Musnad Ahmad

Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), after offering the Fajr prayer, would turn towards us and ask, "Did any of you see a dream last night?" If anyone had seen a dream, he would present it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would interpret it according to Allah's will. Thus, as per routine, one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked us, "Did any of you see a dream?" We replied, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I saw a dream last night in which two men came to me and, holding my hand, took me towards the pure land (Bayt al-Maqdis). There, a man was sitting and another man was standing, who had an iron hook in his hand. The standing man would put the hook into the mouth of the sitting man and tear his jaw from one side up to the back of his neck, and then he would do the same to the other jaw, tearing it up to the back of his neck. Meanwhile, the first jaw would become whole again, and he would repeat the process. I asked, 'What is this?' The two men said, 'Move on.' We moved on and reached a place where a man was lying on his back and another man was standing over his head with a stone, crushing his head with the stone. When he struck his head with the stone, the stone would roll away, and the man would go to retrieve it. Meanwhile, the head would become whole again, and the man would return and strike him again. I asked, 'Who is this?' The two men said, 'Move on.' We moved on and saw a pit like a tannur (oven), its mouth narrow and inside it was wide. Naked men and women were inside it, and a fire was burning in it. When the fire would reach the edges (of the oven), the people would rise up and almost come out, and when the fire subsided, they would fall back inside. I asked, 'Who are these people?' The two men said, 'Move on.' We moved on and reached a river of blood, in which a man was standing, and on the bank of the river was another man with stones in front of him. Whenever the man inside tried to come out, the man on the bank would throw a stone at his mouth and push him back to his original place. Again, the man inside would try to come out, and the man on the bank would throw a stone at his mouth and push him back to his original place. I asked, 'Who is this?' The two men said, 'Move on.' We moved on. At one place, we saw an old man at the root of a tree and some boys were present, and near the tree was another man with a fire in front of him, and he was kindling the fire. My two companions took me up the tree and entered a house, better and more excellent than any house I had ever seen. Inside the house were men and women, old and young, and children as well. After that, my two companions took me out of the house and up the tree, and I reached a city whose construction was such that one brick was of gold and one brick was of silver. We reached the door and knocked; the door was opened and we entered. We met people whose one half was extremely beautiful and the other half was extremely ugly. The two men said to them, 'Go and bathe in that river.' There was a small river flowing, its water extremely white. They went and bathed in it, and when they returned, their ugliness had disappeared and they had become extremely beautiful. Then the two men said to me, 'This is the Garden of Eden, and that is your abode.' I looked up and saw a white palace. I said to them, 'May Allah bless you both, let me enter it.' They said, 'Not yet, but you will surely enter it.' I said, 'You have made me travel all night, now explain to me what I have seen.' They said, 'Alright, we will tell you.' The person whose cheeks you saw being torn was a liar who would fabricate lies and spread them among people, and people would learn from him and spread them further until the lie became widespread throughout the world. He will be punished like this until the Day of Judgment. The person whose head you saw being crushed was one whom Allah had given knowledge of the Qur'an, but he was neglectful of the obligatory prayer, sleeping at night and not acting upon it during the day. He will be punished like this until the Day of Judgment. And those people whom you saw in the pit...