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PARADISE AND HELL

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“There was a debate between Paradise and Hell. Hell said: ‘I shall encompass those who are tyrants and arrogant.’ Paradise said: ‘My inhabitants will be the weak and the needy.’ Allah decided between them, saying: ‘You are Paradise, My Mercy. Through you I will have mercy on whomsoever I will; and you are Hell, My Punishment. Through you I will punish whosoever I will. It is for Me to fill both of you.’”

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Sa'id Khudri who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.