The Book on the Description of Hellfire

كتاب صفة جهنم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 9: What Has Been Related About 'The Fire Has Two Breaths' and What Has Been Mentioned About Those Who Will Exit the Fire from the People of Tawhid

Abu Hurairah narrated

that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The Fire complained to its Lord. It said: 'Some parts of me consume other parts.' So He allowed it to take two breaths: one during the winter, and during the summer. As for the breath in the winter then it is Zamharir, and as for the breath in the summer then it is Samum. Other chains report similar narrations.

From Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said – Hisham (one of the narrators) narrated it

“Some will exit the Fire,” Shu`bah (another narrator) narrated it: 'Remove from the Fire whoever said La ilaha illallah and had good in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of barley. Remove from the Fire anyone who said La Ilaha illallah and had good in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of wheat. Remove from the Fire anyone who said La ilaha illallah and had good in his heart equal to the weight of a speck.” And Shubah said: “What is equal to the weight of a light piece of corn.” (Sahih) Other chains report similar narrations.

Anas said that the Prophet (s.a.w) said

"Allah will say: 'Remove from the Fire whoever remembered Me one day, or feared Me while in a state of sinning."

Chapter 10: The Story of the Last of the People of the Fire to Leave It

Ibn Masud narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

"I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from it. A man will exit it crawling, and he will say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all the places.'" He said: "So it will be said to him: 'Go to Paradise to enter Paradise.' So he will go to enter, but he will see that the people have taken all the places. He will return and say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all of the places.' So it will be said to him: 'Do you remember the times you used to live in?' And he will say: 'Yes.' So it will be said to him: 'Wish, He will wish for something, and it will be said to him: 'For you is whatever you wished for, and ten times the world.' He will say: 'Do you mock me while you are the King?'" He (Ibn Masud) said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) laugh until his molars were visible."

Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

" I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from the Fire and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise. A man will be brought forth and He (s.a.w) will say: 'Ask about his small sins and hide his large sins.' So it will be said to him: 'Did you do this and that on such and such a day, did you do this and that on such- and – such a day?'” He said: “Then it will be said to him; 'For each of your sins you shall have a reward.'” He (s.a.w) said: “So he will say: 'O Lord! I have done things that I do not see here.'” He (Abu Dharr) said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) laugh until his molars were visible.” (Sahih)

Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

" Some of the people of Tawhid will be punished in the Fire until they are coals. Then the Mercy (of Allah) will reach them, they will be taken out and tossed at the doors of Paradise." He said: " The people of Paradise will pour water over them, and they will sprout as the debris carried by the flood sprouts, then they will enter Paradise."

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

"Whoever had the weight of a speck of faith in his heart will depart from the Fire." Abu Sa'eed said: "Whoever has doubt then let him recite: Indeed Allah does not deal unjustly with even the weight of a speck."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

"Indeed two men among those who entered the Fire will be screaming violently. So the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, will say: 'Take them out.' Then when they are taken out He will say: 'What caused you to scream so violently?' They will say: 'We did that so You would have mercy on us.' He will say: 'My mercy for you is that you both go and throw yourselves where you were in the Fire.' So they will go. One of them will throw himself in, and He will make it cool and peaceful for him. And the other will stand there and not throw himself in, so the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, will say to him: 'What prevented you from throwing yourself in as your companion did?' He will say: 'O Lord! I hope that you will not return me to it aftrr You have taken me out.' So the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, will say to him: 'For you is what you hoped for,' and so they will both enter Paradise together by the mercy of Allah."

Imran bin Husain narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said

'A group from my Ummah will depart from the Fire through my intercession, and they will be called the Jahannamiyyun."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

"I have not seen the likes of the Fire in which the one who runs from it sleeps, nor the likes of Paradise in which the one who seeks it sleeps."

Chapter 11: What Has Been Related About Most of the Inhabitants of the Fire Being Women

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Messenger Of Allah (s.a.w) said

"I looked into Paradise and I saw that the most of its people were the poor; and I looked into the Fire and I saw that most of its people were women."

'Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger Of Allah (s.a.w) said

" I looked into the Fire and I saw that most of its people are women, and I looked into Paradise and I saw that most of its people were the poor." Other chains report similar narrations.

Chapter 12: The Description of the Least Punished of the People of the Fire on the Day of Judgement

An-Numan bin Bashir narrated that the Messenger Of Allah (s.a.w) said

"Indeed the person among the inhabitants of the Fire punished least [on the Day of Judgment] is a man who has two coals beneath his feet, which cause his brain to boil." Other chains report similar narrations.

Chapter 13: About Who the People of Paradise Are and Who the People of the Fire Are

Harithah bin Wahb Al-Khuzai narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said

"Should I not inform you about the people of Paradise: They are every humble and weak person, who if he were to make an Oath by Allah, He would fulfill it. Should I not inform you about the people of the Fire: They are every prideful, swaggering, ill-speaking person."