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Traditions About Paradise and Hell
محمد بن أبي عمير عن ابن بكير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام ومن ذكره عنه قال: لما اسرى برسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لم يمر (ما مر) بملك من الملائكة الا استبشر به حتى مر بملك لم يستبشر به كما استبشرت به الملائكة (ولم يقل له شيئا فوجده قاطبا عابسا) فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يا جبرئيل: ما مررت بملك (بخلق) من الملائكة (خلق الله) الا استبشر بي (رأيت البشر واللطف والسرور منه) الا هذا الملك (فمن هذا؟ قال) فقال يا رسول الله: هذا مالك خازن جهنم (النار) وهكذا جعله الله فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسله ان يرنيها (خلقه ربه قال: فانى أحب أن تطلب إليه ان يريني النار) فقال له جبرئيل عليه السلام يا مالك (ان) هذا محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقد قال لي انه لم يمر بملك من الملائكة الا استبشر به غيرك فقلت: ان هذا مالك خازن جهنم وهكذا جعله الله وقد سئلني أن أسألك أن تريها إياه (ان تريه إياها) قال: فكشف له طبقا من أطباقها قال: فما افتر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ضاحكا حتى مات.
4.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Ibn Bukayr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) and the one who narrated it from him, that he said, “When the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) was taken [to the heavens] by night, he did not pass by any one of the angels but that he became happy [to see him], until he passed by an angel who did not show happiness upon [seeing] him like the [other] angels did, and he did not say anything to him; rather, he found him morose and frowning. So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘O Jibraʾīl, I did not pass by any of the angels but that he was gladdened by [seeing] me, and I witnessed cheerfulness, graciousness, and joy from him, except this angel. Who is this?’ He replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, this angel is the warden of Hell, and this is how Allah has made him.’ So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Ask him to show me the creation of his Lord.’ [Or] he said, ‘I would like you to ask him to show me the Fire.’ Jibraʾīl (a) said to him, ‘O angel, this is Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allah (ṣ), and he has told me that he did not pass by any of the angels but that they expressed their joy at meeting him, except you. So I told him that this is the warden of Hell and that is how Allah has made him. He has now asked me to request you to show it to him.’ So one of its levels was unveiled for him.” Then he (the Imam) said, “After [seeing] that, the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) never smiled laughingly until the day he died.”
الحسن بن محبوب عن علي بن رئاب (رباب) عن أبي عبية عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن في جهنم لواد يقال له: غساق فيه ثلاثون وثلاثمأة قصر في كل قصر ثلاثون وثلاثمأة بيت في كل بيت ثلاثون وثلاثمأة عقرب في حمة * كل عقرب ثلاثون وثلاثمأة قلة سم لو أن عقربا منها نضحت (نفخت) سمها على أهل جهنم لوسعتهم سما.
5.Al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb narrated from ʿAlī ibn Riʾāb, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “Verily there is a valley in Hell which is called Ghassāq. In it are three hundred and thirty castles. Each castle has three hundred and thirty chambers and in each chamber, there are three hundred and thirty scorpions. Inside the stinger of each of these scorpions there are thirty-three sacs of venom. If a single one of those scorpions were to spray its venom on the inmates of Hell, it would [suffice to] cover them [all] with venom.”
النضر بن سويد عن درست عن أبي المغرا عن أبي بصير قال: لا اعلمه ذكره الا عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إذا أدخل الله أهل الجنة الجنة وأهل النار النار جيئ بالموت في صورة كبش حتى يوقف بين الجنة والنار قال: ثم ينادى مناد يسمع أهل الدارين جميعا: يا أهل الجنة يا أهل النار فإذا سمعوا الصوت أقبلوا قال: فيقال لهم: أتدرون ما هذا؟ هذا هو الموت الذي كنتم تخافون منه في الدنيا قال فيقولون أهل الجنة: اللهم لا تدخل الموت علينا قال: ويقول أهل النار: اللهم ادخل الموت علينا قال: ثم يذبح كما تذبح الشاة قال: ثم ينادى مناد: لا موت أبدا أيقنوا بالخلود قال: فيفرح أهل الجنة فرحا لو كان أحد يومئذ يموت من فرح لماتوا قال: ثم قرأ هذه الآية: (أفما نحن بميتين الا موتتنا الأولى وما نحن بمعذبين ان هذا لهو الفوز العظيم لمثل هذا فليعمل العاملون) قال: ويشهق أهل النار شهقة لو كان أحد ميتا يموت من شهيق لماتوا وهو: قول الله عز وجل: (وأنذرهم يوم الحسرة إذ قضى الامر).
6.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Durust, from Abū al-Maghrāʾ, from Abū Baṣīr who said, “I do not know of it being mentioned except by Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, ‘When Allah places the people of Paradise in Paradise and the people of Hell in Hell, death will be brought in the form of a ram until it is kept standing between Paradise and Hell… Then a caller will call out and the inhabitants of both abodes will hear him: “O people of Paradise! O people of Hell!” When they hear the voice, they will come forward. They will be asked, “Do you know what this is? This is the death that you used to fear in the world.” So the people of Paradise will say, “O Allah, do not allow death to enter upon us!” And the people of Hell will say, “O Allah, allow death to enter upon us!” Then it will be slaughtered the way a sheep is slaughtered. A caller will then call out: “There is no [more] death forever! Be certain of eternal life!” So the people of Paradise will rejoice in such a manner that if one could die out of joy, they would die on that day.’ Then he recited these verses: [Then he will ask his fellow believers,] “Are we [truly] never going to die, except our first death, nor suffer punishment [like others]? This is truly the ultimate triumph!” For the likes of this should everyone strive (Q39:58-60). He [then] said, ‘And the people of Hell will moan in such a manner that ifone could die of sorrow, they would die. And this is [referred to in] the verse wherein Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: And warn them of the Day of Regret, when all matters will be settled… (Q19:39).’”
الحسن بن علوان عن سعد بن طريف عن زيد بن علي عن آبائه عن علي عليه السلام قال: إن في الجنة لشجرة يخرج من أعلاها الحلل ومن أسفلها خيل بلق مسرجة ملجمة ذوات أجنحة لا تروث ولا تبول (فيركبها) فيركب عليها أولياء الله فتطير بهم في الجنة حيث شاؤوا فيقول الذين أسفل منهم: يا ربنا ما بلغ بعبادك هذه الكرامة؟ فيقول الله جل جلاله: انهم كانوا يقومون الليل ولا ينامون ويصومون النهار ولا يأكلون ويجاهدون العدو ولا يجنبون ويتصدقون ولا يبخلون
7.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUlwān narrated from Saʿd ibn Ṭarīf, from Zayd ibn ʿAlī, from his fathers, from ʿAlī (a) who said, “Verily there is a tree in Paradise from the top of which [paradisal] garments come forth, and from the bottom of which come horses of mixed black and white colour, saddled, bridled, and with wings, that neither defecate or urinate. They are mounted by the friends of Allah who fly with them wherever they wish in Paradise, so those who are below them will say, ‘Our Lord, what made these servants of Yours reach such a noble station?’ So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say, ‘They would stand up [to worship] in the night and would not sleep, they would fast during the day and not eat, they would fight the enemy and were not cowardly, and they would give charity and were not miserly.’”
الحسن بن علوان عن عمرو بن خالد عن زيد بن علي عن آبائه عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ان ناركم هذه لجزء من سبعين جزءا من نار جهنم ولقد أطفئت سبعين مرة بالماء ثم التهبت ولولا ذلك لما استطاع آدمي أن يطيقها (يطفأها خ ل) إذا التهبت وانه ليؤتى بها يوم القيامة حتى توضع على النار فتصرخ صرخة (ما) لا يبقى ملك مقرب ولا نبي مرسل إلا جثا على ركبتيه (لركبتيه) فزعا من صرختها.
8.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUlwān narrated from ʿAmr ibn Khālid, from Zayd ibn ʿAlī, from his fathers, from ʿAlī (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Verily this fire of yours is but one-seventieth of the fire of Hell [in intensity]. It has been extinguished seventy times with water and then rekindled. Were that not so, the human being would not have been able to bear it [or extinguish it] once it is ignited. On the Day of Resurrection, it will be brought and placed in the Fire [of Hell], so it will scream so loudly that there will remain no close angel, nor any sent Prophet, but that he will go down on his knees out of dread from its scream.’”
الحسن بن علوان عن عمرو بن خالد عن زيد بن علي عن آبائه عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ان أدنى أهل الجنة منزلة من الشهداء من له اثنا عشر الف زوجة من الحور العين وأربعة ألاف بكر واثنا عشر الف ثيب تخدم كل زوجة منهن سبعون الف خادم غير أن حور العين يضعف لهن يطوف على جماعتهن في كل أسبوع فإذا جاء يوم إحديهن أو ساعتها اجتمعن إليها يصوتن بأصوات لا أصوات أحلى منها ولا أحسن حتى ما يبقى في الجنة شئ الا اهتز لحسن أصواتهن يقلن: ألا نحن الخالدات فلا نموت أبدا ونحن الناعمات فلا نبأس أبدا ونحن الراضيات فلا نسخط أبدا.
9.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUlwān narrated from ʿAmr ibn Khālid, from Zayd ibn ʿAlī, from his fathers, from ʿAlī (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Verily the lowest of the inhabitants of Paradise in rank among the martyrs [1] is one who will have twelve thousand wives from the wide eyed houris, four thousand virgins, and twelve thousand non-virgins. Each of these wives will be served by seventy thousand servants, but the wide-eyed houris will have something more. He will go around their gatherings every week, and when the day or the hour of one of them comes, they will gather around her singing in voices so sweet and nice that no other voices can compare, until nothing remains in Paradise but that it is swayed by their voices. They will say, “Indeed, we are immortal, so we will never die; and we are [soft and] tender, so we will never become [wrinkled and] hard; and we are satisfied, so we will never get angry.”’”
إبراهيم بن أبي البلاد عن بعض أصحابهم (به) الفقهاء قال: لما خلق الله الجنة وأجرى أنهارها و (تدالى) هدل (أ) ثمارها وزخرفها قال: وعزتي لا يجاو (زنى) رنى فيك بخيل
10.Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from one of his learned companions who said, “When Allah created Paradise, and made its rivers flow, and dangled its fruits and ornaments, He said [to it], ‘[I swear] by My might, a miser will never be allowed into My company within you.’”
محمد بن الحصين (الحسين) عن أبي بصير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال إن الله خلق بيده جنة لم يرها عين (غيره) ولم يطلع عليها مخلوق يفتحها الرب تبارك وتعالى كل صباح فيقول: ازدادي طيبا ازدادي ريحا فتقول (ويقول) قد أفلح المؤمنين وهو قول الله تعالى: (فلا تعلم نفس ما اخفى لهم من قرة أعين جزاءا بما كانوا يعلمون.
11.Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Verily Allah created with His [own] hand a paradise that no eye has seen, and no creature is familiar with. The Blessed and Exalted Lord opens it up every morning and says, ‘Increase in [your sweet smelling] fragrance, increase in [your fresh] breeze!’ So it says, ‘Successful indeed are the believers.’ That is the [interpretation of the] verse wherein Allah, the Exalted, says: No soul can imagine what delights are hidden in store for them as a reward for what they used to do (Q32:17).”
محمد بن سنان قال: حدثني رجل عن أبي خالد الصيقل عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن (أهل ظ) الجنة توضع لهم موائد عليها من سائر ما يشتهونه من الأطعمة التي لا ألذ منها ولا أطيب ثم يرفعون (يدفعون) عن ذلك إلى غيره.
12.Muḥammad ibn Sinān said, “A man narrated to me from Abū Khālid al-Ṣayqal, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, ‘Verily the inhabitants of Paradise will have table spreads placed for them upon which will be all that they desire of foods that are incomparable in terms of their deliciousness and goodness, then [once they have partaken of it,] they will be moved from that to another.’”
النظر بن سويد عن درست عن بعض أصحابه عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: لو أن حورا من حور الجنة أشرفت على أهل الدنيا وأبدت ذؤابة من ذوائبها (لا فتن) لا متن أهل الدنيا. أو لا ماتت أهل الدنيا - وان المصلى ليصلى فإذا لم يسأل ربه أن يزوجه من الحور العين قلن: ما أزهد هذا فينا!
13.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Durust, from one of his companions, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “If a houri of Paradise were to approach the people of this world and display one of her forelocks, [all] the people of this world would become enthralled, or the people of this world would die [of desire]. And verily when a worshipper prays and does not ask his Lord to marry him with a wide-eyed houri [in Paradise], they say, ‘How abstemious he is regarding us!’”
