THE FIVE SINFUL WOMEN

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Assalam alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatu

When the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went for Isra wal Miraj, the night journey, he saw that majority of the people of Hell were women and he looked into Paradise and saw majority were the poor Subhana’Allah. And he further explained in a hadeeth that he had never seen anything more terrifying than it (Hell). It was narrated ibn Abbas, the Prophet said: “I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful.” It was asked, “Do they disbelieve in Allah?” (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, “They are ungrateful to their husbands and ungrateful for the favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of them she sees something in you (not of her liking), she will say, “I have never received any good from you.” (Bukhari)

Being one of the hadeeths among many, it doesn’t say women will be in hell for being women but it points out to a wrong behavior part of women that may lead them there. The Justice of Allah as we wrote in another article is the only one that is clean and fair. We’ll all get the justice that we deserve. And in justice that includes punishment for the wrong doings.

Then I came about a hadeeth talking of the five sinful women.

Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I came to the Prophet accompanied by Fatimah but we found him weeping vehemently. I said, ‘My mother and father be sacrificed for you Messenger of Allah. Why do you weep?’ He said, ‘O Ali, in the night journey (Isra) when I saw taken up to the sky. I saw some women of my nation suffering some types of torture. Therefore, I wept because of their severe tortures. I saw a woman who was hanging hair and her brain was boiling. Another woman was hanging from her tongue and a boiling fluid was being poured into her mouth. Another woman whose legs were tied to her breasts and her hands to her forehead, suffering from serpents and scorpions and another who was hanging from her breasts. Another whose head was like a pig’s and body like a donkey and suffered million types of torture, and another woman who had the shape of a dog while the fire pierced her mouth until it left her body from the anus and the angels were also scourging her with lashes of fire. Upon hearing that Fatimah asked. ‘O darling and the pleasure of my eyes, what were they doing to suffer such torture?’ Then the Prophet said, ‘O daughter, as for the woman who was hanged from hair, she would not cover her hair from men. The woman who was hanged from her tongue used to bring harm to her husband. The one who was hanged from her breasts cumulated her husband’s bed. The one who whose legs were tied to her breasts and hands to forehead and suffering from serpents and scorpions would not clean her body from major impurity and menstruation, and neglected prayer. The woman whose head was like a pig’s head and had a donkey’s body was a talebearer and a lair. As for the last one, she used to remind recipients of her charity to them and was envious. O daughter, woe to her who disobeys her husband.”

And some scholars said, “Do not look at the smallness of the sin, rather look at the One whom you are disobeying.” Take it as a word of advice, and live upon it. Hell isn’t a joke or something to not fear, it was created from the Wrath of Allah and as much as it is real, Allah has given us opportunities to save ourselves such that even smiling is sadaqa (charity).

May Allah bless us with His Mercy and protect us all from His Wrath and Jahannam.

And Allah knows best.