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Sahih Muslim 241c (Book 2, Hadith 39) #7743
Accountability in the Afterlife

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad warned people to be careful of their actions, as they will be held accountable for them in the afterlife.

'Abdullah b. Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah lagged behind us on a journey. We travelled (back) and be took him; and then came the time of the afternoon prayer, and as we were going to wipe our feet he (the Holy Prophet) called out: Woe to the heels because of Hell-fire.
حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ، - قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، - عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنَّا النَّبِيُّ فِي سَفَرٍ سَافَرْنَاهُ فَأَدْرَكَنَا وَقَدْ حَضَرَتْ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ فَجَعَلْنَا نَمْسَحُ عَلَى أَرْجُلِنَا فَنَادَى ‏ "‏ وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ

TOPICS
accountability  *  afterlife  *  hellfire  *  islah  *  jahannam

QUICK LESSONS:
Be mindful of your actions, strive for goodness, improve yourself through reform/Islah .

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith, Prophet Muhammad is warning his followers about accountability in the afterlife. He was travelling with a group of people and when it was time for afternoon prayer, he called out “Woe to the heels because of Hell-fire”. This is a reminder that we should be mindful of our actions and words as we will be held accountable for them in the hereafter. We must strive to do good deeds and avoid bad ones so that we can enter paradise instead of hellfire. The Arabic terms used here are Islah which means improvement or reform and Jahannam which means hellfire or inferno. This hadith teaches us that our actions have consequences and that we should always strive to do good deeds so that Allah rewards us with paradise instead of punishment with hellfire.

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