regarding the authenticity of the hadith describing Hell (if the eye of a needle were opened from it, the people of the earth would burn)
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Question:
There is another question here, and it is long, so we will summarize it, O Shaykh. The questioner asks and says: The hadith of Yazid al-Raqashi from Anas, in which he points out, O Shaykh Salih, that Jibril came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked the Messenger to describe Hell, and he informed him, to the effect, that it had been kindled for a thousand years, and then he pointed to the attributes of Hell. In the course of what he said, he mentioned: “If the eye of a needle were opened from it, the people of the earth would burn.”
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know this, and I am not aware of it. Yes.
There is another question here, and it is long, so we will summarize it, O Shaykh. The questioner asks and says: The hadith of Yazid al-Raqashi from Anas, in which he points out, O Shaykh Salih, that Jibril came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked the Messenger to describe Hell, and he informed him, to the effect, that it had been kindled for a thousand years, and then he pointed to the attributes of Hell. In the course of what he said, he mentioned: “If the eye of a needle were opened from it, the people of the earth would burn.”
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know this, and I am not aware of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1828 - يسأل عن صحة حديث وصف جهنم (لو أن خُرْم إبرة فُتِح منها لاحترق أهل الأرض) - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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