Volume 8, Book 76, Number 557:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah will say to the people of Paradise, ‘O the people of Paradise!’ They will
say, ‘Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa’daik!’ Allah will say, ‘Are you pleased?” They will say, ‘Why should
we not be pleased since You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation?’ Al –
lah will say, ‘I will give you something better than that.’ They will reply, ‘O our Lord! And what is
better than that?’ Allah will say, ‘I will bestow My pleasure and contentment upon you so that I will
never be angry with you after for-ever.’ “
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 558:
Narrated Anas:
Haritha was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Badr while he was young. His mother came to
the Prophet saying, “O Allah’s Apostle! You know the relation of Haritha to me (how fond of him I
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was); so, if he is in Paradise, I will remain patient and wish for Allah’s reward, but if he is not there,
then you will see what I will do.” The Prophet replied, “May Allah be merciful upon you! Have you
gone mad? (Do you think) it is one Paradise? There are many Paradises and he is in the (most superi –
or) Paradise of Al-Firdaus.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 559:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be equal to the
distance covered by a fast rider in three days.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 559t:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:
Allah’s Apostle said, “In Paradise there is a tree so big that in its shade a rider may travel for one
hundred years without being able to cross it.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 559e:
Narrated Abu Sa’id:
The Prophet said: There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast (or a trained) rider may travel: for
one hundred years without being able to cross it.
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 560:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Seventy thousand or seven hundred thousand of my followers will enter
Paradise. (Abu Hazim, the sub-narrator, is not sure as to which of the two numbers is correct.) And
they will be holding on to one another, and the first of them will not enter till the last of them has
entered, and their faces will be like the moon on a full moon night.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 561:
Narrated Sahl:
The Prophet said, “The people of Paradise will see the Ghuraf (special abodes) in Paradise as you
see a star in the sky.” Abu Said added: “As you see a glittering star remaining in the eastern horizon
and the western horizon.”
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 562:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Allah will say to the person who will have the minimum punishment in the Fire
on the Day of Resurrection, ‘If you had things equal to whatever is on the earth, would you ransom
yourself (from the punishment) with it?’ He will reply, Yes. Allah will say, ‘I asked you a much easier
thing than this while you were in the backbone of Adam, that is, not to worship others besides Me,
but you refused and insisted to worship others besides Me.”‘
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 547:
Narrated ‘Adi bin Hatim:
The Prophet said, “There will be none among you but will be talked to by Allah on the Day of Re –
surrection, without there being an interpreter between him and Him (Allah) . He will look and see
nothing ahead of him, and then he will look (again for the second time) in front of him, and the
(Hell) Fire will confront him. So, whoever among you can save himself from the Fire, should do so
even with one half of a date (to give in charity).”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 548:
Narrated ‘Adi bin Hatim:
The Prophet said, “Protect yourself from the Fire.” He then turned his face aside (as if he were look –
ing at it) and said again, “Protect yourself from the Fire,” and then turned his face aside (as if he were
looking at it), and he said so for the third time till we thought he was looking at it. He then said, “Pro –
tect yourselves from the Fire, even if with one half of a date and he who hasn’t got even this, (should
do so) by (saying) a good, pleasant word.’