Zuhd
كتاب الزهد
Chapter 38: Description of Hell
“The Fire complained to its Lord and said: ‘O Lord, parts of mehave consumed other parts.’ So He gave it two occasions to exhale,onein winter and one in summer. The intense cold that you feel (inwinter) is part of its severe frost (Zamharir) and the intense heatthat you feel in summer is part of its hot wind (Samum).”
“TheHell-Fire was kindled for one thousand years and turned white. Thenitwas kindled for another thousand years and it turned red. Then itwaskindled for another thousand years and it turned black. So it isblacklike the darkest night.”
“On the Day of Resurrection the disbeliever who lived the mostluxurious will be brought, and it will be said: ‘Dip him once inHell.’ So he will be dipped in it, then it will be said to him: ‘Oso-and-so, have you every enjoyed any pleasure?’ He will say: ‘No,I havenever enjoyed any pleasure.’ Then the believer who sufferedthe mosthardship and trouble will be brought and it will be said:‘Dip himonce in Paradise.’ So he will be dipped in it and itwill be said tohim: ‘O so-and-so, have you ever suffered anyhardship or trouble?’ Hewill say: ‘I have never suffered anyhardship or trouble.’”
“The disbeliever will be made huge so much so that his molarwillbe bigger than (Mount) Uhud, and the size of his body in relationtohis molar will be like the size of the body of anyone of you inrelation to his molar.”
“I was with Abu Burdah one night, andHarithbin Uqaish entered upon us. Harith told us that night that theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Among my nation are some by whoseintercession more (than the members of the tribe of) Mudar will enterParadise, and among my nation are some who will be made huge for theFire until they fill one of its corners.’”
“The people of Hell will be made to weep and they will weepuntilthey run out of tears. Then they will weep blood until somethingliketrenches appear on their faces, and if ships were placed in themtheywould float.”
“O you who believe! Have fear of Allah as is His due, and dienotexcept as Muslims. [3:102] (Then he said): ‘If a drop of Zaqqumwere to be dropped on the earth, it would ruin the livelihood of thepeople of this world, so how about those who have no food other thanit (i.e. Zaqqum)?’”
“TheFirewill consume all of the son of Adam except the mark ofprostration.Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark ofprostration.’”
‘Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and made tostandon the Sirat (the Bridge over Hell). It will be said: “O peopleofParadise!” And they will look. Anxious and afraid lest they bebrought out of the place they are in. Then it will be said: “Opeopleof Hell!” and they will look, hoping that they will bebrought out ofthe place they are in. Then it will be said: “Do youknow what thisis?” They will say: “Yes, this is Death.” Thenthe command will begiven for it to be slaughtered on the Sirat, andit will be said toboth groups: “It is eternal wherever you are,and there will never beany death therein.”
Chapter 39: Description of Paradise
“Allah says: ‘I have prepared for My righteous slaves that whichno eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mindof man.’”
“Ahand span in Paradise is better than the earth and everythingon it.”
“A place the size of a whip in Paradise is better than thisworldand everything in it.”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:‘Paradise has one hundred grades, each of which is as big as thedistance between heaven and earth. The highest of them is Firdaws andthe best of them is Firdaws. The Throne is above Firdaws and from itspring forth the rivers of Paradise. If you ask of Allah, ask Him forFirdaws.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said one day tohisCompanions: ‘Who will strive hard with sincerity for Paradise? Forthere is nothing like Paradise. By the Lord of the Ka’bah, it issparkling light, sweet basil waving in the breeze, a lofty palace, aflowing river, abundant ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and many finegarments, in a palace of eternal abode, in ease and luxury, inbeautiful, strongly-built, lofty houses.’ They said: ‘We willstriveheard for it, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Say: Insha’ Allah (ifAllah wills).’ Then he mentioned Jihad andencouraged them to engagein it.”
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“Kauthar is a river in Paradise whose banks are of gold and itsbedis of rubies and pearls. Its soil is more fragrant than musk, itswater is sweeter than honey and whiter than snow.”
“In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider could travelfor one hundred years and never leave it.”"Recite, if you wish: 'And in shade long-extended (56:30).'"
“I supplicate Allah to bring you and I together in the marketplaceof Paradise,” Sa’eed said: “Is there a marketplace there?” Hesaid: “Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told me that when thepeople of Paradise enter it, they will take their places according totheir deeds, and they will be given permission for a length of timeequivalent to Friday on earth, when they will visit Allah. His Thronewill be shown to them and He will appear to them in one of thegardens of Paradise. Chairs of light and chairs of pearls and chairsof rubies and chairs of chrysolite and chairs of gold and chairs ofsilver will be placed for them. Those who are of a lower status thanthem, and none of them will be regarded as insignificant, will sit onsandhills of musk and camphor, and they will not feel that those whoare sitting on chairs are seated better than them.”Abu Hurairah said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord?’ He said: ‘Yes. Do you dispute that you see the sun and the moon on the night when it is full?’ We said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Likewise, you will not dispute that you see your Lord, the Glorified. There will be no one left in that gathering with whom Allah does not speak face to face, until He will say to a man among you: “Do you not remember, O so-and-so, the day you did such and such?” And He will remind him of some of his sins in this world. He will say: “O Lord, have You not forgiven me?” He will say: “Yes, it is by the vastness of My forgiveness that You have reached the position you are in.” While they are like that, a cloud will cover them from above and will rain down on them perfume the like of whose fragrance they have never smelled before. Then He will say: “Get up and go to the honor that has been prepared for you, and take whatever you desire.” So we will go to a marketplace surrounded by the angels, in which there will be such things as eyes have never seen, ears have never heard and it has not entered the heart of man. Whatever we desire will be carried for us. Nothing will be bought or sold therein. In that marketplace the people of Paradise will meet one another. A man of elevated status will meet those who are of lower status than him, but none shall be regarded as insignificant, and he will be dazzled by the clothes that he sees on him. He will not finish the last of his conversation before better clothes appear on him. That is because no one should be sad there.’”“He said: ‘Then we will go back to our homes where we will be met by our wives, and they will say: ‘Welcome. You have come looking more handsome and with a better fragrance than when you left us.’ And we will say: ‘Today we sat with our Lord, the Compeller, the Glorified, and we deserve to come back as we have come back.’”
“There is no one whom Allah will admit to Paradise but Allahwillmarry him to seventy-two wives, two from houris and seventy fromhisinheritance from the people of Hell, all of whom will havedesirablefront passages and he will have a male member that neverbecomesflaccid (i.e., soft and limp).’”
“When the believer wants a child in Paradise, he willbeconceived and born and grown up, in a short while, according tohisdesire.”