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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Manazel Al-akherah The Valley of Punishment (wadi-e-barhoot) The Valley of punishment (Wadi-e-Barhoot) is situated in the barren lands of a deserted valley in Yemen, which is devoid of food or water. This is the dwelling place of the evil spirits (rooh) who are made to stay there during Barzakh and taste severe chastisement.
One day a man came to the presence of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) in a manner that fear had overtaken him and his face had turned pale. He said that he had witnessed an astonishing event which was the cause of his restlessness. On the Prophet's inquiry he said: “My wife has a disease, for the cure of which she requested me to fetch some water from the well at Wadi-e-Barhoot (Mineral water has got the power to cure skin diseases). I took a leather bag and a bowl and left.
When I reached there the eerie surrounding made me fearful and I hastily started searching for the well. I found one well and was about to fill water in the bag, when I heard the noise of chains from above me. I heard a voice requesting me for water for he was dying of intense thirst. When I looked above I saw a man hanging by a chain which was bound in his neck. I was confused but agreed to his request for water.
When I extended my hand to offer him water, the chain was suddenly pulled on top, and the man reached just near the blazing sun. I was dumb-founded and scared, and started filling the water bag when I saw the man being sent down again. He again requested me for water, and like before when I extended my hand to give him, the chain was pulled up. This happened thrice. On the third time I was totally frightened and ran away from there. O Prophet! I now request you to explain to me the incident”.
The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) replied, “The man whom you saw in the Wadi-e-Barhoot was none other than the accursed Cain (Qabeel, the son of Prophet Ada), who had mercilessly murdered his pother Abel (Habeel). He will be punished in the same manner in the valley, and on the day of Qayamat he will be fed to the blazing fire of hell”.
Sayyed Mo'min Shablanji Shafe'i in his book ‘Noorul Absar’ relates from Abul Qasim bin Mohammad, who says: One day I saw some people gathered near the ‘Maqame Ipaheem’ in the Masjid-ul-Haraam (Ka'bah), and asked them the reason for it. They said that a christian hermit had converted to Islam and had an astonishing incident to narrate.