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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “People will sweat 1 on the Day of Resurrection until their sweat sinks seventy cubits into the earth and engulfs them up to their ears.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6532 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2863 (unverified) 96% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “People will sweat, etc.”: The cause of this sweat is the accumulation of terrors, the onset of shame, embarrassment, regret, and blame, and the crowding heat of the sun and the Fire, as narrated in a report that Hell will encircle the people of the gathering, so there is no path to Paradise except the Sirat. (As stated in Al-Mirqat) In Fath al-Bari, Sheikh Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Hamzah said: The apparent meaning of the hadith generalizes this to all people, but other hadiths specify it to some, the majority, excluding prophets, martyrs, and whomever Allah wills. The most affected by sweat are the disbelievers, then the committers of major sins, then those after them. Muslims are few in comparison to disbelievers, as will be detailed in the hadith about the delegation of the Fire. (As stated in Fath al-Bari)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: يعرق الناس إلخ : سبب هذا العرق تراكم الأهوال وحصول الحياء والخجالة والندامة والملامة وتزاحم حر الشمس والنار، كما جاء في رواية إن جهنم تدير أهل المحشر، فلا يكون إلى الجنة طريق إلا الصراط. كذا في «المرقاة». وقال في فتح الباري: قال الشيخ أبو محمد بن أبي حمزة ظاهر الحديث تعميم الناس بذلك، ولكن دلت الأحاديث الأخرى على أنه مخصص بالبعض، وهم الأكثرون، ويستثنى الأنبياء والشهداء، ومن شاء الله فأشدهم في العرق الكفار، ثم أصحاب الكبائر، ثم من بعدهم، والمسلمون منهم قليل بالنسبة إلى الكفار، كما يأتي تقديره في حديث بعث النار، انتهى.