Gates of hell.
"It has seven gates, for each of those is a (special) class (of sinners
assigned)". (Surah-al-Hijr: 44) It is related in "Anware No'maniyah"
and `Biharul Anwaar' that when Hazrat Jibra'eel descended with the
above verse of the Qur'an, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) requested him to
explain to him about the qualities of hell, Jibra'eel replied, "O
Prophet of Allah (S.A.W.S.)! verily there are seven gates in hell. The
distance between each of these gates is equal to the length of seventy
years, and each one of them is hotter than the other. The names of the
gates are : (1) Hawiyah (Lit. meaning a pit) - And this gate is for the
hypocrites (munafeqeen) and disbelievers (kuffar), (2) Jaheem- It is
for the polytheists (those who associate someone or something with
Allah), (3) It is for the sabians (star worshippers), (4) Lazza-It is
for shaitaan and his followers and the magians (fire worshippers), (5)
Hutamah (Lit.. meaning that which crushes to pieces) - It is for the
jews, (6) Sa'eer (Lit. meaning a blazing fire) - It is for the
christians". When Jibra'eel came to describe the seventh gate he became
silent. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) told him to describe the seventh
gate, to which Jibra'eel replied, "It is for the proud people of your
ummat, who died withoutrepenting for their sins". The Prophet
(S.A.W.S.) lifted his head and was so much grieved that he became
unconscious. When He regained consciousness. He said, "O Jibra'eel
verily you have made my trouble two-fold. Will my people also go to
hell"? Then He started weeping. After this incident He did not
communicate with anyone for some days, and whenever He recited Namaz,
He wept bitterly. Because of His intense weeping, all His companions
too wept. They asked Him the reason for His grief, but He did not
reply. Imam Ali (A.S.) was out on some mission, and so the companions
went to the presence of the Lady of Light Hazrat Fatima (A.S.). They
went to Her house at the time when She was grinding the millstone. She
was reciting the following verse of the Qur' an: "While the hereafter
is better and more lasting". (Surah-al-A'ala: 17). The companions
related to Her the state of Her Father. When She heard it, she got up
and wore her cloak (chader) which had twelve patches sewed with the
leaves of the date - tree. Salman -al- Farsi who was present among
those people who were moved after looking at the worn out cloak of
Hazrat Sayyedah and said, "Alas! The daughters of Qaiser (Caesars, the
rulers of ancient Rome) and Kusras (rulers of
ancient Persia) sit on golden thrones, but the daughter of the Prophet
of Allah has no proper clothes to wear". When Hazrat Fatema (A. S.)
reached the presence of Her Father,She saw His bad state and the state of His
companions and started weeping. She then said, "O Father! Salman is
astonished after looking at My worn-out cloak. I swear by the Lord Who
has chosen You as the Prophet, since the past five years we have got
only one sheet of cloth in our house, during the day on which we feed
the camels, and during the night rest on it. And our children have got
a mattress of a skin with dry leaves of the tree of dates". The Holy
Prophet (S.A.W.S.) turned towards Salman and said, "Do you pay heed and
take lesson"?. Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) saw that due to excessive weeping
the face of the holy Prophet (S..A.W.S.) had turned pale, and His cheeks
had sunk in, and as related by kashfi that the earth where He was
sitting had turned wet with tears. She (A.S.) told Her Father, "May my
life be Your ransom, why do you weep"? The Prophet (S.A.W.S.) replied,
"O Fatema Why should I not weep? For verily Jibra' eel has revealed to
me a verse (Ayah) describing the qualities of hell, that it contains
seven gates, which in turn have seventy thousand fissures of fire. And
in each fissure there are seventy thousand coffins of fire, and each
coffin contains seventy thousand types of punishment." When Hazrat
Fatema (A.S.) heard this She cried out, "Verily the one who is fed to
this fire is doomed". Saying this She fainted. When She regained
consciousness, She said, "O the best of creatures! Who is worthy for
such apunishment"? The Prophet (S.A.W.S.) replied,
"Those from my ummat who follow the passions of their self and neglect
Namaz, and this punishment is quite less when compared to the other
punishments". After hearing these words each companion of the Prophet
came out weeping and lamenting thus: "O sorrow! The journey (to the
hereafter) is quite far, while the equipment quite less". While some
were crying,
"O I wish my mother had never given birth to me, so I would not have
heard about this punishment". Ammar Yasir said, "I wish I were a bird,
so I would not be
stopped (in Qayamat) for accounting". Bilal who was not there came and
asked Salman the reason for the grief, to which he replied, "Woe be
upon you and me! For verily we will have a dress of fire instead of
this dress of cotton, and we will be fed with the 'Zaqqoom' (a
poisonous tree in hell)". (Khazeenatul Jawahir)
Ref:Manazelul Akherah
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