As for those monotheists (ahlu't-tawhid) who are sinners...

As for those monotheists (ahlu't-tawhid) who are sinners, they will be taken out of it by the mercy of Allah and the intercession which they obtain.[^8] It is related that no pain shall afflict a single one among the monotheists in Hell when they enter it: but they will only be afflicted with pain at the time of their exit from it; and these ills will be the requital of their own actions, and Allah is not “unjust towards the slaves” (Qur'an 41:46) .

And the residents of Hell will be miserable indeed: it is not decreed for them that they shall die, nor shall the torment of Hell abate for them. “Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink, save boiling water and pus (ghassaq): reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)” [^9] (Qur'an 78:24-26) . If they ask for food, they will be fed on z aqqum. [^10] “And if they ask for showers, they will be showered with water like unto molten lead which burneth the faces.

Calamitous the drink and ill the resting-place!” (Qur'an 18:29) . And from a distant place shall they cry out and say: “O our Lord, remove us from here. If we return (to evil) then indeed we shall be wrong-doers” (Qur'an 23:107) . For a time no reply shall be given to them; then they will be told: “Go ye away unto it, and speak not (unto Me)” (Qur'an 23:108) . “And they cry: O Master [^11] , let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Here must ye remain” (Qur'an 43:77) .

It is related according to authentic sources that Allah will command certain persons to be put into Hell, and then he will tell the Master (malik): Order the Fire not to burn their feet for they used to walk towards mosques; nor their hands, for they used to raise them towards Me in supplication; nor their tongues, for they used frequently to recite the Qur'an; nor their faces, for they used to perform the ablutions completely, without deficiency.

And the Master (of Hell) will say: O you miserable ones, what used to be your plight? And they will reply: We used to act (according to the commands) of beings other than Allah. Then they will be told: Take your reward from him for whom you acted. And our belief concerning Heaven and Hell is that they are both created things.[^12] Verily the Prophet entered Paradise, and saw the Fire, at the time of his ascension.