Hadith 4455

Samurah ibn Jundab narrated: “The Prophet (ﷺ), after praying, would turn to us with his face and say: ‘Who among you saw a vision last night?’ If someone had seen one, they narrated it, and he would say: ‘As Allah wills.’ One day he asked us: ‘Did any of you see a vision?’ We said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘But I saw last night two men came to me, took my hand, and led me to the Holy Land. There was a man sitting and another standing with an iron hook in his hand, inserting it into one side of his mouth, tearing it to the back of his neck, then doing the same to the other side. As one side healed, he repeated it. I said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘Move on.’ We moved until we came to a man lying on his back, with another standing over him with a rock or stone, smashing his head. When he struck, the stone rolled away, and he went to retrieve it. By the time he returned, the man’s head had healed, and he struck it again. I said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘Move on.’ We moved to a hole like an oven, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with fire burning beneath it. When it flared, they rose, almost exiting, and when it subsided, they returned. In it were naked men and women. I said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘Move on.’ We moved to a river of blood with a man standing in its middle and another on the bank with stones. When the man in the river tried to leave, the other threw a stone in his mouth, sending him back. Every time he tried to leave, a stone was thrown, returning him. I said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘Move on.’ We reached a green garden with a great tree, at its base an old man and children, and a man near the tree kindling a fire. They took me up the tree and entered a house in its middle, more beautiful than any I had seen, with old men, youths, women, and children. They took me out, went up the tree again, and entered another house, even better and greater, with old men and youths. I said: ‘You have shown me around tonight; tell me what I saw.’ They said: ‘Yes. The man whose mouth was torn is a liar who tells a lie that spreads to the horizons, and this is done to him until the Day of Judgment. The one whose head was smashed is a man whom Allah taught the Quran, but he slept away from it at night and did not act on it by day; this is done to him until the Day of Judgment. Those in the hole are fornicators. The one in the river is an eater of usury. The old man at the tree’s base is Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the children around him are the children of people, the one kindling the fire is Malik, the keeper of the Fire, the first house you entered is the house of the common believers, and this house is the house of the martyrs. I am Jibril, and this is Mikail. Raise your head.’ I looked up and saw something like a cloud.’ In another narration: ‘Like a white canopy.’ They said: ‘That is your abode.’ I said: ‘Let me enter my abode.’ They said: ‘You have a lifespan yet to complete; had you completed it, you would have entered your abode.’” .