Narrated Hammad from `Amr from Jabir: The Prophet said, "Some people will come out of the Fire through intercession looking like The Thaarir." I asked `Amr, "What is the Thaarir?" He said, Ad Dagh`Abis, and at that time he was toothless. Hammad added: I said to `Amr bin Dinar, "O Abu Muhammad! Did you hear Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, 'I heard the Prophet saying: 'Some people will come out of the Fire through intercession?" He said, "Yes. "
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Some have said that "tharareer" is another type of vegetable which is white in color.
The meaning is that these people will first become blackened like coal by burning in Hellfire.
Then, when they are taken out of Hell due to intercession (shafa‘ah) and are bathed in the Water of Life (ma’ al-hayat), they will become white like tharareer.
This hadith refutes those who say that a believer will not enter Hell.
Likewise, it also refutes those who say that intercession (shafa‘ah) will be of no benefit, such as the saying of the Mu‘tazilah and the Khawarij.
Al-Bayhaqi narrated from Umar radi Allahu anhu that he delivered a sermon and said: In this ummah there will arise people who will deny stoning (rajm), will deny the Dajjal, will deny the punishment of the grave,
and will deny intercession (shafa‘ah).
In another hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: My intercession will be for those among my ummah who are involved in major sins (kabirah).
O Allah, grant us the intercession of Muhammad and his family and all his companions. By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful, Ameen.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6558
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Some people from among the believers, due to the consequences of their sins, will be burned and turned into charcoal. Then, when they are taken out through intercession and placed in the Water of Life, they will become white like small cucumbers, and life will be created in them anew.
(2)
This hadith refutes those who say that those who commit major sins (kabirah) will not enter Hell, and it also refutes those who hold the view that intercession (shafa‘ah) will be of no benefit, as is the belief of the Mu‘tazilah and the Khawarij. On one occasion, ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu said that there will arise in this ummah people who will deny stoning (rajm), the Dajjal, the punishment of the grave, and intercession (shafa‘ah).
(Fath al-Bari: 11/519)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6558
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
نَخْرُجُ عَلَى النَّاسِ:
We will go out to the people to invite them to this creed.
(2)
زَعَمَ:
This is used in the meaning of "قَالَ" (he said), and that is what is meant here.
نَعَتَ:
He described.
(3)
عِيدَانُ السَّمَاسِمِ:
‘Eidan’ is the plural of ‘عود’ (wood), referring to sticks.
‘Samasim’ is the plural of ‘سمسم’ (sesame), and this refers to sesame.
Its plants are uprooted and left in the sun so that the sesame seeds can be extracted from them,
and by lying in the sun, they become blackened,
and appear as if they are burnt.
(4)
قَرَاطِيسُ:
The plural of ‘قِرْطَاسٌ’ (qirtas), meaning paper.
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
According to the Khawarij, those who enter Hell will never come out of it,
and the one who commits a major sin is a disbeliever,
and is destined for Hell.
And this belief
is contrary to authentic ahadith,
and the two verses that have been presented here
are not about sinning Muslims,
rather, they pertain to disbelievers and polytheists.
(2)
It cannot be imagined about any Companion (radi Allahu anhu)
that he would attribute a false statement to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam),
or attribute to him something he did not say.
Based on this belief, all these people
abandoned the erroneous creed of the Khawarij,
except for one man who persisted.
(3)
Abu Nu‘aym (rahimahullah)
is the kunyah of Fadl ibn Dukayn (rahimahullah),
and in the case of narrating by meaning (riwayah bil-ma‘na), the cautious approach is
to say "as he said" (kama qala) in such instances.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 473
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
DĀRĀT:
It is the plural of DĀRAH.
It refers to the sides and surroundings of the mouth,
meaning that the circumference of the face prostrates,
therefore, it will be protected from the Fire.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 472
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
This hadith refutes certain misguided sects who claim that whoever commits a sin will enter Hellfire forever. From this hadith, the vastness of Allah’s mercy is established.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 1280