Death In A Virtuous State
Those the angels take in a virtuous state. They say: “Peace be upon you! Enter Paradise for what you did.”(Surat an-Nahl: 32)
Believers live a good life in this world, are not overcome with fear or pessimism, and have a healthy and comfortable spiritual life. Since those who believe seek Allah’s pleasure, we learn from the Qur’an that they have won His special assistance, support, and protection; their misdeeds will be removed from them and that they will be rewarded according to the best of what they did; and they will not be wronged. Since they “purchase” the next life in exchange for this life, they have made what the Qur’an calls a “good bargain.” Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him.
But what will happen to them at the end of their lives? Where and when will Allah meet them at the hour He has appointed for their death? Neither believers nor unbelievers know where and when they will die. This fact is explained in Surah Luqman in these words:
Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour, sends down abundant rain, and knows what is in the womb. And no self knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no self knows in what land it will die. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Surah Luqman, 34)
Together with this, the Qur’an informs us how death will come to believers, how their souls will be taken, and what will happen at the moment of death. As far as we know, believers experience death as a very gentle passage, like a momentary change in dimension. Just like the person whom Allah causes to be “as dead during his sleep” (Surat az-Zumar, 42) and wakes up the next morning to a new day when believers die, they will be taken out of the worldly dimension and pass to the next dimension (Certainly Allah knows the truth.)
Allah announced this gentle and easy passage in Surat an-Nazi’at, 2, where He points to the appointed angels and says “those who draw out gently.” Another verse tells about the angels’ conversation when they come to take a believer’s soul: Those the angels take in a virtuous state. They say: “Peace be upon you! Enter Paradise for what you did.” (Surat an-Nahl, 32)
The following verse describes a believer’s death:
The greatest terror will not upset them, and the angels will welcome them: “This is your Day, the one that you were promised.” (Surat an-Anbiya’, 103)
Clearly, believers who have led a good life in this world will have a beautiful and easy death, and their life in the next world will begin when they are met by angels. From that moment on, all of their relations with this world will cease, and they will be sent to an appointed place where they will come before Allah’s Presence. As it was from the beginning, so it continues: comfort and ease await all believers.
Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A) Ka Qissa
Those Who Ardently Hope For Paradise: The Party Of Allah
Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden [i.e., Paradise] as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for those who do their duty. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 133)
Allah has inscribed faith upon such people’s hearts, will reinforce them with a spirit from Him, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. Such people are the party of Allah. Truly it is the party of Allah who are successful. (Surat al-Mujadala, 22)
Those believers to whom Allah has announced His promise of good news have important qualities, as revealed in the Qur’an:
- They believe and do the right actions. (Surat al-Baqara, 25)
- They fear Allah. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 15)
- They spend for the cause of Islam in times of both ease and hardship. (Surah Al’Imran, 134)
- They control their rage. ( Surah Al ‘Imran, 134)
- They pardon other people. ( Surah Al ‘Imran, 134)
- After they act indecently or wrong themselves, they remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their wrong actions. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 135)
- They do not knowingly persist in doing wrong actions. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 135)
- They obey Allah and his Messenger. (Surat an-Nisa, 13)
- They keep up prayer, spend in charity, believe in and support Allah’s messengers. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 12)
- They are truthful. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 119)
- They leave their homes for the cause of Allah and strive in Allah’s way with their souls and possessions. (Surat at-Tawba: 20)
- They do good. (Surah Yunus, 26)
- They humble themselves before their Lord. (Surah Hud, 23)
- They repent of their sins. (Surah Maryam, 60)
- They honor their trusts and contracts. (Surat al-Mu’minun: 8)
- They safeguard their prayers. (Surat al-Mu’minun: 9)
- They compete with one another in the doing of good deeds. (Surah Fatir, 32)
- They are Allah’s chosen servants. (Surat as-Saffat, 40)
- They believe in the Qur’an. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 69)
- They say “our Lord is Allah” and thereafter stand firm in their faith. (Surat al-Ahqaf, 13)
- They are heedful. ( Surah Muhammad, 15)
- They turn toward Allah with their whole heart. (Surah Qaf, 32)
- They stand in awe of the Most Gracious, although He is beyond the reach of human perception, and come unto Him with a heart returning in repentance. (Surah Qaf, 33)
- They are the doers of good. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 16)
- They ask for Allah’s forgiveness before dawn. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 18)
- They are the forerunners. (Surat al-Waqi’a, 10)
- They always keep their word and fear a day whose evil will spread far and wide. (Surat al-Insan, 7)
- They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives. (Surat al-Insan, 8)
- They give the appropriate respect to the Messenger of Allah. (Surat al-Hujurat, 3)
Valentine’s Day: Its Reality And Ruling
Allah Says (what means): “This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as a religion.” [Quran 5: 3]
Our religion is supreme, it is the most perfect one. It combines the good of this life and the Hereafter; it addressed the soul and was not heedless of the body; it gave preference to the Hereafter but did not neglect our needs in this life. Allaah Says (what means): “But seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter.”[Quran 28: 77]
Our religion is a moderate religion that is neither negligent of any matter, nor does it exaggerate any issue beyond its rightful status. There is no monasticism in Islam, nor blind-materialism,
Allaah Says (what means): “Thus We have made you a median (i.e. just) community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you.” [Quran 2: 143]
How is it that the believers can squander this position, which Allah granted them, and become humiliated while they still have the Quran and the Sunnah to refer to? Why would we be pleased with becoming mere followers after enjoying the position of leadership? How can we go astray and become blind-imitators after being guides? What possesses a person to become a slave who carries out orders, after being a master?
The answer to these questions lies in the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam as narrated by Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri: “You will follow in the footsteps of those who came before you hand-span by hand-span and (the length of an) arm by arm, such that even if they enter into the dwelling place of a lizard you would still follow them.” The Companions may Allah be pleased with them asked: “O Messenger of Allaah, do you mean (by ‘those who came before you’) the Jews and the Christians?” He sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam replied: “Who else ?” [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]
So, once again, we have the army of disbelief attacking us, propagating the celebration of a holiday – and what a deceitful and treacherous holiday it is! A holiday which they have given a name other than its actual one in order to mislead people, they gave it a noble name to deceive the pure and the chaste. They called it the day of love, while it is actually the day of immorality, prostitution, and drinking. They spread immorality dressed in the garment of virtue and this is the age-old method that Satan uses.
Allah exposed this tactic in His Book when He says regarding the deception of Satan of our father Aadam and our mother Hawwaa’ (what means): “And he swore (by Allah) to them both: ‘Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors’” [Quran 7: 21]
Beware of the deceiver who approaches you with an advising tongue, for he knows that if he were to openly state his intention, he would never attain his objectives. Allah Says (what means): “But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners.” [Quran 8: 30]
The History of how Valentine Started?
It is claimed that pagan Greece used to celebrate on the fifteenth day of February every year which coincided with a spring holiday. At that time Christianity was new to the area. The emperor Claudius II forbade marriage for his soldiers. Valentine, a Christian priest challenged this command and used it to conduct secret marriage sermons. He was soon discovered and was sentenced to death. While in prison he fell in love with the daughter of a prison guard, but this was a secret since Christianity forbade priests to marry or have romantic relations with women, but since he remained steadfast on Christianity, the people overlooked his crime of falling in love. The emperor offered to forgive him and make him one of his close companions and marry one of his daughters to him, on the condition that he gave up Christianity, but Valentine favored Christianity and was executed on the fourteenth of February, 270 CE – the night before the celebration of the Greek spring holiday of the fifteenth of February. Ever since then, it was called Priest Valentine’s holiday. After the spread of Christianity throughout Europe, February the fourteenth was re-named ‘Valentine’s Day’ in his memory because (they claim) he sacrificed himself for Christianity and fostered those in love.
That was the story behind this holiday. Unfortunately, many young men and women were deceived by this, due to the weakness of their faith, ignorance of Islam, heedlessness, and the lack of guidance by the Muslim scholars and leaders. The ignorant youth were hoodwinked into celebrating this holiday.
Among the manifestations of this holiday are the giving of red roses, the wearing of red dresses, and exchanging special greetings, cards and gifts. This is a day where one is ‘supposed’ to remember their wives or lovers. This holiday is so ingrained in western culture that remembering this day and celebrating it has become a sign of ‘true and sincere love’ and it is not uncommon for one who forgets about this day to be thought of as ‘insincere’ and ‘untrue’ in his or her love!
Every Muslim must know that this holiday was invented by the disbelievers and it is, therefore, unlawful to celebrate it according to the religion of Islam. There is no difference of opinion among the Muslim scholars regarding this.
In fact, even if this holiday was invented by the Muslims it would still be unlawful to celebrate it.
Aaishah may Allah be pleased with her narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said: “He who innovates something in our matter (i.e. the religion of Islam), will have it rejected.” [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]
Anas Ibn Maalik may Allaah be pleased with him narrated that when the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam came to Madeenah, he sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam found people celebrating a two-day memorial which dated back to the time of Jaahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic era). He sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said: “Allah Has replaced these for you with two better days; the day of Eedul-Adh-haa (sacrifice) and the day of Eedul-Fitr (following Ramadhaan).” [Ahmad, An-Nasaai & Abu Daawood)]
Allah warned us from following the disbelievers or supporting them and commanded us to differ from them. He Almighty Says (what means): “O you who have believed! Take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies. And fear Allah if you should (truly) be believers.” [Quran: 5: 57]
The Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said: “He who resembles a group of people will be with them (in the Hereafter).” [Ahmad and others]
How can it be that a Muslim accepts for himself and his family the celebration of an immoral holiday innovated by disbelievers; Valentine’s Day, the claimed celebration of love? How can he allow his family to celebrate the holiday of a Christian priest, Valentine, who was cursing Allah day and night by saying: “He is one of three, He had a wife, He had begotten a son, etc.”?
Allah is exalted far above what they attribute to Him.
Allah Says (what means): “And they say: ‘The Most Merciful (Allah) has taken (for Himself) a son. You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation. That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son. There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant. He has enumerated them and counted them a (full) counting. And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of resurrection alone.” [Quran 19: 88-95]
Allah Says (what means): “Be not deceived by the (uninhibited) movement of the disbelievers throughout the land, (It is but) a small enjoyment; then their (final) refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place!” [Quran 3: 196-197]
Do not be deceived by them and what they doing because this life is a temporary one and it is vanishing fast. Allah Says (what means): “But the Hereafter is better and more lasting” (Al-A’laa: 17)
and also: “It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained (in the world) except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.” [Quran 79: 46]
Beware of these holidays which have been invented by the disbelievers and warn people against them; be proud of your religion; be distinct from the misguided; do not follow in their footsteps or be affected by their ideas; ask Allah to guide you and keep you steadfast.
Do not allow the uncertain to fool you; don’t allow the disbelievers to misguide you; be proud of your religion and your celebrations; preserve your identity, and do not resemble or imitate the disbelievers because it leads to destruction and Hell.
Mojzat e Rasool
Pictures Of Their Punishments
(1) The Punishment of the People of Hell Will Vary in Degree
As Hell has various levels, in some of which the torment and horror are greater than in others, so the people of Hell will be given different levels of punishment. According to a hadith narrated by Muslim and Ahmad from Samurah, the Prophet (saw) said, concerning the people of Hell: “There are some whom the Fire will take up to their ankles, others up to their knees, others up to their waists, and others up to their collarbones”. According to another report, “up to their necks” (Muslim in Kitaab al-Jannah wa Sifaat Na’imihaa, Baab Shiddat Harr an-Naar, 4/2185)
The Messenger of Allah (saw) has told us about those who will receive the lightest punishment in Hell. al-Bukhaari reports from al-Nu’maan ibn Basheer who said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “The person who will have the least punishment among the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under the arch of whose feet will be placed a smoldering ember, and his brains will boil because of it.”
In another report also narrated by al-Bukhaari from an-Nu’maan ibn Basheer, the Prophet (saw) said, “The person who will have the least punishment among the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under the arch of whose feet will be placed two smoldering embers, because of which his brains will boil as water boils in a mirjal [copper vessel] or qumqum [narrow-necked vessel].” (al-Bukhaari in Sahih, Kitaab ar-Raqaaq, Baab Sifaat al-Jannah wan-Naar, Fath al-Baari, 11/417, and Muslim in his Sahih, Kitaab al-Imaan, 1/196, no. 363)
According to a report narrated from an-Nu’man ibn Basheer by Muslim, the Prophet (saw) said: The person who will have the least punishment among the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection is a man who will be given shoes and laces of fire, because of which his brains will boil like water in a mirjal (copper vessel). He will not think that anyone could be more severely punished than himself, yet he will be the one with the lightest punishment”. (Sahih Muslim, Kitaab al-Imaan, 1/196, no. 364; Muslim also reports from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri in the same chapter, no. 361)
al-Bukhaari and Muslim both narrate from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say when his uncle Abu Taalib was mentioned: “Maybe my intercession will help him on the Day of Resurrection, so that he may be put in a shallow part of Hell, with fire reaching to his ankles and causing his brain to boil”. (al-Bukhaari in Kitaab ar-Riqaaq, Baab Sifaat al-Jannah wan-Naar, Fath al-Baari, 11/417 and Muslim in Kitaab al-Imaam, Baab Shifa’at an-Nabi (saw), ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib, 1/195, hadith no. 360)
Many aayaat confirm the different levels of punishment that will be given to the people of Hell:
“The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire..” (4:145)
“..and [the Sentence will be] on the Day that Judgement will be established [it will be said to the angels]: “Cast the people of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!” (40:46)
“Those who reject Allah and hinder [men] from the Path of Allah, for them will We add Penalty to penalty, for that they used to spread mischief [or corruption]”. (16:88)
al-Qurtubi said, “This topic indicates that the kufr of the person who simply disbelieves is not like the kufr of a person who oppresses, disbelieves, rebels, and disobeys. There is no doubt that the kuffaar will suffer different levels of punishment in hell, as is known from the Qur’an and Sunnah. We know for certain that the punishment of those who oppressed and killed the Prophets and Muslims and spread corruption and disbelief on earth, will not be the same as the punishment of those who simply disbelieved, but treated the Prophets and Muslims well. Do you not see Abu Taalib, how the Prophet (Saw) will bring him up to a shallow level of Hell, because he helped him, protected him, and treated him well? The hadith narrated by Muslim from Samurah may be interpreted as referring to the kuffaar, as there is a hadith about Abu Taalib, or it may be interpreted as referring to those monotheists who will be punished”. (at-Tadhkirah, p. 409)
Ibn Rajab said, “Know that the different levels of punishment suffered by the people of Hell will be according to the levels of their deeds for which they entered Hell”. Then he quotes the evidence for that, such as the words of Ibn ‘Abbaas, “The punishment of those who were extreme in their disbelief and spread corruption on earth, calling others to kufr, will not be like the punishment of those who did not do such things”. Then Ibn Rajab says, “Similarly, the punishments of the monotheists in Hell will be at different levels, according to their deeds. The punishment of those who were guilty of major sins (kabaa’ir) will not be like that of those who were guilty of minor sins (saghaa’ir). The punishment may be reduced for some of them because of other good deeds, or for whatever reason Allah (swt) wills. Hence some of them may die in the Fire”. (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p. 142-143)
(2) Roasting of the Skin
The Fire of the Almighty will burn the skin of the kuffaar. The skin is the site of sensation, where the pain of burning is felt, and for this reason, Allah (swt) will replace the burnt skin with a new one, to be burnt anew, and this will be repeated endlessly:
“Those who reject Our Signs, We shall soon cast them into the Fire. As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty. For Allah is Exalted in Power, All-Wise” (4:56)
(3) Melting
One of the kinds of torment will be the pouring of al-Hameem over their heads. al-Hameem is ultra-heated water; because of its extreme heat, it will melt their innards and everything inside:
“… then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads. With it will melt or vanish away what is within their bellies, as well as [their] skins”. (22:19-20)
at-Tirmidhi reported from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said:
“al-Hameem will be poured on their heads and will dissolve through until it reaches their sides and all their innards will drop out until it comes out of his feet, and everything is melted, then he will be restored as he was.” He (at-Tirmidhi) said, “It is a sahih ghareeb hasan hadith”. (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.145, Jaami’ al-Usool, 10/540)
(4) Scorching (the face).
The noblest and most dignified part of a person is the face, hence the Prophet (saw) forbade us to strike the face. One of the ways in which Allah (swt) will humiliate the people of Hell is by gathering them on their faces, blind, deaf, and dumb, on the Day of Resurrection:
“..We shall gather them together prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf; their abode will be Hell; every time it shows abatement, We shall increase for them the Fierceness of the Fire”. (17:97)
Then they will be thrown on their faces in the Fire:
“And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the Fire; “Do you receive a reward other than that which you have earned by your deeds?” (27:90)
The Fire will burn and cover their faces forever, with no barrier between them and it:
“If only the unbelievers knew [the time] when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and [when] no help can reach them!” (21:39)
“The Fire will burn their faces and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced” (23:104)
“Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with fire”. (14:50)
“Is then one who has to fear the brunt of the penalty on the Day of Judgement [and receive it on] his face, [like one guarded therefrom]?” (39:24)
Look at this horrific scene that makes one shudder!
“The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say, “Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.” (33:66)
Do you not see that just as meat and fish are turned over when they are cooked, so their faces will be turned over in the Fire of Hell. We seek refuge with Allah (swt) from the punishment of the people of Hell.
(5) Dragging
Another of the painful torments that the Kuffaar will suffer is being dragged on their faces into Hell:
“Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad. The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces [they will hear]: “Taste the touch of Hell.” (54:47-48)
Their pain at being dragged will be increased by the fact that they will be tied up in chains and fetters:
“…But soon shall they know – when the yokes [shall be] round their necks and the chains, they shall be dragged along, in the boiling fetid fluid, then shall they be burned”. (40:70-72)
Qataadah said, “They will be dragged once in the Fire, and once in al-Hameem.” (Ibn Rajab, at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.147)
(6) Blackening of the faces.
Allah (swt) will blacken the faces of the people of Hell in the Hereafter:
“On the Day when some faces will be [lit up with] white and some faces will be [in the gloom of] black; to those who faces will be black [it will be said]: “Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith”. (3:106)
This is intense blackness as if the darkness of night had covered their faces
“But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil, and ignominy will cover their faces. No defender will they have from [the wrath of] Allah. Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the darkness of night. They are Companions [or dwellers] of the Fire, they will abide therein [for aye!] (10:27)
(7) The Fire Will Surround the Kuffaar
The people of Hell are the Kuffaar whose sins and disobedience surround them, leaving no hasanah for them. Allah (SWT) said, in response to the Jews who claimed that the Fire would only touch them for a certain length of time:
“Nay, those who seek gain in evil and are girt round by their sins – they are companions [or dwellers] of the Fire; therein shall they abide [forever]” (2:81)
No one will be in such a state unless he is a kaafir and a mushrik. Siddeeq Hasan Khan says, “What is referred to here by evil deeds is a certain type of deed, the reasons for which should be overwhelming, with no way out or means of achieving hasanah. Eternity in Hell is for the kuffaar and mushrikeen, so evil and sin in this aayah has to be interpreted as meaning kufr and shirk. Thus the arguments of the Mu’tazilah and Khawaarij are shown to be false by the proven mutawaatir reports that state that the sinners among the monotheists will eventually be brought forth from Hell.”
Sins and evil deeds surround the Kuffaar like a bracelet around the wrist, so their punishment should fit their crimes. Hence the Fire will surround the Kuffaar on all sides, as Allah (swt) says:
“There will be a bed of Hell [Fire] and over them coverings [of Hellfire]” (7:41)
The “bed” is what comes under them, and the “coverings” are what come over them. What is meant is that fires will surround them from above and below, as Allah (swt) says:
“On the Day when the torment [Hellfire] shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet” (29:55)
“They shall have coverings of Fire above them, and coverings of Fire beneath them”. (39:16)
Some of the Salaf interpreted the “Bed” (al-Mihaad) as meaning a mattress and the “cover” (al-Ghawaash) as being a blanket (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/168)
The “surrounding” may be interpreted in another way, which is that Hell will have a wall to surround the kuffaar so that they will never be able to get out or escape from it, as Allah (SWT) says:
“..Verily We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose [smoke and flames] like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in; If they implore relief, they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!” (18:29)
(8) The Fire Will Leap Up Over Their Hearts
We have already explained that the physical bodies of the people of Hell will be made huge in size. In spite of that, the Fire will penetrate their bodies until it reaches their innermost depths:
“Soon will I cast him into Hellfire! And what will explain to you what Hellfire is? Naught does it permit to endure, and naught does it leave alone, Darkening and changing the color of man!” (74:26-29)
Some of the Salaf said concerning the phrase, “naught does it leave alone” that it meant, “it eats bones and flesh and brains and does not leave anything untouched” (Ibn Rajab, at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.146)
Allah (SWT) says: “By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into that which Breaks to Pieces. And what will explain to you what that which Breaks to Pieces is? [It is] the Fire of the [wrath of] Allah, kindled [to a blaze], that which mourns [right] to the hearts”. (104:4-6)
Muhammad ibn Ka’b al-Qurtubee said, “The Fire eats into him until it reaches his heart, then his body will be created anew. It was reported that when Thaabit al-Bananee read this aayah, he said, “The Fire will burn them until it reaches their hearts, while they are still alive; this is how great their suffering is!” Then he wept.” (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.146)
(9) Their entrails will be spilled out in the Fire
al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Usaamah ibn Zayd that the Prophet (saw) said: “A man will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into the Fire. Then his entrails will be spilled out into the Fire, and he will be forced to walk around and around like a donkey on a treadmill. The people of Hell will gather around him and say, “O So-and-so, what is wrong with you? Did you not enjoin us to do good and forbid us to do evil?” He will say, “I used to order you to do good, but I did not do it, and I used to forbid you to do evil, but I used to do it.” Then he will walk around and around like a donkey in a treadmill” (al-Bukhaari and Muslim, Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/642, hadith no. 5139)
One of the people whose entrails will be spilled out in Hell is ‘Amr ibn Lahay who was the first to change the religion of the Arabs. The Prophet (saw) saw him dragging his own entrails in Hell. Muslim reports from Jaabir ibn Abdullaah that the Prophet (saw) said, “I saw ‘Amr ibn ‘Aamir al-Khuza’ee dragging his own entrails in Hell, and he was the first one to introduce as-Saa’ibah (a she-camel turned loose for free pasture for the sake of idols, upon which nothing was allowed to be carried”. (Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/642)
(10) The Chains, Fetters and Hammers of the People of Hell
Allah (swt) has promised that the people of Hell will have chains fetters and hammers in the Fire:
“For the Rejecters We have prepared iron chains, yokes and a blazing Fire”. (76:4)
“With Us are fetters [to bind them] and a Fire [to burn them] and a food that chokes, and a penalty grievous”. (73:12-13)
The yokes will be placed around their necks:
“…We shall put yokes on the necks of the unbelievers. It would only be a requital for their ill [or evil] deeds”. (34:33)
Madina Tayyaba Ki Hazri
Freedom From The Black Stinking Mud
Allah narrates in the Quran, The Creation of man from the black stinking mud which is dry and resounding makes noise, this black stinking mud characterizes the human characteristics of anger, greed, jealousy, hatred, and is covered with pretense, which lead man to cause sins, to be rude, or wrong other people and a variety of other sins, The resounding nature which is referred in the Quran refers to ego and pride.
All these characteristics move man away from Allah, from his worship and remembrance, and move him away from the companionship from Allah’s friends, the Awliya and Ambiya, and they move him into the darkness of the hellfire
Quran Surah Al Hijr (Quran translation)
Verse 26. And indeed, We originated man’s (chemical) genesis from that dry sounding clay which, (first) having grown old (and under the heat of the sun and other chemical and biological effects), had turned into black stinking mud.
Verse 27. And We created jinn before this from a smokeless blazing fire.
Verse 28. And (recall) when your Lord said to the angels: ‘I am about to create a human organism from old (and) black stinking, resounding mud.
The Other side of Man
But then there is another side of man, this side is the Angel side of man, whose main constituent is Noor.
Allah then said that will complete the creation of his by breathing his spirit into him, A shallow interpretation of what this verse means without going into the details of tasawwuf is that Allah put noor into him.
All the angels prostrated before Adam, this was the Sajda of Tazeem which was only prohibited in the Shariah of the Holy Prophet Muhammed Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam and was allowed before that
This noor refers to the Angel side of man, when a man worships Allah and remembers him, and stays in the constant companionship of Allah’s friends this Angel side of man takes precedence but when he stays away from worship and remembrance of Allah and stays away from the companionship of the Awliya and Ambiya, the black stinking mud of his will take precedence,
Allah’s friends, the Awliya Allah conquer this black stinking mud of thiers, they constantly are in remembrance of Allah and keep asking for Allah’s forgiveness to remain in this state of thiers
Allah reveals in the Holy Quran this other Angel side of man
Quran Surah Al Hijr (Quraan translation)
29. So when I accomplish the perfection of his (physical) constitution into his real being and breathe My (divine) spirit into (the inner self of) this (human physical) organism, then fall down prostrate before him.’
30. So, (no sooner did the light of Allah’s effulgence illumine the human organism than) all the angels fell down in prostration together,
31. Except Iblis. He refused to join those who prostrated themselves.
32. (Allah) said: ‘O Iblis, what has happened to you that you have not joined those who have prostrated themselves?’
33. (Iblis) replied: ‘I cannot be the one who should fall down prostrate before a human being You have created from old (and) black stinking, sounding mud.’
34. (Allah) said: ‘Then get out from here, for you are indeed the cursed one (the outcast).
35. And, verily, the curse will (persistently) rest upon you till the Day of Recompense.’
36. He said: ‘O Lord, then grant me respite till the Day (when) people will be raised up (again).’
37. Allah said: ‘So, indeed, you are amongst those granted respite,
38. Till the Day of the appointed time (Resurrection).’
The Promise of Iblees
Iblees then says that he will lead all people astray except those exalted servants who have gained freedom from the characteristics of the Black stinking Mud
Quraan Surah Al Hijr (Quraan translation)
39. Iblis said: ‘O Lord because You have led me astray, I will (also) best adorn and embellish for them (the sins, revolts, and violations) in the earth and will certainly lead all of them astray by all means,
40. Except for those exalted servants of Yours who have attained freedom (from my deceits and intrigues of the ill-commanding selves).’
Tassawuf is about knowing one’s self, Self-contemplation, suppressing this black stinking mud and emergence of the other side of man which is the noorani side of Man, this is achieved through the following the command of the Holy Prophet Muhammed Salalaahu Alaihi wasallam and remaining in the content companionship of Allah’s servants.
The Characteristics of this other side of man is also present from this hadees from Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim Book 37, Number 6623:
Hanzala Usayyidi, who was amongst the scribes of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). reported: I met Abu Bakr. He said: Who are you? He (Hanzala) said: Hanzala has turned to be a hypocrite. He (Abu Bakr) said: Hallowed be Allah, what are you saying?
Thereupon he said: I say that when we are in the company of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) we ponder over Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very eyes and when we are away from Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) we attend to our wives, our children, our business; most of these things (pertaining to After-life) slip out of our minds.
Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I also experience the same. So I and Abu Bakr went to Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to him: Allah’s Messenger, Hanzala has turned to be a hypocrite. Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What has happened to you?
I said: Allah’s Messenger, when we are in your company, we are reminded of Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and attend to our wives, children, and business, much of these things go out of our minds.
Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence and you are always busy in remembrance (of Allah), the Angels will shake hands with you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzala, time should be devoted (to the worldly affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and meditation). He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice.
Sahih Muslim Book 37, Number 6623:
In the above Hadees, the Holy Prophet MuhammedSalalaahu Alaihi wasallam said that
“By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence and you are always busy in remembrance (of Allah), the Angels will shake hands with you in your beds”
This hadith shows the effect of the nearness of the Holy Prophet Muhammed Salalaahu Alaihi wasallam and his exalted servants like the Awliya and the effect of prayer and worship and he also said that
“Time should be devoted (to the worldly affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and meditation). He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice.”
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