Hell
30 sayings
If a drop of hellish Zaghoom drips to the world, it will ruin the life of the people.So, what would happen to the ones whose otherworldly food is Zaghoom.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 981; Page No. 139 link
If it is said to the dwellers of Hell that they will stay there to the number of sands on the earth, they will rejoice, and if the same is said to the dwellers of Paradise, they will feel sad, but God has granted eternal life to the latter.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 996; Page No. 141 link
Hell has a door through which nobody is allowed to pass, save those who quench their wrath by making the Exalted God angry.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 892; Page No. 126 link
Hell is not allowed to burn the eyes having shed tears out of God's fear, the eyes having been wide awake for God's sake, the eyes having been kept away from the unlawful and the eyes having been cut out in the way of God.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 895; Page No. 127 link
Hell is not allowed to seize a gentle, lenient, and an easy-going man who keeps close relations with people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 896; Page No. 127 link
Hell is the abode of fraud, deceit and treachery.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 897; Page No. 127 link
Hell is the abode of oppressors and their supporters.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 898; Page No. 127 link
Hell is the dwelling of the cunning people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 899; Page No. 127 link
HellFire will be the abode of a person whose tongue frightens people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 900; Page No. 127 link
Hell is filled with wishes, and Heaven with the abominable.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 893; Page No. 126 link
Hell is not allowed to burn the eyes having shed tear out of God's fear, and the eyes having watched out in the way of God.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 894; Page No. 126&127 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) says that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) turned towards his companions and said, "Pick up the shield of Allah." The companions asked, "There is no enemy, why should we pick up the shield?" The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Pick it up for combating the Hell and recite Sub-h'aanallaahi wal h'amdu lillaahi wa laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu akbar."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 36 link
The people of the Fire to experience the least pain will be wearing slippers of fire, whilst their brains will be boiling due to the [intensity of the] heat of their slippers.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 39507; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 402 link
The person to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be the scholar who did not benefit from his own knowledge.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28977; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 402 link
He who has even an atom's weight of faith in his heart will leave the Fire.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 284; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 403 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of the Fire whose din is ready, whose flames are fierce, and whose pain is ever fresh.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2620; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 400 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The Fire whose rage is fierce, its din is high, its flame is glowing, its blaze is stirring up, its exhalation is furious, its extinction is remote, its fuel is blazing, and its threat is fearful.
Ghurar al-Hikam, 9995; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 400 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) said, relating what Gabriel (AS) once said to the Prophet (SAWA), 'If only one link of the chain whose length is seventy cubits was to be tied down on this world, the world would melt by its heat.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 280, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 400 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) relating what Gabriel (AS) said to the Prophet (SAWA), 'If only one garment from among the garments of the people of the Fire was to be hung between the sky and the earth, the people of this world would die of its smell.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 533, no. 1162; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 400 link
If a bucket of the pus [of Hell] was to be poured where the sun rises, the skulls of the people living where it sets would boil.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 280, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 401 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) relating what Gabriel said to the Prophet (SAWA), 'If one drop of the cactus [of Hell] was to drop in the drink of the people of this world, they would die of its stench.'
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 401 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When the Zaqqum and the cactus will boil in the stomachs of the people of the Fire, like boiling water, they will ask for a drink, and will be given a drink made of pus and festering matter. One will swallow it painfully but will not enjoy it, and death will come to him from all sides though he will not die.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 302, no. 58; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 401 link
The first to enter the Fire will be a domineering ruler who did not maintain justice, a rich man possessing wealth who does not give his due from his wealth, and a poor man who is arrogant.
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 28, no. 20; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 401 link
The [categories of] people to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be: the man who killed a prophet or was killed by a prophet, the leader of deception, and the sculptor.
al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 1, p. 178; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 402 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The person to experience the greatest punishment will be the man who recompenses good done unto him with evil.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3217; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 402 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The person to experience the greatest pain on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who was dissatisfied with the decree of Allah.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3225; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 402 link
Verily there is a valley in Hell reserved for the arrogant, called Saqar, which complained to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, about its severe heat and asked His permission to breathe. So it breathed, and thus ignited Hell!
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 310, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 403 link
Allah will not retain anybody in the Fire permanently except the people of disbelief, denial, error and polytheism. And whoever shuns the grave sins from among the believers will not be asked about the minor ones.
al-Tawhid, p. 407, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 403 link
Some people will burn in the Fire, until they are burned to ashes [and become pure] then they will be taken out through intercession.
al-Zuhd li al-Husayn b. Sa`aid, p. 96, no. 260; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 403 link
The people of the Fire will be kept permanently in the Fire because their intentions in the world were such that if they were to live forever therein, they would disobey Allah forever. And verily the people of Paradise will also be made to remain in Paradise permanently because their intentions in this world were to obey Allah if only they were to live there forever. So, it is due to their intentions that these and those have their permanent residence.' Then Imam recited the word of Allah, the Exalted: "Say, 'Everyone acts according to his character" 170 and said that it means according to his intention.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 85, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 404 link
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