*Paradise & Hell in Light of the Qur'an & Sunnah*
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*Episode 5️*
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*Part 4(A): The Vast Extent of Hell*
Hell is huge and vast and immensely deep, as is proven by several things:
(1) Those who will enter Hell are innumerable, yet one of them will be so huge that his molars will be as big as Mount Uhud, and the distance between his shoulders will be equivalent to three days walking. Nevertheless, Hell will accommodate the huge number of Kuffaar and evildoers who have existed throughout history, in spite of their huge size, and there will still be room for more, as Allah ï·» says in the Qur'an:
_*"On the Day when We will say to Hell: "Are you filled?" It will say: "Are there any more to come?" (50:30)*_
The Fire of Hell is like a mill to which are brought thousands upon thousands of tons of grain, which it grinds tirelessly until it is all done, then waits for more. In the hadith that describes the debate between Paradise and Hell, it says that Allah ﷻ said to Hell, _*"You are My Punishment; I will punish in you whomsoever I will". Both Paradise and Hell will be filled, but Hell will not be filled until Allah ﷻ places His foot in it and it will say, "Enough, enough!".*_ Then it will be filled and its different parts will come closer to one another. Allah ﷻ will not wrong any one of His Creation. Reported by al-Bukhaari and Muslim from Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه (Jaami' al-Usool, 10/544). [See the narration from Anas in al-Bukhaari, Muslim and Mishkaat ul-Masaabeeh, 3/109 with a similar meaning].
(2) Another indication of its vast depth is the fact that a stone thrown from the top of Hell takes a very long time to reach the bottom. Muslim reports that Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه said:
_*"We were with the Messenger of Allah ï·º and we heard the sound of something falling. The Prophet (saw) said, "Do you know what that was?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best". He said, "That was a stone that was thrown into Hell seventy years ago and it was falling through Hell until now".*_ (Muslim, Kitaab al-Jannah, Baab fi shiddat haar an-naar, 4/2184 no. 2844)
Haakim reports from Abu Hurayrah, and Tabaraani from Mu'aadh and Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet ﷺ said, _*"If there was a huge stone as big as seven khalifaat stones, and it was thrown from the edge of Hell it would fly through it for seventy years before it reached the bottom".*_ (Saheeh al-Jaami' as-Sagheer, 5/58, no. 5124, Its isnaad is saheeh).
_To be continued In Sha Allah_
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*Episode 5️*
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*Part 4(A): The Vast Extent of Hell*
Hell is huge and vast and immensely deep, as is proven by several things:
(1) Those who will enter Hell are innumerable, yet one of them will be so huge that his molars will be as big as Mount Uhud, and the distance between his shoulders will be equivalent to three days walking. Nevertheless, Hell will accommodate the huge number of Kuffaar and evildoers who have existed throughout history, in spite of their huge size, and there will still be room for more, as Allah ï·» says in the Qur'an:
_*"On the Day when We will say to Hell: "Are you filled?" It will say: "Are there any more to come?" (50:30)*_
The Fire of Hell is like a mill to which are brought thousands upon thousands of tons of grain, which it grinds tirelessly until it is all done, then waits for more. In the hadith that describes the debate between Paradise and Hell, it says that Allah ﷻ said to Hell, _*"You are My Punishment; I will punish in you whomsoever I will". Both Paradise and Hell will be filled, but Hell will not be filled until Allah ﷻ places His foot in it and it will say, "Enough, enough!".*_ Then it will be filled and its different parts will come closer to one another. Allah ﷻ will not wrong any one of His Creation. Reported by al-Bukhaari and Muslim from Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه (Jaami' al-Usool, 10/544). [See the narration from Anas in al-Bukhaari, Muslim and Mishkaat ul-Masaabeeh, 3/109 with a similar meaning].
(2) Another indication of its vast depth is the fact that a stone thrown from the top of Hell takes a very long time to reach the bottom. Muslim reports that Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه said:
_*"We were with the Messenger of Allah ï·º and we heard the sound of something falling. The Prophet (saw) said, "Do you know what that was?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best". He said, "That was a stone that was thrown into Hell seventy years ago and it was falling through Hell until now".*_ (Muslim, Kitaab al-Jannah, Baab fi shiddat haar an-naar, 4/2184 no. 2844)
Haakim reports from Abu Hurayrah, and Tabaraani from Mu'aadh and Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet ﷺ said, _*"If there was a huge stone as big as seven khalifaat stones, and it was thrown from the edge of Hell it would fly through it for seventy years before it reached the bottom".*_ (Saheeh al-Jaami' as-Sagheer, 5/58, no. 5124, Its isnaad is saheeh).
_To be continued In Sha Allah_
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