Ahadith

Samurah ibn Jundub relates that the Holy Prophet said: Some will be caught in the Fire up to their ankles, some up to their knees, some up to their waists and some up to their necks (Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Mankind will face the Lord of the worlds while some of them will be sunk in their perspiration up to the middle of their ears (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Anas relates: The Holy Prophet delivered an address to us the like of which I had never heard from him before, in the course of which he said: If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much. Thereupon those present covered their faces and fell to sobbing (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: Some tidings reached the Holy Prophet concerning his companions upon which he addressed them and said: Paradise and the Fire were presented to my view, so that I have never seen the like of this day in good and in evil. If you were to know what I know you would laugh little and weep much. His companions then passed through an experience of suffering" that had not an equal. They covered their faces and fell into a paroxysm of sobbing. (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Miqdad relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: On the Day of Judgment the sun will be as close to people as if it were only a mile away from them, and people will perspire according to the quality of their deeds. The perspiration of some will rise to their ankles, of others to their knees, of others to their waists and some will be bridled by their perspiration. The Holy Prophet pointed to his mouth by way of illustration (Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: People will perspire so much on the Day of Judgment that the earth will be soaked with it to a depth of seventy yards and people will be bridled with it after it has come up to their ears (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Abu Hurairah relates: We were with the Holy Prophet when he heard the sound of something heavy falling, and he asked us: Do you know what that was? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: This was a stone that had been thrown into hell seventy years before; it kept falling into it up to this moment. It has now reached its bottom and you have heard the sound of its touching bottom (Muslim). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

This hadith is the same as No. 139. (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Abu Dharr relates.that the Holy Prophet said: I see that which you do not. The heaven creaks and is justified in doing so. There is not in it a hand’s breadth of space but is occupied by an angel whose forehead is in prostration before Allah. If you knew what I know you would laugh little and weep much, you would not enjoy consorting with your wives and you would issue forth into the streets and open spaces seeking shelter with Allah (Tirmidhi). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Abu Barzah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A servant of Allah will remain standing .on the Day of Judgment till he is questioned about his age and how he spent it; and about his knowledge and what he did with it; and about his wealth, how he acquired it and in what did he spend it; and about his body and how he wore it out (Tirmidhi). (Al-Baqarah 42, Al-Buruj 14, Aal-e-`Imran 30, Ar-Rahman 48)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet recited: On that day the earth will narrate its account (95.5); and inquired: Do you know what its account is? He was told: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: Its account is that it shall bear witness against every servant and handmaiden of Allah concerning that which they did on its back. It will say: You did this and this on such and such a day. This will be its account (Tirmidhi). (Az-Zumar 55, Saba 19, TaHa 50, Al-A`raf 158)