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We have been told that a stone dropped from the mouth of Hell will
continue to fall for seventy years before it reaches its bottom. Yet it
will be filled. Then do you wonder at it?
We have also been told that the distance between the two doors of
the Gate of Paradise is equal to a journey of over forty years, yet a
day will come when it will be crowded with people. I recall being one
of seven people with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
when our only food was the leaves of trees which lacerated the
inside of our mouths. I had a sheet which I cut into two and gave
half to Sa'ad, the son of Malik and we made our pieces into loin-
cloths. Today, every one of us is governor of a city. I seek refuge
with Allah that I become in myself great, while I am with Allah small.
I seek the protection of Allah against thinking myself great and being
small in the Sight of Allah.‟"
Muslim with a chain up to Khalid, the son of Omar Adavi who related this hadith.
continue to fall for seventy years before it reaches its bottom. Yet it
will be filled. Then do you wonder at it?
We have also been told that the distance between the two doors of
the Gate of Paradise is equal to a journey of over forty years, yet a
day will come when it will be crowded with people. I recall being one
of seven people with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
when our only food was the leaves of trees which lacerated the
inside of our mouths. I had a sheet which I cut into two and gave
half to Sa'ad, the son of Malik and we made our pieces into loin-
cloths. Today, every one of us is governor of a city. I seek refuge
with Allah that I become in myself great, while I am with Allah small.
I seek the protection of Allah against thinking myself great and being
small in the Sight of Allah.‟"
Muslim with a chain up to Khalid, the son of Omar Adavi who related this hadith.