Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 – Hadith 369-388
Explaining Sahih
Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 369-388
Chapter 84: The
Status of the Lowest people in paradise.
It is transmitted
from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that, verily, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Amongst
the inhabitants of Paradise the lowest in rank will be the person whose face
Allah would turn away from the Fire towards the Paradise, and make a shady tree
appear before him. He would say: O my Lord! direct my steps to this tree so
that I (should enjoy) its shade; and the rest of the hadith is like that
narrated by Ibn Mas'ud, but he did not mention:" He (Allah) would say: O
son of Adam! what will bring an end to your making requests to Me" to the
end of the tradition. In it, he added: Allah will remind him: Ask such and
such, and when his expectations would be realised, Allah would say: That is for
you, and ten times as much. He said that he would then enter his house and his
two wives with large and dark eyes would enter after him. They will say: Praise
be to Allah, Who has created you for us and us for you. He will say: No one has
been given the like of what I have been given. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 369)
The same hadith has been by AlMughirah
bin Shu’bah attributing it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 370)
It
is reported on the authority of al-Mughira b. Shu'ba that the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) said:
Moses
asked his Lord: Who amongst the inhabitants of Paradise is the lowest to rank?
He (Allah) said: The person who would be admitted into Paradise last of all
among those deserving of Paradise who are admitted to it. I would be said to
him: Enter Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! how (should I enter) while the
people have settled in their apartments and taken the shares (portions)? It
would be said to him: Would you be pleased if there be for you like the kingdom
of a king amongst the kings of the world? He would say: I am pleased my Lord.
He (Allah) would say: For you is that, and like that, and like that, and like
that, and that. He would say at the fifth (point): I am well pleased. My Lord.
He (Allah) would say: It is for you and, ten times like it, and for you is what
your self desires and your eye enjoys. He would say: I am well pleased, my
Lord. He (Moses) said: (Which is) the highest of their (inhabitants of
Paradise) ranks? He (Allah) said: They are those whom I choose. I establish
their honour with My own hand and then set a seal over it (and they would be
blessed with Bounties) which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human
mind has perceived: and this is sub- stantiated by the Book of Allah, Exalted
and Great:" So no soul knows what delight of the eye is hidden for them; a
reward for what they did" (xxxii. 17). (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 371)
Sha'bi reported he had heard
al-Mughira b. Shu'ba say on the pulpit that Moses (peace be upon him) had asked
Allah, Exalted and Great, about the reward of the lowest of the inhabitants of
Paradise, and the remaining part of hadith is the same (as narrated) above.
(Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 372)
Abu Dharr
reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
I
know the last of the inhabitants of Paradise to enter it and the last of the
inhabitants of Hell to come out of it. He is a man who would be brought on the
Day of Resurrection and it will be said: Present his minor sins to him, and
withhold from him his serious sins. Then the minor sins would be placed before
him, and it would be said: On such and such a day you did so and so and on such
and such a day you did so and so. He would say: Yes. It will not be possible
for him to deny, while he would be afraid lest serious sins should be presented
before him. It would be said to him: In place of every evil deed you will have
a good deed. He will say: My Lord! I have done things I do not see here. I
indeed saw the Messenger of Allah laugh till his front teeth were exposed. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 373)
This hadith is also narrated by
another chain of narrators, i. e. Ibn Numair, Abu Mu'awiya, Waki', Abu Bakr b.
Abi Shaiba, Abu Kuraib, A'mash. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 374)
It
is reported on the authority of Abu Zubair that he heard from Jabir b
'Abdullah, who was asked about the arrival (of people on the Day of
Resurrection). He said. We would come on the Day of Resurrection like this,
like this, and see. carefully. that which concerns" elevated people".
He (the narrator) said:
Then
the people would be summoned along with their idols whom they worshipped, one
after another. Then our Lord would come to us and say: Whom are you waiting
for? They would say: We are waiting for our Lord. He would say: I am your Lord.
They would say: (We are not sure) till we gaze at Thee, and He would manifest
Himself to them smilingly, and would go along with them and they would follow
Him; and every person, whether a hypocrite or a believer, would be endowed with
a light, and there would be spikes and hooks on the bridge of the Hell, which
would catch hold of those whom Allah willed. Then the light of the hypocrites
would be extinguished, and the believers would secure salvation. and the first
group to achieve it would comprise seventy thousand men who would have the
brightness of full moon on their faces, and they would not be called to account.
Then the people immediately following them would have their faces as the
brightest stars in the heaven. This is how (the groups would follow one after
another). Then the stage of intercession would come, and they (who are
permitted to intercede) would intercede, till he who had declared:" There
is no god but Allah" and had in his heart virtue of the weight of a barley
grain would come out of the Fire. They would be then brought in the courtyard
of Paradise and the inhabitants of Paradise would begin to sprinkle water over
them till they would sprout like the sprouting of a thing in flood water, and
their burns would disappear. They would ask their Lord till they would be
granted (the bounties) of the world and with it ten more besides it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 375)
Jabir reported
that he had heard with his ears the Apostle (ﷺ) saying:
Allah
will bring out people from the Fire and admit them into Paradise. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 376)
Hammad b. Zaid,
reported:
I
said to 'Amr b. Dinar: Did you hear Jabir b. 'Abdullah narrating from the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that Allah would bring out people from the Fire through
intercession. He said: Yes. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 377)
Jabir b.
'Abdullah repotted:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily people would be brought out from the Fire,
and they would be burnt except the exterior (surfaces, fronts) of their faces;
and they would enter Paradise. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 378)
Yazid al-Faqir
said:
This
view of the Khawarij (i.e. those who commit major sins and would be eternally
doomed to Hell) had obsessed me, and we set out in a large group intending to
perform the Hajj and then going to the people (for the propagation of the views
of the Khawarij). He (the narrator) said: We happened to past by Medina and
found there Jabir b. 'Abdullah sitting near a column narrating to the people
(the ahadith of) the Prophet (ﷺ). When he mentioned the inhabitants of Hell, I
said: O companion of the Messenger of Allah what is this that you narrate,
whereas Allah says: "Verily whomsoever Thou shall commit to the Fire, Thou
indeed humiliateth him" (al-Qur'an, iii. 192); and All those who endeavored
to get out of that would be thrown back into it" (al-Qur'an, xxxi i. 20)?
So what is it that you say? He said: Have you read the Qur'an? I said: Yes. He
said: Have you heard about the (exalted) position of Muhammad (ﷺ), i.e. to
which Allah would raise, him? I said: Yes. He said: Verily the position of
Muhammad (ﷺ) is that of great glory and that is by which Allah would bring out
whomsoever He would wish to bring out. He then described the Path (the Bridge)
and the passing of the people over it, and said: I am afraid I may not have
remembered (other things) but this much is still in my memory that people would
come out of the Hell after having gone into it, and he said: They would come
out of it as if they were the wood of the ebony tree. He (the narrator said: They
would enter a river, one or the rivers of Paradise, and would bathe in it, and
then come out as if they were (white like) paper. We then turned back and said:
Woe be upon you! How can this old man tell a lie against the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)? We turned back (from the views of the Khawarij), and by God every one of
us abandoned this (band of Khawarij) except one man. A similar statement has
been made by Abu Nu'aim. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 379)
It is narrated on
the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Four
persons would be brought out from the Fire and would be presented to Allah. One
of them would turn (towards the He) ) ) and say: O my Lord, when Thou hast
brought me out from it, do not throw me back into it, and Allah would rescue
him from it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 380)
Anas b Malik
reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah would gather people on the Day of
Resurrection and they would be concerned about it, and Ibn Ubaid said. They
would get a Divine inspiration about it, and would say: If we could seek
intercession with our Lord, we may be relieved from this predicament of ours.
He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would come to Adam andsay, Thou art Adam, the
father of mankind. Allah created thee with His own hand and breathed unto thee
of His Spirit and commanded the angels and they prostrated before thee. So
intercede for us with thy Lords, that He may relieve us from this position of
ours. He would say: I am not in a position to do this, and would recall his
error, and would fight shy of his Lord on account of that; go to Noah the first
messenger (after me) sent by Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: So they would
come to Noah (peace be upon him). He would say: I am not in a position to do
that for you, and recall his fault which he had committed, and would fight shy
of his Lord on account of that, (and would say): You better go to Ibrahim
(peace be upon him) whom Allah took for a friend. They would come to Ibrahim
(peace be upon him) and he would say: I am not in a position to do that for
you, and would recall his fault that he had committed and would, therefore,
fight shy of his Lord on that account (and would say): You better go to Moses
(peace be upon him) with whom Allah conversed and con- ferred Torah upon him.
He (the Holy Prophet) said: So they would come to Moses (peace be upon him) He
would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, and would recall his
fault that he had committed and would fight shy of his Lord on account of that
(and would say): You better go to Jesus, the Spirit of Allah and His word He
would say: I am not in a position to do that for you; you better go to Muhammad
(ﷺ), a servant whose former and later sins have been forgiven. He (the
narrator) said: The Messenger or Allah (ﷺ) observed: So they would come to me
and I would ask the permission of my Lord and it would be granted to me, and
when I would see Him, I would fall down in prostration, and He (Allah) would
leave me thus as long as He would wish, and then it would be said: O Muhammad,
raise your head, say and you would be heard; ask and it would be granted;
intercede and intercession would be accepted. Then I would raise my head and
extrol my Lord with the praise which my Lord would teach me. I shall then
inter- cede, but a limit would be set for me I would bring them out from the
Fire and make them enter Paradise (according to the limit). I shall return then
ard fall down in pros- tration and Allah would leave me (in that position) as
long as He would wish to leave me it would be said: Rise, O Muhammad, say and
you would be heard; ask and it would be conferred; intercede and intercession
would be granted. I would raise my head and extrol my Lord with praise that He
would teach me. I would theft intercede and a limit would be set for me. I
would bring them out of the Fire (of Hell) and make them enter Paradise. He
(the narrator) said: I do not remember whether he (the Holy Prophet) said at
tLe third time or at the fourth time: O my Lord, none has been left in the
Fire, but thise restrained by the Holy Qur'an, i e. those who were eternally
doomed. Ibn Ubaid said in a narration: Qatada observed: whose everlasting stay
was imperative". (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 381)
Anas reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The believers would gather on the Day of
Resurrection, and they would be concerned about it, or would be made mindful of
it (i. e. the trjuble for it), (and the remaining part of the hadith w, ) uld
be narrated) like the one transmitted by Abu Uwana, and he said in the hadith:
Then I would come for the fourth time, or I would return the fourth time, and
would say: O my Lord, no one has been left but he whom the Holy Qur'an has
restrained. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 382)
Anas b. Malik
reported:
The
Prophet of Allah (may peace be, upon him) said: Allah will gather the believers
on the Day of Resurrection and they would be made mindful of it; and the rest
(of the hadith) is like the one narrated above; and then he mentioned the
fourth time: And I (the Holy Prophet) would say: O my Lord, no one is left in
the Fire except he whom the Qur'an has restrained, i e. eternally doomed. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 383)
Anas b. Malik
reported:
Verily
the Apostle (ﷺ) said: He who professed: There is no god but Allah, would be
brought out of the Fire even though he has in his heart virtue equal to the
weight of a barley grain. Then he who professed: There is no god but Allah,
would come out of the Fire, even though he has in his heart virtue equal to the
weight of a wheat grain. He would then bring out from the Fire he who
professed: There is no god but Allah, even though he has in his heart virtue
equal to the weight of an atom. Ibn Minhal has made an addition (of these
words) in his narration: Yazid said: I met Shu'ba and narrated to him this
hadith. Shu'ba said: Qatada transmitted to us this hadith from Anas b. Malik
who heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with this alteration that he substituted
the word Zurra (grain) in place of Zarra (atom). Yazid said: Abu Bistam has
made a change in it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 384)
Ma'bad b. Hilal
al 'Anazi reported:
We
went to Anas b. Malik through Thabit and reached there (his house) while he was
offering the forenoon prayer. Thabit sought permission for us and we entered,
and he seated Thabit with him on his bedstead. He (Thabit) said to him (Anas b.
Malik): O Abu Hamza (kunya of Anas b. Malik), your brothers from among the
inhabitants of Basra ask you to narrate to them the hadith of intercession. He
said: Muhammad (ﷺ) narrated to us: When it would be the Day of Resurrection,
some of the people would rush to one another in bewilderment. They would come
to Adam and say: Intercede (with your Lord) for your progeny. He would say: I am
not fit to do this, but go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) for he is the Friend
of Allah. They would come to Ibrahim, but he would say: I am not fit to do
this, but go to Moses, for he is Allah's Interlocutor. They would come to
Moses, but he would say: I am not fit to do this, but you should go to Jesus,
for he is the Spirit of Allah and His word. They would come to Jesus, and he
would say, I am not fit to do this; you better go to Muhammad (ﷺ). They would
come to me, and I would say: I am in a position to do that, I would go and ask
the permission of my Lord and it would be granted to me. I would then stand
before Him and would extol Him with praises which I am not able to do now, but
with which Allah would inspire me, then I would fall in prostration and it
would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise thy head, and say and it would be
listened to; ask and it would be granted, intercede and it would be accepted. I
shall say: My Lord, my people, my people It would be said: Go, and bring forth
from it (Hell) him who has in his heart faith equal to the weight of a wheat
grain or a barley seed. I would go and do that; then I would return to my Lord
and extol Him with those praises (taught to me by Allah), then I would fall in
prostration. It would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head, and say and
it would be heard; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession
would be accepted. So I would say: My people. my people. It would be said to
me: Go and take out from it (Hell) him who has in his heart faith equal to the
weight of a mustard seed. I would go and do that. I would again return to my
Lord and extol Him with those praises. I would then fall in prostration. It
would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head: say, and you would be
listened to; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be
accepted. I would say: My Lord, my people, my people. It would be said to me:
Go, and bring out of the Fire him who has in his heart as much faith as the
smallest, smallest, smallest grain of mustard seed. I would go and do that.
This is the hadith which Anas narrated to us. We went out of his (house) and
when we reached the upper part of Jabban (graveyard) we said: Would that we
meet Hasan and salute him and he was hiding in the house of Abu Khalifa. He
(Ma'bad b. Hilal, the narrator) said: We went to him and greeted him and we
said: O Abu Sa'id, we come from your brother Abu Hamza (kunya of Anas), and we
have never heard a hadith like this relating to intercession, which he has
narrated to us. He said: Narrate it, we narrated the hadith. He said: Narrate
it (still further). We said: He did not (narrate it) before us more than this.
He said: He (Anas) had narrated it to us twenty years back, when he was strong
and healthy. He has in fact missed something. I cannot make out whether the old
man has forgotten or he has (intentionally) avoided to narrate it to you lest
you should rely (absolutely) upon it (and abandon doing good deeds). We said to
him: Relate that to us, and he laughed and said: There is haste in the nature
of man. I did not make mention of it to you but for the fact that I wanted to
narrate that to you (and added that the Prophet said): I would then return to
my Lord for the fourth time and extol Him with these praises. I would then fall
in prostration. It would be said to me: O Muhammad, raise your head: say and it
will be listened to; ask and it will be granted; intercede and intercession
would be accepted. I would say: O my Lord, permit me regarding him who
professed: There is no god but Allah. He (the Lord) would say: That is not for
thee or that is not what lies with thee, but by My Honour, Glory, Greatness and
Might, I would certainly take him out who professed it: There is no god but
Allah. He (the narrator, Ma'bad) said: I hear testimony to the fact that the
hadith transmitted to us-by Hasan was heard by him from Anas b. Malik and I can
see that he reported it twenty years back, when he was hale and hearty. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 385)
Abu Huraira
reported:
Meat
was one day brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a foreleg was offered to
him, a part which he liked. He sliced with his teeth a piece out of it and
said: I shall be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know
why? Allah would gather in one plain the earlier and the later (of the human
race) on the Day of Resurrection. Then the voice of the proclaimer would be
heard by all of them and the eyesight would penetrate through all of them and
the sun would come near. People would then experience a degree of anguish,
anxiety and agony which they shall not be able to bear and they shall not be
able to stand. Some people would say to the others: Don you see in which
trouble you are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken you? Why don't
you find one who should intercede for you with your Lord? Some would say to the
others: Go to Adam. And they would go to Adam and say: O Adam, thou art the
father of mankind. Allah created thee by His own Hand and breathed in thee of
His spirit and ordered the angels to prostrate before thee. Intercede for us
with thy Lord Don't you see in what (trouble) we are? Don't you see what
(misfortune) has overtaken us? Adam would say: Verily, my Lord is angry, to an
extent to which He had never been angry before nor would He be angry afterward.
Verily, He forbade me (to go near) that tree and I disobeyed Him. I am
concerned with my own self. Go to someone else; go to Noah. They would come to
Noah and would say: O Noah, thou art the first of the Messengers (sent) on the
earth (after Adam), and Allah named thee as a" Grateful Servant,"
intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in what (trouble) we are? Don't
you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? He would say: Verily, my Lord is
angry today as He had never been angry before, and would never be angry afterwards.
There had emanated a curse from me with which I cursed my people. I am
concerned with only myself, I am concerned only with myself; you better go to
Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They would go to Ibrahim and say: Thou art the
apostle of Allah and His Friend amongst the inhabitants of the earth; intercede
for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in which (trouble) we are? Don't you see
what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Ibrahim would say to them: Verily, my Lord
is today angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry
afterwards. and (Ibrahim) would mention his lies (and then say): I am concerned
only with myself, I am concerned only with myself. You better go to someone
else: go to Moses. They would come to Moses (peace be upon him) and say: O Moses,
thou art Allah's messenger, Allah blessed thee with His messengership and His
conversation amongst people. Intercede for us with thy Lord. Don't you see in
what (trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Moses
(peace be upon him) would say to them: Verily. my Lord is angry as He had never
been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. I, in fact, killed a
person whom I had not been ordered to kill. I am concerned with myself, I am
concerned with myself. You better go to Jesus (peace be upon him). They would
come to Jesus and would say: O Jesus, thou art the messenger of Allah and thou
conversed with people in the cradle, (thou art) His Word which I-Ie sent down
upon Mary. and (thou art) the Spirit from Him; so intercede for us with thy
Lord. Don't you see (the trouble) in which we are? Don't you see (the
misfortune) that has overtaken us? Jesus (peace be upon him) would say: Verily,
my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before or would ever be angry
afterwards. He mentioned no sin of his. (He simply said: ) I am concerned with
myself, I am concerned with myself; you go to someone else: better go to
Muhammad (ﷺ). They would come to me and say: O Mahammad, thou art the messenger
of Allah and the last of the apostles. Allah has pardoned thee all thy previous
and later sins. Intercede for us with thy Lord; don't you see in which
(trouble) we are? Don't you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? I shall
then set off and come below the Throne and fall down prostrate before my Lord;
then Allah would reveal to me and inspire me with some of His Praises and
Glorifications which He had not revealed to anyone before me. He would then
say: Muhammad, raise thy head; ask and it would be granted; intercede and
intercession would be accepted I would then raise my head and say: O my Lord,
my people, my people. It would be said: O Muhammad, bring in by the right gate
of Paradise those of your people who would have no account to render. They
would share with the people some other door besides this door. The Prophet then
said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, verify the distance between
two door leaves of the Paradise is as great as between Mecca and Hajar, or as
between Mecca and Busra. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 386)
It
is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that there was placed before the
Messenger of Allah a cup of soft bread, soup and meat. He took part of the
foreleg which he liked most. He sliced (with his teeth) a slice (out of that)
and said:
I
would be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. He then sliced (that
meat) for the second time and said: I am the leader of mankind on the Day of
Resurrection. When he saw that his companions did not ask him (about this
assertion) he said: Why don't you say: How would that be? They said: How would
be it, Messenger of Allah? He said: People would stand before the Lord of the
worlds. And the rest of the hadith was narrated like the one transmitted by Abu
Hayyan, on the authority of Abu Zur'a, and in the story of Ibrahim, this
addition was made. He said and made mention of his words with regard to the
star: This is my Lord. And his words with regard to their gods: But the big
among them has done that. And his words: I am ailing. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the distance between two
leaves of the door from their supporting frames is as the distance between
Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and Mecca. I do not remember how he said it (whether
Mecca and Hajar or Hajar and Mecca). (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 387)
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira and Hudhaifa that the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) said:
Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, would gather people. The believers would stand till the Paradise would be brought near them. They would come to Adam and say: O our father, open for us the Paradise. He would say: What turned ye out from the Paradise was the sin of your father Adam. I am not in a position to do that; better go to my son Ibrahim, the Friend of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He (Ibrahim) would say: I am not in a position to do that. Verily I had been the Friend (of Allah) from beyond, beyond; you better approach Moses (peace be upon him) with whom Allah conversed. They would come to Moses (peace be upon him), but he would say: I am not in a position to do that; you better go to Jesus, the Word of Allah and His Spirit. Jesus (peace be upon him) would say: I am not in a position to do that. So they would come to Muhammad (ﷺ). He would then be permitted (to open the door of Paradise). Trustworthiness and kinship would be despatched, and these would stand on the right and left of the Path and the first of you would pass with (the swiftness) of lightning. He (the narrator) said: I said, O thou who art far dearer to me than my father and my mother I which thing is like the passing of lightning? He said: Have you not seen lightning, how it passes and then comes back within the twinkling of an eye? Then (they would pass) like the passing of the wind, then like the passing of a bird, and the hastening of persons would be according to their deeds, and your Apostle would be standing on the Path saying: Save, O my Lord, save. (The people would go on passing) till the deeds of the servants would be failing in strength, till a man would come who would find it hard to go along (that Path) but crawlingly. He (the narrator) said: And on the sides of the Path hooks would be suspended ready to catch anyone whom these would be required (to catch). There would be those who would somehow or other succeed in trasversing that Path and some would be piled up in Hell. By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Huraira it would take one seventy years to fathom the depth of Hell. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 388)
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