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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Zuhd 1

Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, record 272 of the digital edition

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · Traditions About Paradise and Hell

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Arabic text

الحسن بن محبوب عن علي بن رئاب (رباب) عن أبي عبية عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن في جهنم لواد يقال له: غساق فيه ثلاثون وثلاثمأة قصر في كل قصر ثلاثون وثلاثمأة بيت في كل بيت ثلاثون وثلاثمأة عقرب في حمة * كل عقرب ثلاثون وثلاثمأة قلة سم لو أن عقربا منها نضحت (نفخت) سمها على أهل جهنم لوسعتهم سما.

Translation

5.Al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb narrated from ʿAlī ibn Riʾāb, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “Verily there is a valley in Hell which is called Ghassāq. In it are three hundred and thirty castles. Each castle has three hundred and thirty chambers and in each chamber, there are three hundred and thirty scorpions. Inside the stinger of each of these scorpions there are thirty-three sacs of venom. If a single one of those scorpions were to spray its venom on the inmates of Hell, it would [suffice to] cover them [all] with venom.”

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 5.Al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb narrated
  2. ʿAlī ibn Riʾāb
  3. Abū ʿUbaydah
  4. Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said

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