Part 142

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“No person knows what is kept hidden ‘ them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.

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“No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward (for what they used to do." (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

From the hadith of Maalik, the Messenger of Allah 28 said, “When one of you dies, his seating place (in the Hereafter) is presented to him in the morning and the evening. If he is from the people of Paradise, then (his seating place will be one that is for those who are) from the dwellers of Paradise. And if he is from the dwellers of the Hellfire, then (his seating place will be one that is for those who are) from the dwellers of the Hellfire. And it is said, ‘This is your place of sitting until Allah raises you on the Day of Resurrection.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Tbn Mas’ood 4s said, “The souls of the martyrs are in the Hazwaasil {shells or bodies) of green birds, going about in Paradise to wherever they please. Then they betake themselves to lamps that are hanging from the Throne.” (Muslim)

Abu Hurairah # related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Paradise is surrounded by Al-Makaaraih (difficult deeds, such as having patience, performing good deeds, refraining from evil deeds, etc.), and the Hellfire is surrounded by desires.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim) In a hadith related through Hammaad ibn Salamah, Abu Hurairah -# reported the following, which he ascribed to the Prophet 2% “When Allah created Paradise, He said to Jibreel, ‘Go and look at it.” (This, like the other narrations mentioned in this section, proves that Paradise has already been created)

And we already mentioned in another hadith that, “When Allah

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created Paradise, He said to it, ‘Speak.’ And it said, ‘Indeed, the believers have succeeded.”

Abu Sa’eed # reported that the Prophet #% said, “Paradise and the Hellfire debated...” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Ibn ‘Umar 4 imputed this saying to the Prophet 2%: “Fever is from the emanation of Hell (i.e. from its heat). (Bukhaaree and Muslim) Abu Dharr % imputed this saying to the Prophet 2%: “When there is severe heat, cool yourselves with the prayer (ie., delay it until the heat decreases in its severity), for severe heat is from the heat of Hell.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

The following is also related by Bukhaaree and Muslim: “When the month of Ramadan enters, the gates of Paradise are opened, and the gates of the Hellfire are closed.”

We also mentioned that the Messenger of Allah #3 saw Paradise and the Hellfire during his night journey. And Allah 3% said:

46 IE Ge 0 BN OL Se 0 GE UE 15 > “And indeed he (Muhammad 8) saw him (Jibreel (Gabrial)) at a second descent (i.e. another time). Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (lotetree of the utmost boundary, beyond which none can pass). Near it is the Paradise of Abode,"

And in describing the Sidrat-ul-Muntaha, the Prophet #8 said, “Two external rivers and two internal rivers come out from its source.” He #@ mentioned that the internal ones are in Paradise.

This is also related by Bukhaaree and Muslim: “Then he will be admitted to Paradise, and in it are rocks made of pearls, And its soil is musk.”

Anas related that the Messenger of Allah :¢ said, “While I was traveling through Paradise, I came across a river, the two sides of which are domes of hollow pearls. I said, ‘What is this?’ He said, ‘This is Al-Kauthar, which your Lord gave you.” (Muslim)

And from the virtues of ‘Umar # is that the Prophet #8 said, “I was admitted into Paradise, and I saw a girl performing ablution beside a castle. I said, ‘Who are you for?” She said, ‘For ‘Umar ibn AlKhattaab.’ I wanted to enter the castle, and then I remembered your

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Ghairah (sense of honor; a noble Islamic characteristic).” ‘Umar cried and said, “Will I have that Ghairah upon you, O Messenger of Allah?” This hadith is found in Bukhaaree and Muslim from Jaabir te.

And the Prophet 2 said to Bilaal 4, “I entered Paradise and I heard the noise of your shoes (footsteps) before me in Paradise, so inform me of the deed you performed for which you are most hopeful (of being rewarded for) in Islam.” He said, “I have not performed any deed for which I hope for more benefit than this one: I do not perform a complete purification at any time during the night or day, except that I pray with that purification that which Allah has written for me to pray.”

On the day of the eclipse prayer, he #% informed his companions that Paradise and the Hellfire were presented to him, and Paradise came near to him. He 2% also said that he intended to take a bunch of grapes (from it), and that, had he taken it, “You would eat from it as long as the world remains.”

He #% said in another hadith, “And 1 saw in it the one of the Maihjan.”

And the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “A women entered the Hellfire because of a cat which she confined until it died. She did not feed it or give it drink, and she did not leave it to eat from the insects of the earth.”

The Prophet #% informed us about a man who moved a thoy branch away from the path of passer-byes. He 2 said, “I did indeed see him finding shade with it in Paradise.”

“Imraan ibn Husain 2 related that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “I looked into Paradise and I saw that most of its dwellers are the poor, and I looked into the Hellfire, and I saw that most of its dwellers are women.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Anas #& related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “By the One Who has my soul in His Hand, had you seen what I saw, you would have laughed only a little, and you would have cried a great deal.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, and what did you see?” He 2

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said, “I saw Paradise and the Hellfire.” He #¥ said that when a person who performs Wudoo (ablution) and makes the testimony of tawhid after performing Wudoo, the gates of Paradise are opened for him; he may enter from whichever of them he pleases.” Al-Baraa ibn ‘Aazib % said, “When Ibraaheem, the son of the Messenger of Allah 2%, died, he # said, “He has a suckling nurse in Paradise.” (Bukitaaree) Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “The children of the believers are in a mountain in Paradise. Ibraaheem and Sarah take care of them until He returns them to their parents ‘on the Day of Resurrection.” (Related by Al-Baihaqee) There are many other narrations which indicate that Paradise and the Hellfire exist now and have been created; we related many of them with their chains and texts. And Allah #@ said:

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“And We said: “O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise

and eat both of you freely with pleasure and delight, of things

therein as wherever you will, but come not near this tree’ co The majority of scholars hold that the Paradise mentioned above is the same Paradise that will be inhabited (in the Hereafter). Another group of scholars hold that it was a Paradise on earth, which Allah 48 created for him and then removed him from it. We discussed this at length when we mentioned the story of Adam 3, And we seek help from Allah 48.

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of Resurrection by 40 autumns.” (Muslim) At-Tirmidhee related the same from the hadith of Jaabir 4 and ruled that it is authentic. In another narration from At-Tirmidhee, “by half a day - (equal to) five hundred years,” is mentioned. He related it from Abu Hurairah 4, ruling that narration to be authentic; and from Abu Sa’eed 4s, ruling that one to be Hasan.

If this is correctly memorized — as At-Tirmidhee ruled it to be authentic — this is in relation to the first poor person to enter Paradise and the last rich person to enter it (500 years). The forty autumns is referring to the period between the last poor person to enter Paradise and the first rich one to enter it. And Allah knows best.

Al-Qurtubee pointed that out in At-Tadhkirah, when he said, “That might refer to the different situations of the poor and rich ones.” This agrees with what we just mentioned.

Az-Zuhree said, “The speech of the dwellers of Paradise is (spoken) in Arabic. It has reached us that people will speak on the Day of Resurrection in Siryaaniyyah. When they enter Paradise, they will speak Arabic.”