What Every Person Needs To Know About Jahannam (hell) Episode 4 The Gates of Hell

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*What Every Person Needs To Know About Jahannam (hell)*

*Episode 4*

*The Gates of Hell*

Allah has told us that Hell has seven gates, as He (Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala) said:

"And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all. It [Hell] has seven gates, for each of these gates is a [special] class [of sinners] assigned". (15:43-44)

Ibn Katheer commenting on this aayah, said:

"This means that each gate has been 

allotted its share of the followers of Iblees who will enter it, and the will not be able to avoid it. May Allah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala) protect us from it. Each will enter a gate according to his deeds, and will be assigned to a level of Hell 

according to his deeds."

It was reported from 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib (Radiallaahu Anhu) that he said, during a 

khutbah (sermon): "The gates of Hell are such and-such". Abu Harun said, "They are in layers, one above the other". It is reported that he also said, "The gates of Hell number seven, one above the other. The first will be filled, then the second, then the third, until all of them are filled." (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/162)

When the disbelievers come to Hell, its gates will be opened, and they will enter it, to remain there forever:

"And those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups, till, when they reach it, the gates thereof will be opened [suddenly like a prison at the arrival of the prisoners]. And its keepers will say, "Did not the Messengers come to you from yourselves - reciting to you the Verses of your Rabb, and warning you of the Meeting of this Day of yours". They will say, "Yes" but 

the Word of torment has been justified against the disbelievers". (39:71)

After they are admitted, they will be told:

"Enter you the gates of Hell, to abide therein. And [indeed] what an evil abode of the arrogant!" (39:72)

These gates will be shut upon the evildoers, and they will have no hope of ever escaping from them after that, as Allah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala) says, "But those who reject Our Signs, they are the [unhappy] Companions of the Left 

Hand. On them will be Fire vaulted over [all round]." (90:19-20)

Ibn 'Abbaas said, "vaulted" (literally: "shut over them") means that the gates will be locked". al-Mujaahid pointed out that the word used (mu'sadah) is the word used in the dialect of Quraysh to mean "locked" or shut" (Tafseer Ibn Katheer 7/298)