It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that al-Walid bin al-Mughirah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Noble Qur'an to him, (and on hearing it) his heart softened somewhat. When this news reached Abu Jahl, he came to him and said: O uncle, your people intend to collect wealth for you. He asked: Why? Abu Jahl said: So that they may give it to you, for you went to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for the purpose of obtaining something from him. Al-Walid said: Quraysh know that I am the wealthiest of them all. Abu Jahl said: Then say something about him (peace and blessings be upon him) by which your people will come to know that you reject him or that you dislike him. He said: What shall I say? By Allah, there is no one among you who knows poetry better than I do, nor anyone who knows more than I do about its rajaz, its odes (qasidah) or the poetry of the jinn. By Allah, what he (peace and blessings be upon him) says does not resemble any of these. By Allah, there is a sweetness in these words of his, and there is a splendour and beauty upon them; its upper part is fruitful and its lower part is abundantly bountiful; this speech prevails over all and nothing can prevail over it, and it crushes everything beneath it. Abu Jahl said: Your people will not be pleased with you until you say something (negative) about him. Al-Walid said: Give me time so that I may think. When he had thought it over, he said: This is nothing but magic handed down (from earlier people). Then this verse was revealed: "Leave Me with the one whom I created alone" [Al-Muddaththir: 11] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Wayl' is a valley in Hell; the disbeliever (once he begins to fall) will keep falling into its depths for forty years before reaching its bottom. And 'al-sa'ud' is a mountain of the Fire which he will keep climbing for seventy years, then he will fall from there (down), and it will go on like this forever." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained, except the companions of the right" [Al-Muddaththir: 38-39] , that he said: (By the companions of the right is meant) the children of the Muslims. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu al-Za'ra' (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Dajjal was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: O people, at the time of his emergence you will split into three groups. Then Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said (describing the state of the people of Hell): O disbelievers! "What put you into Saqar? They will say: We were not of those who prayed, nor did we feed the poor, and we used to indulge (in falsehood) with those who indulged, and we used to deny the Day of Recompense, until there came to us the certainty (death). So the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit them" [Al-Muddaththir: 42-48] . Then Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you see any good in these (people of Hell) such that they would not be left there? When Allah Almighty wills that none (of the disbelievers) should come out of it any more, He will change their faces and their colours. Then a man from among the believers will bend down (to bring someone out) and say: O my Lord! And Allah will say: "Whoever recognizes someone, let him bring him out." So he will look carefully but will not recognize anyone. Then a man (from the people of Hell) will call out to him: O so-and-so, I am so-and-so! And he will say: "I do not know (you)." At that time they will say: "Our Lord, bring us out of it; then if we return (to disbelief), we will indeed be wrongdoers" [Al-Mu'minun: 107] . Then Allah Almighty will say: "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me" [Al-Mu'minun: 108] . When Allah has said this, Hell will be closed over them, and after that no one at all will be able to come out of it. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Fleeing from a qaswarah" [Al-Muddaththir: 51] , that he said: By "qaswarah" is meant the archers who go hunting. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting this verse: "And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of being feared and worthy to forgive" [Al-Muddaththir: 56] , and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, says: I am worthy of being feared, and that no other god be set up alongside Me; and whoever fears to associate anyone with Me, I am worthy to forgive him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: For a year I kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but (out of awe of him) I could not speak to him, and he did not know me. Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked me: Who are you? I said: I am from the people of Iraq. He asked: From which of them? I said: From Banu Asad. He asked: Are you from their Haruri (Khariji) sect, or from those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour? I said: From those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour. He said: Now ask. I asked: What is the meaning of "I swear by the Day of Resurrection" [Al-Qiyamah: 1] ? He said: Your Lord swears by whatever He wills of His creation. I asked: And "And I swear by the self-reproaching soul" [Al-Qiyamah: 2] ? He said: It refers to the blamed soul that regrets its sins. I asked: "Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes, (We are) able to restore even his fingertips" [Al-Qiyamah: 3-4] ? He said: If Allah had willed, He would have made man's fingertips like the hoof of a camel or the hoof of a donkey. I asked: What is the meaning of "a place of settlement and a place of deposit" [Al-An'am: 98] ? He said: By "mustaqarr" (place of settlement) is meant the mother's womb, and by "mustawda'" (place of deposit) is meant the father's loins. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Rather, man desires to continue in sin ahead of him" [Al-Qiyamah: 5] , that he said: (Its meaning is that the sinful person says:) I will repent soon (and in this delusion he keeps on sinning). And he "asks: When is the Day of Resurrection?" [Al-Qiyamah: 6] . Then, when the eyes are dazzled, the reality will become clear to him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "The Day when some of the signs of your Lord come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before" [Al-An'am: 158] , that he said: It refers to the rising of the sun from the west. Then he recited these verses: "And the sun and the moon are joined together; man will say on that Day: Where is the escape?" [Al-Qiyamah: 9-10] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will be a man who will gaze over his kingdom to the extent of a journey of two thousand years; he will see its farthest end just as he sees its nearest part; he will be looking at his wives, his servants and his thrones. And the most excellent in rank among the people of Paradise will be the one who will behold the Face of Allah Almighty twice every day."