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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on the Description of Hellfire

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2592

Chapter: What Has Been Related About 'The Fire Has Two Breaths' and What Has Been Mentioned About Those Who Will Exit the Fire from the People of Tawhid

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2592

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ اشْتَكَتِ النَّارُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا وَقَالَتْ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا فَجَعَلَ لَهَا نَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسًا فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسًا فِي الصَّيْفِ فَأَمَّا نَفَسُهَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ فَزَمْهَرِيرٌ وَأَمَّا نَفَسُهَا فِي الصَّيْفِ فَسَمُومٌ ‏"

Abu Hurairah narrated:

that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The Fire complained to its Lord. It said: 'Some parts of me consume other parts.' So He allowed it to take two breaths: one during the winter, and during the summer. As for the breath in the winter then it is Zamharir, and as for the breath in the summer then it is Samum.

Other chains report similar narrations.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2592).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ) الْأَسَدِيُّ النَّخَّاسُ الْكُوفِيُّ ضَعِيفٌ مِنْ الثَّامِنَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( اِشْتَكَتْ النَّارُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا وَقَالَتْ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا ) قَالَ الْحَافِظُ فِي الْفَتْحِ : قَدْ اُخْتُلِفَ فِي هَذِهِ الشَّكْوَى هَلْ هِيَ بِلِسَانِ الْقَالِ أَوْ بِلِسَانِ الْحَالِ , وَاخْتَارَ كُلًّا طَائِفَةٌ. وَقَالَ اِبْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَرِّ : لِكِلَا الْقَوْلَيْنِ وَجْهٌ وَنَظَائِرُ وَالْأَوَّلُ أَرْجَحُ , وَقَالَ عِيَاضٌ : إِنَّهُ الْأَظْهَرُ , وَقَالَ الْقُرْطُبِيُّ : لَا إِحَالَةَ فِي حَمْلِ اللَّفْظِ عَلَى حَقِيقَتِهِ , قَالَ وَإِذَا أَخْبَرَ الصَّادِقُ بِأَمْرٍ جَائِزٍ لَمْ يُحْتَجْ إِلَى تَأْوِيلِهِ فَحَمْلُهُ عَلَى حَقِيقَتِهِ أَوْلَى. وَقَال…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2592
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2592
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2592
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 2592

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3260

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The (Hell) Fire complained to its Lord saying, 'O my Lord! My different parts eat up each other.' So, He allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in summer, and this is the reason for the severe heat and the bitter cold you find (in weather).

اشْتَكَتِ النَّارُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا، فَقَالَتْ رَبِّ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسٍ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ، فَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي الْحَرِّ، وَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 617c

The Fire said to the Lord: O Lord! some parts of mine have consumed the others, so allow me to exhale (in order to find some relief from this congestion). It was granted permission to take two exhalations, one exhalation during the winter and the other exhalation during the summer So whatever you…

قَالَتِ النَّارُ رَبِّ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا فَأْذَنْ لِي أَتَنَفَّسْ ‏.‏ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسٍ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ مِنْ بَرْدٍ أَوْ زَمْهَرِيرٍ فَمِنْ نَفَسِ جَهَنَّمَ…

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