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PARADISE AND HELL

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“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, gave a sermon, the like of which Anas had never heard from him before. During it he said: ‘If you knew what I know, you would laugh a little and weep a lot.’ Thereupon those present covered their faces and sobbed.”

Some news reached the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, concerning his Companions so he addressed them saying: ‘Paradise and Hell have been shown to me. I have never seen anything so good or so evil like them until this day. If you knew what I know, you would laugh a little and weep a lot.’ That was the hardest day for the Companions – they covered their faces and wept loudly.”

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related this.