Hadith 6544

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " يَدْخُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ : يَا أَهْلَ النَّارِ ، لَا مَوْتَ ، وَيَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ ، لَا مَوْتَ ، خُلُودٌ " .
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet; said, "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise, and the people of the (Hell) Fire will enter the (Hell) Fire: then a call-maker will get up (and make an announcement) among them, 'O the people of the (Hell) Fire! No death anymore ! And O people of Paradise! No death (anymore) but Eternity."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الرقاق / 6544
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
This death will be brought forth embodied in the form of a ram.
Therefore, its being slaughtered is not at all contrary to reason.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6548
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
In a narration from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri radi Allahu anhu, it is stated:
"Death will be brought in the form of a ram with black and white colors, and after being shown to the people of Paradise and the people of Hell, it will be slaughtered."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Tafsir, Hadith: 4730)
In another narration:
"It will be slaughtered on the wall between Paradise and Hell."
(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Sifat al-Jannah, Hadith: 2557)
The whiteness alludes to the beauty of the people of Paradise, and the blackness alludes to the ugliness of the people of Hell.
(Fath al-Bari: 11/511)

(2)
Some people have objected that death is an accident (a'rad) which has no independent existence of its own, so what does it mean to slaughter it? But this objection is merely for the sake of objecting and has no basis in reality, because the All-Powerful (Qadir Mutlaq) will give it the existence of a ram, and then it will be slaughtered.
In this manner, its being slaughtered is not contrary to reason, such that the hadith should be accused of being irrational.

(3)
From this it is also understood that after death is slaughtered, Hell will never be brought to an end at any time, rather it will remain forever.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6548
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: These hadiths establish that Paradise (Jannah) and Hellfire (Jahannam) and their inhabitants will remain forever and ever; none of these things will perish.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7183