• Those who take refuge in God from the Hell-fire but do not...

●Those who take refuge in God from the Hell-fire but do not abandon lusts have ridiculed themselves. • Those who remember God but do not hasten to meet Him have ridiculed themselves. • Those who call death to mind but do not prepare for it have ridiculed themselves.[^1] • Imam al-Ridha (a.s.) said, “The closest position of a servant to the Almighty and Glorious Allah is when they are in prostration; and that is where Allah says: prostrate and draw near [to Allah] (Q. 96: 19).

[^2] Punishment of the Impious and Unrestrained Women on the Day of Resurrection Shaykh al-Saduq (may God have mercy on him) is reported to have said on the authority of Imam al-Jawad (a.s.) on the authority of his noble father, Imam al-Ridha (a.s.), on the authority of his noble forefathers that Commander of the Faithful ‘Ali (a.s.) stated: Fatima (a.s.) and I went to see the Apostle of Allah (S) and saw that his holiness was crying hard.

I said, “May my father and mother be your ransom, O Rasul Allah! What has made you cry so hard?” The Prophet (S) said, “O Ali! On the night of Ascension ( Mi’raj ), when I was taken up in the heavens, I saw women from among my nation who were being severely tormented. It was really hard on me; so I cried due to the severity of their punishment which I saw with my own eyes then. I saw a woman hung up by her hair. Her brain was boiling.

I saw another woman who was hung up by her tongue and fire was being poured into her throat. I saw another woman who was hung up by her breasts. I saw another one who was eating her own flesh, while there was a blazing fire beneath her. I saw another woman whose hands and feet were in chains and snakes and scorpions were all over her. I saw another woman who was deaf, dumb and blind. She was in a coffin filled with fire and her brain was flowing out of her nose.

All her body was torn into pieces due to leprosy. I saw another woman hung up by her feet in a fire furnace. I saw another woman whose flesh was being cut from the front and the back by scissors made of fire. I saw another woman whose face and hands were on fire while she was eating her own intestines. I saw another woman whose head was like the head of a pig and her body was like the body of a donkey.

I saw another woman who looked like a dog and fire was entering her from the back and leaving from her mouth, while the angels were beating her on the head and the body with fire clubs.” Her holiness Fatima (a.s.) stated: “O my beloved! O the sight of my eyes!

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