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Jami' at-Tirmidhi The Book on Purification

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 41

Chapter: What Has Been Related About: "Protect The Heels From The Fire."

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 41

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Abu Hurairah narrated that :

the Prophet said: "Protect the heels from the Fire!"

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 41), Al-Bukhari (No. 165), Muslim (No. 242a, 242c), Ibn Majah (No. 453) and Ahmad (No. 6825, 7482, 8685, 8897, 8936, 9186, 9858).

Scholars’ grades

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 41
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih - Bukhari And Muslim	The hadith	No. 41
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 41
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf	AuthenticHasan Sahih	The hadith	No. 41

Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 165

I heard Abu Huraira saying as he passed by us while the people were performing ablution from a utensil containing water, "Perform ablution perfectly and thoroughly for Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) said, 'Save your heels from the Hell-fire.' "

وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 242a

Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) saw a man who did not wash his heel and he remarked: Woe to the heels because of hell-fire.

وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 242c

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Woe to the heels because of hell-fire.

وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Ibn Majah 453

The Prophet said: "Woe to the heels because of Hell-fire."

"‏ وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 6825

حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ يَتَوَضَّئُونَ فَقَالَ أَسْبِغُوا الْوُضُوءَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 7482

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ يَتَوَضَّئُونَ مِنْ مَطْهَرَةٍ فَقَالَ أَحْسِنُوا الْوُضُوءَ يَرْحَمْكُمْ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 8685

وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنْ النَّارِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ هَكَذَا قَالَهَا أَبِي

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 8897

حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَأَى رَجُلًا مُبَقَّعَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَحْسِنُوا الْوُضُوءَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 8936

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ وَهُمْ يَتَوَضَّئُونَ فِي الْمَطْهَرَةِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ أَسْبِغُوا…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 9186

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَمُرُّ بِنَا وَنَحْنُ نَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 9858

حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنْ النَّارِ

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Arabic only

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On the same subject

Authentic Sahih Muslim 241a

Beware of negnot washing your heels properly, for not doing so can lead to them being burnt in the Hellfire! So, perform your ablution thoroughly

We returned with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) from Makkah to Madīnah, and when we came to some water on the way, some of the people were in a hurry at the time of the ‘Asr prayer and performed ablution hurriedly; and when we reached them, their heels were…

وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ أَسْبِغُوا الْوُضُوءَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 10 other versions Explained

Authentic Sahih Muslim 240c

I and 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr went out (in order to join) the funeral procession of Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas and passed by the door of the residence of 'A'isha, and then he transmitted a hadith like this from her who (narrated it) from the Prophet (ﷺ).

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَأَبُو مَعْنٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي - أَوْ، حَدَّثَنَا -…

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 6 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 163

The Prophet (ﷺ) remained behind us on a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution for the `Asr prayer which was overdue and we were just passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them thoroughly) so he addressed us in a loud voice saying twice , "Save your heels from the fire."

وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 242b

He saw people perform ablution with the help of a water jar and he said: Complete the Wudu for i heard Abu al-Qasim (ﷺ) say: Woe to the hamstrings because of hell-fire.

وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَاقِيبِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 1 other version

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 110

"Abu Al-Qasim the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Woe to the heels from the Fire.'"

‏"‏ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَقِبِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 3 other versions

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 454

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Woe to the Achilles' tendon because of Hell-fire."

"‏ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَاقِيبِ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 2 other versions