Beginning of Creation

ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Saʿidi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A space the size of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and all it contains.’

Rawh ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us: Saʿid narrated to us, from Qatada: Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘In Paradise there is a tree whose shade a rider could travel through for one hundred years without crossing it.’

Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated to us: Fulayh ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Hilal ibn ʿAli narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi ʿAmra, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘In Paradise there is a tree whose shade a rider could travel through for one hundred years.’ And recite, if you wish: ‘and extended shade.’ ‘A bow-length of one of you in Paradise is better than all that the sun rises or sets upon.’

Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fulayh narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Hilal, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi ʿAmra, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘The first group to enter Paradise will be like the full moon on the night it is full. Those who follow them will be like the brightest shining star in the sky. Their hearts will be like one man’s heart; there will be no mutual hatred or envy among them. Each person will have two wives from the wide-eyed maidens. The marrow of their shins will be visible through their bone and flesh.’

Hajjaj ibn Minhal narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, saying: ʿAdi ibn Thabit informed me, saying: I heard al-Baraʾ (may Allah be pleased with him) relate from the Prophet (ﷺ): When Ibrahim died, he said: ‘He has a wet nurse in Paradise.’

ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn ʿAbd Allah said: Malik ibn Anas narrated to me, from Safwan ibn Sulaym, from ʿAtaʾ ibn Yasar, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘The people of Paradise will see the people of the chambers above them as you see a brilliant star remaining on the horizon in the east or west, because of the difference in rank between them.’ They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, are those the dwellings of the Prophets, which no one else can attain?’ He said, ‘No, by the One in whose hand is my soul; they are men who believed in Allah and affirmed the Messengers.’

Saʿid ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Mutarrif narrated to us, saying: Abu Hazim narrated to me, from Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘Paradise has eight gates, one of which is called al-Rayyan. None but those who fast will enter through it.’

Abu al-Walid narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Muhajir Abu al-Hasan, who said: I heard Zayd ibn Wahb say: I heard Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The Prophet (ﷺ) was on a journey and said, ‘Wait until it cools.’ Then he said, ‘Wait until it cools,’ until the shade had lengthened over the hillocks. Then he said, ‘Delay the prayer until it cools, for the intensity of heat is from the breath of Hell.’

Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Dhakwan, from Abu Saʿid (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Delay the prayer until it cools, for the intensity of heat is from the breath of Hell.’

Abu al-Yaman informed us: Shuʿayb informed us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Abu Salama ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to me that he heard Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The Fire complained to its Lord, saying, “My parts are consuming one another.” So He permitted it two breaths: one breath in winter and one breath in summer. The most intense heat you experience is from that, as is the most intense cold you experience.’

ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to me: Abu ʿAmir narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us, from Abu Jamra al-Dubaʿi, who said: I used to sit with Ibn ʿAbbas in Mecca, and once I was struck by fever. He said, ‘Cool it for yourself with Zamzam water, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Fever is from the breath of Hell, so cool it with water”—or he said, “with Zamzam water.”’ Hammam was uncertain.

ʿAmr ibn ʿAbbas narrated to me: ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from his father, from ʿAbaya ibn Rifaʿa, who said: Rafiʿ ibn Khadij informed me: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘Fever is from the fierce heat of Hell, so cool it with water.’

Malik ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: Hisham narrated to us, from ʿUrwa, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘Fever is from the breath of Hell, so cool it with water.’

Musaddad narrated to us, from Yahya, from ʿUbayd Allah, who said: Nafiʿ narrated to me, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘Fever is from the breath of Hell, so cool it with water.’

Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways said: Malik narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Your fire is one part out of seventy parts of the Fire of Hell.’ It was said, ‘Messenger of Allah, that would be enough.’ He said, ‘It has been increased over the others by sixty-nine parts, each of them equal to its heat.’

Qutayba ibn Saʿid narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from ʿAmr, who heard ʿAtaʾ relate from Safwan ibn Yaʿla, from his father, that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) recite from the pulpit: ‘And they will call, “O Malik!”’

ʿAli narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abu Waʾil, who said: Someone said to Usama, ‘Why don’t you go to so-and-so and speak to him?’ He said, ‘You think I do not speak to him unless you hear it? I speak to him privately, without opening a door that I would not want to be the first to open. Nor do I say of a man who has authority over me that he is the best of people, after hearing something from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ They said, ‘What did you hear him say?’ He said: I heard him say: ‘On the Day of Resurrection, a man will be brought and cast into the Fire. His entrails will pour out into the Fire, and he will circle around like a donkey circling its mill. The people of the Fire will gather around him and say, “So-and-so, what is the matter with you? Did you not used to command us to do what is right and forbid us from doing what is wrong?” He will say, “I used to command you to do what is right, but I did not do it; and I used to forbid you from doing what is wrong, but I did it.”’ Gundar related it from Shuʿba, from al-Aʿmash.

Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to us: ʿIsa informed us, from Hisham, from his father, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched. Al-Layth said: Hisham wrote to me that he heard and retained this from his father, from ʿAʾisha, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched to the point that he imagined he was doing something when he was not. One day he supplicated repeatedly, then said: ‘Do you know that Allah has shown me the cure for what afflicts me? Two men came to me, and one sat by my head and the other by my feet. One said to the other, “What ails this man?” He said, “He has been bewitched.” He asked, “Who bewitched him?” He said, “Labid ibn al-Aʿsam.” He asked, “With what?” He said, “With a comb, hairs caught in it, and the spathe of a male date palm.” He asked, “Where is it?” He said, “In the well of Dhi Arwan.”’ The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to it, then returned and said to ʿAʾisha: ‘Its palm trees looked like the heads of devils.’ I said, ‘Did you take it out?’ He said, ‘No. Allah has healed me, and I feared that it might stir evil among the people.’ Then the well was filled in.’

Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways narrated to us, saying: My brother narrated to me, from Sulayman ibn Bilal, from Yahya ibn Saʿid, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When one of you sleeps, Satan ties three knots at the back of his head, striking each knot and saying, “The night is long, so sleep.” If he wakes and remembers Allah, one knot is undone. If he performs ablution, another knot is undone. If he prays, all his knots are undone, and he rises in the morning energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise he rises in the morning foul-spirited and sluggish.’

ʿUthman ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Abu Waʾil, from ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ), who had slept through the night until morning. He said: ‘That is a man in whose ears Satan has urinated’—or he said, ‘in whose ear.’