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Narrations of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughing

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باب ما جاء في ضحك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Abdullah ibn Mas’ood (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, “I know the person who will come out last from the fire. He will be such a man who will crawl out (due to the severity of the punishment of Jahannam he will not be able to walk). He will then be ordered to enter Jannah. He will go there and find that all the places therein are occupied. He will retu and say, ‘O Allah the people have taken all the places.’ It will be said to him. ‘Do you remember the places in the world?’ (That when a place gets filled, there remains no place for a newcomer. And a person that arrives first occupies as much as one pleases, there remains no place for the ones that arrive later. The elders have translated it in this manner. According to this humble servant, if the meaning of it is taken as follows, it seeems more appropriate, that do you remember the vastness and plentiness of the world and how big the world was. He is being reminded, because an announcement is going to be made that a place that is ten times greater than the world shall be given to him. After imagining the vastness of the world once, it may be assesed how great this gift is?). He will reply, ‘O my creator, I remember well.’ It will be commanded to him. ‘Make your wish in whichever way your heart desires.’ He will put forward his desires. It shall be commanded. All your desires are fulfilled and in addition ten times the size of the world is granted to you. He will reply, ‘Are you jesting with me O my Allah, and You are the King of the Kings? (There is no place in Jannah and You are granting me a place ten times greater than the world).” Sayyidina Ibn Mas’ood (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, “I saw Rasoolullah ﷺ laugh till his mubarak teeth showed, when he related this portion of the man’s reply.”