Hadith 5363

Hudhayfah and Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will gather the people, and the believers will stand until Paradise is brought near to them. They will come to Adam and say, ‘O our father, open Paradise for us.’ He will say, ‘Was it not your father’s sin that expelled you from Paradise? I am not the one for that. Go to my son Ibrahim, the Friend of Allah.’ Ibrahim will say, ‘I am not the one for that. I was only ¹ a Friend from a distance beyond a distance. Go to Musa, to whom Allah spoke directly.’ They will go to Musa (peace be upon him), and he will say, ‘I am not the one for that. Go to Isa, the Word of Allah and His Spirit.’ Isa will say, ‘I am not the one for that.’ They will come to Muhammad, and he will rise, and permission will be granted to him. Trustworthiness and kinship will be sent, and they will stand ² on both sides of the Sirat, to the right and the left. The first of you will pass like lightning.” I said, “May my father and mother be your ransom, what is like the passing of lightning?” He said, “Have you not seen how lightning flashes and returns in the blink of an eye? Then like the wind, then like birds, and like the speed of men. Their deeds will propel them, and your Prophet will stand on the Sirat, saying, ‘O my Lord, grant safety, grant safety,’ until the deeds of the servants are insufficient, until a man comes who can only move by crawling. On the edges of the Sirat are hooks, commanded to seize whomever they are ordered to take. Some will be scratched but saved, and others will be cast into the Fire.” By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, the depth of Jahannam is seventy years’ fall.