Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 185a

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ - عَنْ أَبِي مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَمَّا أَهْلُ النَّارِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَهْلُهَا فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَمُوتُونَ فِيهَا وَلاَ يَحْيَوْنَ وَلَكِنْ نَاسٌ أَصَابَتْهُمُ النَّارُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ - أَوْ قَالَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ - فَأَمَاتَهُمْ إِمَاتَةً حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا فَحْمًا أُذِنَ بِالشَّفَاعَةِ فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ ضَبَائِرَ ضَبَائِرَ فَبُثُّوا عَلَى أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ قِيلَ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ أَفِيضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ‏.‏ فَيَنْبُتُونَ نَبَاتَ الْحِبَّةِ تَكُونُ فِي حَمِيلِ السَّيْلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ كَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ كَانَ بِالْبَادِيَةِ ‏.‏

Translation

Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami narrated to me: Bishr narrated to us—meaning Ibn al-Mufaddal—from Abu Maslama, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “As for those who are permanent inhabitants of the Fire, they will neither die nor live in it. But some people will be touched by the Fire because of their sins—or, he said, their misdeeds—and He will cause them to die completely. When they have become charcoal, intercession will be granted, and they will be brought in groups and scattered along the rivers of Paradise. Then it will be said, ‘O people of Paradise, pour water over them.’ They will grow like a seed growing in the silt carried by a torrent.” A man among the people said, “It is as though the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had lived in the open country.”

Translation notes
  • The transmitter explicitly signals uncertainty between ‘their sins’ and ‘their misdeeds’; both alternatives are retained.