Severity Of The Heat Of Hell-Fire

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Jawharah said:
Brethen in Faith! Paradise and Fire are close to anyone of you than the laces of his shoes. And the Fire which you kindle here in the world is just a seventieth part of the Hell-Fire. The Hell-Fire is sixty-nine times hotter than the fire of this world. The hotness of summer and its mid-day heat that you feel is just a breath of the Hell-Fire. The Prophet said, "The Fire complained to its Lord and said, 'O my Lord! Parts of me eats up other parts.' So Allaah permitted it to have two breaths: one in the summer and one in the winter and that is the severe heat you feel in summer and the severe cold you feel in the winter. And the severe heat is of the breath of Hell."
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Can a human being feel the difference between being burnt by "normal" fire and fire 69 times hotter?
What exactly is refered to as the fire of this world? There's different kinds of fire on Earth, and not every flame has the same temperature.
 
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Can a human being feel the difference between being burnt by "normal" fire and fire 69 times hotter?
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If Allaah Wills, Yes.

What exactly is refered to as the fire of this world? There's different kinds of fire on Earth, and not every flame has the same temperature
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Normal fire,you know, the one not tampered with by sciences. E.g. Fire made by burning wood.

Allaah Knows Best.
 
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Jazakallah khair Sis Jawharah and Sis hidaayah for posting this..very beneficial and really needed for many people as a reminder
 
A very good read and reminder. Yet, at the same time should we not desire Jannah because we love and desire to serve Allaah(swt), not simply because of fear of hell-fire?

Shouldn't our desire to serve Allaah(swt) be even stronger then our greatest fears?

To graceously and loyally serve Allaah(swt) eliminates any need to fear Hell-Fire as it is something a true believer, will never face.

Fear of Hell-Fire for the unrepentent should be an incentive for us to do our best to guide our fellow humans to the path that will lead them away from such a fate.
 
Woodrow said:
A very good read and reminder. Yet, at the same time should we not desire Jannah because we love and desire to serve Allaah(swt), not simply because of fear of hell-fire?

Shouldn't our desire to serve Allaah(swt) be even stronger then our greatest fears?

To graceously and loyally serve Allaah(swt) eliminates any need to fear Hell-Fire as it is something a true believer, will never face.

Fear of Hell-Fire for the unrepentent should be an incentive for us to do our best to guide our fellow humans to the path that will lead them away from such a fate.
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That's true, but different people are motivated by different things. If a teacher says whoever does the homework will get candy, some people won't bother. If the teacher says if you don't do the homework, you'll get detention, those who did not want to do it will. So yes, we should aim to do good deeds and avoid bad ones because of our love for Allah, but all to often, we forget, and are reminded by the punishment that awaits us if we do not.
 
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That's true, but different people are motivated by different things. If a teacher says whoever does the homework will get candy, some people won't bother. If the teacher says if you don't do the homework, you'll get detention, those who did not want to do it will. So yes, we should aim to do good deeds and avoid bad ones because of our love for Allah, but all to often, we forget, and are reminded by the punishment that awaits us if we do not.
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That is true some people are motivated by fear. but, if the person's motivation is fear, are they actually serving Allaah(swt) or are they serving themselves, by finding a loop-hole to escape hell-fire with no need to love Allaah(swt)? In other words is not such a person a hypocrite?

There are laws on the book that provide grave punishments to woman who torture their children, but most mothers love ther childen suficiently to not desire to harm their children. A woman who only restrains from harming her children because of the laws is not deserving of the rewards of motherhood.

So it is with us. there are those who serve Allaah(swt) out of love and there are those who serve out of fear, do those who serve out of fear truly serve or are they hypocrites?

Hell-Fire is a great reminder and it is a fitting punishment and a reason for a person to seek other choices. But, shouldn't the final reason to serve be out of love and not simply to avoid punishment?

We should love Allaah(swt) because he saves us from hell-fire. Hell-fire is our own choice when we fail to follow Allaah(swt). Our love for him is on the path he gives us to avoid the temptations that would lead us to hell-fire.
 
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Brother Woodrow fear at times helps us to stay in line. A man was forgiven after sinning so many sins, mere because he ordered his sons to burn him when he dies and scatter his ashes across the globe, for if Allah gets a hold of him, he will be punished like no other. And when Allah asked him why he did such a thing, he said because of the fear i have for you Allah. And Allah did indeed forgave me.

Hell is just a fair warning to all of mankind. But it is interesting to know what motivates us to obey Allah.

Three things that motivate me to obey Allah are:

One is the kindness, mercy, and generosity which Allah has shown me over and over again. I would hate to be ungrateful to the One who is so patient and gracious to me.

Second is my own insignificance, how incomplete, imperfect, and how deeply depended I'm on Allah. It is realizing that we are not self-sufficient. My provision, my heath, my wealth, and my whole life is given to me by Allah. How I would hate to be ungrateful to the One who is so Giving and Caring to His Creation.

Third is the just punishment I will receive after disobeying my Creator, my Sustainer, my Provider, my Guardian, my Helper, my only Friend. I have no right to disobey Allah, and I know that such disobedience deserves nothing but severe punishment, especially when I'm aware of my own wrong doing. If i am to enter hell, it is due to my own wrongdoing. I have no choice but to plead guilty on my own accord, and i know that I will only enter Hell because of Allah's Justice.

And as Sila Bin Ashyam used to say at the break of day, after spending the whole night worshipping Allah "O Allah I am not fit to beg "Jannah" (Heaven) of You, but all i beseech of You is, that You save me from "Jahaannam" (Hell).

No matter how much sufficient righteous deeds i do, countless prayers i pray, and even my continuos repentance does not guarantee me paradise unless Allah showers His Mercy and Grace on me. I would hate to be ungrateful, heedless, and disobedient to the One who is Most Merciful Oft-Forgiving.

May Allah protect us and spare us from the Hell-Fire. Ameeen

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