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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on the Description of Hellfire

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2577

Chapter: What Has Been Related About the Size of the Inhabitants of the Fire

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2577

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسٌ الدُّورِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ

غِلَظَ جِلْدِ الْكَافِرِ اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنَّ ضِرْسَهُ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَإِنَّ مَجْلِسَهُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ كَمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ ‏"

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said:

"Indeed a disbeliever's skin will be forty-two forearm lengths thick, his molar teeth will be like Uhud (mountain), and his sitting place in Hell will be like what is between Makkah and Al-Madinah."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2577).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( إِنَّ غِلَظَ جِلْدِ الْكَافِرِ ) أَيْ ذَرْعَ ثَخَانَتِهِ ( اِثْنَتَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ ) وَفِي بَعْضِ النُّسَخِ اِثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعِينَ قِيلَ الْوَاوُ بِمَعْنَى مَعَ ( ذِرَاعًا ) فِي الْقَامُوسِ : الذِّرَاعُ بِالْكَسْرِ مِنْ طَرَفِ الْمَرْفِقِ إِلَى طَرَفِ الْإِصْبَعِ الْوُسْطَى , وَذَرَعَ الثَّوْبَ كَمَنَعَ قَاسَهُ بِهَا ( وَإِنَّ ضِرْسَهُ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ ) أَيْ مِثْلُ مِقْدَارِ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ ( وَإِنَّ مَجْلِسَهُ ) أَيْ مَوْضِعَ جُلُوسِهِ ( مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ ) أَيْ فِيهَا ( مَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ ) أَيْ مِقْدَارُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا مِنْ الْمَسَافَةِ. قَالَ النَّوَوِيُّ : هَذَا كُلُّهُ لِكَوْنِهِ أَبْلَغَ فِي إِيلَامِهِ , وَهُوَ مَقْدُورٌ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى يَجِبُ الْإِيمَانُ بِه…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2577
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2577
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2577
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 2577

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 5675

He reported God's messenger as saying, "The thickness of an infidel's skin will be forty-two cubits, his molar tooth will be like Uhud, and his seat in Jahannam will be like the distance between Mecca and Medina." Tirmidhi transmitted it.

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ غِلَظَ جِلْدِ الْكَافِرِ اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنَّ ضِرْسَهُ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَإِنَّ مَجْلِسَهُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ مَا بَيْنَ…

On the same subject

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 5674

He reported God's messenger as saying, "On the day of resurrection the molar tooth of an infidel will be like Uhud, his thigh like al-Baida'[1], and his abode in hell a three nights' journey like ar-Rabadha[2]." There are various places with this name. Mirqat, 5, 314, quotes the vague statement…

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ضِرْسُ الْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ وَفَخِذُهُ مِثْلُ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَمَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ مسيرَة ثَلَاث مثل الربذَة»…

+ 2 other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 5690

Ibn `Umar reported the Prophet as saying, "The inhabitants of hell will become huge in hell so that the space between the lobe of the ear and the shoulder of one of them will be a journey of seven hundred years, the thickness of his skin will be seventy cubits, and his molar tooth will be like…

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَعْظُمُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ فِي النَّارِ حَتَّى إِنَّ بَيْنَ شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِ أَحَدِهِمْ إِلَى عَاتِقِهِ مَسِيرَةَ سبعمائةِ عامٍ وإِنَّ غِلَظَ…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 1 other version

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 4322

“The disbeliever will be made huge so much so that his molar will be bigger than (Mount) Uhud, and the size of his body in relation to his molar will be like the size of the body of anyone of you in relation to his molar.”

"‏ إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ لَيَعْظُمُ حَتَّى إِنَّ ضِرْسَهُ لأَعْظَمُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ وَفَضِيلَةُ جَسَدِهِ عَلَى ضِرْسِهِ كَفَضِيلَةِ جَسَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ عَلَى ضِرْسِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

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