The Seven Gates of Hell

The Seven Gates of
Hell
Allah says:
‫لها سبعة أبواب لكل باب منه جزء مقسوم‬
"Indeed the hell fire is the dwelling place of them all. It has
seven gates and within each gate there is an appropriate
punishment for each inhabitant…" (Hijr: 44)
Imam As Sa'di (Rahimahullah) mentions in his tafseer: "The

gates of Hell are structured one gate below the other descending,
opposite the gates of paradise, which have one gate above the
other ascending. The
distance between each gate is 500 years prepared for Iblees and
all of his followers.
The First Gate: This gate is called Jahannam, as Allah

mentions in many verses in the Qur'an:
‫قالوا ال تنفروا في الحر قل نار جهنم أشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهون‬

"They said (i.e. the hypocrites): "Don't go out for war during the
heat!" Say (i.e. Muhammad) the fire of Jahannam is even hotter
if you only understood." (Tawbah: 81)
This gate is called Jahannam because the fire will scorch the
faces of the men and women who enter it!!!
Their faces will be sullen and glum. It will eat away at their
flesh and Allah says:
‫كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلنناهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا العذاب‬

"Every time the fire eats away their flesh We will replace it with
new flesh so they can taste the punishment…" (Nisaa':56)
Imam As Sa'di (Rahimahullah) mentioned in his tafseer: this is

in response to their obstinacy and resistance in the life of this
world. Just as they continued to reject obedience to Allah and
submission to Him, likewise the fire will continue to burn up
their flesh and when it reaches the point of almost being
obliterated, Allah will remove the old flesh and replace it with
new flesh, a just recompense for their rebellion in this life."
The ironic thing is, this is the lightest punishment that one can
receive in Hell outside of the specific punishment of Abu Talib
the uncle of the Prophet (Sallahu alaihi wa salam)
The Second Gate: This Gate is called Ladha', as Allah says

in the Qur'an:
‫كال إنها لظى نزاعة للشوى تدعوا من أدبر وتولى وجمع فأوعى‬...
"There is no way out for them, except the Ladha (i.e. Fierce
Blaze) will certainly scorch the inward organs
and the outward flesh! It will invite everyone who turned away
from following the truth, heedless of it and gathered wealth but
refused to spend it in the cause of Allah…" (Ma'arij:15)
This level of hell is called Ladha because the fire will eat away
at their body parts one by one, both internally and externally. It
will invite those who abandoned Tawheed (i.e. Islamic
monotheism) and turned
away from that which the Prophet (Sallahu alaihi wa salam)
came with.
The Third Gate: This gate is called Saqar, as Allah says:
‫سأصليه سقر وما أدراك ما سقر وال تبقي واتذر لواحة للبشر عليها تسعة عشر‬...
"We will throw him into the Saqar and what will make you
know what Saqar is? It is a scorching fire, it spares nothing and
leaves nothing behind it will shake them vehemently and over it
are nineteen angels "
(Mudathir: 26-30)
It is called Saqar because it will eat up the flesh of the human

being and not his bones. But listen to what Allah mentioned
about those who enter this particular level of hell:
‫في جنات يتسائلون عن المجرمين ما سلككم في سقر قالوا لم نك من المصلين ولم‬

‫نك نطعم المسكين وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين‬
‫وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين حتى أتانا اليقين‬.
"Those in paradise will ask the criminals what has landed you all
in Saqar? They will say: "We were not of those who used to
pray and we didn't feed the poor and we used to talk vainly with
those who talked vain talk and we used to deny the Day of
Recompense until death came to us and we saw the reality of all
that we denied" (Mudathir:40-47)
So there are a total of four things that they were guilty of, which
ultimately landed them in this level of the
hell fire:
The First: They did not offer salat (i.e. prayer) and the scholars
also use this as a proof to show that abandoning the salat is Kufr
(i.e. disbelief). And it also shows how serious it is because it
was the first thing
they mentioned out of all the offenses they were guilty of. In
essence they refused to give Allah His right.
The Second: They did not feed the poor. Meaning they refused
to benefit the needy on all levels.
The Third: They used to talk vainly with those who talk in vain.
Meaning they used to indulge in falsehood and used it to argue
unjustly against the truth.
The Fourth: They used to deny and reject the Day of

Recompense and this is the end result of delving into falsehood.
The Fourth Gate: This gate is called Al Hutamah, as Allah
says:
‫كال لينبذن في الحطمة وماأدراك مالحطمة نار هللا الموقدة التي تطلع على األفئدة‬
‫إنها عليهم مؤصد فعمد ممددة‬
"Nay they will be thrown into Al Hutamah (i.e. Crushing Fire).
And what will make you know what Al Hutamah is? The fire of
Allah kindled by men and stones which scorches the hearts.
Surely it is vaulted over
them in pillars widely extended." (Humazah: 4-9)
It is called Al Hutamah because it will shatter the bones of the

human being and burn the heart and other internal organs. The
fire will start at his feet and burn all the way through until it
reaches the heart!!! Allah
says:
‫إنها ترمي بشرر كالقصر كأنه جمالة صفر‬
"Indeed it (i.e. the hell fire) spits out sparks the size of mansions,
as if they were yellow herds" (Mursalat: 32-
33)
The individual in the fire will turn completely black when the
sparks ascend up and scorch their faces, hands and bodies. They
will cry tears until their tear ducts are completely exhausted then
they will cry blood and when the blood is completely exhausted
they will cry pus until the pus is completely exhausted!!!! They
will leave behind a pool so great that if a ship wanted to set sail
on top of what they cried it would have no
problem doing so!!!
The Fifth Gate: This particular gate is called Jaheem, as

Allah mentions in many verses:
‫خذوه فغلواثم الجحيم صلوا ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه إنه كان ال‬
‫يؤمن باهلل العظيم وال يحض على طعام‬
‫المسكين‬...
"Seize him and shackle him!! Then roast him in Jaheem (i.e. hell
fire) in chains that are seventy cubits long. This is because he
did not believe in Allah, the Magnificent and he did not
encourage the feeding of the
poor." (Al Haqq: 30-34)
This gate is called Jaheem because it is actually one big piece of

hot coal that is bigger than the lowest heaven as we know it.
And look at the crimes of the one who enters this particular gate:
The First: He did not have the correct belief in Allah. This is to
correct the misunderstanding of those who deride having the
correct aqeedah and make discouraging statements such as
"Why do they spend so much
time studying Aqeedah?!!" or "We can learn Tawheed in 10
minutes!" or those who simply say: "I just believe in Allah!"
This is a very nonchalant approach towards the greatest right
over us as human beings, which is
the right of Allah (i.e. Tawheed) the right to be worshiped alone
without any partners.
The Second: They refused to give the creation their rights,

which is the most important right after the right of Allah. He did
not encourage the feeding of the poor.
The Sixth Gate: This gate is called Sa'eer, as Allah says:
‫فريق في الجنة وفريق في السعير‬

"A group in paradise and a group in Sa'eer (i.e. the blazing fire)"
(Shurah: 7)
Allah also says about the people therein:
‫و قالوا لو كنا نسمع أو نعقل ما كنا في أصحاب السعير فاعترفوا بذنبهم فسحقا‬
‫ألصحاب– السعير‬
"And they will say: "If we had listened and used our intellect we
would not be inhabitants of As Sa'eer (i.e. blazing fire)!! They
confessed their sins but away with the companions of As Sa'eer"
(Mulk: 10-11)
This gate of Hell is called As Sa'eer because it is constantly

kindling, rather it has never ceased to kindle from the moment it
was created!! In it are 300 castles and in each castle there are
300 houses and in each house
there are 300 types of punishments.
In this particular level of hell there are scorpions and snakes,

ropes, chains and shackles!! There is also something call the "Pit
of Agony", which is incomparable and unparalleled to any other
type of punishment
in hell. When the door of this pit is opened the people in the hell
fire will grieve austerely!!!
The Seventh Gate: This gate is called Al Haawiyah, as

Allah says:
‫وأما من خفت موازينه فأمه هاوية وما أدراك ما هيه نار حامية‬
"As for the one whose scales are light, then the Hawiyah will
embrace him like a mother embraces her child. And what will
make you know what Al Hawiyah is? It is a kindled fir burning
hot." (Al Qa'riah: 8-11)
This gate of hell is called Al Hawiyah because whoever enters

this level of the hell fire will never come out!!! Notice Allah
said that the fire will embrace him like a mother embraces her
child!! In this level of the hell
fire there is a well that will let out a breeze of fire and when this
breeze comes out it will be so hot and powerful that all of the
fires in the other levels of hell will seek refuge in Allah from
it!!!
In this level of the hell fire there is a mountain made of fire and
the enemies of Allah will be laid on their faces on this mountain
and their hands will be tied to their necks and their necks tied to
their feet and over
them will stand the Zabaaniyah, who are angels that guard this
particular level of the hell fire, as Allah
says:
‫سندعو الزبانية‬...
"And We will call the Zabaaniyah (i.e. angels who guard the hell
fire)…" (Alaq: 18)
The hands of the Zabaaniyah will be like iron and when they
strike one of those in the hell fire one time with their hands they
let out a scream so loud that both the Jinn and mankind can
hear…….. To be
continued
PS. The scariest thing about this for the sisters is that majority of
the people in the Hell Fire are
WOMEN!!!!!….we will continue next with 10 reasons that will
land a woman in the Hell Fire…
taken from www.rawdah.org

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The Seven Gates of

Imam As Sa'di (Rahimahullah) mentions in his tafseer: "The

The First Gate: This gate is called Jahannam, as Allah

‫قالوا ال تنفروا في الحر قل نار جهنم أشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهون‬

‫كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلنناهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا العذاب‬

Imam As Sa'di (Rahimahullah) mentioned in his tafseer: this is

The Second Gate: This Gate is called Ladha', as Allah says

The Third Gate: This gate is called Saqar, as Allah says:

It is called Saqar because it will eat up the flesh of the human

‫في جنات يتسائلون عن المجرمين ما سلككم في سقر قالوا لم نك من المصلين ولم‬

The Fourth: They used to deny and reject the Day of

It is called Al Hutamah because it will shatter the bones of the

The Fifth Gate: This particular gate is called Jaheem, as

This gate is called Jaheem because it is actually one big piece of

The Second: They refused to give the creation their rights,

The Sixth Gate: This gate is called Sa'eer, as Allah says:

‫فريق في الجنة وفريق في السعير‬

This gate of Hell is called As Sa'eer because it is constantly

In this particular level of hell there are scorpions and snakes,

The Seventh Gate: This gate is called Al Haawiyah, as

This gate of hell is called Al Hawiyah because whoever enters

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