Paradise and Hell

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-------------------Al-Jannah wa An-Naar------------------------- cast him head first into Hell". (Abu Dawud, Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/125. Sheikh Naasir ud-Deen al Saheeh al-Jaami' 5/431, hadith no. 6352 and ascribed it to Abu Dawud an ad-Diyaa, al-Mukhtarah.) al-Bayhaqi reported, with a saheeh isnad from 'Aaishah that the Messenger of Allaah (saw) said, "Those who trees will be thrown on their heads in Hell." (al-Bayhaqi in Saheeh al-Jaami' 2/88, al-Albaani said it is sah (xvi) Those Who Commit Suicide al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (saw) said, "Whoever kills himself with instrument) then his iron will be in his hand, and he will be stabbing himself in the stomach with it Fire of Hell. Whoever kills himself with poison, then he will be drinking that poison forever in the Fi Whoever throws himself from a mountain and kills himself, he will be throwing himself down foreve Hell". (at-Tawkheef min an-Naar, p. 148) al-Bukhaari reports from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (saw) said, "The one who strangles himself will b himself in Hell, and the one who stabs himself will be stabbing himself in Hell". (Saheeh al- The Vast Number of People in Hell Many texts indicate the large numbers of the children of Aadam will enter Hell, and the few who will enter Para says: "Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however ardently you desire it." (12:103) An indication of the large numbers of kuffaar and mushrikeen who rejected the call of the Messengers is the fa will come on the Day of Resurrection some with a small group (of less than ten), others with one or two and so followers at all. Muslim reports from Ibn 'Abbaas that the Prophet (saw) aid: "I was shown the nations and I saw a Prophet accompanied by a small group, another accompanied men, and another with no companions at all.." (Saheeh Muslim, 1/198, no.220) Many texts indicate that nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand of the children of Aadam will ente one (in a thousand) will enter Paradise. al-Bukhaari narrates from Abu Sa'eed that the Prophet (saw) said: Allaah will say, "O Aadam!" Aadam will respond to Your call, I am obedient to Your commands, and all good is in Your hands." Then Allaah Aadam, "Send forth the people of the Fire". Aadam will say, "How many are the people of the Fire?! will say, "Out of every thousand, take nine hundred and ninety-nine". At that time, children's hair w every pregnant female will spontaneously abort and you will see the people looking as if they are d they are not, but Allaah's punishment will be most severe". This speech distressed his Companions Messenger of Allaah (saw), who amongst us will be that man (one in a thousand)?" He said, "Be of thousand will be from Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) and the one will be from among you". The Him in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be one third of the people of Paradise." We prai Allaah (swt) and then he said, "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, I hope that you will be half of the paradise, as you are among the nations like a white hair on the hide of a black bull or a round hairle foreleg of a donkey". (al-Bukhaari, Kitaab ar-Raqaaq, Baab Qawl Allaah Azza wa jalla, innaa zalzalat al 'Adheem, Fath al-Baari, 11/388; see also Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/610, Musnad Ahmad 4/435). It might be asked: how can we reconcile between these hadith and the report from Abu Hurayrah in Saheeh al the Prophet (saw) said that Allaah (swt) said to Aadam ('alayhis-salaam) - "Send forth [into Hell] ninety hundred [of your descendants]". It is obvious that these reports do not contradict the other Saheeh report quoted above, because these figures are referring to different groups. The hadith that mention a ratio of nine h nine may be interpreted as referring to all the progeny of Aadam, whilst the hadith of al-Bukhaari that mention nine may be interpreted as referring to the progeny of Aadam excluding Ya'juj and Ma'juj. This reconciliation is
-------------------Al-Jannah wa An-Naar------------------------- correct - as Ibn Hajar suggests - because Ya'juj and Ma'juj are mentioned in the hadith of Abu Sa'eed whereas mentioned in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah. It may be said that the first hadith refers to all of creation, so the ra admitted to Hell when all nations are taken into account is 999 in every thousand. The latter hadith of al ratio of people who will enter Hell from this ummah alone. Ibn Hajar (said) "This interpretation is supported by Sahabah in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (ra): "If ninety-nine out of every hundred are taken from us, what will division of people could happen twice: once involving all the nations, when one in a thousand will enter Paradis time involving this ummah alone, when ten out of every thousand will enter Paradise". (Fath al-Baari, 11/390) The Wisdom Behind There Being So Many People In Hell The reason why there will be so many people in Hell is not that the truth failed to reach them all, wherever or w lived. Allaah does not blame anyone whom His call did not reach: "..Nor would We punish with Our Wrath until We had sent a Messenger [to give warning]." "..And there never was a people, without a Warner having lived among them [in the past]" The reason behind it is the fact that those who responded to the Messengers were few in number, while those were great. Furthermore, many of those who responded were not pure and sincere in faith. In his book, at-Takhweef min an-Naar, Ibn Rajab discussed the reason why so few people will enter Paradise a enter Hell: "These hadith and other similar reports prove that most of the children of Aadam will enter Hell, an of the Messengers are few in number when compared to the rest of mankind. Those who did not follow the Mes Hell, except for those whom the Message did not reach, or who could not understand it because of the garbled form in which they heard it. Many of those who claim to be follo Messengers are in fact adhering to a distorted religion and an altered book, and they too will be among the peo Allaah (swt) says: "...But those of the sects that reject it [the Qur'aan] the Fire will be their promised meeting As for those who claim to follow the Book and Law of Allaah (swt) the true religion, many of them will also ente the Munaafiqoon (the hypocrites) who will be in the lowest level of the Fire. Many of those who claim to follow it openly and in secret will be tested by ambiguities and doubts - these are the misguided inven of bid'ah (reprehensible innovations, heresies). Several hadith have been narrated which state that the ummah seventy-odd sects, all of which will be in the Hell except for one. Many people will also be tested with forbidden the promised punishment is Hellfire, although in this case it is not necessarily an eternal punishment. No one f will be saved from the Fire, or deserve the absolute promise of Paradise, apart from the one sect or group, who example and practice of the Prophet (saw) and his Companions openly and in secret, and are saved from the te trials of desires and doubts. Such are very few indeed, especially in latter times". (at-Takhweef min an The main reason why so many follow their desires is that the love of such things is deeply rooted in the human "Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: women and children; heaved-up hoards of [wealth]; horses branded [for blood and excellence]; and [wealth of] cattle and well-tilled land. Su possessions of this world's life.." (3:14) Many people want to fulfill these desires in whatever way they wish, without paying attention to the revealed la and by adhering to the customs of their forefathers in ways that contradict these laws: "Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before you [Muhammad] to any people, the we them said: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their fo Warner] said: "What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which you found your fathers said, "For us, we deny that you [Prophets] are sent [on a mission at all]". (43:23-24)
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