وَطَعَامًۭا ذَا غُصَّةٍۢ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا
Wa ta'aaman zaa ghussa tinw wa'azaaban aleemaa
And food that chokes and a painful punishment -
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Paradise & Hell
73:13Ayah 120
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and a food that chokes one that causes the throat to choke and this is either zaqqūm cf. Q. 4443 darī‘ cf. Q. 886 ghislīn cf. Q. 6936 or thorns of fire which can neither be vomited nor ingested and a painful chastisement in addition to the punishment mentioned for those who deny the Prophet s
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A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell. She had not provided it with food, or drink, and had not freed her so that she could eat the vermin of the earth.
A woman was punished because of a cat. She had neither provided her with food nor drink, nor set her free so that she might eat the vermin of the earth.
The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, "O `Aisha! I still feel the
pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that
poison."
A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the vermin of the earth.
The best treatment which you get is cupping. or aloeswood and do not torture your children by pressing their uvula.
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