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“There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell): this is with

your Lord; a Decree which must be accomplished.’ Tbn Mas’ood 2 said, “An oath which will necessarily be fulfilled.” Abu Hurairah # related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Whoever has three of his children die, then the fire will not touch him, except to fulfill an oath (ie. it is mentioned in the Quran (19:71) that everyone will pass over it; therefore, everyone will indeed have to pass over it, even those who will only pass over it to get to Paradise).” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

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“There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell)! The scholars of Tafseer have differed about the meaning of “pass(ing) over it.” What is apparent and more correct, as we established in At-Tafseer, is that it is referring to passing on the Siraat (which is over Hell.” Allah # said: a 5 Gt O55 LT Nt ot

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‘Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood # related that the Prophet 2% said, “All of the people will pass over it and then they will proceed from it based on their deeds,” (Ahmad) At-Tirmidhee related it through a different chain.

Asbaat related that Ibn Mas’cod as said, “All of the people will pass over the Siraat. And their passing refers to their standing around (perhaps this means ‘over’) the Hellfire. Then they will proceed from the Siraat in accordance to their deeds. Some from them will pass over it like lighting; some will pass over it like racing horses; some will pass over it like racing camels; and some will pass over it like a man running. The last of them to pass over it will have his light on the big toe of his two feet. Then the Siraat will lean forward with him. And the Siraat is slippery and unstable (for the one passing over it}; upon it are thorns of iron like the thorns of Qattaad (a kind of plant). On its two sides are angels who have hooks of fire with them, (with which) they will snatch the people.” Then he mentioned the rest of the hadith, which has other narrations that attest to it, from that which we have mentioned and that which we will soon mention, Insha Allah.

Ina narration related by Sufyaan Ath-Thauree, Ibn Mas’ood -#: said, ” Allah will order for the Siraat (path), and it will be set up over Hell. Then people will pass over it in accordance with their deeds: the first

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In a narration related by Al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah, Khaalid ibn Mai’daan said, “After entering Paradise, the people of Paradise will say, ‘Will not our Lord return us to passing over the Hellfire?’ It will be said, ‘You have passed over it and it is extinguished.’” Others are of the view that “passing over it,’ means, “entering it.” Ibn ‘Abbaas .&, ‘Abdullah ibn Rawaahah , Abu Maseerah, and others have said this.

Salmaan < said, “They will enter it/’ and he descended with his finger to his ears and said, “Summata if I did not hear the Messenger of Allah 4 say, ‘There is no righteous one or evil one except that he enters it. Then it will be cool and peaceful for the believer, just as it was for Ibraaheem, People will have a clamor for their Wurood of it (here meaning, for entering it).’” He then recited the saying of

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“Then we shall save those who used to fear Allah %% and were dutiful to Him. And we shall leave the Zalimoon (polytheist sinners, and wrongdoers) therein (humbled) to their knees (in Heil)” an

Though it is not mentioned in compilations, it is Hasan.

Ya‘laa Ibn Munabbah related that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “On the Day of Resurrection, the Hellfire will say to the believer, ‘Pass, O believer, for your light has extinguished my flame.’” Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Sulaimaan An-Najjaar related this hadith, and it is very much Ghareeb.

Ina narration related by Ibn Al-Mubaarak, Khaalid ibn Mai’daan said, “They will say, ‘Will not our Lord return us to pass over the Hellfire?’ It will be said, “You have indeed passed over it, and it is extinguished.’”

And the following is in a narration from Khaalid ibn Mai‘daan: “When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, they will say, ‘Did not our Lord say that we will pass over the Hellfire?’ It will be said, “You have indeed passed over it and you had found it to be ashes.” Umin Maisarah, the wife of Zaid ibn Haaritha #, said, “(Once), when the Messenger of Allah #% was in the house of Hafsah, he 2% said, ‘No one who attended Badr and Al-Hudaibiyyah will enter the Hellfire.’ Hafsah said, ‘Did not Allah say, “There ts not one of you but will pass over it (Hell) (Quran 19: 71).’ Then the Messenger of Allah 2 recited the saying of Allah #3:

“Then we shall save those who used to fear Allah 8 and were dutiful to Him. And we shall leave the Zalimun (polytheist, sinners, end wrongdoers) therein (humbled) to their knees (in Hell) (Quran 19: 68-72). (Ahmad) Muslim related it through another chain. How the believers ~will cross over the Siraat (path over Hell) and the disparity between their speed based on their deeds are matters which are mentioned in Ahaadeeth about intercession, which we will come to. We have already mentioned that the Prophet # is the first of the Prophets to cross the Siraat with his nation.

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Ibraaheem; until the last of them to cross over it is Noah 2s8i. When the believers are finished from the Siraat, the caretakers (of Paradise) will meet them and guide them to Paradise.”

The following is established in Ash-sahih: “Whoever spends from his Zaujain (two of the same kind of wealth) from his wealth in the way of Allah will be called from all of the gates of Paradise. And Paradise has 8 gates. Whoever is from the people of the prayer will be called from the Gate of prayer; whoever is from the people of Zakant will be called from the Gate of Zakaat; whoever is from the people of fasting will be called from the Gate of Ar-Rayyaan.” Abu Bakr 4 said, “O Messenger of Allah...Is there one who will be called from all of them?” He x said, “Yes, and I hope that you are from them, O Abu Bakr...” When they enter Paradise, they will be guided to their abodes, and they will recognize their abodes there to a greater degree than their recognition of their homes in the world. ‘This is mentioned in a hadith related by Al-Bukhaaree, may Allah have mercy on him.

Salmaan Al-Faarisee % related that the Messenger of Allah #& said, “One will not enter Paradise except by authorization: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, this is a book from Allah to so-and-so — admit him into a lofty Paradise, the fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand,” (Related by AtTabaraanee)

In another narration, Salmaan Al-Faarisee related that the Messenger of Allah ## said, “The believer is given a permit (authorization) at the Siraat: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, this is a book from Allah, the AllMighty, the All-Wise to so-and-so ~ admit him into a lofty Paradise, the fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.” (Related by Al-Haafiz Ad-Diyaa)

Al-Mugheerah ibn Sho’bah .& reported that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “The slogan of the believer on the Siraat is, ‘O my Lord, deliver (us), deliver (us).”” At-Tirmidhee related this hadith in his Jaamai’, and he then said, “Ghareeb.” And this is related in Saheeht Muslim: “Your Prophet will say, ‘O our Lord, deliver (us), deliver (us).’” In other narrations it is mentioned that the Prophets will say the same and that all of the angels say it as well.