The path

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The path (1)

‘Abdullah ibn Hamoud al-Furaih

what is the path?

Linguistically: the wide path that is placed
In the Shariah: a bridge that is stretched over Hell; people pass over it into paradise

the path is confirmed in the book, Sunnah and the consensus:

From the book: His words Almighty:

﴿وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا﴾
“And there is none of you except he will come to it” [Maryam: 71]

Abdullah ibn Masood, Qatada, Zaid ibn Aslam (may Allah be pleased with them) who explained the passing over the Sirat. A group among them explained it; (including) Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) of entering the fire but they are saved from it.

As for the disbelievers and hypocrites, it is clear that they will enter the fire so the verse is most clear in relation to them.

From the Sunnah: the long Hadith of Abu Sa`id Al Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and in it: “Then the bridge would be set up over the Hell and intercession would be allowed and they will say: O God, keep safe, keep safe.”[1]

The Sunnah community has agreed upon its authenticity


the situation of the believers when they cross the path:
What preceded was that you got to know something about that. The believers; if the Sirat is placed over Hell, the situation will be complete darkness and under the Sirat there is dark, black fire. It is not possible to cross it except with the light of Allah Almighty so Allah Almighty gives them light as mentioned.

Allah Almighty said:
﴿ يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَسْعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِم بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ﴾
“On the Day you see the believing men and believing women, their light proceeding before them and on their right, [it will be said], "Your good tidings today are [of] gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally." That is what is the great attainment.” [Al Hadid: 12]

Their speed of crossing over the Sirat is based on their deeds. Do not think that crossing over the Sirat is easy. The fire is under it, the Sirat is slippery; the feet slip on it and it has hooked ****l that clings onto things and they plunder things quickly. It is enough to say that it is above Hell. Because of that, there is the supplication of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Messengers PBUT then: “O God, keep safe, keep safe.” That is not except because of the horror of the moment. People will pass by based on their deeds. Among the people are those whose deeds are few, not allowing him to pass and cross over the Sirat so they will into Hell. We seek refuge from Allah.

It came in Sahih Muslim, the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah and Huzaifa (may Allah be pleased with them) saying: the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I narrated the Hadith of the intercession and in it: “So they would come to Muhammad (peace be upon him). He would then be permitted (to open the door of Paradise). Trustworthiness and kinship would be despatched, and these would stand on the right and left of the Path and the first of you would pass with (the swiftness) of lightning. He (the narrator) said: I said, O thou who art far dearer to me than my father and my mother I which thing is like the passing of lightning? He said: Have you not seen lightning, how it passes and then comes back within the twinkling of an eye? Then (they would pass) like the passing of the wind, then like the passing of a bird, and the hastening of persons would be according to their deeds, and your Apostle would be standing on the Path saying: Save, O my Lord, save. (The people would go on passing) till the deeds of the servants would be failing in strength, till a man would come who would find it hard to go along (that Path) but crawlingly. He (the narrator) said: And on the sides of the Path hooks would be suspended ready to catch anyone whom these would be required (to catch). There would be those who would somehow or other succeed in trasversing that Path and some would be piled up in Hell.”[2]

In the Hadith of Abu Sa`id (may Allah be pleased with him) that is agreed upon. The Prophet (peace be upon him): “…Then the bridge would be set up over the Hell and intercession would be allowed and they will say: O God, keep safe, keep safe. It was asked: Messenger of Allah, what is this bridge? He said: The void in which one Is likely to slip. There would be hooks, tongs, spits like the thorn that is found in Najd and is known as Sa'dan. The believers would then pass over within the twinkling of an eye, like lightning, like wind, like a bird, like the finest horses and camels. Some will escape and be safe, some will be lacerated and let go, and some will be pushed into the fire of Hell…”[3]

The Sheikh of Islam (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the middle creed: “people pass over it based on their level of deeds. Among them are those who will pass with the blink of an eye; among them are those who will pass like lightening; among them are those who will pass like the wind; among them are those who will pass like the fast horse; among them are those will pass like camel riders; among them are those who will walk normally; among them are those who will walk quickly; among them are those who will crawl and among them who will step and fall into Hell.”
-We ask Allah for salvation of our sins in the world and (success) on the Sirat on the Day of Fleeing.

Ibn Hajar (may Allah be pleased with him) said when mentioning the trust and mercy in the previous Hadith: “meaning that they stand in the direction of the Sirat. The meaning is (regarding) the trust and mercy of the greatness of the situation and luxury of what is upon the slaves from taking heed of its rights. There are two positions for the trust, the tyrant, the follower and the cutter (of rights). They argue with the one whose rights (they took) and bear witness upon what is wrong. [4]

[1] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (7440). Narrated by Muslim number (183)

[2] Narrated by Muslim number (195)

[3] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (7440). Narrated by Muslim number (183)

[4] Look at: Al Fatah, volume 11, Kitab Al Riqaq, chapter of Al Sirat Jisr Jahannam

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The path (2)

‘Abdullah ibn Hamoud al-Furaih


The path (2)

the first to cross the path from the Prophets will be Mohammed (peace be upon him) and among the communities, his community:
There is the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: “I and my followers will be the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day except the Apostles. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day will be, 'O Allah, save! Save!”[1]

Al Nawawi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “None will speak on that Day except the Apostles” means that because of the extremes of the horrors, what is meant is that (people) do not speak except when permitted except that on the Day of Resurrection there are times when people speak and argue with each other. They ask each other, regret and the followers curse the ones who were followed. Allah Knows best. His words (peace be upon him): “(Their supplication) will be, 'O Allah, save! Save!” This is from their complete belief and mercy for the creation. In it, the supplications are based on the nations so they will supplicate for each nation that is connected to them. Allah knows best.[2]

The crossing of the Sirat is common for the believers and the ones who call upon faith (such as the hypocrites). The hypocrites will not cross the Sirat but the Sirat is the final station for them to Hell. We seek refuge from Allah

[1] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (7437)

[2] Look at: the explanation of Al Nawawi for Muslim, volume 2, Book of Faith, chapter on Marifat Tareeq Al Ruya

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The path (3)

‘Abdullah ibn Hamoud al-Furaih

The path (3)

is the path wide or narrow?
There is dispute over the width of the Sirat on two sayings:

The first saying: that the Sirat is a wide path

They proved this: A. Linguistically, the Sirat is: the wide path
B. The saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him) regarding the description of the Sirat: “The void in which one Is likely to slip. There would be hooks, tongs”[1]

The face of evidence: that the slip, hooks and tongs are not except along the wide path.
The second saying: that the Sirat is a very narrow path

They proved this: what Muslim narrated from the Hadith of Abu Sa`id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “I have come to know that the bridge would be thinner even than the hair and sharper than the sword”[2]. Similar to it came with Ahmed raising the Hadith of `A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with them)[3]

With Al Hakim, there is the Hadith of Salman raising that it is like the level of Musa (peace be upon him) but Allah knows best of what is more correct.

Through the previous discrepancy, they clarify the description of the Sirat and that it is suspended above Hell. It has hooks and tongs that catch people based on their deeds. We ask Allah for peace and success.

Al Qurtubi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: a view of the passage of the Sirat: “you think now that it has you with the panic in your heart. If you see the Sirat, (your heart) will pound, your sight will fall upon the darkness of Hell from under it and then your hearing will ring with the inhalation and irritation of the fire. You have decided to walk on the Sirat despite your weak situation and heart puputations. Your foot slips and your back becomes heavy with the weight that stops you from walking on the ground, rather than the sharpness of the Sirat.

How will you be then if one of your legs are put on it so that you feel its sharpness and you have hesitated to place your second foot. The creation are around you slipping, panicking and the angels of Hell catch them with hooks and you are watching them. How their faces turn towards Hell and their legs rise. What a terrifying sight, how hard and how tense (the situation is).”

We ask Allah Almighty for success. O Lord sustain us with guidance, excessive obedience that will (make us) cross over the Sirat with great speed after which we will (reach) the elevated homes.

[1] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (7439). Narrated by Muslim number (183). From the Hadith of Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him).

[2] Narrated by Muslim number (183)

[3] Narrated by Ahmad (24739)

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The path (4)

‘Abdullah ibn Hamoud al-Furaih

The path (4)

after the path, the believers will stand in the vault:
What preceded was that among the people of knowledge are those who see those who see the basin when it is placed between the Sirat before entering paradise. The questions detailing the issue preceded.

As for the vault, it is a special place for the believers, truncating one over the other, as a comfort for themselves and remover of what yield and envy there is in their hearts before they enter the high paradise. This comfort is different from the first comfort as it purifies them before they enter paradise. Allah Almighty said:

{وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا} [الأعراف: 43]
“And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah , who has guided us to this” [Al Araaf: 43]


Narrated by Abu Sa`id Al Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: “The believers, after being saved from the (Hell) Fire, will be stopped at a bridge between Paradise and Hell and mutual retaliation will be established among them regarding wrongs they have committed in the world against one another. After they are cleansed and purified (through the retaliation), they will be admitted into Paradise; and by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, everyone of them will know his dwelling in Paradise better than he knew his dwelling in this world”[1]

After that comes the great victory and the eternal comfort:
Yes, it is paradise, our Enduring Home. We ask Allah Almighty for his permission for that great wish; where (it has) what fulfills the souls and delights the eyes. (It has) what no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no danger over the hearts of anyone. Take your imagination and think of the greatest comfort that you want. If you finish, then know that in paradise (there is) higher than what you can picture or imagine and there is no danger upon you.

Allah Almighty said:
{وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ الْأَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْأَعْيُنُ وَأَنْتُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ} [الزخرف: 71]
“And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.” [Al Zukhruf: 71]


What a beautiful Enduring Home. Allah Almighty said about it: “Prepared for My Pious slaves things which have never been seen by an eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human being”

{ فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ } [السجدة: 17]
“And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do” [Al Sajda: 17][2]

[1] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (6535)

[2] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (3244). Narrated by Muslim number (2824)