The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.

Allah the Exalted and Glorious, said: I have prepared for My pious servants which no eye has ever seen, and no ear has ever heard, and no human heart ...

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: I have prepared for My pious servants which no eye (has ever) seen, no ear has (ever) heard and no human heart ...

I have prepared for My pious servants which the eye has seen not, and the ear has heard not and no human heart has ever perceived such bounties leavin...

I was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he gave a description of Paradise and then Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) concluded with these words: There wo...

In Paradise, there is a tree under the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred years.

" He will not be able to cover this distance."

In Paradise, there is a tree under the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred years without covering (the distance) completely. This hadith ...

O, Dwellers of Paradise, and they would say in response: At thy service and pleasure, our Lord, the good is in Thy Hand. He (the Lord) would say: Are ...

The inmates of Paradise will look to the upper apartment of Paradise as you see the planets in the sky. I narrated this hadith to Nu'man b. Abi 'Ayyas...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hazim through another chain of transmitters.

The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the weste...

The people most loved by me from amongst my Ummah would be those who would come after me but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire to ca...

In Paradise there is a street to which they would come every Friday. The north wind will blow and would scatter fragrance on their faces and on their ...

The (members) of the first group to get into Paradise would have their faces as bright as full moon during the night, and the next to this group would...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.

The (members of the) first group which would get into Paradise will have their faces as bright as stars in the sky. They would neither pass water, nor...

The first group of my Ummah to get into Paradise would be like a full moon in the night. Then those who would be next to them; they would be like the ...

These are some of the ahidith which Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and one is this that he is reported to have said: The (members of ...

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying that the inmates of Paradise would eat and drink but would neither spit, nor pass water, nor void excrement, nor...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash with a slight variation of wording.

Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that the inmates of Paradise would eat therein and they would also drink, but they would ne...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Jabir with a slight variation of wording.

He who would get into Paradise (would be made to enjoy such an everlasting) bliss that he would neither become destitute, nor would his clothes wear o...

There would be an announcer (in Paradise) who would make this announcement: Verily I there is in store for you (everlasting) health and that you shoul...

Abu Bakr b. Abdullah b. Qais reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that in Paradise there would be for a believer a ...

Abu Bakr b. Abdullah b. Qais reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that in Paradise there would be a tent made of a ...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr b. Abu Musa b. Qais who, on the authority of his father, reported the Apostle (ﷺ) to hav...

Saihan, Jaihan, Euphrates and Nile are all among the rivers of Paradise.

There would enter Paradise people whose hearts would be like those of the hearts of birds.

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created Adam in His image with His length of sixty cubits, and as He created him He told him to greet that group, and...

Hell would be brought on that day (the Day of Judgment) with seventy thousand bridles, and seventy thousand angels dragging each bridle.

The fire which sons of Adam burn is only one-seventieth part of the Fire of Hell. His Companions said: By Allah, even ordinary fire would have been en...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abn Huraira through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.

We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that we heard a terrible sound. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Do you know what (sound) is this? ...

It reached at its base and you heard its sound.

There will be some to whose ankels the fire will reach, some to whose knees, some to whose waist the fire will reach, and some to whose collar-bone th...

There would be among them those to whom the fire will reach up to their ankels and to some of them the fire would reach their knees and to some it wou...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

There was a dispute between the Hell and the Paradise and it (the Hell) said: The haughty and the proud would find abode in me. And the Paradise said:...

The Hell and the Paradise fell into dispute and the Hell said: I have been dis- tinguished by the proud and the haughty. And the Paradise said: What i...

The Paradise and the Hell disputed with each other. The rest of the hadith is the same.

The Paradise and the Hell fell into dispute and the Hell said: 1 have been distinguished for accommodating (the haughty and proud in me), and the Para...

The Paradise and the Hell disputed with each other. The rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by Abu Huraira up to the words'." It is essentia...

Is there anything more, until Allah, the Exalted and High, would place His foot therein and that would say: Enough, enough, by Your Honour, and some p...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.

We would say to Hell on the Day of Ressurection: Have you been completely filled up? and it would say: Is there anything -more? And he stated on the a...

There would be left some space in Paradise as Allah would like that to be left. Then Allah would create another creation as He would like.

Death would be brought on the Day of Resurrection. in the form of a white-coloured ram. Abu Kuraib made this addition: Then it would be made to stand ...

When the inmates of Paradise would be admitted to Paradise and the inmates of Hell would be admitted to Hell, it would be said (to the inmates of Para...

Allah would admit the inmates of Paradise into Paradise and the inmates of Hell into Hell. Then the announcer would stand between them and say: 0 inma...

When the inmates of Paradise would go to Paradise and the inmates of Hell would go to Hell, death would be called and it would be placed between the P...

The molar tooth of an unbeliever or the canine teeth of an unbeliever will be like Uhud and the thickness of his skin a three night's journey.

The distance of the two shoulders of the non-believer in Hell will be a three-day journey for a swift rider.

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? They said: Do this, of course. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Every humble person who is cons...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? (And then informing about them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be humble and if they...

Many a people with dishevelled hair are driven away from the door (but they are so pious) that if they are to swear in the name of Allah, He would def...

" When the basest of them broke forth with mischief" (xei. 12). When A mischievous person, strong even because of the strength of a family like Abu Za...

I saw 'Amr b. Luhayy b. Qam'a b. Khindif, brother of Bani Ka'b, dragging his Intestines in Fire.

I saw 'Amr b. 'Amir al-Khuzili dragging his intestines in fire and he was the first who devoted animals to deity.

Two are the types amongst the denizens of Hell, the one possessing whips like the tail of an ox and they flog people with their help. (The second one)...

If you survive for a time you would certainly see people who would have whips in their hands like the tail of an ox. They would get up in the morning ...

If you live for a time, you would certainly see people get up (in the morning) in the wrath of Allah and getting into the evening under the curse of A...

By Allah, this world (is so insigni- ficant in comparison) to the Hereafter that if one of you should dip his finger- (and wnile saying this Yahyg poi...

The people would be assembled on the Day of Resurrection barefooted, naked and uncircumcised. I said: Allah's Messenger, will the male and the female ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hatim b. Abi Saghira with the same chain of transmitters and there is no mention of the word" uncirc...

Ibn Abbas reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) deliver an address and he was saying that they would meet Allah barefooted, naked and uncircumc...

While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up to deliver a sermon, he said: 0 people, Allah would make you assemble barefooted, naked and uncircumcised (and th...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying, The people will be assembled in three categories. Those desirous (of Paradise), fearing (Hell), co...

When the people stand before Allah, the Lord of the worlds, each one of them would stand submerged into perspiration up to half of his ears, and there...

" One of them would be completely submerged in perspiration up to half of his ears."

The perspiration would spread on the Day of Resurrection upon the earth to the extent of seventy cubits and it would reach up to their mouths or up to...

I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying: On the Day of Resurrection, the sun would draw so close to the people that there woum be ...

Behold, my Lord commanded me that I should teach you which you do not know and which He has taught me today. (He has instructed thus): The property wh...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Iyad b. Himar that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave an address one day. The rest of the hadith is the ...

" Allah revealed to me that we should be humble amongst ourselves and none should show pride upon the others, And it does not behove one to do so, and...

When any one of you dies, he is shown his seat (in the Hereafter) morning and evening; if he is amongst the inmates of Paradise (he is shown the seat)...

When a person dies, he is shown his seat morning and evening. If he is one amongst the inmates of Paradise (he is shown his seat) in Paradise and if h...

I did not hear this hadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) directly but it was Zaid b. Thabit who narrated it from him. As Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) was going alon...

If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torme...

" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and said: It is the Jews who are being tormented in their graves.

When the servant is placed in his grave, his companions retrace their steps, and he hears the noise of their footsteps, two angels come to him and mak...

When the dead body. is placed in the grave, he listens to the sound of the shoes (as his friends and relatives return after burying him).

When the servant is placed in his grave and his friends retrace their steps. The rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by Qatada.

This verse: "Allah grants steadfastness to those who believe with firm word," was revealed in connection with the torment of the grave. It would be sa...

"Allah keeps those who believe steadfast with firm word in this world and the Hereafter" was revealed in connection with the torment of the grave.

When the soul of a believer would go out (of his body) it would be received bv two angels who would take it to the sky. Hammad (one of the narrators i...

We were along with Umar between Mecca and Medina that we began to look for the new moon. And I was a man with sharp eye- sight, so I could see it, but...

O Abu Jahl b. Hisham, O Umayya b. Khalaf, O Utba b. Rab'ila, O Shaiba b. Rabi'a, have you not found what your Lord had promised with you to be correct...

When it was the Day of Badr and Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had gained victory over them (the Meccans), he commanded more than twenty persons, and in another ...

He who is taken to account on the Day of Resurrection is in fact put to torment. I said: Has Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, not said this: 'He will ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of transmitters.

Everyone who is reckoned thoroughly is undone. I said: Allah's Messenger, has Allah not called (reckoning) as easy reckoning? Thereupon he said.. It i...

He who is examined thoroughly In reckoning is undone.

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying three days before his death: None of you should court death but only hoping good from Allah

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say three days before his death: None of you should die but hoping only good from Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying. Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash but with a slight variation of wording.

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When Allah intends to chastise a people, He chastises all of them then they would be raised according to thei...