Hell Exists and is Lasting Forever

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Hell Exists and is Lasting Forever

Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq




Hell has already been created and it is in existence right now. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, has seen it with his naked eyes. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“When Allah, His Almighty, created Heaven, He called Gabriel and said to him: ‘Go and look at it, and at what I have prepared for its residents.’ He went, looked at it and to Allah’s preparations for its people. He came back and said: ‘By your glory, nobody hears about it, but will enter it.’ Then Allah, His Almighty, issued an order, so Heaven was surrounded by discomforts, and calamities, then He said: ‘Go back and look at it, and at what I have prepared for its people.’ So, he looked, but when he came back, he said: ‘By your glory, I fear that nobody will enter it.’ Then His Almighty sent him to Hell. He said: ‘Go and look at it, and to what I have prepared for its people.’ So he looked, and saw a boiling inferno burning itself. So he came back and said: ‘By your glory, nobody hears about it will enter it.’ Then Allah, His Almighty, issued an order, so Hell was surrounded with desires, then His Almighty said: ‘Go and look at what I have prepared for its people.’ So he went, looked and came back and said: ‘By your glory, I fear that nobody will be saved from it, but will enter it.’” [1]
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, has also narrated that Hell complained to Allah, His Almighty saying: “O God! I am burning myself up.” So He allowed it two breaths, one in the winter, and one in the summer. So the severe cold you encounter is due to its zamhareer [2], and the severe heat you feel is due to its samoom.”[3]-[4]
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, also said: “When Ramadan arrives, the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and Satans are chained.”[5] In addition, all of the references to it in the Holy Qur’an indicate that it has already been created and that it is in existence.
Hell’s fire does not extinguish, and will not die out. It is lasting forever. It will not be shut down. Its people, the ones who deserve to be there, will stay there, tortured forever, a torture that never stops, nor is it even reduced a little at all. I pray to Allah, His Almighty, to protect us from it, and from its people.
Allah, His Almighty, says:
“As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, sighing in a high and low tone. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord will. Verily, your Lord is the doer of what He wills.” [Surah Hud: 106-107]
He Almighty, also says:
“Verily! Whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal (sinner,) then surely, for him is Hell, therein he will neither die nor live.” (Surah Ta-Ha: 74)
In another Ayah Allah, His Almighty, says:
“Verily, those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbeliever's, it is they on whom is the Curse of Allah and of the angels, and of mankind, combined. They will abide therein, their punishment will neither be lightened, nor will they be reprieved.” [Surah Al-Baqarah: 161-162]
In Surah Al-Mai’dah, Allah says:
“They will long to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom, and theirs will be a lasting torment.” [Surah Al-Mai’dah: 37]
In Surah Al-A`la, Allah, His Almighty, says:
“Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them.) The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah.) But it will be avoided by the wretched. Who will enter the great Fire and made to taste its burning. Wherein he will neither die (to be in rest,) nor live (a good living.)” [Surah Al-A’la: 9-13]
Therefore, a dweller of Hell does not die in order to escape torture; neither does he live a prosperous life, but an everlasting torture, where death becomes the ultimate and unattainable wish. Allah, His Almighty says:
“And they will cry: ‘Omalik (Keeper of Hell!) Let your Lord make an end of us.’ He will say: ‘Verily, you shall abide forever.’” [Surah Az-Zukhruf: 77]
Allah, His Almighty, say to its people:
“It will be said (to them): ‘Enter you the gates of Hell, to abide therein. And (indeed) what an evil abode of the arrogant!’” [Surah Az-Zumar: 72]
Allah, His Almighty, also says:
“But those who disbelieve, for them will be the Fire of Hell. Neither it will have a complete killing effect on them so that they die, nor shall its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We requite every disbeliever.” [Surah Fatir: 36)
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “When the people of Heaven enter Heaven, and the people of Hell, death is brought until it is between Heaven and Hell, and slaughtered.[6] Then a caller says: “O, people of Heaven, an everlasting life, there is no death. O, people of Hell, an everlasting life, there is no death.” So, the people of Heaven are even in a more delight than their existing delight, and the people of Hell receive another misery on top of their existing misery.”[7]

[1] Narrated by Ahmed Abu Dawood, Al-Termethi, and Al-Nessae’i.

[2] The coldest weather ever.

[3] The hottest weather ever.

[4] Narrated by Ibn Majah.

[5] Agreed upon.

[6] “When the people of Heaven enter Heaven, and the people of Hell [enter] Hell, death is [personified and] brought until it is between Heaven and Hell, and slaughtered.”

[7] Narrated by Al-Bukhari.m,