“I asked the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ): “On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earthandso will be the heavens.” [14:48] – where will the people beon thatDay?’ He said: ‘On the Sirat (the Bridge acrossHell-fire).’”

“TheSirat will be placed across Hell, on thorns like the thorns of Sa’danplant.* Then the people will cross it. Some will pass over safe andsound, some will be detained, and some will fall in headfirst.”

“I hope that noone of those who witnessed (the battle of) Badr and (Treaty)Hudaybiyah will enter Hell, if Allah wills.” I said: “O Messengerof Allah, doesn’t Allah say “There is not one of you but willpass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord, a decree which must beaccomplished?” [19:71] He said: “Have you not heard that He says:‘Then We shall save those who use to fear Allah and were dutiful toHim. And We shall leave the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to theirknees (in Hell)?’” [19:72]

“You will come to me with radiant faces, hands and feet from thetraces of ablution. This is the characteristic sign of my nationwhichdoes not belong to anyone else.”

“We were with the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) in a tent, and he said: ‘Will it not please you to beonequarter of the people of Paradise?’ We said: ‘Yes.’ Hesaid: ‘Will itnot please you to be one third of the people ofParadise?’ We said:‘Yes.’ He said: ‘By the One in Whose Handis my soul, I hope that youwill be half of the people of Paradise.For no one will enter Paradisebut a Muslim soul, and among thepeople of polytheism you are like awhite hair on the hide of a blackbull, or like a black hair on thehide of a red bull.’”

“AProphet will come accompanied by two men, and a Prophet willcomeaccompanied by three, and (some will come) with more or less thanthat. It will be said to him: ‘Did you convey the message to yourpeople?’ And he will say: ‘Yes.’ Then his people will be calledand itwill be said: ‘Did he convey the message to you?’ Theywill say: ‘No.’Then it will be said: ‘Who will bear witnessfor you?’ He will say:‘Muhammad and his nation.’ So the nationof Muhammad will be calledand it will be said: ‘Did this manconvey the message?’ They will say:‘Yes.’ He will say: ‘Howdid you know that?’ They will say: ‘OurProphet told us that theMessengers had conveyed the message, and webelieved him.’ This iswhat Allah says: “Thus We have made you, a just(and the best)nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and theMessenger(Muhammad (ﷺ)) be a witness over you.’” [2:143]

“We came back (from acampaign) with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘By theOnein Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no person whobelievesthen stands firm, but he will be caused to enter Paradise. Ihope thatthey will not enter it until you and those who arerighteous amongyour offspring will enter it and take up yourdwelling places therein.And my Lord has promised me that seventythousand of my nation willenter Paradise without being brought toaccount.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:‘My Lord has promised me that seventy thousand of my nation willenterParadise without being brought to account or punished. Witheverythousand will be (another) seventy thousand, and three handfulsof myLord, the Glorified.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘On the Day ofResurrection, we will complete seventy nations, of whom we are thelast and the best.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Youcompleteseventy nations, of which you are the best and dearest toAllah.’”

“The people of Paradise are one hundred andtwentyranks, eighty from this nation and forty from all othernations.”

“We arethelast of the nations, and the first to be brought to account. Itwillbe said: ‘Where is the unlettered nation and its Prophet?’ So weare the last and the first.”

“The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘When Allah gathers all creatures on the Day ofResurrection, permission will be given to the nation of Muhammad toprostrate, so they will prostrate to Him for a long time. Then itwillbe said: “Raise your heads, for a certain number of you willgo toHell-fire and these will be your ransom from Hell.”*

“This nation has been granted mercy (in the Hereafter) and itstorment (in this world) is at the hands of one another. When the Dayof Resurrection comes, each Muslim man will be given a man from amongthe idolaters and it will be said: ‘This is your ransom from theFire.’”

“Allahhasone hundred (degrees of) mercy, of which He has shared one betweenall of creation, by virtue of which you show mercy and compassiontowards one another and the wild animals show compassion towardstheiryoung. And He has kept back ninety-nine (degrees of) mercy byvirtueof which He will show mercy to His slaves on the Day ofResurrection.”

“On the day when He created the heavens and the earth, Allahcreated one hundred (degrees of) mercy, of which He placed one onearth, by virtue of which mothers show compassion to their childrenand animals as well as the birds show compassion to one another. AndHe kept back ninety-nine (degrees of) mercy. When the Day ofResurrection comes, Allah will complete this mercy.”

“When Allah created the universe, He decreed for Himself: ‘Mymercy prevails over My wrath.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) passed by me when I was riding a donkey, and said: ‘O Mu’adh,doyou know what Allah’s right over His slaves is and what Hisslaves’right over Allah is?’ I said: ‘Allah and His Messengerknow best.’ Hesaid: ‘The right of Allah over His slaves is thatthey should worshipHim and not associate anything with Him. And theright of the slavesover Allah, if they do that, is that He shouldnot punish them.’”

“We were with the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) on one of his campaigns. He passed by some people andsaid: ‘Who are these people?’ They said: ‘We are Muslims.’There was awoman putting wood in her oven, and a son of hers waswith her. Whenthe flames got higher, she moved him away. She came tothe Prophet(ﷺ) and said: ‘Are you the Messenger of Allah?’ Hesaid: ‘Yes.’ Shesaid: ‘May my father and mother be ransomedfor you. Is not Allah theMost Merciful of those who show mercy?’He said: ‘Yes indeed.’ Shesaid: ‘Is not Allah more Mercifulthan a mother to her child?’ Hesaid: ‘Yes indeed.’ She said:‘A mother would not throw her child intothe fire.’ The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) lowered his head and wept.Then he looked up at herand said: ‘Allah does not punish any of Hisslaves except those whoare defiant and rebellious, who rebel againstAllah and refuse tosay: La ilaha illallah.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “No one will enter Hell except one who is doomed.” It wassaid:“O Messenger of Allah, who is the one who is doomed?” Hesaid: “Theone who never does any act of obedience (towards Allah)and who neveromitted any act of sin.”