Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ يَعْنِي الْعَطَّارَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَبَّهَا فَنَفَّسَهَا فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَشِدَّةُ الْحَرِّ مِنْ حَرِّ جَهَنَّمَ وَشِدَّةُ الْبَرْدِ مِنْ زَمْهَرِيرِهَا.
English Translation
Yunus narrated to us, he said: Aban - meaning al-'Attar - narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Thawban, from Abu Hurayrah that Hell sought permission from its Lord, so He allowed it to exhale twice every year. Thus the intense heat is from the heat of Hell, and the intense cold is from its freezing cold (zamharir).
