Bk 39 Giving Description of the Day of
Judgement,
Paradise and Hell (Kitab Sifat Al−Qiyamah wa'l Janna wa'n−Nar)
Chapter 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, PARADISE AND
HELL
Bk 39, Number 6698:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A bulky person would be brought on the Day of
judgment and he would not carry the weight to the eye of Allah
equal even to that of a gnat. Nor shall We set up a balance
for them on the Day of Resurrection" (xviii. 105).
Bk 39, Number 6699:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that a Jew scholar came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said. Muhammad, or Abu
al−Qasim, verify, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. would carry
the Heavens on the Day of Judgment upon one finger and earths
upon one finger and the mountains and trees upor one finger
and the ocean and moist earth upon one finger−in fact the
whole of the creation upon one finger, and then He would stir
them and say: I am your Lord, I am your Lord. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled testifying
what that scholar had said. He then recited this verse:" And
they honour not Allah with the honour due to Him; and the
whole earth will be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection and
the heaven* r*Utd up in His right hand. Glory be to Him I and
highly Exalted is Re above what they associate (with Him)"
(xxxix. 67).
Bk 39, Number 6700:
This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with
the same chain of truemittm (and the words are): A Jew scholar
came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). The rest of
the hadith is the same, but there is no mention of" then He
would stir them." But there is this addition:" I saw Allah's
Messengcr (may peace be upon him) smiling so much that his
front teeth appeared and testifying him (th Jew scholar) ;
then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) recited the
verse:" And they honour not Allah with the honour due to Him"
(xxxix. 67).
Bk 39, Number 6701:
Abdullah reported that a person from the People of the Book
came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said: Abu
al−Qasim, verify, Allah would carry tho Reavmo upon one finger
and the earths upon one finger and the trees and moist earth
upon one finger and in fact the whole of the creation upon one
finger and then say: I am your Lord. I an your Lord. And he
(the narrator) further said: I saw Allah's Massenger (may
peace be upon him) fooling so much hppy that his front teeth
became visible and then he recited the Yeife:" And they honour
not Allah with the honour due to Him" (xxxix. 67).
Bk 39, Number 6702:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 39, Number 6703:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Allan, the Exalted and Glorious, will take in His
grip the earth ou the Day of Judgment and He would roll up the
sky in His right hand and would say: I am the Lord; wbere are
the sovereigns of the world?
Bk 39, Number 6704:
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would fold
the Heavens on the Day of Judgment and then He would place
them on His tight hand and say: I am the Lord; where are the
haughty and where are the proud (today)? He would fold the'
earth (placing it) on the lef t hand and say: I am the Lord;
where are the haughty and where are the proud (today)?
Bk 39, Number 6705:
Abdullah b. Miqsam reported that he saw Abdullah b. Umar as he
narrated Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would take in His hand His
Heavens and His Earth, and would say: I am Allah. And He would
clench His fingers and then would open them (and say): I am
your Lord. I saw the pulpit in commotion from underneath
because of something (vib−ating) there. And (I felt this
commotion so much) that I said (to myself): It may not fall
with Allah's Massenger (may peace be upon him) upon it.
Bk 39, Number 6706:
Abdullah b. Miqsam reported that 'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported:
I saw Allah'h Messenger (may peace be upon him) upon the
pulpit and he was saying that the Mighty Lord, the Exalted and
Glorious would take hold of the Heavens and earth in His hand.
The rest of the hadith is the same,
Chapter 2: THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION AND THE CREATION OF
ADAM (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Bk 39, Number 6707:
Abu Haraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) took hold of my hands and said: Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, created the clay on Saturday and He created the
mountains on Sunday and He created the trees on Monday and He
created the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created
light on Wednesday and lie caused the animals to spread on
Thursday and created Adam (peace be upon him) after 'Asr on
Friday;the last creation at the last hour of the hours of
Friday, i. e. between afternoon and night.
Chapter 3: PERTAINING TO RE−BIRTH, ASSEMBLING AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
Bk 39, Number 6708:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The people will be assembled on tee Day of
Resurrection on a white plain with a reddish tinge like the
loaf of white bread with no marks set up for anyone.
Bk 39, Number 6709:
'A'isha reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) about the words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious:" The
day when the earth would be changed for another earth and
Heaven would be changed for another Heaven (XiV. 48), (and
inquired: ) (Allah's Messenger), where would the people be on
tnat day? He said: They would be on the Sirit.
Chapter 4: THE FEAST FOR THE INHABITANTS OF PARADISE
Bk 39, Number 6710:
Abu al−Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying that the earth would turn to be one single
bread on the Day of Resurrection and the Almighty would turn
it in His hand as one of you turns a loaf while on a journey.
It would be a feast arranged in the honour of the people of
Paradise. He (the narrator) further narrated that a person
from among the Jews came and he said: Abu al−Qasim, may the
Compassionate Lord be pleased with you! May I inform you about
the feast arranged in honour of the people of Paradise on the
Day of Resurrection? He said: Do it, of course. He said: The
earth would become one single bread. Then Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) looked towards us and laughed until
his molar teeth became visible. He then again said: May I
inform you about that with which they would season it? He
said: Do it, of course. He said: Their seasoning would be
balim and fish. The Companions of the Holy Prophet (may peace
be upon him) said: What is this balam? He said: Ox and fish
from whose excessive livers seventy thousand people would be
able to eat.
Bk 39, Number 6711:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: If ten scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew
would be left upon the surface of the earth who would not
embrace Islam.
Chapter 5: THE QUESTION OF A JEW FROM ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM) ABOUT SOUL AND HIS WORDS." THEY ASK THEE
ABOUT THE SOUL"
Bk 39, Number 6712:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: As I was going aloog with
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) in a cultivable land
and he (the Holy Prophet) was walking with the support of a
wood, a group of Jews happened to meet him. Some of them said
to the others: Ask him about the Soul. They said: Wbat is your
doubt about it? There is a possibility that you may ask him
about anything (the answer of) which you may not like. They
said: Ask him. So one amongst them asked him about the Soul.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) kept quiet and he
gave no reply and I came to know that revelation was being
sent to him, so I stood at my place and thus this revelation
descended upon him:" They ask thee 'about Soul. Say: The Soul
is by the Commandment of my Lord, and of Knowledge you are
given but a little" (xvii. 58).
Bk 39, Number 6713:
Abdullah reported: I was walking along with Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) in a field of Medina. The rest of the
hadith is the same, but there is a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 39, Number 6714:
Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
was reclining against a tree in the garden. The rest of the
hadith is the same. but there is a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 39, Number 6715:
Khabbab reported that al−As b. Wa'il owed debt to me. I came
to him in order to demand that. He said: I will never repay
you unless you belie Mubammad. I said: I would never belie
Mubammad until you die and you are again raised up. He said:
When I would be raised up after death, I would repay your debt
when I would get my property and children back. Waki' said:
This is how Almash has narrated and it was on this occasion
that this verse was revealed:" Hast thou seen him who dis.
believes in Our message and says: I shall certainly be given
wealth and children' (xis, 77) up to" he would come to Us
alone" (xiX. 80).
Bk 39, Number 6716:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khabbib
through another chain of transmitters and the words are. I in
the pre−Islamic days used to work as an iron−smith. I did some
work for 'As b. Wa'il and came to him for getting the
remuneration of my wages.
Chapter 6: PERTAINING TO THE WORDS OF ALLAIIH: ALLAH WOULD
NEVER PUNISH THEM SO LONG AS YOU ARE AMONGST THEM"
Bk 39, Number 6717:
Anas b. Malik reported that Abu Jahl said: O Allah, if he is
true, then shower upon us the volley of stones from the sky or
inflict upon us a grievous torment, and it was on this
occasion that this verse was revealed:" 'Allah would never
torment them so long as you are amongst them. And Allah is not
going to torment them as long as they seek forgiveness. And
why is it that Allah should not torment them and they prevent
people from coming to the sacred mosque...." (viii. 34) to the
end.
Chapter 7: PERTAINING TO THE WORDS OF ALLAH:" NAY, BUT VERILY
MAN IS INORDINATE, BECAUSE HE LOOKS UPON HIMSELF AS
SELF−SUFFICIENT"
Bk 39, Number 6718:
Abu Huraira reported that Abu Jahl asked (people) whether
Mubammad placed his face (on the ground) in their presence. It
was said to him: Yes. He said: By Lit and Uzza. If I were to
see him do that, I would trample his neck, or I would beamear
his face with dust. He came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as he was engaged in prayer and thought of trampling
his neck (and the people say) that he came near him but turned
upon his heels and tried to repulse something with his hands.
It was said to him: What is the matter with you? He said:
There is between me and him a ditch of fire and terror and
wings. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him)
said: If he were to come near me the angels would have torn
him to pieces. Then Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed
this verse− (the narrator) said: We do not whether it is the
hadith transmitted te Abu Huraira or something conveyed to him
from another source:" Nay, man is surely inordinate, because
he looks upon himself as self−sufficient. Surely to thy Lord
is the return. Hast thou seen him who forbids a servant when
he prays? Seest thou if he is on the right way, or enjoins
observance of piety? Seest thou if he [Abu Jah]] denies and
turns away? Knowest he not that Allah sees? Nay. if he desists
not, We will seize him by the forelock−a lying, sinful
forelock. Then let him summon his council. We will summon the
guards of the Hell. Nay! Obey not thou him" (Icvi. 6−19).
(Rather prostrate thyself.) Ubaidullah made this addition: It
was after this that (prostration) was enjoined upon and Ibn
Abd al−Ala made this addition that by Nadia he meant his
people.
Bk 39, Number 6719:
Masruq reported: We were sitting in the company of Abdullah
and he was lying on the bed that a person came and said: Abd
Abd al−Rabmin, a story−teller at the gates of Kinda says that
the verse (of the Qur'an) which deals with the" smoke" implies
that which is about to come and it would hold the breath of
the infidels and would inflict the believers with cold.
Thereupon Abdullah got up and said in anger. O people, fear
Allah and say only that which one knows amongst you and do not
say which he does not know and he should simply say: Allah has
the best knowledge for He has the best knowledge amongst all
of you. It does not behove him to say that which he does not
know. Allah has the best knowledge of it. Verily Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, said to His Prophet (may peace be upon
him) to state:" I do not ask from you any remuneration and I
am not the one to put you in trouble," and when Allah's
Mesqenger (may peace be upon him) saw people turning back
(from religion) he said: O Allah, afflict thern with seven
famines as was done in the case of Yusuf, so they were
afflicted with famine by which they were forced to eat
everything until they were obliged to eat the hides and the
dead bodies because of hunger, and every one of them looked
towards the sky and he found a smoke. And Abu Sufyan came and
he said: Muhammad, you have come to command us to obey Allah
and cement the ties of blood− relation whereas your people are
undone; supplicate Allah for tlicm. Thereupon Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, said:" Wait for the day when there would
be clear smoke from the sky which would envelop people and
that would be grievous torivent" up to the words:" you are
going to return to (evil)." (if this verse implied the torment
of the next life) could the chastisement of the next (life) be
averted (as the Qur'an states): On the day when We seize
(them) with the most violent seizing; surely We shall exact
retribution" (xliv. 16)? The seizing (in the hadith) implies
that of the Day of Badr. And so far as the sign of smoke,
seizing, inevitability and signs of Rome are concern− ed, they
have become things of the past now.
Bk 39, Number 6720:
Masruq reported that there came to Abdullah a person and said:
I have left behind in the mosque a man who explains the Qur'an
according to his personal discretion and he explained this
verse:" So wait for the day when the Heaven brings a clear
smoke." He says that a smoke would come to the people on the
Day of Resurrection anl it will withhold breath and they would
be inflicted with cold. 'Abdullah said: He who has knowledge
should say something and he who has no knowledge should simply
say: Allah is best aware. This reflects the understanding of a
person that he should say about that which he does not know
that it is Allah who knows best. The fact is that when the
Quraish disobeyed Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) he
supplicated Allah that they should be afflicted with famine
and starvation as was done in case of Yusuf. And they were so
much hard pressed that a person would ace the sky and he would
see between him and the sky something like smoke and they were
so much hard pressed that they began to cat the bones, and a
person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
said: Allah's Messenger. seek forgiveness for the tribe of
Mudar for (its people) have been undone. The Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: For Mudar? You are overbold, but he
supplicated Allah for them. It was upon this that this verse
was revealed:" We shall remove the chastisement a little, but
they will surely return to evil" (xliv. 15). lie (the
narrator) said: There was a downpoor of rain upon them. When
there was some relief for them they returned to the same
position as they had been before, and Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, revealed this verse:" So wait for the day when the
heaven brings a clear smoke enveloping people. This is a
grievous torment on the day when We seize them with the most
violent seizing; surely, We shall exact retribution." And this
(seizing) implied (Battle) of Badr.
Bk 39, Number 6721:
Abdullah said that five signs have (become things) of the past
(and have proved the truth of the Holy Prophet): (Enveloping)
by the smoke, inevitable (punishment to the Meccans at Badr),
(the victory of) Rome, (violent) seizing (of the Meccans at
Badr) and (the splitting up of) the Moon.
Bk 39, Number 6772:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 39, Number 6723:
Ubayy b. Ka'b reported that the words of Allah, the Exalted
and Glorious:" We will, surely, make them taste the lesser
punishment before the severer punishment (that haply they may
return)" (xxxii. 21) imply the torments of the world. (victory
of) Rome, seizing (of the Meccans), or smoke. And Shalba was
in doubt about seizing or smoke.
Chapter 8: THE SPLITTING UP OF THE MOON (A GREAT MIRACLE)
Bk 39, Number 6724:
Abu Ma'mar reported on the authority of Abdullah that the moon
was split up during lifetime by Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) in two parts and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Bear testimony to this.
Bk 39, Number 6725:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abdullah
b. Mas'ud (who said): We were along with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) at Mina, that moon was split up into
two. One of its parts was behind the mountain and the other
one was on this side of the mountain. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upbn him) said to us: Bear witness to this.
Bk 39, Number 6723:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that the moon was split up in two
parts during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). The mountain covered one of its parts and one part
of it was above the mountain and Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Bear witness to this.
Bk 39, Number 6727:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 39, Number 6728:
Anas reported that the people of Mecca demanded from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he should show them
(some) signs (miracles) and he showed tlicin the splitting of
the moon. This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of
Anas through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 39, Number 6729:
Anas reported that the moon was split up in two parts and in
the hadith recorded in Abu Dawud, the words are:" The moon was
split up into two parts during the life of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him)."
Bk 39, Number 6730:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the moon was split up during the
lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him).
Chapter 9: THERE IS NONE TO SHOW MORE PATIENCE THAN ALLAH, THE
EXALTED AND GLORIOUS, ON ATTRIBUTING WRONG THINGS TO HIM
Bk 39, Number 6731:
AbU Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: There is none to show more patience at listening to
the most irksome things than Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
' Partnership is associated to Him (polytheism). and
(fatherhood) of a child is attributed to HiM, but in spite of
this He protects them (people) and provides them sustenance.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Muas
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 39, Number 6732:
Abdullah b. Qais reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) that none is more forbearing in listening to the
most irksome things than Allah, the Exalted. They associate
rivals with him, attribute sonhood to Him, but in spite of
this He provides them sustenance, grants them safety, confers
upon them so many things.
Bk 39, Number 6733:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and High, would say to one
who shall have to undergo the least torture (on the Day of
Resurrection): Would you like to go as ransom if you had all
worldly riches; he would say: Yes. Allah would say to him:
When you were in the loins of Adam, I demadded from you
something easier than this that you should not associate
anything with Me. (The narrator says): I think He also said: I
would not cause you to enter Hell−Fire but you defied and
attributed Divinity (to others besides Me).
Bk 39, Number 6734:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b.
Malik through another chain of transmitters, but with a slight
variation of wording (and the words are): I shall cause him to
enter Hell." (The words subsequent to these) have not been
mentioned.
Bk 39, Number 6735:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be u
n him) said: It would be said to the non−believers on the Day
of Resurrection: If you were to possess gold, filling the
whole earth, would you like to secure your freedom by paying
that? He would say: Yes. Thereupon it would be said to him:
Something easier (than this) was demanded from you (but you
paid no heed to it).
Bk 39, Number 6736:
Anas reported this hadlth through another chain of
transmitters and the words are:" It would be said to him: You
have told a lie; what had been demanded from you was quite
easier than this (the belief in the Oneness of Allah)."
Chapter 10: THE NON−BELIEVERS WOULD BE MADE TO CRAWL ON THEIR
FACES
Bk 39, Number 6737:
Anas b. Malik reported that a person said: Allah's Messenger,
how the non−believers would be made to assemble on the Day of
Resurrection (by crawling) on their faces? Thereupon he said:
Is He Who is powerfnl to make them walk on their feet is not
powerful enough to make them (crawl) upon their faces on the
Day of Resurrection? Qatada said: Of conrse, it is so. (He
adjured): By the might of our Lord.
Chapter 11: DIPPING OF THE MOST AFFLUENT PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
IN THE HELL−FIRE AND DIPPING OF THE MOST (WORLDLY) MISERABLE
IN PARADISE
Bk 39, Number 6738:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said that one amongst the denizens of Hell who had
led a life of ease and plenty amongst the people of the world
would be made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of
Resurrection and then it would be said to him: O, son of Adam,
did you find any comfort, did you happen to get any material
blessing? He would say: By Allah, no, my Lord. And then that
person from amongst the persons of the world be brought who
had led the most miserable life (in the world) from amongst
the inmates of Paradise. and he would be made to dip once in
Paradise and it would be said to him. 0, son of Adam, did you
face, any hardship? Or had any distress fallen to your lot?
And he would say: By Allah, no,0 my Lord, never did I face any
hardship or experience any distress.
Bk 39, Number 6739:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Verily, Allah does nut treat a believer
unjustly in regard to his virtues. He would confer upon him
(His blessing) in this world and would give him reward in the
Hereafter. And as regards a non−believer. he would be made to
taste the reward (of virtue in this world) what as has done
for himself so much that when it would be the Hereafter. he
would find no virtue for which he should be rewarded.
Bk 39, Number 6740:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) thus told him: When a non−believer does good he is
made to taste Its reward in this world. And so far as the
believer is concerned, Allah stores (the reward) of his
virtues for the Hereafter and provides him sustenance in
accordance with his obedience to Him.
Bk 39, Number 6741:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b.
Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 12: THE SIMILITUDE OF A BELIEVER AND A NON−BELIEVER
Bk 39, Number 6742:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The Similitude of a believer is that of (a
standing) crop which the air continues to toss from one side
to another; in the same way a believer always (receives the
strokes) of misfortune. The similitude of a hypocrite is that
of a cypress tree which does not move until it is uprooted.
Bk 39, Number 6743:
This badith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with
the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 39, Number 6744:
Ka'b reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing
crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to
its original position but it stands at its roots. The
similitude of a non−believer is that of a cypress tree which
stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted
(with) one (violent stroke).
Bk 39, Number 6745:
Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the
similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop. The wind
sometimes shakes it and sometimes raises it up and then it
comes to its destined end. And the similitude of a hypocrite
is that of a cypress tree which is not affected by anything
but is uprooted once for all. This badith has been narrated
through another chain, of transmitters also.
Bk 39, Number 6746:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Ka'b
through another chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Chapter 13: THE BELIEVER IS LIKENED TO THE DATE−PALM TREE
Bk 39, Number 6747:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves
of which do not wither and that is like a Muslim; tell me
which that (tree) can be? The people began to think of the
trees of the forest. Abdullah said: I thought that it could be
the date−palm tree, but I felt hesitant (to say that). They
(the Companions) then said: Allah's Messenger, (kindly) tell
us which that can be? Thereupon he said: It is the date−palm
tree. I made a mention of that to 'Umar, whereupon he said:
Had you said that it meant the date−palin tree, this statement
of yours (would have been dearer to me) than such and such
things.
Bk 39, Number 6748:
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) one day said to his Companions: Tell me about a tree
which has resemblance with a believer. The people began to
mention (different) trees of the forest. Ibn 'Umar said: It
was instilled in my mind or in my heart and it stuck therein
that it implied the date− palm tree. I made up my mind to make
a mention of that but could not do that because of the
presence of the elderly people there. When there was a hush
amongst them (after they had expressed their views), Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: It Is the date−palm
tree.
Bk 39, Number 6749:
Mujahid said: (I have had the privilege) of accompanying Ibn
'Umar up to Medina but I did not hear him narrate anything
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) except one
hadith. And he said: We were in the presence of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) that there was brought to
him the kernel of a date. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Bk 39, Number 6750:
Mujahid reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar as saying: There was
brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the
kernel. The rest of the hadith is tile same.
Bk 39, Number 6751:
Ibn Umar reported: We were'in the company of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) that he said: Tell me of a tree which
has resemblance to a Muslim and the leaves of which do not
wither. Ibrahim said that perhaps Imam Muslim had stated like
this: It constantly bears fruit but I have, however, seen [It
does not bear fruit constantly]. Ibn Umar said: It crossed my
mind that it could be the date−palm tree, but as I saw Aba
Bakr and Umar observe silence, I did not deem it fit that I
should speak or I should say something. 'Umar said: Had you
said so, it would have been dearer to me than such and such
thing.
Chapter 14: THE MISCHIEF OF SATAN IN THE MUSLIM SOCIETY AND
SENDING HIS DETACHMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF TURMOIL, AND THERE
IS A DEVIL ATTACHED TO EVERY PERSON
Bk 39, Number 6752:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Verily, the Satan has lost all hopes that the
worshippers would ever worship (him) in the peninsula of
Arabia, but he (is hopeful) that he would sow the seed of
dissension amongst them.
Bk 39, Number 6753:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 39, Number 6754:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) as saying: The throne of Iblis is upon the ocean and he
sends detachments (to different parts) inorder to put people
to trial and the most important figure in his eyes is one who
is most notorious in sowing the seed of dissension.
Bk 39, Number 6755:
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Iblis places his throne upon water; he then sends
detachments (for creating dissension) ; the nearer to him in
tank are those who are most notorious in creating dissension.
One of them comes and says: I did so and so. And he says: You
have done nothing. Then one amongst them comes and says: I did
not spare so and so until I sowed the seed of discord between
a husband and a wife. The Satan goes near him and says: 'You
have done well. A'mash said: He then embraces him.
Bk 39, Number 6756:
Jabir reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upqn him)
said: The Satan sends detachments of his own in order to put
people to trial and the highest in rank, in his eyes, is one
who is most notorious in sowing the seed of dissension.
Bk 39, Number 6757:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: There is none amongst you with whom is not
an attache from amongst the jinn (devil). They (the
Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, with you too? Thereupon
he said: Yes, but Allah helps me against him and so I am safe
from his hand and he does not command me but for good.
Bk 39, Number 6758:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansiir with
the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 39, Number 6759:
A'isha the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
reported that one day Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came out of her (apartment) during the night and she felt
jealous. Then he came and he saw me (in what agitated state of
mind) I was. He said: A'isha, what has happened to you? Do you
feel jealous? Thereupon she said: How can it he (that a woman
like me) should not feel jealous in regard to a husband like
you. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
It was your devil who had come to you, and she said: Allah's
Mes− senger, is there along with me a devil? He said: Yes. I
said: Is devil attached to everyone? He said: Yes. I (Aisha)
again said: Allah's Messenger, is it with you also? He said:
Yes, but my Lord has helped me against him and as such I am ab
solutely safe from his mischief.
Chapter 15: NONE WOULD ATTAIN SALVATION BECAUSE OF HIS DEEDS
BUT IT IS THROUGH LORD'S MERCY (THAT HE WOULD ATTIAN THAT)
Bk 39, Number 6760:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: None amongst you would attain salvation purely
because of his deeds. A person said: Allah's Messenger, even
you also. Thereupon he said: Yes. Not even I, but that Allah
wraps me in Mercy, but you should act with moderation. This
badith has been transmitted on the authority of Bukair b.
al−Ashajj with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 39, Number 6761:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There is none whose deeds alone would entitle him
to get into Paradise. It was said to him: And, Allah's
Messenger, not even you? Thereupon he said: Not even I, but
that my Lord wraps me in Mercy.
Bk 39, Number 6762:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There is none amongst you whose deeds alone would
attain salvation for him. They (the Companions) said: Allah's
Messenger, not even you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Not even
I, but that Allah wraps me in Mercy and He grants me pardon.
Ibn 'Aun pointed towards his head with his hand saying: Not
even I, but that Allah wraps me in His Forgiveness and Mercy.
Bk 39, Number 6763:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There is none whose deeds alone can'secure
salvation for him. They said: Allah's Messenger, not even you?
Thereupon he said: Not even I, but that, the Mercy of Allah
should take hold of me.
Bk 39, Number 6764:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: None amongst you can get. into Paradise by virtue
of his deeds alone. They said: Allah's Messenger, not even
you? Thereupon he said: Not even I, but that Allah should wrap
me in His Grace and Mercy.
Bk 39, Number 6765:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Observe moderation in deeds (and if it is not
possible, try to be near moderation) and understand that none
amongst you can attain salvation because of his deeds alone.
They said: Allah's Messenger, not even you? Thereupon he said:
Not even I, but that Allah should wrap me in His Mercy and
Grace.
Bk 39, Number 6766:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 39, Number 6767:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
A'mash through two other chains of transmitters. The wording
is, however, the same.
Bk 39, Number 6768:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters with this addition:"
Give them glad tidings".
Bk 39, Number 6769:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apoetle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: None of you would get into Paradise because of
his good deeds alone, and he would not be rescued from Fire,
not even I, but because of the Mercy of Allah.
Bk 39, Number 6770:
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used
to say: Observe moderation (in doing deeds), and if yciu fail
to observe it perfectly, try to do as much as you can do (to
live up to this ideal of moderation) and be happy for none
would be able to get into Paradise because of his deeds alone.
They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's
Messenger, not even thou? Thereupon he said: Not even I, but
that Allah wraps me in His Mercy, and bear this in mind that
the deed loved most by Allah is one which is done constantly
even though it is insignificant.
Bk 39, Number 6771:
This badith has been narrated on the authority of Musa b.
'Uqba with the same chain of transmitters and he did not make
a mention of:" Be happy".
Chapter 16: THE DOING OF GOOD DEEDS VERY FREQUENTLY AND
PUTTING ONE'S BEST EFFORTS IN DEVOTION TO ALLAH
Bk 39, Number 6772:
Mughira b. Shu'ba reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) worshipped so much that his feet were swollen. It
was said to him: (Why do you undergo so much hardship despite
the fact that) Allah has pardoned for you your earlier and
later sins? Thereupon he said: May I not (prove myself) to be
a grateful servant (of Allah)?
Bk 39, Number 6773:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Mughira
b. Shu'ba and the words are: Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) kept standing in prayer (for such long hours) that
his feet were swollen. They (his Companions) said: Verily,
Allah has pardoned for thee the earlier and the later of thine
sins. Thereupon he said: Should I not prove myself to be a
grateful servant (of Allah)?
Bk 39, Number 6774:
A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) occupied himself in prayer, he observed such a (long)
qiylm (posture of standing in prayer) that his feet were
swollen. A'isha said: Allah's Messenger you do this (in spite
of the fact) that your earlier and later sins have been
pardoned for you? Thereupon, he said. A'isha should I not
prove myself to be a thanksgiving servant (of Allah)?
Chapter 17: MODERATION IN GIVING SERMON
Bk 39, Number 6775:
Shaqiq reported: We were sitting at the door of Abdullah (b.
Mas'ud) waiting for him (to come out and deliver a sermon to
us). It was at this time that there happened to pass by us
Yazid b. Mu'awiya an−Nakha'i. We said: Inform him ('Abdullah
b. Mas'ud) of our presence here. He went in and Abdullah b.
Mas'ud lost no time in coming out to us and said: I was
informed of your presence here but nothing hindered me to come
out to you but the fact that I did not like to bore you (by
stuffing your minds with sermons) as Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) did not deliver us sermon on certain days
fearing that it might prove to be boring for us.
Bk 39, Number 6776:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah
through other chains of transmitters.
Bk 39, Number 6777:
Shaqiq b. Wi'il reported that 'Abdullah used to give us sermon
on every Thursday. A person said: Abu 'Abd al−Rahman, we love
your talk and so we yearn (to listen to you) and earnestly
desire that you should deliver us lecture every day. Thereupon
he said: There is nothing to hinder me in giving you talk
(every day) but the fact that you may be bored. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not deliver sermons on
certain days (fearing that we might be bored).
