Delivering the monotheists from (Hell) Fire

Abu Sa´id narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´As for Fire inhabitants who are its people, they would neither die nor live in it. But there will people from you whom the Fire caught on account of their sins (or said: no account of their misdeeds).

He would cause them to die until when they turn into charcoal, intercession will permitted and they will be brought in groups and placed in the rivers of Jannah and then it will be said: ´O people of the Jannah, pour water on thm.´

Then they will grow like the sprouting of seed in the waterway.´´ A man among the people said: ´´(It sounds) as if the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam lived in rural area.´´

88. Anas reported fromIbn Mas´ud that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam: ´´The last to enter Jannah will be a man who walks once, stumbles one and be scorched by Fire end, he will turn to it and say:

´Blessing is He Who has saved me from you. Allah has given me a thing which He has not given the former nor later.´ Then a tree will be raised for him and he says: ´O my Rubb! Bring me near this tree so that I may sit in the shade and drink from its water.´ Allah would say: ´O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you probably will ask Me for something else,´ He would say: ´No, my Rubb!.´ And he would promise Himthat he will not ask foranything else. His Rubb will excause him because He sees that he cannot have patience for it. Sp He bring him near it, and he takes shelter in its shade and drinks its water.

´´Then a more beautiful tree than the first apprears to him and he says: ´O my Rubb!

Bring me closer to this tree to drink from its water and sit in its shade, and I will not ask you for anything else.´ He (Allah) says: ´O son of Adam! Did you not promise Me that you will not ask Me for anything else.´ He says: ´Vertainly, my Rubb, but I will not ask you for anything else.´ He says: ´If I bring you near it, you may ask Me for something else.´

He promises Him that he will not ask for anything else. His Rubb will excause him because sees something he cannot help desiring. So He bring him near it and he enjoys its shade and drinks from its water.´´

´´Then a tree will be raised for him at the gate of Jannah, more beautiful then the first two. He says: ´O my Rubb! Bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and drink from its water. I shall not ask you for anything else.´

He (Allah) says: ´O son of Adam! Did you not promise Me that you will not ask Me for anything else?´ He says:

´Certainly, my Rubb, but I shall not ask you for anything else,´ His Rubb would excause him for he sees something which he does not have patience to obtain. He (Allah) brings him near it. When He brings him near it, he hears the voices of the inhabitants of the Jannah. He says: ´O my Rubb!

Admit me to it.´ There upon, Allah says: ´O son of Adam, what makes you stop asking me? Will you be content it I give you the world and similar to it with it?´ He says: ´O my Rubb! are you mocking at me, through you are the Rubb of the worlds?´´´

Ibn Mas´ud laughed and asked (the listeners): ´´Why don´t you ask me why I am laughing?´´ They asked: ´´Why do you laugh?´´ He said: It is in this way that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam laughed. They (the Companions of the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam) asked: ´Why do you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?´´ He said: ´´On account of the laugh of the Rubb of the worlds, when the man said: ´Are you mocking at me though you are the Rubb of the worlds?´ Allah says: ´I am not mocking at you, but I have the power to do whatever I wish.´´´