into Paradise and
they would not perceive the odour of Paradise, although its frag- rance can be perceived
from such and such distance (from great distance).
Book 040, Number 6841:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If you survive for a time you would certainly see people who would have
whips in their hands like the tail of an ox. They would get up in the morning under the
wrath of Allah and they would get into the evening with the anger of Allah.
Book 040, Number 6842:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If you live for a time, you would certainly see people get up (in the
morning) in the wrath of Allah and getting into the evening under the curse of Allah, and
there would be in their hands (whips) like the tail of an ox.
Chapter 14: PERTAINING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
WORLD AND ASSEMBLING ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
Book 040, Number 6843:
This hadith has been narrated through five different chains
of transmitters and all of them are narrated on the authority of Mustaurid, brother of
Bani Fihr, that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, this world (is
so insigni- ficant in comparison) to the Hereafter that if one of you should dip his
finger- (and wnile saying this Yahyg pointed with his forefinger) -in the ocean and then
he should see as to what has stuck to it. This hadith has been narrated through another
chain of transmitters also but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6844:
'A'isha reported that she beard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The people would be assembled on the Day of Resurrection
barefooted, naked and uncircumcised. I said: Allah's Messenger, will the male and the
female be together on the Day and would they be looking at one another? Upon this Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: 'A'isha, the matter would be too serious for them
to look to one another.
Book 040, Number 6845:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hatim b.
Abi Saghira with the same chain of transmitters and there is no mention of the word"
uncircum- cised."
Book 040, Number 6846:
Ibn Abbas reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) deliver an address and he was saying that they would meet Allah
barefooted, naked and uncircumcised.
Book 040, Number 6847:
This hadith has been narrated through other chains of
transmitters on the authority of Ibn Abbas, (and) the words are: While Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon, he said: 0 people, Allah would make
you assemble barefooted, naked and uncircumcised (and then recited the words of the
Qur'an):" As We created you for the first time, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise
(binding) upon us. Lo! We are to perform it, and the first person who would be clothed on
the Day of Resurrection would be (Hadrat) Ibrahim (peace be upon him)" and, behold!
some persons of my Ummah would be brought and taken to the left and I would say: My Lord,
they are my companions, and it would be said: You do not know what they did after you, and
I would say just as the pious servant (Hadrat 'Isa) said:, I was a witness regarding them
as I remained among them and Thou art a witness over everything, so if Thou chastisest
them, they are Thy servants and if Thou for- givest them, Thou art Mighty, Wise" (v.
117-118). And it would be said to him: They constantly turned to their heels since you
left them. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Waki' and Mu'adh (and the
words are):" What new things they fabricated."
Book 040, Number 6848:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying, The people will be assembled in three categories. Those desirous (of
Paradise), fearing (Hell), coming two upon the came], three upon the camel, four upon the
camel, ten upon the camel and the rest will be assembled, Hell-Fire being with them when
they are at midday where they would spend the night and where they would spend the morning
and where they would spend the evening.
Chapter 15: THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF
RESURRECTION (MAY ALLAH SAVE US FROM ITS TERRORS)
Book 040, Number 6849:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When the people would stand before Allah. the Lord of the worlds, each one of
them would stand submerged into perspiration up to half of his ears, and there is no
mention of the" day" in the badlth transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanni.
Book 040, Number 6850:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn
'Umar but with a slight variation of wording (and the words are):" One of them would
be completely submerged in perspiration up to half of his ears."
Book 040, Number 6851:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: The perspiration would spread on the Day of Resurrection upon the earth
to the extent of seventy cubits and it would reach up to their mouths or up to their ears.
Thaur is not sure (which words) he used (mouth or ears).
Book 040, Number 6852:
Miqdad b. Aswad reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace he upon him) as saying: On the Day of Resurrection, the sun would draw so close to
the people that there woum be left only a distance of one mile. Sulaim b. Amir said: By
Allah, I do not know whether he meant by" mile" the mile of the (material) earth
or dn instrument used for applying collyrium to the eye. (The Holy Prophet is, however,
reported to have said): The people would be submerged in perspiration according to their
deeds, some up to their. knees, Some up to the waist and some would have the bridle of
perspiration and, while saying this, Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) pointed his
hand towards his mouth.
Chapter 16: THE QUALITIES BY WHICH THE INMATES OF
PARADISE AND THE DENIZENS OF HELL CAN BE RECOGNISED IN THIS WORLD
Book 040, Number 6853:
'Iyad b. Him-ar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him), while delivering a sermon one day, said: Behold, my Lord commanded me that I
should teach you which you do not know and which He has taught me today. (He has
instructed thus): The property which I have conferred upon them is lawful for them. I have
created My servants as one having a natural inclination to the worship of Allah but it is
Satan who turns them away from the right religion and he makes unlawful what has been
declared lawful for them and he commands them to ascribe partnership with Re, although he
has no justification for that. And verily, Allah looked towards the people of the world
and He showed hatred for the Arabs and the non-Arabs, but with the exception of some
remnants from the People of the Book. And He (further) said: I have sent thee (the Holy
Prophet) in order to put you to test and put (those to test) through you. And I sent the
Book to you which cannot be washed away by water, so that you may recite it while in the
state of wakefulness or sleep. Verily, Allah commanded me to burn (kill) the Quraish. I
said: My Lord, they would break my head (like the tearing) of bread, and Allah said: You
turn them out as they turned you out, you fight against them and We shall help you in
this, you should spend and you would be conferred upon. You send an army and I would send
an army five times greater than that. Fight against those who disobey you along with those
who obey you. The inmates of Paradise are three: One who wields authority and is just and
fair, one who Is truthful and has been endowed with power to do good deeds. And the person
who is merciful and kind hearted towards his relatives and to every pious Muslim, and one
who does not stretch his hand in spite of having a large family to support. And He said:
The inmates of Hell are five: the weak who lack power to (avoid evil), the (carefree) who
pursue (everything irrespective of the fact that it is good or evil) and who do not have
any care for their family or for their wealth. And those dishonest whose greed cannot be
concealed even in the case of minor things. And the third. who betray you. morning and
evening, in regard to your family and your property. He also made a mention of the miser
and the liar and those who are in the habit of abusing people and using obscene and foul
language. Abu Ghassan in his narration did not make mention of" Spend and there would
be spent for you."
Book 040, Number 6854:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6855:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Iyad
b. Himar that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave an address one day. The rest
of the hadith is the same.
Book 040, Number 6856:
Iyad. b. Himar reported tbat, while Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) was delivering an address, he stated that Allah commanded me The rest
of the hadith is the same, and there is an addition in it:" Allah revealed to me that
we should be humble amongst ourselves and none should show pride upon the others, And it
does not behove one to do so, and He also said: There are among you people to follow not
caring a bit for their family and property. Qatada said: Abu Abdullah, would this happen?
Thereupon he said: Yes. By Allah, I found this in the days of ignorance that a person
grazed the goat of a tribe and did not find anyone but their slave-girl (and he did not
spare her) but committed adultery with her.
Chapter 17: THE DEAD WOULD BE SHOWN HIS SEAT IN
PARADISE AND HELL, AND THE AFFIRMATION OF THE TORMENT OF THE GRAVE AND SEEKING REFUGE FROM
IT
Book 040, Number 6857:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as say- ing: When any one of you dies, he is shown his seat (in the Hereafter)
morning and evening; if he is amongst the inmates of Paradise (he is shown the seat) from
amongst the inmates of Paradise and if he is one from amongst the denizens of Hell (he is
shown the seat) from amongst the denizens of Hell, and it would be said to him: That is
your seat until Allah raises you on the Day of Resurrection (and sends you to your proper
seat).
Book 040, Number 6858:
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said: When a person dies, he is shown his seat morning and evening. If he is one
amongst the inmates of Paradise (he is shown his seat) in Paradise and if he is one
amongst the denizens of Hell-Fire (he is shown his seat) in the Hell-Fire. Then it is said
to him: That is your seat where you would be sent on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 040, Number 6859:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: I did not hear this badith
from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) directly but it was Zaid b. Thibit who
narrated it from him. As Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was going along with us
towards the dwellings of Bani an-Najjar, riding upon his pony, it shied and he was about
to fall. He found four, five or six graves there. He said: Who amongst you knows about
those lying in the graves? A person said: It is I. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
In what state did they die? He said: They died as polytheists. He said: These people are
passing through the ordeal in the graves. If it were not the reason that you would stop
burying (your dead) in the graves on listening to the torment in the grave which I am
listening to, I would have certainly made you hear that. Then turning his face towards us,
he said: Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of Hell. They said: We seek refuge with
Allah from the torment of Hell. He said: Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the
grave. They said: We seek refuge with Allali from the torment of the grave. He said: Seek
refuge with Allah from turmoil, its visible and invisible (aspects), and they said: We
seek refuge with Allah from turmoil and its visible and invisible aspects and he said:
Seek refuge with Allah from the turmoil of the Dajjal, and they said We seek refuge with
Allah from the turmoil of the Dajjal.
Book 040, Number 6860:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have
certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave.
Book 040, Number 6861:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ayyub
through some other chains of transmitters (and the words are):" Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and said:
It is the Jews who are being tormented in their graves.
Book 040, Number 6862:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) having said: When the servant is placed in his grave and his companions retrace their
steps arid he hears the noise of the footsteps, then two angels come to him and make him
sit and say to him: What you have to say about this person (the Holy Prophet)? If he is d
believer, lie would say: I bear testimony to the fact that he is a servant of Allali and
His Messenger. Then it would be said to him: Look to your seat in the Hell- Fire, for
Allah has substituted (the seat of yours) with a seat in Paradise. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He would be shown both the seats. Qatada said: It was mentioned
to us that his grave (the grave of a believer) expands to seventy cubits and is full with
verdure until the Day when they would be resurrected.
Book 040, Number 6863:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: When the dead body. is placed in the grave, he listens to the sound of the
shoes (as his friends and relatives return after burying him).
Book 040, Number 6864:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: When the servant is placed in his grave and his friends retrace their
steps. The rest of the liadith is the same as transmitted by Qatada.
Book 040, Number 6865:
Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: This verse:" Allah grants steadfastness to those who believe
with firm word," was rereaied in connection with the torment of the grave. It would
be said to him: Who is your Lord? And he would say: Allah is my Lord and Muhammad is my
Apostle (may peace be upon him), and that is (what is implied) by the words of Allah, the
Exalted:" Allah keeps steadfast those who believe with firm word in this world and in
the Hereafter."
Book 040, Number 6866:
Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that this verse:" Allah
keeps steadfast those who believe with firm word in th;s world and the Hereafter,"
was revealed in con- nection with the torment of the grave.
Book 040, Number 6867:
Abu Huraira reported: When the soul of a believer would go
out (of his body) it would be received bv two angels who would take it to the sky. Hammad
(one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) mentioned the swetness of its odour,
(and further said) that the dwellers of the sky say: Here comes the pious soul from the
side of the earth Let there be blessings of Allah upon the body in which it resides. And
it is carried (by the angels) to its Lord, the Exalted and Glorious. He would say: Take it
to its destined end. And if he is a nonbeliever and as it (the soul) leaves the
body-Hammad made a mention of its foul smell and of its being cursed-the dwellers of the
sky say: There comes a dirty soul from the side of the earth, and it would be said: Take
it to its destined end. Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) put a thin cloth which was with him upon his nose while making a mention (of the foul
smell) of the soul of a non-believer.
Book 040, Number 6868:
Anas b. Malik reported: We were along with Umar between
Mecca and Medina that we began to look for the new moon. And I was a man with sharp eye-
sight, so I could see it, but none except me saw it. I began to say to 'Umar: Don't you
see it? But he would not see it. Thereupon Umar said: I would soon be able to see it (when
it will shine more brightly). I lay upon bed. He then made a mention of the people of Badr
to us and said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) showed us one day before (the
actual battle) the place of death of the people (participating) in (the Battle) of Badr
and he was saying: This would be the place of death of so and so tomorrow, if Allah wills.
Umar said: By Him Who sent him with truth, they did not miss the places (of their death)
which Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had pointed for them. Then they were all
thrown in a well one after another. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then went to
them and said: O, so and so, the son of so and so; O so and so, the son of so and so, have
you found correct what Allah and His Messenger had promised you? I have, however, found
absolutely true what Allah had promised with me. Umar said: Allah's Messenger, how are you
talking with the bodies without soul in them. Thereupon he said: You cannot hear more
distinctly than (their hearing) of what I say, but with this exception that they have not
power to make any reply.
Book 040, Number 6869:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) let the dead bodies of the unbelievers who fought in Badr (lie unburied) for
three days. He then came to them and sat by their side and called them and said: O Abu
Jahl b. Hisham, O Umayya b. Khalaf, O Utba b. Rab'ila, O Shaiba b. Rabi'a, have you not
found what your Lord had promised with you to be correct? As for me, I have found the
promises of my Lord to be (perfectly) correct. Umar listened to the words of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, how do they listen and
respond to you? They are dead and their bodies have decayed. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what I am saying to them, even you cannot
hear more distinctly than they, but they lack the power to reply. Then'he commanded that
they should be buried in the well of Badr.
Book 040, Number 6870:
Aba Talha reported: When it was the Day of Badr and Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) had gained victory over them (the Meccans), he commanded
more than twenty persons, and in another hadith these are counted as twenty-four persons,
from the non-believers of the Quraish to be thrown into the well of Badr. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 18: THE RECKONING ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT IS
A FACT
Book 040, Number 6871:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: He who is taken to account on the Day of Resurrection is in fact put to
torment. I said: Has Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, not said this: 'He will be made
subject to an easy reckoning" (Ixxxiv. 8)? Thereupon he said: (What it implies) is
not the actual reckoning, but only the presentation of one's deeds to Him. He who is
thoroughly examined in reckoning is put to torment.
Book 040, Number 6872:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6873:
'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Everyone who is reckoned thoroughly is undone. I said: Allah's Messenger, has
Allah not called (reckoning) as easy reckoning? Thereupon he said.. It implies only
presenta- tion of (one's deeds to Him), but if one is thoroughly examined in reckoning, he
in fact is undone.
Book 040, Number 6874:
'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who is examined thoroughly In reckoning is undone.
Chapter 19: IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HOPE GOOD FROM ALLAH
Book 040, Number 6875:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying three days before his death: None of you should court death but only hoping
good from Allah
Book 040, Number 6876:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 040, Number 6877:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari reported: I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say three days before his death: None of you should die
but hoping only good from Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Book 040, Number 6878:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying. Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies.
Book 040, Number 6879:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash
but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 040, Number 6880:
Abdullah b. Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: When Allah intends to chastise a people, He chastises all of
them then they would be raised according to their deeds.
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