Paradise and Hell
1,670 questions
Will everyone who enters Paradise first be purified by the Fire, with the exception of those whom Allah has guaranteed Paradise and the martyr?
What are the questions a person faces in the grave?
How can we reconcile the Hadith, "My Ummah will be forgiven for their mistakes and forgetfulness," with Hadiths such as, "Are people thrown into Hellfire on their faces except for the harvests of their tongues?" and "Indeed, a man may utter a word, not realizing its significance, by which he plummets into the fire of Hell"? Do these latter Hadiths refer specifically to forbidden speech uttered intentionally, or to speech in general?
If a Muslim drinks alcohol, will he enter Hellfire?
Are the following two hadiths authentic and do they have any basis in Islam: "There is no woman who gives her husband a drink of water but that it is better for her than a year of worship, fasting its days and praying its nights," and "Any woman who serves her husband for seven days, Allah will close off seven gates of Hellfire from her and open for her eight gates of Paradise; she may enter from whichever she pleases"?
What will happen after the people of Paradise enter Paradise and the people of Hellfire enter Hellfire? And will God create other peoples in the world who sin and repent?
Does worshipping Allah with the intention of entering Paradise and avoiding Hell invalidate one’s deeds?
Why does Islam promise in the afterlife that which is forbidden in this world, such as a man's relationship with women outside of marriage, by rewarding it in Paradise with the likes of the Houris?
Is it permissible to supplicate with, "O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and I ask You for Al-Hur al-'Ain, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire" after every prayer, and is this specific to the prescribed prayers?
Why did Allah create death? And why do we die and leave our loved ones behind?
How does one protect themselves from covetousness so that they may succeed, as in His, the Almighty's, saying: "And whoever is protected from the covetousness of his soul - then it is those who will be the successful"?
What is the refutation of the misconception, "Woe to Ammar! He will be killed by the transgressing group; he calls them to Paradise, and they call him to Hellfire," which some use to declare Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) an infidel?
Are any of the narrations concerning the shackling of the defiant devils among those in chains authentic?
What is the ruling on money acquired from practicing sorcery that involved disbelief and polytheism, after repentance and the need for money?
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "Indeed, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between him and it, then the Book (predestination) overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the people of Hellfire and enters it. And indeed, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Hellfire until there is but an arm's length between him and it, then the Book (predestination) overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the people of Paradise and enters it," along with clarifying the frustration that results from the feeling of doing the deeds of the people of Paradise while being predestined among the people of Hellfire?
Are Muslim women who commit sins like wearing tight clothes and plucking their eyebrows despairing of Allah's mercy? How can the hadiths of warning be reconciled with the hadiths of the vastness of mercy? Do their sins absolutely prevent Allah's mercy, despite their acts of worship? Will supplication, seeking forgiveness, and charity benefit them? Is it permissible to dedicate the reward of ongoing charity to them after death, even if they have not repented?
What is the ruling on the issue of eternal damnation in Hellfire, and in the case of non-eternity, what happens to those who were in it, given the authentic hadiths that mention categories of people who will not enter Paradise and others that indicate that the dwellers of Paradise and Hellfire will not die?
Is it permissible for Allah Almighty to admit the righteous to Hellfire and admit the disobedient to Paradise?
Are Aminah bint Wahb, Abd al-Muttalib, and Abu Talib in Hellfire because they died not upon Tawhid?
What is the ruling on one who masturbates before the Fajr prayer and delays the prayer in order to perform ghusl, and what is the treatment for such a case?
How sound is the Hadith: “In the name of Allah, I lay myself down. O Allah, forgive my sins, drive away my devil, release my bonds, and place me in the highest assembly (An-Nadi Al-A‘la)”? And what is the meaning of “place me in the highest assembly (An-Nadi Al-A‘la)”?
Are human beings eternal in the Afterlife, or is their existence there contingent upon Allah's will? And what is the Islamic belief regarding this matter?
What is the Dajjal, what is his trial, and how can one be saved from it?
What is the reason for the heart's fluctuation between tenderness and hardness despite adherence to acts of worship and avoidance of sins?