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“Then they will come to me, and for me are three intercessions that my Lord promised. Then | will go to Paradise and take the ring of the door. Next, I will ask for it to be opened, and it will be opened for me. I will be greeted and welcomed. When I enter Paradise, I will look at my Lord ‘Azza Wa-jail (to Whom belongs Might and Majesty), and I will fall down to Him, prostrating. Allah will inform me of something from His praise and glorification that He never before informed anyone from His creation. Then Allah will say to me, ‘Raise your head, O Muhammad, and intercede, for you will be . granted intercession. And ask, for you will be given.’ When I will raise my head, Allah will say, and He knows best, ‘What is your affair?’ 1 will say, ‘O my Lord, you promised me intercession, so grant it to me for the inhabitants of Paradise, so that they enter Paradise. Allah ‘Azza Wa-Jall (to Whom belongs Might and Majesty) will say, ‘I have granted you intercession, and 1 have given permission for them to enter Paradise.” The Messenger of Allah 28 used to say, “By the One Who has sent me by the Truth, you do not recognize your wives and abodes in this world as well as the inhabitants of Paradise will recognize their wives and abodes.” “Each man from them will enter upon 72 wives as Allah created them (ie, Allah created them for the dwellers of Paradise; they are not women who lived in the world), and two will be Adamiyyatain (two from the children of Adam). Because of their worship of Allah in the world, they will have the favor of whomscever Allah pleases. He (the dweller of Paradise) will enter upon one of the two in a room made of sapphire (or ruby), upon a bed made of gold, wreathed in pearls, He will have 70 levels of fine and thick silk. He will place his hand between her shoulders and then look from her chest to what is behind her garment in terms of skin and flesh, And he will indeed look at the flesh of her shin...His liver will be as a mirror to her and her liver will be as a mirror to him. While he is with her — he does not tire of her nor does she tire of him — it will be called out, ‘We indeed know that you do not tire and that she does not tire (or become bored), but you have wives other than her.” Then he will go out, going to them one by one. Every time he goes to one, she will say, ‘By Allah, there is none in. Paradise who is better than you, and there is none in Paradise who is more beloved to me than you.” He #% said, “And when the people of the Helifire fall into the Hellfire, some among your Lord’s creation will fall into it — their deeds will have destroyed them. As for some of them, (the fire)

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will take them until their feet, not going beyond that from them; others it will take until the loins; and yet others it will take their entire body, except for the face...” The Messenger of Allah 3 said, “I will say, ‘O my Lord, grant me intercession for those from my Nation who entered into the Hellfire’ Allah ‘Azza Wa-Jall (to Whom belongs Might and Majesty) will say, ‘Take out those you know/ and they will come out, until not a single one from them remains. Then Allah will give me permission to intercede. There will remain no Prophet or martyr except that he intercedes. Then Allah will say, ‘Take out the one in whose heart you find Eemaan equal to the weight of a Deenaar.’ Those will come out, until not a single one from them remains. Then intercession will be sought from Allah, and He will say, ‘Take out the one in whose heart you find Eemaan equal to two-thirds of a dinar.’ Then He will say, ‘One-third.’ Then He will say, ‘A Qeeraat.’ Then He will say, ‘A mustard seed.’ They will come out until there remains not a single one from them, and until there remains no one in the Hellfire who ever did even a single deed for Allah, and until there remains no one who is granted intercession except after his intercession is granted. Even Iblees will stand tall from what he sees of Allah’s mercy, hoping that he will be interceded for. Then Allah will say, ‘I remain, and I am the Most Merciful of the merciful ones. He will enter His Hand into the Hellfire and take out an amount that none can enumerate except He 38, as if they are grain. Allah will spread them on a river that is called the River of the Animals. And they will grow..from beside a green sun and a shade that has yellowness to it. They will grow until they become the likes of pearls. Written on their necks is AlJahannamiyyoon (the Hellfire ones), the ones freed by the Most Merciful ‘Azza Wa-Jail (to Whom belongs Might and Majesty). The People of Paradise will know them by that writing. They never did any good for Allah, and they will remain in Paradise.”

Up until here is the text of Abu Bakr Al-’Arabee from Abu Ya‘laa (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is a famous hadith. Many groups from the Imams related it in their books; for example, AtTabaraanee in Al-Mutawwilaat; Al-Haafiz Al-Baihagee, in Al-Ba‘ath Wan-Nushoor; Al-Haafiz Abu Moosa Al-Madeenee, in AlMutawwilaat, He related it through many chains from Ismaa’‘eel ibn Raafai’, the storyteller of Al-Madeenah. He was spoken of negatively for that very reason (that he was a storyteller), and some of the wordings are different and have Nakaarah to them, I clarified

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the different chains of this hadith in a section all by itself.

Tsmaa’eel ibn Raafai’ Al-Madeenee (the said storyteller) is not from the fabricators. It seems as if he gathered this hadith from different chains and places. He gathered them and related them in one text. He used to relate it in the form of a story to the people of AlMadeenah. Some of the most eminent people of his era attended his gathering, and some of the formidable ones — such as Abee ‘Aasim An-Nabeel, Al-Waleed ibn Muslim, Makkee Ibn Ibraaheem, Muhammand Ibn Shu’aib Ibn Saaboor, his slave Ibn Sulaimaan, and others — related it from him. After relating this narration in its entixety, Al-Haafiz Ibn Moosa Al-Madeenee said, “Even though there are those from the chain of narrators of this hadith that are spoken about, most of what is in it is related separately with established chains.” He then spoke about what is strange from it. And here, we will speak about it, one chapter at a time.

The Different Times That The Horn Is Blown, And Nothing Remains From A Human Being Except For ‘Ajbudh-Dhanab (The Lowest Bone On The Spinal Cord)

The horn (or Trumpet) will be blown three times: the blowing of the terror, the blowing of the swooning away, and the blowing of the resurrection, We clarified all of this in the long hadith about the horn.

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cord), and from it the creation will be made again on the Day of Resurrection.” (Muslim) Bukhaaree related the same through a different chain of narrators. What is related here about ‘AjbudhDhanab and about the creation being made again from it on the Day of Resurrection is also established in the narration of Ahmad from Abu Hurairah .

Abu Hurairah # related that the Messenger of Allah 28 said, “Every part of the son of Adam decomposes, being eaten by the earth except for Ajbudh-Dhanab (the lowest bone on the spinal cord). From it man was created and from it he will be put together again.” (Ahmad) Ahmad alone related it but it fulfills the condition of Muslim.

Abu Sa’eed reported that the Messenger of Allah ## said, “The earth will eat all parts of man except for Ajbudh-Dhanab (the lowest bone on the spinal cord).”” It was said, “And what is it, O Messenger of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Like a mustard kernel, and from it they will grow.”

The purpose here is to mention the two times the Trumpet will be blown; between them there is a period of 40 days, months, or years. The two said blows are — and Allah knows best — the blowing of swooning away and the blowing for the resurrection, which is proven by the mention of the water falling down between them, Another proof is the mention of the ‘Ajbudh-Dhanab, from which man was created and from which man will be brought together again on the Day of Resurrection. It is still possible, however, that the blowing of terror and the blowing of swooning away are intended here. At any rate, there must be a period separating between the blowing of terror and the blowing of swooning away. In the hadith of the horn, it is mentioned that between them there will occur great matters.

From The Terrors Of The Day Of Resurrection

One such terror is the shaking of the earth and its inhabitants, which will rock them to the left and to the right. Allah 8% said:

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