Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ مُعَيْقِيبٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْعُتْوَارِيِّ أَحَدُ بَنِي لَيْثٍ وَكَانَ يَتِيمًا فِي حِجْرِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ الَّذِي يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ يُوضَعُ الصِّرَاطُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ جَهَنَّمَ عَلَيْهِ حَسَكٌ كَحَسَكِ السَّعْدَانِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَجِيزُ النَّاسُ فَنَاجٍ مُسَلَّمٌ وَمَجْدُوحٌ بِهِ ثُمَّ نَاجٍ وَمُحْتَبِسٌ بِهِ مَنْكُوسٌ فِيهَا فَإِذَا فَرَغَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ الْقَضَاءِ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ يَفْقِدُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ رِجَالًا كَانُوا مَعَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِمْ وَيُزَكُّونَ بِزَكَاتِهِمْ وَيَصُومُونَ صِيَامَهُمْ وَيَحُجُّونَ حَجَّهُمْ وَيَغْزُونَ غَزْوَهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ أَيْ رَبَّنَا عِبَادٌ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ كَانُوا مَعَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا يُصَلُّونَ صَلَاتَنَا وَيُزَكُّونَ زَكَاتَنَا وَيَصُومُونَ صِيَامَنَا وَيَحُجُّونَ حَجَّنَا وَيَغْزُونَ غَزْوَنَا لَا نَرَاهُمْ فَيَقُولُ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى النَّارِ فَمَنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فِيهَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ قَالَ فَيَجِدُونَهُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَتْهُمْ النَّارُ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ سَاقَيْهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَزِرَتْهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى ثَدْيَيْهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ إِلَى عُنُقِهِ وَلَمْ تَغْشَ الْوُجُوهَ فَيَسْتَخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنْهَا فَيُطْرَحُونَ فِي مَاءِ الْحَيَاةِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا مَاءُ الْحَيَاةِ قَالَ غُسْلُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَنْبُتُونَ نَبَاتَ الزَّرْعَةِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً فِيهِ كَمَا تَنْبُتُ الزَّرْعَةُ فِي غُثَاءِ السَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَشْفَعُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ فِي كُلِّ مَنْ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُخْلِصًا فَيُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنْهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ يَتَحَنَّنُ اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ عَلَى مَنْ فِيهَا فَمَا يَتْرُكُ فِيهَا عَبْدًا فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ إِلَّا أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْهَا.
English Translation
Isma'il ibn Ibrahim told us, Muhammad ibn Ishaq told us, he said: Ubaydullah ibn al-Mughirah ibn Mu'ayqib told me, from Sulayman ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Utwari, one of Banu Layth, who was an orphan under the guardianship of Abu Sa'id — Sulayman ibn Umar, who is Abu al-Haytham, the one who narrates from Abu Sa'id — he said: I heard Abu Sa'id say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "The Bridge will be set up across the middle of Hell, upon it thorns like the thorns of the sa'dan plant. Then people will attempt to cross: one saved unscathed, one scratched and let go, then one saved, and one held back, thrown down headfirst into it. When Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has finished judging between His servants, the believers will miss men who used to be with them in the world, praying as they prayed, paying zakat as they paid zakat, fasting as they fasted, performing Hajj as they performed Hajj, and fighting as they fought. They will say: 'Our Lord, servants among Your servants were with us in the world, praying our prayers, paying our zakat, fasting our fasts, performing our Hajj, and fighting our battles — we do not see them.' He will say: 'Go to the Fire, and whoever you find there among them, bring him out.' They will find them, the Fire having seized them according to their deeds — some it seized up to their feet, some up to the middle of their shins, some up to their knees, some up to their waists, some up to their breasts, some up to their necks, but it did not cover their faces. They will bring them out of it and throw them into the Water of Life." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the Water of Life?" He said: "The washing-water of the people of Paradise. They will sprout like the sprouting of a seed" — and he said another time — "as a seed sprouts in the silt of a flood. Then the prophets will intercede for everyone who used to bear witness that there is no god but Allah sincerely, and they will bring them out of it." He said: "Then Allah will show tenderness through His mercy upon those who remain in it, and He will not leave in it any servant who has in his heart the weight of a single grain of faith without bringing him out of it."