Paradise and Hell
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Is there a Quranic verse that indicates the continuous nature of divine creation?
What is taghabun in Islam?
Is the following hadith authentic: "The last man to enter Paradise will see a palace and prostrate himself. He will be asked, 'Raise your head. What is wrong with you?' He will reply, 'I saw my Lord.' He will be told, 'This is but one dwelling among many.' Then he will see a person whose face radiates light, and he will say to him, 'I am one of thousands of servants.'"?
What is the answer to the problem of innocent children's suffering in this world, which keeps some people from believing in Allah?
Is not God's informing Abu Lahab and some hypocrites and Iblis that they are among the people of Hellfire—which might drive them to despair, hopelessness, and hatred of God and His Messenger—tantamount to inciting them to sin, even though God commands only good and forbids immorality?
Will all children who die before puberty enter Paradise, or does that apply only to Muslim children?
Is it permissible to definitively declare that someone will enter Hellfire, and to excommunicate one's mother if she is not Muslim?
What are the meanings of the gates of Paradise? Do those who pray enter only through the gate of prayer? Does each gate lead to a different Paradise? Are the gates related to the levels of Paradise? And what are the practical tips for salvation from Hellfire and entering the lowest levels of Paradise?
Is it necessary to possess all the attributes mentioned in the verses of "Ibad-ur-Rahman" (the servants of the Most Gracious) in Surat Al-Furqan and "Ahl-ul-Firdaws" (the people of Paradise) in Surat Al-Mu'minun to attain this great honor, or is it sufficient to act upon only one attribute?
What is the reality of the hadiths concerning the rivers Sayhan and Jayhan, and the hadith of Sulayman ibn Dawud (peace be upon him) which mentions that he went around to a hundred women in one night, and which are found in Sahih al-Bukhari, and which are used by atheists to attack the religion?
Was the man not compelled to offer a fly as a sacrifice, as stated in the Hadith: "A man entered Paradise for a fly, and a man entered Hell for a fly...", and he was coerced into it, in accordance with the verse: "except for one who is forced [to recant] while his heart is at ease with faith"?
How can the hadith, "The first people to be thrown into the Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection" (a reciter, a mujahid, and a charitable person who did it for show), be reconciled with Abu Hurairah's hadith, "The first three to enter the Hellfire" (a ruler, a wealthy person, and a proud poor person)?
Are the Hadith and Qur'anic verses of warning with eternal hellfire those that the Khawarij relied upon to declare the perpetrator of a major sin to be a disbeliever, and how do Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah interpret them, and why are Hadith that apparently negate faith, such as "None of you believes until...", interpreted with the conditions of validity and perfection?
How can one reconcile the threat of hellfire at times for the disobedient person who has been promised it, with the hadiths that explain that an eye that has wept out of fear of Allah shall not be touched by the Fire?
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman who calls upon other Muslim women to remove their hijab, or to wear a fashionable hijab that does not meet the conditions of a proper hijab, out of fear that she might feel alienated among Muslim women who adhere to the proper hijab?
Who will be more beautiful in Paradise: the Houris or the righteous women of this world?
Is the verse "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally" abrogated or specific, and does repentance forgive murder despite its conditions, and how can it be understood that the hadiths about killing are taken to mean intensification despite their explicitness?
How long will the people of Paradise remain therein, and will they ever leave it?
How can the A'raf — which is a barrier between Paradise and Hell — exist when Paradise is in the seventh heaven and Hell is in the seventh earth?
What is the ruling on one who forgets what he memorized of the Quran, and is the Quran considered a barrier between him and Paradise if it is not memorized?
What is the difference between worshipping Allah and worshipping for the sake of reward in the Hereafter, and is he who worships Allah for the sake of the Hereafter considered like him who worships Him for His own sake?
How can the people of Paradise be happy when they know that some of their loved ones are in Hellfire?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith that mentions a man heading towards Hellfire, then he turns around, and Allah asks him the reason for his turning, so he replies that he was hoping to enter Paradise, whereupon Allah orders him to be admitted into Paradise?
Is not eternal life in Paradise a contradiction to the fact that only Allah is Eternal?