Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Ar-Riqaq (Softening of The Hearts)
51- بَابُ صِفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ:
(51) Chapter. The description of Paradise and the Fire.
26 hadith · references 6546–6572
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Bukhari · 6546اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ ، وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I looked into paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the poor, and I looked into the Fire and found that the majority of its people were women."4 narratorsBukhari · 6547قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ ، فَكَانَ عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا الْمَسَاكِينَ ، وَأَصْحَابُ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ قَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ ، وَقُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ النَّارِ ، فَإِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw that the majority of the people who had entered it were poor people, while the rich were forbidden (to enter along with the poor, because they were waiting t5 narratorsBukhari · 6548إِذَا صَارَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ إِلَى النَّارِ ، جِيءَ بِالْمَوْتِ حَتَّى يُجْعَلَ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ ، ثُمَّ يُذْبَحُ ، ثُمَّ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ : يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ ، لَا مAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed between the Fire and Paradise, and then it will be5 narratorsBukhari · 6549إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ لِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ :Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, 'O the people of Paradise!' They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik!' Allah will say, 'Are you pleased?" They will say, 'Why should we not b6 narratorsBukhari · 6550وَيْحَكِ أَوَهَبِلْتِ أَوَجَنَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ؟ هِيَ إِنَّهَا جِنَانٌ كَثِيرَةٌ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي جَنَّةِ الْفِرْدَوْسِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in three days."5 narratorsBukhari · 6551مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَيِ الْكَافِرِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ للرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in three days."5 narratorsBukhari · 6552إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast (or a trained) rider may travel for one hundred years without being able to cross it.5 narratorsBukhari · 6553إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ الْجَوَادَ الْمُضَمَّرَ السَّرِيعَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ مَا يَقْطَعُهَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast (or a trained) rider may travel for one hundred years without being able to cross it.3 narratorsBukhari · 6554لَيَدْخُلَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا أَوْ سَبْعُ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ لَا يَدْرِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ ، أَيُّهُمَا قَالَ مُتَمَاسِكُونَ آخِذٌ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا ، لَا يَدْخُلُ أَوَّلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ آخِرُهُمAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Seventy thousand or seven hundred thousand of my followers will enter Paradise. (Abu Hazim, the sub-narrator, is not sure as to which of the two numbers is correct.) They will be holding on t4 narratorsBukhari · 6555إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْغُرَفَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا تَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ فِي السَّمَاءِ"As you see a glittering star remaining in the eastern horizon and the western horizon."4 narratorsBukhari · 6556كَمَا تَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الْغَارِبَ فِي الْأُفُقِ الشَّرْقِيِّ وَالْغَرْبِيِّ"As you see a glittering star remaining in the eastern horizon and the western horizon."3 narratorsBukhari · 6557لِأَهْوَنِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ : لَوْ أَنَّ لَكَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the person who will have the minimum punishment in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection, 'If you had things equal to whatever is on the earth, would you ransom yourself (from the p5 narratorsBukhari · 6558يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ بِالشَّفَاعَةِ كَأَنَّهُمُ الثَّعَارِيرُ ، قُلْتُ : مَا الثَّعَارِيرُ ؟ قَالَ : الضَّغَابِيسُ ، وَكَانَ قَدْ سَقَطَ فَمُهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will come out of the Fire through intercession looking like The Thaarir." I asked `Amr, "What is the Thaarir?" He said, Ad Dagh`Abis, and at that time he was toothless. Hammad added I s4 narratorsBukhari · 6559يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ بَعْدَ مَا مَسَّهُمْ مِنْهَا سَفْعٌ ، فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ ، فَيُسَمِّيهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ : الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will come out of the Fire after they have received a touch of the Fire, changing their color, and they will enter Paradise, and the people of Paradise will name them 'Al- Jahannamiyin' 4 narratorsBukhari · 6560إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ ، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ : مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ ، فَيَخْرُجُونَ قَدِ امْتُحِشُوا وَعَادُوا حُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire) whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in h5 narratorsBukhari · 6561إِنَّ أَهْوَنَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، لَرَجُلٌ تُوضَعُ فِي أَخْمَصِ قَدَمَيْهِ جَمْرَةٌ يَغْلِي مِنْهَا دِمَاغُهُI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The person who will have the least punishment from amongst the Hell Fire people on the Day of Resurrection, will be a man under whose arch of the feet a smoldering ember will be placed so5 narratorsBukhari · 6562إِنَّ أَهْوَنَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ : رَجُلٌ عَلَى أَخْمَصِ قَدَمَيْهِ جَمْرَتَانِ يَغْلِي مِنْهُمَا دِمَاغُهُ كَمَا يَغْلِي الْمِرْجَلُ وَالْقُمْقُمُI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The least punished person of the (Hell) Fire people on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under whose arch of the feet two smoldering embers will be placed, because of which his brain 4 narratorsBukhari · 6563ذَكَرَ النَّارَ ، فَأَشَاحَ بِوَجْهِهِ ، فَتَعَوَّذَ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ النَّارَ ، فَأَشَاحَ بِوَجْهِهِ ، فَتَعَوَّذَ مِنْهَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَبِكَلِمَةThe Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and asked for Allah's protection from it, and then again he mentioned the Fire and turned his face aside and asked for Allah's protection from it and said, "Pr5 narratorsBukhari · 6564لَعَلَّهُ تَنْفَعُهُ شَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَيُجْعَلُ فِي ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنَ النَّارِ يَبْلُغُ كَعْبَيْهِ يَغْلِي مِنْهُ أُمُّ دِمَاغِهِI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s when his uncle, Abu Talib had been mentioned in his presence, saying, "May be my intercession will help him (Abu Talib) on the Day of Resurrection so that he may be put in a shallow place i6 narratorsBukhari · 6565يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَيَقُولُونَ : لَوِ اسْتَشْفَعْنَا عَلَى رَبِّنَا حَتَّى يُرِيحَنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا ، فَيَأْتُونَ آدَمَ ، فَيَقُولُونَ : أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ ، وَنَفَخَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will say, 'Let us request someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Th4 narratorsBukhari · 6566يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ يُسَمَّوْنَ : الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some people will be taken out of the Fire through the intercession of Muhammad they will enter Paradise and will be called Al-Jahannamiyin (the Hell Fire people).5 narratorsBukhari · 6567هَبِلْتِ أَجَنَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ هِيَ ، إِنَّهَا جِنَانٌ كَثِيرَةٌ ، وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْفِرْدَوْسِ الْأَعْلَىUm (the mother of) Haritha came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after Haritha had been martyred on the Day (of the battle) of Badr by an arrow thrown by an unknown person. She said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You know the positi4 narratorsBukhari · 6569لَا يَدْخُلُ أَحَدٌ الْجَنَّةَ ، إِلَّا أُرِيَ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ لَوْ أَسَاءَ ، لِيَزْدَادَ شُكْرًا ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ ، أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أُرِيَ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ لَوْ أَحْسَنَ ، لِيَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None will enter Paradise but will be shown the place he would have occupied in the (Hell) Fire if he had rejected faith, so that he may be more thankful; and none will enter the (Hell) Fire but wil5 narratorsBukhari · 6570لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَحَدٌ أَوَّلُ مِنْكَ ، لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ ، أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ : مَنْ قَالَ : لَI said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who will be the luckiest person who will gain your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Huraira! I have thought that none will ask me about this Hadith 5 narratorsBukhari · 6571إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْهَا ، وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولًا ، رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ كَبْوًا ، فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ : اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ، فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I know the person who will be the last to come out of the (Hell) Fire, and the last to enter Paradise. He will be a man who will come out of the (Hell) Fire crawling, and Allah will say to him, 'Go6 narratorsBukhari · 6572هَلْ نَفَعْتَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ بِشَيْءٍ ؟that he said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Did you benefit Abu Talib with anything?"5 narrators