The Hereafter Series

Grave-Punishments(part 2)

4,5,6 and 7 :

[Al-Bukhaari (1386, 7047)] narrated that Samurah ibn Jundub said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) often used to ask his companions, "Has any one of you had a dream?" Then those whom Allah willed would tell him (about their dreams). One morning he said,

"Last night, two people came to me (in a dream), and woke me up and said, 'Let's go!' I set out with them, and we came across a man who was lying down, with another man standing over him, holding a big rock. He threw the rock at the man's head, smashing it. The rock rolled away, and the one who had thrown it followed it, and picked it up. By the time he came back to the man, his head had been restored to its former state. Then he (the one who had thrown the rock) did the same as he had done before. I said to my two companions, 'Subhaan Allah! Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Move on!' So we went on, and came to a man who was lying flat on his back, with another man standing over him, holding an iron hook. He put the hook in the man's mouth and tore off that side of his face to the back (of his neck), and he tore his nose and his eye from front to back in a similar manner. Then he turned to the other side of the man's face and did likewise. No sooner had he finished the second side but the first side was restored to its former state, then he went back and did the same thing again. I said to my two companions, 'Subhaan Allah! Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Move on!' So we went on, and came to something like a tannoor (a kind of oven, lined with clay, usually used for baking bread). - I think the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, in that oven there was much noise and voices. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) added: - We looked into it and saw naked men and women. A flame of fire was reaching them from underneath, and when it reached them, they cried out loudly. I asked them, 'Who are these?' They said to me, 'Move on!' So we went on and came to a river - I think he said, red like blood. - In the river there was a man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had gathered many stones. Whilst the swimmer was swimming, the man who had gathered the stones approached him. The swimmer opened his mouth and the man on the bank threw a stone into it, then the swimmer carried on swimming. Each time he came back, he opened his mouth again, and the man on the bank threw another stone into his mouth. I said to my two companions, 'Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Move on, move on!' ...

I said to them, I have seen many wonders this night. What do all these things mean that I have seen?' They said: 'We will tell you. The first man you came across, whose head was being smashed with the rock, is the man who studies the Qur'aan then he neither recites it nor acts upon it, and he goes to sleep, neglecting the obligatory prayers ( if i remember well then i think that this means that a person goes and sleeps even when he knows that he has to pray, thereby giveing importance to sleep over prayers). The man you came across whose mouth, nose and ears were being torn from front to back, is the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells a lie that is so serious that it spreads all over the world. The naked men and women whom you saw in a structure that resembled an oven are the adulterers and adulteresses. The man you saw swimming in the river with rocks being thrown into his mouth is the one who consumed riba (usury)."

8. Enjoining righteousness upon others and forgetting oneself:

It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra'), I saw men whose lips were being cut off with scissors of fire. I said: 'Who are these, O Jibreel (Gabriel) ?' He said: 'These are the khateebs from among your ummah (people) who used to enjoin righteousness on the people and forget themselves, and they used to recite the Book but they did not understand.'

( this for example is for me, i am telling all of you all reading this to be righteous but if i myself dont follow the things that i am telling you all to follow then this will be my punishment. Khudana khasta ( may Allah forbid) because it is wrong to tell others to do something, while you yourself arent doing it. So one should make a habit of listening, learning and applying the Qur'an and hadith in ones life before spreading it to others.)