41) Narrated Anas: Allah’s Messenger Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: A man from among people of Paradise will be brought forward. Allah will ask him: O Son of Adam! How did you find your home? He will reply: O my Lord! It is the best home, then Allah will say: Ask and wish anything you like. The man will say: I would ask You to send me back to the world in order to be killed in Your way ten times. (This is because of the superiority of the martyrdom and the high position which martyrs would be made to occupy in heaven).
(This Hadith is sound and related by An-Nasa’i)
42) Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) quoted his Lord as saying: Whoever of My slaves comes out to fight in My way seeking My pleasure, I guarantee him that I will compensate his suffering with reward and booty (during his lifetime) and if he dies, I would forgive him, have mercy on him and let him enter Paradise.
(This Hadith is Fairly sound and related in Musnad of Ahmad.)
Reason of revelation of Allah’s statement or martyrs
43) Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: Allah’s; Messenger Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: When your brethren were killed as martyrs in the battle of Uhod, Allah put their souls into some green birds which arrived at the rivers of Paradise, ate from its fruits and took shelter beside lanterns, made of gold, and suspended in the shade of the divine Throne. When they enjoyed eating, drinking and sleeping, they said: Who will convey to our brethren on earth that; (we are alive in Paradise where we are provided with sustenance, so that they would neither renounce fighting in the way of Allah nor retreat at the time of war). Allah, the Glorified, said: I shall inform them of you. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: So Allah revealed this verse:
(Don’t consider those killed in the way of Allah as dead, rather they are alive with their Lord being provided with sustenance).(3:169)
(This Hadith is good and related in Sunan Abi Da’ud)
Some attributes of the Inhabitants of Paradise and Hell
44) Aiyad Ibn Himar Al-Majashie reported that one day Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said in his speech: Behold! Indeed Allah has commanded me to inform you of what you are unfamiliar with; and what He has taught me today: Every wealth, I have conferred upon a slave is lawful.
Indeed I have created My slaves being true in faith; but the satans approached them and turned them away from their religion and what had been permissible declared as forbidden for them. Further the satans ordered them to make partners with me for which I have revealed no evidence. Verily, Allah looked at the people on earth and hated both Arabs and non-Arabs – except a few people of the Scripture.
Allah added: I have sent you as a Prophet to the people so that I may test you and test the believers through you and revealed to you a book that water cannot erase. So you should read it while asleep and awake. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Indeed Allah has ordered me to burn (the disbelievers of) Quresh, (the Prophet’s tribe of Mecca) So I said: O Lord! They would crush my head like bread.
Allah said: Drive them out as they drove you out of your city. Fight them, We shall support you. Spend (money in the cause of Allah), We will spend on you. Send an army, We will send five like that. Fight with your followers against those who deny you. He said: The inhabitants of Paradise are three kinds of people: First is a powerful, just, almsgiver, and a successful man. second is a kind, tender-hearted man towards every relative and Muslim.
Third is a decent father to many children. He also said: Dwellers of Hell are five types: First is a weak-follower man who has no sense to avoid the evil or work for family or wealth. Second is a dishonest man whose greed is well known to people, even for minor things. Third is a man who will betray you about your family and wealth at both the ends of the day. He also mentioned a miser or a liar and a person who uses bad words.
(This Hadith is sound and related by Muslim.)
45) Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Once Paradise and Hell argued with one another. Hell said: I have been given preference by the oppressors and tyrants. Paradise said: What is the matter with me that only weak and humble people enter me. Allah Sa’id to the paradise: You are My mercy. I will bestow mercy through you on whom I wish from among My slaves. And He said to Hell: Rather you are My torment. I will torment by you whom I wish from among My slaves. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) added: Each of them will take its capacity. As for Hell, it will not be filled until Allah puts down His glorified foot in it. Then it will say: Enough! Enough! Enough! at that time all its parts will be filled up. Allah will not treat unjustly any one of His creation. As regards Paradise, Allah will create other creations to fill it. (Being All-Merciful)
(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
Insignificance and worthlessness of this world
46) Narrated Anas that Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: One of the most miserable people in the world will be brought from among the people of Paradise. Allah will say (to the angels): Dip him once in Paradise. So they will dip him once in it. Then Allah will ask him: Did you ever face any distress or a thing you hate. He would say: No, By Your Glory! Never did I face anything unpleasant. Then one of the most affluent people of the world will be brought from Hell. Allah will command (the angels:) Dip him once in it. Then He will ask him: O son of Adam! Did you ever enjoy any comfort? (that is, a dip in hell can make one forget the meaning of comfort.)
(This Hadith is sound and related in Musnad of Ahmad)
Some Scenes of Resurrection
47) Narrated Abu Sa’id AlKhudri that the Prophet (pbuh) said: Allah will call: O Adam! He will say: I am present and at Your pleasure and goodness rests in Your hands. Allah will say: Bring forth the group for Hell. Adam will ask: Who are the people doomed to Hell? Allah will say: They are nine hundred and ninety nine out of every one thousand. The Prophet (pbuh) said: At this juncture every child would turn gray-haired and every pregnant would miscarry due to the dread of the moment and you would see people as drunk while they would not actually be. The torment of Allah would be grievous enough to make them so. Then the companions asked: O Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) ! Who would be that single person among us? He said: Be happy! When one is selected for Paradise) from among you, one thousand from Gog and Magog would be sent to Hell. Then he said: By Him in whose hand is my soul! I hope you will constitute one fourth of the inhabitants of Paradise. We exclaimed.(Allah is All-Great) He said: I anticipate you would be one third of the people of Paradise. again we shouted. He said: I expect you would be half of the people of Paradise. Again we exclaimed. He further said: Despite, You would be just like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black one .(i.e. your number compared with the non-Muslims will be very small but in Paradise you will be the majority)
(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
48) Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) asked him: O Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) ! Will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection? He said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the Sun at noon when it is not cloudy. They said: No. He further said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the Moon at the night of full moon when there is no cloud. They said: No. Thereupon he said: By Him who holds my life! You will not face any difficulty in seeing Allah as much as seeing one of them.
The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) added: Then Allah would sit for judgment upon the slaves and would say: O so and so! Did I not honor you and make you chief and provide you a spouse and subdue for you horses and camels and offered you an opportunity to rule over your subjects and take one fourth of booty. The slave would say, Yes. The Prophet (pbuh) said: Allah would say: Did you not think that you would meet me? He would say: No.
Thereupon, Allah would say: I overlook you today as you forgot me. Then the second person will be brought (for judgment). Allah would say: O so and so! Did I not honor you and make you the chief and make you a pair and subdue for you horses and camels and offered you an opportunity to rule over your subjects and take one fourth of booty.
He would say: Yes, my Lord! Then he would say: Did you not think that you would meet Me. The slave would say: No. At this moment Allah would say: Well, I overlook you today as you forgot Me.
Then the third one would be brought for judgment. Allah would ask him the same thing. At this, the slave would say: O. my Lord! I believed in You and Your Book and Your apostles. Also, I performed prayers, observed fast and gave charity. Then he would speak in good terms like this. Allah would say: Well;. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) added: Then, it would be said to him: Now, we will bring our witnesses to you. Then man will think: Who will bear witness upon me. Then, his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his thighs, flesh and bones: Speak. So his thighs, flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds. This is because he will not be able to make any excuse for himself. He would be a hypocrite whom Allah would be angry with.
(This Hadith is sound and related by Muslim and Abu Da’ud)
49) Narrated Anas bin Malik: We were in the company of Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) when he Laughed and said: Do you know why I laughed? The narrator said: We said: Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) know best. Then the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: I laughed at the talk of the slave to his Lord on the Day of Resurrection as he would say: O my Lord! Have You not guaranteed me protection against injustice?
The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Allah would say: Yes. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) added: Then the slave would say: Today I do not allow any witness against me except a witness of my own self.
Then the Prophet(Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Allah would say: Today only yourself and the noble recording angels would be witnesses to you. Then the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Then his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his limbs: speak. The Prophet (pbuh) ) added: They would speak of his deeds. He ( said: Then he would be made free to talk. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: He would say to his limbs: Woe and curse be upon you. For only your sake I was contending.
Statement of Allah (sw): “All the earth is in His possession on the Day of Resurrection”
50) Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) saying: Allah would grasp the whole planet of the Earth and roll it up on the day of resurrection and all the heavens will be in His right hand. Then He will say: I am the King. Where are the monarchs of the Earth?
(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
Question about the worldly pleasure on the Day of Resurrection
51) Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: First of the things a slave will be questioned about on the day of Judgment will be the gifts of Allah. It would be said to him: Did we not give you a healthy body, and did we not saturate you with cold water.
(This Hadith is sound and related by At-Tirmidhi.)
Companions of Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) on his Ummah
52) Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: The tribe of Quraish said to the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam): Supplicate your Lord that He transforms (the rocks of) Safa into gold. Then we would believe in you. He (the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) asked: Really, will you? They said: Yes. He (the narrator said: So the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) invoked Allah (sw)to this effect). Then Jibrael came to him and said: Your Lord conveys His greetings to you. and says: If you wish, I shall transform Safa into gold but those who disbelieve after that will suffer a punishment so severe that nobody in the Worlds would suffer, or if you wish, I can open for them the door of repentance and mercy. The Prophet (pbuh) said: Rather, the door of repentance and mercy.
(This Hadith is sound and related in Musand of Ahmad.)
53) Narrated badah Ibn As-Samit: One day the companions did not find the Prophet (pbuh) among them. (Normally) when they camped They would lodge him in the middle (of them). They were anxious and thinking that Allah might have selected it some other companions for him. Suddenly, they saw him coming towards them and exclaimed (Allah is All-Great) and they said: O Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam)! We feared that Allah must have selected for you some companions other than ourselves. Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: No. Rather you are my companions in this World and the Hereafter. Indeed Allah, The Almighty, awakened me and said: O Muhammad! Verily, I have neither sent any Prophet nor a Messenger without a wish to which I respond and that I now grant you too. So O Muhammad! You should also ask Me something which would be given to you. The prophet said: My wish is an intercession for my followers on the Day of Resurrection., Abu Bakr asked: O Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam)! What is intercession? He the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: I will say: O Lord! My intercession is the pledge I have kept with you. Thereupon, the Lord will say: Yes. Then my Lord will take out the rest of my followers from the Hell and admit them into Paradise.
(This Hadith is sound and related in Musnad of Ahmad.)
Superiority of the Day of ‘Arafah when The Lord ( becomes proud of the pilgrims
54) Narrated ‘Aisha that Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: There is no day other than the day of ‘Arafah when Allah releases more of His slaves from Hell. Indeed, He draws near and proudly tells His angels about The pilgrims. Then He asks: What do these slaves of Mine seek? (so, he forgives them.)
(This Hadith is sound and related by Muslim)
55) Narrated Jabir: Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: No other days are better to Allah than the first ten days of Dhil-Hijjah. The narrator said: A man asked: O Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) ! Are these days better or the similar number of days of fighting in the cause of Allah? The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: These days are better than the same number of days of fighting for the sake of Allah . And no other day is better to Allah than the day of ‘Arafah when Allah descends to the lowest heaven (world’s sky) and boasts of the people on earth to the inhabitants of heaven (angels) and says: Look at My slaves who have come with grown hair covered with dust to perform Hajj. They have come from all directions hoping for My mercy though they haven’t seen My punishment. So there is no other day than the day of ‘Arafah when the people are released abundantly from the fire.
(This Hadith is sound for others too and related by Ibn Habban.)
Superiority of Fasting (saum)
56) Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Allah said: Every good deed performed by son of Adam is a credit for him but fasting is exclusively mine and I give reward for it. Fasting is a shield against sins. Therefore, when any of you is fasting he should neither indulge in obscene language nor raise voice. If any one abuses him or quarrels with him, he should say: I am fasting. By Him on whose hand is Muhammad’s soul! The smell coming out of mouth of a person fasting is more pleasant to Allah than the smell of musk. And he who fasts has two occasions of joy. One is when he breaks the fast, and the Second is: when he meets his Lord.
(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
The merits of one who accepts the will of Allah at the death of one’s son or brother
57) Narrated Abu Huraira that Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: Allah, The Exalted says: I have nothing to give but Paradise as a reward to My believer slave who, if I cause his son or brother to die, he bears it patiently for My reward.
(This Hadith is sound and related by Al-Bukhari.)
58) Narrated some companions of the Prophet (pbuh) that they heard the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) saying: On the Day of Resurrection, it would be said to the children: Get into Paradise. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: They will say: O Lord! (We shall not enter Paradise unless our fathers and mothers enter (with us). The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) added: They will be brought. Allah will say: What is the matter that they are reluctant to go to Paradise? The children will say: But what about our fathers and mothers! Allah will say: Enter Paradise you and your parents.
(This Hadith is sound and related with Musnad of Ahmad)
59) Narrated Abu Amamah quoting the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) who said: Allah says: Son of Adam! If you bear the first calamity (affliction) patiently for recompense, I shall not agree for you a reward less than Paradise
60) Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ashari Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alaihi vasallam) said: When the son of a slave dies, Allah says to His angels though He knows best. You have taken away the soul of My slave’s son. They say: Yes. Allah says: You have taken out the fruit of his heart. They say: Yes. Then Allah says: What did My slave say? They say: He praised You and read the words:
Verily, To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.) (2:156)
Allah says (to the angels): Construct for My slave a house in Paradise (as a reward) and name it the ‘The House of Praise’.
(Albani declared this Hadith as good. It is narrated by At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban.)