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Sahih al-BukhariTo make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

Sahih al-Bukhari 6551

Chapter: The description of Paradise and the Fire

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6551

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"

‏مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَىِ الْكَافِرِ مَسِيرَةُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ‏"‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The width between the two shoulders of a Kafir (disbeliever) will be equal to the distance covered by a fast rider in three days."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6551) and Muslim (No. 2852).

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Mishkat al-Masabih 5672

Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, "The distance between the shoulders of an infidel in hell will be a three days' journey for a swift rider." A version says the molar tooth of an infidel will be like Uhud and the thickness of his skin a three nights' journey. Muslim transmitted it.

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَيِ الْكَافِرِ فِي النَّارِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِلرَّاكِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ» . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: «ضِرْسُ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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