Part 11

(9) Their entrails will be spilled out in the Fire al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Usaamah ibn Zayd that the Prophet (saw) said: "A man will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into the Fire. Then his entrails will be spilled out into the Fire, and he will be forced to walk around and around like a donkey in a treadmill. The people of Hell will gather around him and say, "O So-and-so, what is wrong with you? Did you not enjoin us to do good and forbid us to do evil?" He will say, "I used to order you to do good, but I did not do it, and I used to forbid you to do evil, but I used to do it." Then he will walk around and around like a donkey in a treadmill" (al-Bukhaari and Muslim, Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/642, hadith no. 5139) One of the people whose entrails will be spilled out in Hell is 'Amr ibn Lahay who was the first to change the religion of the Arabs. The Prophet (saw) saw him dragging his own entrails in Hell. Muslim reports from Jaabir

al-Jannah wa an-Naar – In the Light of the Qur'aan and Sunnah

ibn Abdullaah that the Prophet (saw) said, "I saw 'Amr ibn 'Aamir al-Khuza'ee dragging his own entrails in Hell, and he was the first one to introduce as-Saa'ibah (a she-camel turned loose for free pasture for the sake of idols, upon which nothing was allowed to be carried". (Mishkaat alMasaabeeh, 2/642)

(10) The Chains, Fetters and Hammers of the People of Hell Allaah (swt) has promised that the people of Hell will have chains fetters and hammers in the Fire: "For the Rejecters We have prepared iron chains, yokes and a blazing Fire". (76:4) "With Us are fetters [to bind them] and a Fire [to burn them] and a food that chokes, and a penalty grievous". (73:12-13) The yokes will be placed around their necks: "...We shall put yokes on the necks of the unbelievers. It would only be a requital for their ill [or evil] deeds". (34:33) "When yokes [shall be] round their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along." (40:71) The chains or fetters are something with which Allah (swt) will punish them: "With Us are fetters..." (73:12) The chains are another kind of punishment, with which the wrongdoers will be tied up, just as criminals are chained up in this world. See how the Qur'aan describes them: "The stern command will say, "Seize him and bind him, and burn him in the blazing Fire, further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits". (69:30-32) Allaah (swt) has promised the people of Hell hooked rods of iron which are like hammers with which the evildoers will be beaten when they try to escape from the Fire, and they will be thrown ever deeper into Hell: "And for them are hooked rods of iron [to punish them]. Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein, and [it will be] said to them: "taste the torment of burning!" (22:21-22)

(11) They will be accompanied by their objects of worship and their devils in Hell The Kuffaar and Mushrikeen used to glorify the false deities that they worshipped instead of Allaah (swt); they would defend them and give of themselves and their wealth in their worshipping. On the Day of Resurrection, Allaah (swt) will cause those deities that they used to worship instead of Him to enter the Fire, as a source of humiliation and shame for them, so that they will know that they were misled and that they worshipped something that has no power either to benefit them or to harm them: "Verily, you [disbelievers] and the [false] gods that you worship besides Allaah are [but] fuel for Hell! To it will you [surely] come! If these had been gods, they would not have got there! But each one will abide therein." (21:98-99)

al-Jannah wa an-Naar – In the Light of the Qur'aan and Sunnah

Ibn Rajab says, "Because the Kuffaar worship their gods instead of Allaah (swt) and believe that they will intercede for them with Allaah (swt) and will bring them closer to Him, they will be punished by having these gods in Hell with them as a source of humiliation and shame, and to make them feel deep sorrow and regret. Because when a punishment is accompanied by the thing that was the reason for the punishment, the pain and sorrow becomes more intense." (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.105) For this reason the sun and moon will be thrown into Hell, and will be fuel for it, to punish those wrongdoers who used to worship them instead of Allaah. As the hadith says, "The sun and moon will be rolled up in Hell". (al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Imaan, and al-Bazzar, al-Isma'eelee and al-Khattabee, see Silsilat al-Hadith as-Saheehah, 1/32) al-Qurtubee says, "They will be placed in Hell, because they were worshipped instead of Allaah (swt). It is not a punishment for them, because they are inanimate, but that will be done in order to increase the sorrow and shame of the Kaafireen. This is what was said by some of the scholars." (al-Qurtubee, at-Tadhkirah, p.392) For the same reason, the Kuffaar and their devils will be gathered together, so as to make the punishment more intense: "And if anyone withdraws himself from the remembrance of [Allaah] All-Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one to be an intimate companion to him. Such evil ones really hinder them from the Path, but they think that they are being guided aright! At length, when [such a one] comes to Us, he says, [to his evil companion], "Would that between me and you were the distance of east and west". Ah, evil is the companion indeed! When you have done wrong, it will avail you nothing, that Day that you shall be partners in punishment". (43:36-39)

(12) Their sorrow, regret and supplications When the Kuffaar see Hell, they will be filled with intense regret, at a time when regret will be of no avail: "...they would declare [their] repentance when they see the penalty but the judgement between them will be with justice, and no wrong will be done unto them." (10:54) When the Kuffaar looks at the record of his deeds, and sees his kufr and shirk, for which he deserves eternal Hell, he will pray for oblivion and death: "But he who is given his Record behind his back, soon will he cry for perdition, and he will enter a blazing Fire". (84:10-12) They will repeat their prayer for oblivion when they are thrown into the Fire and its heat touches them: "And when they are cast, bound together, into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then! This Day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oftrepeated". (25:13-14) Their screams will grow louder and more desperate and they will call on their Rabb, hoping that He (swt) will take them out of the Fire: "Therein will they cry aloud [for assistance]: "Our Rabb! Bring us out, we shall work righteousness, not the [deeds] we used to do." (35:37) At that time, they will come to realise the error and foolishness of their kufr:

al-Jannah wa an-Naar – In the Light of the Qur'aan and Sunnah

"They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence we would not [now] be among the companions of the blazing Fire". (67:10) "They will say, "Our Rabb! Twice have You made us without life and twice have you given us life! Now we have recognised our sins: Is there any way out [of this]?" (40:11) But their prayer will be harshly refused, and they will be answered as animals deserve to be answered: "They will say, "Our Rabb! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we became a people astray. Our Rabb! Bring us out of this; if ever we return [to evil] then shall we be wrongdoers indeed!" He [Allaah] will say, "Be driven into it with ignominy! And speak not to Me!" (23:106-108) The promise will come true, and they will reach a destination where no prayer will benefit them and there will be no hope: "If only you could see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Rabb [saying], "Our Rabb! We have seen and we have heard; now then send us back [to the world], we will work righteousness for we do indeed [now] believe". If We had so willed, surely We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance, but the Word from Me will come true: I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together. Taste you then - for you forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and We too will forget you - taste the penalty of eternity for your [evil] deeds!" (32:12-14) After that the people of Hell will call upon the keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Rabb to lighten us the penalty for a day [at least]! They will say, "Did there not come to you your Messengers with clear signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply, "Then pray [as you like]! But the prayer of those without faith is nothing but [futile wandering] in [mazes of] error". (40:49-50) Then they will ask for intercession so that their Rabb might annihilate them: "And they will cry, "O Malik [Guard of Hell]! Would that your Rabb put an end to us". He will say, "Nay, but you shall abide"" (43:77) Everything they ask for will be refused. There will be no coming out of the Fire, no reduction in the torment, and no oblivion. Rather it is ongoing, eternal punishment, and at that time they will be told: "...and whether you are patient of it, or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do." (52:16) Then their wailing will increase, and they will weep for a long time: "Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the [evil] that they do". (9:82) They will weep until no tears are left, then they will weep blood, and their tears will leave traces on their faces like the channels cut into rock by water. In al-Mustadrak by al-Haakim there is a report from 'Abdullaah ibn Qays that the Messenger of Allaah (saw) said: "The people of Hell will weep so much that if ships were placed in their tears, they would float, and they will weep blood - meaning, instead of tears" Anas ibn Maalik reported that the Prophet (saw) said: "The people of Hell will be made to weep, and they will weep until they have no tears left. Then they will weep blood until they have as it were channels in their faces, if ships were put in them, they would float". (1)