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Hadith 5474

Chapter on Creation of Paradise and the Fire

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Chapter on Creation of Paradise and the Fire

Zujajat al-Masabih 5474Volume 4

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Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in prayer one day, then ascended the pulpit, gestured toward the Qiblah of the mosque, and said: “Indeed, since I led you in prayer, I have seen Paradise and the Fire represented toward this wall. 1 I have never seen good and evil as I have today.”
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  • Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 749 (unverified) 97% confidence

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Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

Represented toward this wall.

(1) His statement: “Represented toward this wall.” In some narrations: “I saw Paradise and the Fire on the surface of this wall.” They raise the issue: How can Paradise and the Fire be represented on a wall? They answer: As a garden or vast house is reflected in a mirror, the representation need not match its size. Alternatively, “toward” or “on the surface” is not a state of the object but of the subject, meaning he saw them while in that place. I say: The Hadith does not necessitate their representation on the wall itself but in its direction, so the vision of the representation is in that direction, with the representation existing elsewhere. (As stated in Al-Lama’at)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : ممثلتين في قبل هذا وقد جاء في بعض الروايات: رأيت الجنة والنار في عرض هذا الحائط». ثم إنهم يوردون ههنا إشكالا، وهو أن الجنة والنار كيف يمثلان في الجدار ؟ ويجيبون كما أن البستان أو الدار الوسيع يمثل في المرآة فمثال الشيء لا يجب أن يكون مثله في المقدار، وقد يجاب بأن قوله: «في قبل أو في عرض ليس حالا من المفعول، بل من الفاعل أي رأيتهما، وأنا في ذلك المكان أقول: إنه لا يلزم من الحديث كونهما ممثلتين في نفس الجدار، بل في جانبه، فيكون رؤية المثال في تلك الناحية ووجود المثال في مكان آخر. كذا في «اللمعات».