Part 104

And Allah % said:

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“But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah 3% — Islamic Monotheism), for them will be the Fire of Hell. Neither will it have a complete killing effect on them so that they die, nor shall its torment be lightened for them. Thus do we requite every disbeliever! Therein they will cry: “Our Lord! Bring us out, we shall do righteous good deeds, not (evil deeds) that we used to do.” (Allah 8% will reply): “Did We not give you lives long enough, so that whosoever would receive admonition could receive it? And the warner came to you, So taste you (the evil of your deeds). For the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doer) there is no helper.”")

And Allah 3 said:

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“And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: “Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!” They will say: “Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear) evidences (and signs)?" They will say: “Yes.” They will reply: “Then call (as you like)! And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain (as it will not he answered by Allah #1’!

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‘But it will be avoided by the wretched, Who will enter the great

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Fire (and will be made to taste its burning). There he will neither die

(to be in rest) nor live (a good living)’ And we have previously related from As-sahih that the people of Hell who are its dwellers will not die in it and will not live (ie. they will not be living a good life).” And in a previously related hadith it is mentioned that death itself will be slaughtered somewhere between Paradise and Hell. Then it will be said, “O people of Paradise, eternity without death. And O people of Hell, eternity without death.” How can he sleep who is in continuous, perpetual torment and suffering, which are not lightened for him for a single hour or moment? And Allah @& said:

“Whenever it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire.”

And Allah 3% said:

“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!’ Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Prophet #¢ said about the people of Hell, “Indeed the boiling water (in Hell) will be poured onto the head of one of them, it will pass from the skull, until it reaches his insides. It will remove what is on his insides, and then it will come out from his two feet.” (Alimad)

Abu Ad-Dardaa related that the Messenger of Allah #¢ said, “Hunger will be cast onto the people of Hell, and it will be equal to the torment that they will already be experiencing. Then they will invoke for food, and a food that causes choking (and torment) will be brought to them. They will remember that, in the world, they used to implore for drink, and so they implore for drink. Then

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boiling water in cups of Fire are brought to them. When they (the cups) are brought near to their faces, their faces will peel. And when the boiling water enters their insides, it will cut up their insides. They will implore for help at that time. Then it will be said to them:

“Did there not come to you, your messengers with (clear) evidences

fand signs)?" “And they will say, ‘Yes.’ And then it will be said:

Bee thee oe Pant 4G 6 3) Geel es G Latap “Then call (as you like)! And the invocation of the disbelievers is

nothing but in vain (as it will not be answered by Allah gg] “They will say:

“O Malik (keeper of Hell)! Let your Lord make an end of us.” He will say: “Verily, you shall abide forever.” “Then they will say: een fe nee vee

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“Our lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were (an) erring people’) “Then it will be said:

“Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me!") At-Tirmidhee and At-Tabaraanee related this narration, and this

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particular wording is related by At-Tabaraanee. It is related that AdDaarimee said, “The people do not know this hadith.” At- ‘Tirmidhee said, “It is related only from Abu Ad-Dardaa 2.”

The Food And Drink Of The People Of Hell Allah 4% said:

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“No food will there be for them but Ad-Daree’ (a poisonous thorny

plant), Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger’"!) “Ad-Daree’” is a thomy growth that grows in the land of Al-Hijaaz; it is also called Ash-Shabraq. Here is a saying which Ad-Dahhaak related from Ibn ‘Abbaas .&, who ascribed it to the Prophet #€: “AdDaree’ is something that will be in the Hellfire. It is said that ‘it is similar to a thorn, it is more bitter than aloe, more putrid than a corpse, and hotter than fire. If one tastes it, it does not enter the stomach, nor does it rise to the mouth, but rather it remains between the two, It neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.” This hadith is very much Ghareeb.

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“Verily, with Us are fetters (to bind them) and a raging Fire. Anda food that chokes, and a painful torment.)

And Allah $% said:

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“And they (the Messengers) sought victory and help (from their Lord (Allah %)); and every obstinate, arrogant, dictator (who refuses to believe in the Oneness of Allah $6) was brought to a

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complete loss and destruction. In front of him (every obstinate, arrogant dictator) is Hell, and he will be made to drink boiling, festering water. He will sip it unwillingly, and he will find it a great difficulty to swallow it down his throat; and death will come to him from every side, ft he will not die and in front of kim, will be a great torment.”

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“Ts that (Paradise) better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqoom (a horrible tree in Hell)? Truly, We have made it (as) a trial for the Zalimoon (polytheists, disbelievers, wrongdoers). Verily it is a tree that springs out from the bottom of the Hellfire, The shoots of its (fruit-stalks are like the heads of Shayatin (devils), Truly, they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith. Then on the top of that they will be given boiling water to drink so that it becomes a inixture (of boiling water and Zaqqoom in their bellies). Then thereafter, verily, their return is to the flaming Fire of Hell. 743)

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Regarding the saying of Allah a: A255 0 pcs En Bs

“And he will be made to drink boiling, festering water. He will sip it

unwillingly’ Abu Umaamah # related that the Messenger of Allah #4 said, “Tt is brought near to him and he will feel disgusted by it. When it is brought near to him, it will roast his face, and the scalp of his face will fall into it. When he will drink it, it will cut his bowels and then come out from his backside.” (Related by ‘Abdullah ibn Al Mubaarak) At-Tirmidhee related it as well and he said, “Hasan Ghareeb.”

Allah % said: “And be given to drink boiling water so that it cuts up their bowels?’

And Allah 8# said:

aye 2 Fa te tte te | “And if they ask for help (relief, water), they will be granted water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces, Terrible is the drink’!

In another narration, Ibn ‘Abbaas .% related that the Messenger of Allah #8 recited this verse:

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“Fear Allah 8 (by doing all that He has ordered and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared. (Obey Hit, be thankful to Him, and remember Him always), and die not except in the state of Islam (as Muslims (with complete submission to Allah ise),

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He 2% then said, “Were a drop from Az-Zuqgoom (a horrible tree in Hell) to fall into the seas of the world, it would have spoiled the living conditions for the people of the earth. So how then will it be regarding one for whom it will be his food?” (Related by Abu Daawood At-Tiyaalisee) At-Tirmidhee related it as well, and he said, “Hasan sahih.” An-Nisaaee and Ibn. Maajah related it from Sho’bah.

Abu Sa’eed 4s related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Were a bucketful of pus from the people of Hell to be poured in the world, it would emit a horrible smell for all inhabitants of the world.” (Related by Abu Ya’laa)

At-Tirmidhee related this from Ka’ab Al-Ahbaar, who said, “Indeed, Allah will Jook at his slave on the Day of Resurrection, while He a is angry. He # will say, ‘Take him,’ and so 100,000 angels or more will take him. They will gather what is between his forelocks and his two feet, being angry for the Anger of Allah. Then they will drag him on his face into the Hellfire. And the Hellfire is even more angry than them, 70 times more so. He will implore for a drink. He will be given a drink from which his flesh and nerves will fall. He will be stacked up in the Hellfire. So woe unto him from the Hellfire.”