Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire) whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart.' They will come out, and by that time they would have burnt and became like coal, and then they will be thrown into the river of Al-Hayyat (life) and they will spring up just as a seed grows on the bank of a rainwater stream." The Prophet said, "Don't you see that the germinating seed comes out yellow and twisted?"
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Those people who will be taken out of Hell, the inhabitants of Paradise will refer to them with the title "Jahannami" (people of Hell), whereas with Allah, their name will be "those freed by Allah," as is mentioned in a hadith.
(Sahih Muslim, Al-Iman, Hadith: 454 (183)) (2)
The return of people to their original state has been likened to that seed which quickly sprouts in the debris and refuse of a flood.
When the inhabitants of Hell are placed in the Water of Life (Aab-e-Hayat), they will very quickly return to their original bodies.
Some scholars are of the opinion that the title "Jahannami" is not for their disgrace, but rather so that they may remember Allah's blessing and continue to express gratitude for it. However, Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah did not agree with this view; rather, he wrote that if this were the case, there would be no reason to remove this title.
(Fath al-Bari: 11/523)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6560
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
The meaning of the heart being weak and the breast being tender is that within their hearts there is fear (khawf), awe (khashyah), and humility (tawadu‘), and they possess the ability to be quickly affected by admonition and advice, and to accept what is correct.
They are free from the hardness and harshness of the heart, and their hearts are sound and pure.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 184
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
AL-FAKHRU:
Boasting and arrogance.
(2)
AL-KHUYALĀ’:
Pride, considering others to be inferior.
(3)
AHL AL-WABAR:
The people of the desert; Bedouins. "Wabar" refers to the hair of camels. These people generally lived in the wilderness.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 185
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
Passing safely and swiftly over the Bridge of Sirat will depend on faith (iman) and righteous deeds (amal salih). The stronger the faith, the faster one will cross; and the greater the sins, the more the hooks and thorns on the Bridge of Sirat will wound the person. And for those concerning whom it is decreed, those hooks will drag them into Hell (Jahannam).
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4280
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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Sinful believers will be taken out of Hell after spending some time receiving punishment.
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The believers mentioned in this hadith are those who will be the last to be taken out of Hell.
Whether they are taken out due to the intercession of the believers or by Allah’s special grace without anyone’s intercession.
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The water of Paradise will remove the effects of Hell.
And those who are saved from Hell will become happy and healthy just like the other inhabitants of Paradise.
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When floodwater is strong, grains of crops or seeds of wild plants also come along with it.
And when the floodwater recedes, the soil that came with it remains behind.
And in it, those moist seeds sprout.
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When a seed sprouts, the plant is weak, withered, and yellow.
Similarly, when those sinful people come out of Hell, they will be burnt and weak due to the fire.
Then, because of the water of Paradise, they will become healthy.
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One should not despair of Allah’s mercy, but neither should one feel secure from Allah’s punishment.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4309