Subject: 58 Hadith-i-Qudsi

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 Hadith Collection                                      Hadith Qudsi  1
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 When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His 
 book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath.

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 Hadith Qudsi  2:
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 The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled
 Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his 
 saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first - and the initial
 creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his 
 reviling Me, it is his saying: Assah has taken to Himself a son, while
 I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, 
 and there is none comparable to Me.

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 Hadith Qudsi  3:
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 The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon 
 him) led the morning prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall
 during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of 
 Allah be upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to them: Do 
 you know what your Lord has said? They said: Allah and his Messenger 
 know best. He said: This morning one of my servants became a believer 
 in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given 
 rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a believer in Me, a
 disbeliever in the stars; and as for him who said: We have been given 
 rain by such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a 
 believer in the stars.

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 Hadith Qudsi  4:
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 Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am 
 Time, in My hand is the night and the day.

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 Hadith Qudsi  5:
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 I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate.  
 Thus he who does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine 
 will have that action renounced by Me to him whom he associated with 
 Me.

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 The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the 
 Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr.  He will be 
 brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will 
 recognize them.  [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about 
 them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr.  He will 
 say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]:
 He is courageous.  And so it was said.  Then he will be ordered to be 
 dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.  [Another] 
 will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it 
 and who used to recite the Quran.  He will be brought and Allah will 
 make known to his His favours and he will recognize them.  [The 
 Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them?  He will say: I 
 studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran 
 for Your sake.  He will say: You have lied - you did but study 
 [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned.  
 And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a 
 reciter.  And so it was said.  Then he will be ordered to be dragged 
 along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.  [Another] will be 
 a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of 
 wealth.  He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His 
 favours and he will recognize them.  [The Almighty] will say: And what
 did you do about them?  He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in 
 which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake.
  He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said 
 [of you]: He is open-handed.  And so it was said.  Then he will be 
 ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into 
 Hell-fire.

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 Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of a mountain crag, 
 gives the call to prayer and prays.  Then Allah (glorified and exalted
 be He) say: Look at this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer 
 and performs the prayers;  he is in awe of Me.  I have forgiven My 
 servant [his sins] and have admitted him to Paradise.

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 Hadith Qudsi  8:
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 A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the 
 Quran during it is deficient (and he repeated the word three times), 
 incomplete.  Someone said to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind
 the imam?  He said: Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the 
 Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah
 (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have divided prayer between 
 Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what 
 he has asked for.  When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi 
 l-alamin, Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has 
 praised Me.  And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim, Allah (mighty and 
 sublime be He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: 
 Maliki yawmi d-din, Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and on 
 one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My power.  And when 
 he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in, He says: This is between 
 Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.  
 And when he says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta
 alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin, He says: This is for 
 My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.

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 Hadith Qudsi  9:
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 The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held 
 accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers.  If they 
 are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and if they 
 are wanting, then he will have failed and lost.  If there is something
 defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted 
 be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with
 which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory 
 prayers.  Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like 
 fashion.

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 Hadith Qudsi 10:
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 Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it.  [A man] gives up his
 sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake.  Fasting is like a
 shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast 
 and a joy when he meets his Lord.  The change in the breath of the 
 mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell 
 of musk.

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 Hadith Qudsi 11:
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 Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.

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 Hadith Qudsi 12:
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 A man from among those who were before you was called to account.  
 Nothing in the way of good was found for him except that he used to 
 have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he would order his 
 servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from repaying
 his debt].  He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We are 
 worthier than you of that (of being so generous).  Let him off.

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 I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of 
 Allah be upon him) and there came to him two men: one of them was 
 complaining of penury (being very poor), while the other was 
 complaining of brigandry (robbery).  The Messenger of Allah (may the 
 blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it 
 will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go out of 
 Mecca without a guard.  As for penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) 
 will not arrive before one of you takes his charity around without 
 finding anyone to accept it from him.  Then one of you will surely 
 stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him and him, nor an 
 interpreter to translate for him.  Then He will say to him: Did I not 
 bring you wealth? And he will say: Yes.  Then He will say: Did I not 
 send to you a messenger?  And he will say: Yes.  And he will look to 
 his right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will look to his
 left and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect 
 himself against Hell-fire, be it with even half a date - and if he 
 finds it not, then with a kind word.

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 Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary angels who rove 
 about seeking out gatherings in which Allah's name is being invoked: 
 they sit with them and fold their wings round each other, fillin that 
 which is between them and between the lowest heaven.  When [the people
 in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and rise up to heaven.  
 He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then Allah (mighty and sublime be He) 
 asks them - [though] He is most knowing about them: From where have 
 you come? And they say: We have come from some servants of Yours on 
 Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah), exalting you (Allahu 
 akbar), witnessing that there is no god but You (La ilaha illa llah), 
 praising You (Al-Hamdu lillah), and asking [favours] of You.  He says:
 And what do they ask of Me?  They say: They ask of You Your Paradise. 
 He says: And have they seen My Paradise?  They say: No, O Lord.  He 
 says: And how would it be were they to have seen My Paradise!  They 
 say: And they ask protection of You.  He says: From what do they ask 
 protection of Me?  They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord.  He says: 
 And have they seen My Hell-fire?  They say: NO.  He says: And how 
 would it be were they to have seen My Hell-fire:  They say: And they 
 ask for Your forgiveness.  He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He 
 says: I have forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they 
 have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from that from which 
 they asked protection.  He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: They say: O 
 Lord, among then is So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely 
 passing by and sat down with them.  He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: And
 He says: And to him [too] I have given forgiveness: he who sits with 
 such people shall not suffer.

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 Hadith Qudsi 15:
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 I am as My servant thinks I am.  I am with him when he makes mention 
 of Me.  If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to
 Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention 
 of him in an assemble better than it.  And if he draws near to Me an 
 arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length.  And if he comes 
 to Me walking, I go to him at speed.

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 Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones.  Then He 
 explained it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and has 
 not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, 
 but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down with 
 Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times 
 over.  But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done it, Allah 
 writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has 
 intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.

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 O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it
 forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.  O My servants, 
 all of you are astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance
 of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of you are hungry 
 except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you. 
 O My servants, all of you are naked except for those I have clothed, 
 so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you.  O My servants, you sin
 by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me
 and I shall forgive you.  O My servants, you will not attain harming 
 Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to 
 benefit Me.  O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you,
 the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious 
 heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in 
 anything.  O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, 
 the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most 
 wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom
 in anything.  O My servants, were the first of you and the last of 
 you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and 
 make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, 
 that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases 
 the sea if put into it.  O My servants, it is but your deeds that I 
 reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him finds good 
 praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no one but 
 himself.

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 O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not.  He will say: O 
 Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? 
 He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill
 and you visited him not?  Did you not know that had you visited him 
 you would have found Me with him?  O son of Adam, I asked you for food
 and you fed Me not.  He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You 
 when You are the Lord of the worlds?  He will say: Did you not know 
 that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not?  Did
 you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that 
 (the reward for doing so) with Me?  O son of Adam, I asked you to give
 Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink.  He will say: O Lord, how 
 should I give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the worlds?  He 
 will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you 
 gave him not to drink.  Had you given him to drink you would have 
 surely found that with Me.

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 Hadith Qudsi 19:
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 Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who competes with Me 
 in respect of either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire.

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 Hadith Qudsi 20:
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 The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and 
 every servant [of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be 
 forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against his brother.  
 [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are 
 reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled.

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 There are three whose adversary I shall be on the Day of Resurrection:
 a man who has given his word by Me and has broken it; a man who has 
 sold a free man and has consumed the price; and a man who has hired a 
 workman, has exacted his due in full from him and has not given him 
 his wage.

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 Let not any one of you belittle himself.  They said: O Messenger of 
 Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself?  He said: He finds a 
 matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and he 
 does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to
 him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying
 something about such-and-such and such-and-such?  He say: [It
 was] out of fear of people.  Then He says: Rather it is I whom
 you should more properly fear.

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 Hadith Qudsi 23:
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 Where are those who love one another through My glory?  Today I shall 
 give them shade in My shade, it being a day when there is no shade but
 My shade.

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 Hadith Qudsi 24:
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 If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be 
 peace) and says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him.  He (the 
 Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him.  Then he (Gabriel) calls out
 in heaven, saying:  Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him.  And 
 the inhabitants of heaven love him.  He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then 
 acceptance is established for him on earth.  And if Allah has abhorred
 a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so, 
 therefore abhor him.  So Gabriel abhors him.  Then Gabriel calls out 
 to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor 
 him.  He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is
 established for him on earth.

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 Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war 
 with him.  My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by
 Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant 
 continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall
 love him.  When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his 
 seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot
 with which he walks.  Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely
 give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant
 him it.  I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about 
 [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate 
 hurting him.

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 Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who 
 is of meagre means and much given to prayer, who has been particular 
 in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly, who was 
 obscure among people and not pointed our, and whose sustenance was 
 just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently.  Then 
 the Prophet (pbuh) rapped his hand and said: Death will have come 
 early to him, his mourners will have been few,  his estate scant.

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 We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse: And do not regard
 those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead, rather are 
 they alive with their Lord, being provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 
 169).  He said: We asked about that and the Prophet (pbuh) said: Their
 souls are in the insides of green birds having lanterns suspended from
 the Throne, roaming freely in Paradise where they please, then taking 
 shelter in those lanterns.  So their Lord cast a glance at them and 
 said: Do you wish for anything?  They said: What shall we wish for 
 when we roam freely in Paradise where we please?  And thus did He do 
 to them three times.  When they say that they would not be spared from
 being asked [again], they said: O Lord, we would like for You to put 
 back our souls into our bodies so that we might fight for Your sake 
 once again.  And when He saw that they were not in need of anything 
 they were let be.

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 There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound.  He was in 
 [such] anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his 
 hand, and the blood did not cease to flow till he died.  Allah the 
 Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled Me; I  have 
 forbidden him Paradise.

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 Hadith Qudsi 29:
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 My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken to Me his best 
 friend from amongst the inhabitants of the world and he has then borne
 it patiently for My sake, shall be nothing less than Paradise.

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 If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes
 to meet Me, I dislike to meet him.  Prophetic explanation of this 
 Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to meet him; 
 and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him.  Aishah
 (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet of Allah, is it 
 because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike death? The 
 Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not so, but rather it is that when the 
 believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His 
 Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when
 the unbeliever is given  news of Allah's punishment and His 
 displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet 
 him.

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 A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive So-and-so.  At this Allah
 the Almighty said: Who is he who swears by Me that I will not forgive 
 So-and-so?  Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your 
 [own good] deeds (or as he said [it]).

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 Hadith Qudsi 32:
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 A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death came to him he 
 charged his sons, saying: When I have died, burn me, then crush me and
 scatter [my ashes] into the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes 
 possession of me, He will punish me in a manner in which He has 
 punished no one [else].  So they  did that to him.  Then He said to 
 the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there he was!  And He said 
 to him:  What induced you to do what you did?  He said: Being afraid 
 of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened of You) and because of
 that He forgave him.

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 A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O Allah, forgive me 
 my sin.  And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has 
 committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
 punishes for them.  Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me 
 my sin.  And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has 
 committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
 punishes for them.  Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me 
 my sin.  And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has 
 committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
 punishes for sins.  Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.

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 O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall 
 forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind.  O son of 
 Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then 
 to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you.  O son of Adam, were 
 you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you 
 then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you 
 forgiveness nearly as great at it.

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 Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the 
 earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He 
 says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it?  Who is 
 asking something of Me that I may give it him?  Who is asking 
 forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?  And thus He continues till 
 [the light of] dawn shines.

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 The believers will gather together on the Day of Resurrection and will
 say: Should we not ask [someone] to intercede for us with our Lord?  
 So they will come to Adam and will say: You are the Father of mankind;
 Allah created you with His hand He made His angels bow down to you and
 He taught you the names of everything, so intercede for us with you 
 Lord so that He may give us relief form this place where we are.  And 
 he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention
 his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to Noah, for he 
 is the first messenger that Allah sent to the inhabitants of the 
 earth.  So they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a 
 position [to do that] - and he will mention his having requested 
 something of his Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran 
 Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
 the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham).  So they will come to him and he
 will say: I am not in a position  [to do that].  Go to Moses, a 
 servant to whom Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah.  So they 
 will come to him and he will say: I am not in a  position [to do that]
 - and he will mention the talking of a life other that for a life 
 (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16), and he will fell ashamed in the sight
 of his Lord and will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and messenger, 
 Allah's word and spirit.  So they will come to him and he will say: I 
 am not in a position [to do that].  Go to Muhammad (may the blessings 
 and peace of Allah be upon him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven 
 all his wrongdoing, past and future.  So they will come to me and I 
 shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord, and permission 
 will be given, and when I shall see my Lord I shall prostrate myself. 
 He will leave me thus for such time as it pleases Him, and then it 
 will be said [to me]: Raise your head.  Ask and it will be granted.  
 Speak and it will be heard.  Intercede and your intercession will be 
 accepted.  So I shall raise my head and praise Him with a form of 
 praise that He will teach me.  Then I shall intercede and HE will set 
 me a limit [as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into 
 Paradise.  Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall see my Lord [I
 shall bow down] as before.  Then I shall intercede and He will set me 
 a limit [as to the number of people].  So I shall admit them into 
 Paradise.  Then I shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and I 
 shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom the Quran has 
 confined and who must be there for eternity.  There shall come out of 
 Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in 
 his heart goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come out 
 of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in
 his heart goodness weighing a grain of wheat; then there shall come 
 out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but Allah and who 
 has in his heart goodness weighing an atom.

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 Hadith Qudsi 37:
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 I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no 
 ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart.  Thus recite if you
 wish: And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of 
 Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).

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 When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent Gabriel to 
 Paradise, saying: Look at it and at what I have prepared therein for 
 its inhabitants.  The Prophet (pbuh) said: So he came to it and looked
 at it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants.  The
 Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to Him and said: By your glory, no
 one hears of it without entering it.  So He ordered that it be 
 encompassed by forms of hardship, and He said: Return to it and look 
 at what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants.  The Prophet 
 (pbuh) said: So he returned to it and found that it was encompassed by
 forms of hardship.  Then he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, I
 fear that no one will enter it.  He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at 
 it and what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he fount 
 that it was in layers, one above the other.  Then he returned to Him 
 and said: By Your glory, no one who hears of it will enter it.  So He 
 ordered that it be encompassed by lusts.  Then He said: Return to it. 
 And he returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened that no
 one will escape from entering it.

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 Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and Hell-fire said: In me 
 are the mighty and the haughty.  Paradise said: In me are the weak and
 the poor.  So Allah judged between them, [saying]: You are Paradise, 
 My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish.  And you are 
 Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I wish, and it is
 incumbent upon Me that each of you shall have its fill.

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 Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O inhabitants of 
 Paradise!  They will say: O our Lord, we present ourselves and are at 
 Your pleasure, and goodness rests in Your hands.  Then He will say: 
 Are you contented? And they will say: And how should we not be 
 contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which You have given
 to no one else of Your creation?  Then He will say: Would not like Me 
 to give you something better than that?  And they will say: O Lord and
 what thing is better than that? And He will say: I shall cause My 
 favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be displeased 
 with you.
