سورة مريم

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The statement of Allah: وَ إِنْ مِنْکُمْ إِلّا وارِدُها [And there is not one of you but shall come to it] has been abrogated by this statement of Allah: "[But] those who [were righteous and] to whom the promise of good has previously been given by Us shall be kept far from it." (Anbiya/101).

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) visited a sick person and said: "Glad tidings to you! Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: 'Fever is My fire which I impose upon My believing servant in this world so that it may be his share of the Fire.'"

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Fever is the herald of death, and it is the prison of Allah in the earth, and its heat is from Hell. And it is every believer's share of the Fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Fever is the forerunner of death, and it is the prison of Allah in His earth, and its boiling is from Hell, and it is the believer's share of the Fire.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Husayn ibn Abi al-Ala said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the verse: وَ إِنْ مِنْکُمْ إِلَّا وارِدُها [And there is not one of you but shall come to it]. He said: "Do you not hear that it is said: 'We came to the water of so-and-so's tribe (waradna), and we did not enter it', so that is wurud (coming/approaching), not dukhul (entering)."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Abu Sumayna said: "We differed regarding entering [Hell]. One group said: 'A believer does not enter it,' and another group said: 'All enter it, then Allah delivers those who practised taqwa (piety) from it.' I met Jabir ibn Abdullah and asked him. He pointed with his two fingers to his two ears and said: 'May they be deaf if I did not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) saying: The wurud (coming) [in the verse] is entering [Hell]; no righteous person nor evildoer remains but that he enters it. Then it becomes cool and safe for the believers just as it was for Ibrahim (peace be upon him), until the Fire — or he said: Hell — cries out and wails from its coldness. Then Allah delivers those who practised taqwa from it, and leaves the wrongdoers in it on their knees.'"

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) that he was asked about the meaning of the verse, so he said: "Allah the Exalted makes the Fire like solidified ghee, and gathers the creation upon it. Then a caller calls out: [O Hell]! Take your companions and leave My companions. By the One in whose hand is my soul, it (Hell) knows its companions better than a mother knows her child."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): People will enter the Fire, then they will come out of it according to their deeds. The first group of them will be like the flash of lightning, then the second group like the passing of the wind, then the third group like the galloping of a horse, then the fourth group like a rider, then the fifth group like a running man, and then the sixth group like one who walks, [they will come out of it].