Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3241

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَدْرِي مَا سَعَةُ جَهَنَّمَ قُلْتُ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ مَا تَدْرِي ‏.‏ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ‏: ‏ ‏‏(‏والأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ ‏)‏ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ فَأَيْنَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ عَلَى جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Mujahid said that Ibn ‘Abbas asked me, ‘Do you know how vast Hell is?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Indeed, by Allah, you do not know.’ ‘A’ishah told me that she asked the Messenger of Allah about Allah’s words, ‘The whole earth will be in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand’ (Qur’an 39:67). She said, ‘I asked, “Messenger of Allah, where will the people be that day?” He replied, “On the bridge over Hell.”’ The report contains a further account. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith through this route.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Kept the initial exchange as a statement that the questioner does not know Hell’s vastness, followed by ‘A’ishah’s question about where people will be on the Day of Resurrection.