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Malice for mercy. He will reply, “ This retribution for you shall remain in perpetuity.
It will never diminish!”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Hell has a place that is so horrible that the
inmates are scared to be there.. That place will be for all the tyrants and the enemies
of the Ahl al Bayt. The easiest place in the Hell will be where the river of fire is
located. The inmates will have slippers of fire in their feet. The heat of these slippers
would boil the brains of the wearers like the food cooking in a pan. These persons
would think that their retribution is the maximum. In fact, this punishment is lighter
when compared with that meted out to the other inmates of the Hell..”
• The Prophet of Allah (a.s.) has said, “ If there are a hundred thousand persons in the
mosque and amongst them is an inmate of the Hell; then the entire concourse would
be burnt and not one would survive!” Then the Prophet (a.s.) continued, “ In the Hell
there are snakes equal in circumference to the neck of a camel. If a snake bites a
person, he would be restless with pain for forty years. In the Hell there are similarly
venomous scorpions. “
• Abdullah bin Abbas narrates that the Hell has seven doors. At every door there are
seventy thousand hills. Every hill has seventy thousand ravines. Every ravine has
seventy thousand crevices. Every crevice has seventy thousand rooms. There are
seventy thousand snakes in every room. Every snake will be equal in length to the
distance traveled in three days.. The snake has teeth as big as the date. These snakes
would adhere to the flesh of the inmates of the Hell. When they try to run away from
the snakes, they would fall into the canal of the Hell and keep falling down for forty
years.
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) has said that Allah has not created any human being for
whom He has not apportioned a place either in the Heaven or the Hell. When the
inmates of the Heaven and those of the Hell reach their destination a herald would
announce to the inmates of the Heaven to look at the Hell. They will get scared and
worried. One angel would say,” O people of the Heaven! If you had been disobedient
to Allah, your predicament too would have been the same!” Then the inmates of the
Hell would be called by the herald,” Look at the comforts and conveniences of the
inmates of the Heaven!” Then he would add, “ O unfortunate folk! If you were
obedient to Allah, you too would have enjoyed all the privileges of the Heaven!”
• Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) has said that the Hell has seven stages. The last stage has
seven caskets. One of the caskets has five persons from the times of the past Prophets
(a.s.) and two from the time of the Prophet of Islam (a.s.) who have not professed
faith in Allah.
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Allah has provided every individual a place in
the Heaven or the Hell. The herald would ask the inmates of the Heaven to look at the
inmates of the Hell. Finding them restless and suffering in the Hellfire, they will hear
the herald calling, “ If you were disobedient to Allah, your predicament too would
have been the same! Then the inmates of the Hell would be called by the herald to
look at the people of the Heaven.. Observing the luxuries and comforts of the people
of the Heaven, the inmates of Hell would start crying and lamenting. The Herald
would add,” If you too were, doing good deeds, you would have enjoyed the same
comforts now!”