How did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) see the people of Paradise and the people of Hell before the Hour occurs, given that no one has entered Paradise or Hell yet?

The Shaykh : How did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) see the people of Paradise and the people of Hell before the Hour occurs, given that no one has entered Paradise or Hell yet?
The answer is that this is exactly what the Sufis claim, a revelation, but this is a true revelation specific to the prophets and messengers. No one other than the Messenger (peace be upon him) after him will attain this kind of revelation. This was a depiction for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) of what the people of Paradise and the people of Hell will be like. He saw this on various occasions, including in the story of the solar eclipse. When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the eclipse prayer, they saw him move forward as if he wanted to pick something, then he was seen retreating until the rows behind him retreated and became disordered. After the prayer, they asked him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So it appears that this is not in the hadith that it is forbidden except for whoever entered it, then Hell was shown to him, and he saw its blaze and felt its heat, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) retreated. This is a depiction by the Lord of the Worlds, the Almighty, the All-Capable, for the Messenger (peace be upon him) of what the people of Paradise will be like in their bliss and what the people of Hell will be like in their torment.