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(91) Paradise and Heli have been created and will never perish or pass away. Allah created them before the world. He allotted some people for each. Those whom He allotted for Paradise, He did so out of His bounty for them. And those whom He allotted for Heli, He allotted because it was required by His justice. Everyone will do what has been chosen for him, and will go to the place for which he has been created. Good and evil both have been determined for each and every person.

The Ahi as-Sunnah are agreed that Paradise and Hell have been created and are in existence at this moment. This is what they have always believed54.7 The Mu’tazila and the Qadariyyah were the first to deny this; they instead said that Allah will create them on the Day of Resurrection. What led them to this view was their false assumption that Allah was subject to a code of law which they had laid down, that He must do certain things and avoid others.

They conceived of Him on the pattern of His creatures and compared His actions with theirs. Following the line of Jahm, they also negated Allah’s attributes. Every text that conflicted with the code they had formulated for Allah, they rejected or interpreted against its intent. Furthermore, they denounced as innovators anyone who objected to their beliefs. ·

The Qur’an has referred to Paradise many times, such as, “it has been prepared for the God-fearing” [3:33], and “it has been prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers” [57:21]. The Qur’an has also referred to Hell, such as “it has been prepared for the infidels” [3:13], and_ “Truly, Hell is a place of ambush or a place of destination for the transgressors” [78:21-2].

The Messenger (peace be on him) has seen them and Allah has referred to his seeing Paradise in these words, “And indeed he saw him (Gabriel) at a second descent near the lote-tree beyond which none may pass. Near it is the Garden of Abode” [53:13-5]. The Prophet (peace be on him) did see the lote-tree beyond which none could pass and did see the Garden of Abode. Describing his night journey, as it is recorded in the two Şahihs, the Prophet (peace be on him) said, “Then Gabriel took me to the lote-tree which no one can pass. It was draped in too many colors to be described.

Then I entered Paradise and, lo and behold, it was covered with high-rising domes studded with pearls and its floor was of musk.”548 The two Şahihs have another hadith, reported by ‘Abdullah lbn ‘Umar in which the Prophet (peace be on him) said, “When any one of you dies his seat in Paradise or in Hell is shown to him morning and evening. If he is a man of Paradise, he is shown a seat in Paradise, but if he is Aman of Hell, he is shown a seat in Hell, and he will be told, ‘This is your place,’ until Allah raises him on the Day of Resurrection.” 54’9

We have previously mentioned the hadith which has been reported by Al-Bara’ Ibn ‘Azib. It says, “A call will be given from the heaven. If My servant tells the truth, make for him a bed from Paradise and open for him a door towards it, so that he may have the air and the scent of Paradise.”550 the same point is made in the hadith reported by Anas which we have quoted earlier.

Muslim has recorded a hadith in which ‘Aishah first spoke of an eclipse of the sun that took place at the time of the Prophet (peace be on him) and said that the Prophet said, “I see from this place where I am standing everything which you have been promised. I even see that I plucked a fruit of Paradise when you saw me stepping forward. I also saw the Hell-fire, burning itself, when you saw me step back.”55 1 The Şahihs of Al-Bukhari and Muslim also contain a hadith which ‘Abdullah lbn ‘Abbas reported, and the following is Al-Bukhari’s wording. He mentioned that once, when

there was an eclipse of the sun, the Prophet (peace be on him) stepped forward, stretched his hand to grasp something and then retraced his steps. When he was asked about it, he said, “I saw Paradise and intended to pluck a bunch of its grapes. If I had succeeded, you would be eating from it until the end of the world. I then saw the Fire. Never did I see a scene more horrible than what I saw today. I saw that most of its inhabitants are women.” Someone asked, “Why, Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “It is because they are ungrateful.” “To whom are they ungrateful?” he was further asked. “They are ungrateful to their husbands. They do not recognize the kindness you show them. You may go on doing good to them all the time, but if once they experience something unpleasant from you, they will say that they never had any good from you.”55 2

Muslim recorded from the hadith of Anas that the Prophet (peace be on him) said, “By the one in Whose hand is my life, if you had seen what I saw you would laugh less and weep more.” He was asked what had he seen. He said, “I saw Paradise and the Fire.”553

In the Sunan collections and the Muwatta there is the hadith reported by Ka’b ibn Malik in which the Prophet (peace be on him) said, “The soul of a Believer is like a bird that perches on a tree of Paradise until Allah returns it to it body on the Day of Resurrection.”554 This is a clear statement that the souls enter Paradise before the Day of Judgment.

In Sahih Muslim, the Sunan and Musnad collections, there is the hadith reported by Abü Hurairah in which the Prophet (peace be on him) said, “When Allah created Paradise and Hell, He sent Gabriel to Paradise and commanded him to see what was provided therein for its people. He went and saw it and what Allah had provided therein for its people. He returned and said, ‘By Your Majesty, no one will hear about it without entering it.’

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Then Allah commanded that Paradise be surrounded by difficulties. He then told Gabriel to look at it and what had been prepared for its people. He looks at it and returned, saying, ‘By Your Majesty, I am afraid no one will ever enter it.’ Then he was commanded to visit Hell and see what was cast into it for its people. He visited it and saw that it was boiling up fiercely, one-part smashing into another. He returned and said, ‘By Your Majesty, no one who comes to hear about it will ever enter it.’ Thereupon Allah commanded and it was covered with

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