Bk 36 Heart−Melting Traditions (Kitab
Al−Riqaq)
Chapter 1: THE MAJORITY IN PARADISE WOULD CONSIST OF THE POOR
PIOUS PERSONS AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DENIZENS OF HELL WOULD
CONSIST OF WOMEN, AND THE TRIAL BY MEANS OF WOMEN
Bk 36, Number 6596:
Usama b. Zaid reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him) said: I stood at the door of Paradise and I found
that the overwhelming majority of those who entered therein
was that of poor persons and the wealthy persons were detained
to get into that. The denizens of Hell were commanded to get
into Hell, and I stood upon the door of Fire and the majority
amongst them who entered there was that of women.
Bk 36, Number 6597:
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: I had a chance to look into the Paradise and I
found that majority of the people was poor and I looked into
the Fire and there I found the majority constituted by women.
Bk 36, Number 6598:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 36, Number 6599:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) stated like this: Re looked into the Fire of Hell. The
rest of the hadith is the same.
Bk 36, Number 6600:
Imran b. Husain reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Amongst the inmates of Paradise the women
would form a minority.
Bk 36, Number 6601:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mutarrif
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 36, Number 6602:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) supplicated in these words:" O Allah, I seek
refuge in Thee from the withdrawal of Thine blessing and the
change of Thine protection (from me) and from the sudden wrath
of Thine, and from every displeasure of Thine."
Bk 36, Number 6603:
Usama b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: I have not left after me any (chance) of
turmoil more injurious to men than the harm done to the men
because of women.
Bk 36, Number 6604:
Usama b. Zaid b. Harith and Sa'id b. Zaid b. 'Amr b. Naufal
both reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: I have not left after me turmoil for the people but
the harm done to men by women.
Bk 36, Number 6605:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman
Taimi with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 36, Number 6606:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The world is sweet and green (alluring) and
verily Allah is going to install you as vicegerent in it in
order to see how you act. So avoid the allurement of women:
verily, the first trial for the people of Isri'll was caused
by women. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Ibn Bashshar the words are:" So that He should see how you
act."
Chapter 2: THE STORY OF THE THREE PERSONS OF THE CAVE AND
THEIR MAKING GOOD DEEDS OF THEIRS AS THE MEANS OF RIDDANCE
Bk 36, Number 6607:
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Three persons set out on a journey. They
were overtaken by rain and they had to find protection in a
mountain cave where at its mouth there fell a rock of that
mountain and thus blocked them altogether. One of them said to
the others: Look to your good deeds that you performed for the
sake of Allah and then supplicate Allah, the Exalted, that He
might rescue you (from this trouble). One of them said: 0
Allah, I had my parents who were old and my wife and my small
children also. I tended the flock and when I came back to them
in the evening, I milked them (the sheep, goats, cows, etc.)
and first served that milk to my parents. One day I was
obliged to go out to a distant place in search of fodder and I
could not come back before evening and found them (the
parents) asleep. I milked the animals as I used to milk and
brought milk to them and stood by their heads avoiding to
disturb them from sleep and I did not deem it advisable to
serve milk to my children before serving them. My children
wept near my feet. I remained there in that very state and my
parents too until it was morning. And (0 Allah) if Thou art
aware that I did this in order to seek Thine pleasure, grant
us riddance from this trouble. (The rock slipped a bit) that
they could see the sky. The second one said: 0 Allah, I had a
female cousin whom I loved more than the men love the women. I
wanted to have sexual intercourse with her; she refused but on
the condition of getting one hundred dinirs. It was with very
great difficulty that I could collect one hundred dinirs and
then paid them to her and when I was going to have a sexual
intercourse with her, that she said: Servant of Allah, fear
Allah and do not break the seal (of chastity) but by lawful
means. I got up. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did this in
order to seek Thine pleasure, rid us from this trouble. The
situation was somewhat eased for them. The third one said:
Allah, I employed a workman for a measure of rice. After he
had finished his work I gave him his dues (in the form of) a
measure of rice, but he did not accept them. I used these rice
as seeds, and that gave a bumper crop and I became rich enough
to have cows and flocks (in my possession). He came to me and
said: Fear Allah, and commit no crueltv upon me in regard to
my dues. I said to him: Takeaway this flock of cows and sheep.
He said: Fear Allah and do not make a fun of me. I said: I am
not making a fun of you. You take the cows and the flocks. So
he took them. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did it for
Thine pleasure, case the situation for us. And Allah relieved
them from the rest of the trouble.
Bk 36, Number 6608:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Musa b.
'Uqba but with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 36, Number 6609:
Abdullah b 'Umar reported: I heard Allah's Alessenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Three persons belonging to the
earlier Ummahs set out on a journey until they had to spend a
night in a cave. The rest of the hadith is the same and the
additional words are:" A person amongst them said: 0 Allah, I
had my aged parents and I served them milk before I (served
that) to my wife, children and my servants." And in case of
the second one, the words are:" She avoided me until she was
hard pressed because of famine and she came to me and I gave
her one hundred and twenty diiiirs" And in cease of the third
one (the words are):" I invested his wages, and it brought
profit and, as a result thereof, the merchandise increased and
there was abundance of goods." And he (the narrator said) that
they got out of the cave and began to walk
