Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2597
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يُعَذَّبُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّوْحِيدِ فِي النَّارِ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا فِيهَا حُمَمًا ثُمَّ تُدْرِكُهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ فَيُخْرَجُونَ وَيُطْرَحُونَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ . قَالَ فَيَرُشُّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْمَاءَ فَيَنْبُتُونَ كَمَا يَنْبُتُ الْغُثَاءُ فِي حِمَالَةِ السَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Some people of monotheism will be punished in the Fire until they become charcoal. Then mercy will reach them, and they will be brought out and laid at the gates of Paradise. The people of Paradise will sprinkle water over them, and they will grow as the flood-borne debris grows; then they will enter Paradise.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is hasan sahih, and it has been narrated from Jabir through more than one route.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the people become charcoal (حممًا), are laid by the gates, and then grow like debris carried in a torrent; the scene is preserved without adding further details.