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According to scholars Jane I. Smith, Yvonne Y. Haddad, while there are Muslims of a "philosophical or mystical" bent who interpret descriptions of heaven and hell "metaphorically", "the vast majority of believers", understand verses of the Quran on Jannah (and hellfire) "to be real and specific, anticipating them" with joy or terror, [73 ...
Neither set of verses mentions a bridge nor falling into hell, but Ṣirāṭ al-jahīm "was adopted into Islamic tradition to signify the span over jahannam, the top layer of the Fire". [Quran 37:21–27] In the hadith about "the bridge" or a bridge to hell or a bridge between heaven and hell, or over hell. [13]
Just as Hell is often depicted as the seat of the devil in Christian culture (though not in the bible itself), [Note 17] so too some Islamic scholars describe it that way. Al-Tha'alibis (961–1038) in his Qisas Al-Anbiya [ 232 ] and Al-Suyutis Al-Hay'a as-samya fi l-hay'a as-sunmya [ 233 ] describes Iblis as chained to the bottom of hell ...
Muslims will be divided into seventy-three sects, and all but one sect will go to hell.(Sunan Ibn Majah 3992, Book 36, Hadith 67) [1] In another version of the hadith, only Jews are mentioned and similarly, it is stated that Muslims will be divided into seventy-three sects.(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2640, Book 40, Hadith 36) [ 2 ]
[79] [80] This belief was based upon an interpretations of scripture that since the upper, less tortuous levels of hell were reserved for Muslims who were only in hell for as long as God deemed necessary. Once Muslims had their sins purged and were allowed into heaven, these levels would be empty and the need for their existence gone.
Traditionally Hell is defined in Christianity and Islam as one of two abodes of Afterlife for human beings (the other being Heaven or Jannah), and the one where sinners suffer torment eternally. There are several words in the original languages of the Bible that are translated into the word 'Hell' in English.
Some hadith depict that rather than this place being a middle ground purgatory in between Heaven and Hell, it is actually just the top layer of Hell, the least severe layer. The word is literally translated as "the heights" in English. The realm is described as a high curtain between hell and paradise. [3]
According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad met the angel Maalik during his heavenly journey. Therefore, Muhammad arrived in heaven and all the angels greeted him with a smile except Maalik. When Muhammad asked Jibra'il, why he remains taciturn therefore, he reveals Maalik as the guardian of Hell who never smiles. After that, Muhammad asked him to ...