حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ وَحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَسَنٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَسَنٌ إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَكُونُ قَوْمٌ فِي النَّارِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونُوا ثُمَّ يَرْحَمُهُمْ اللَّهُ فَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنْهَا فَيَكُونُونَ فِي أَدْنَى الْجَنَّةِ فَيَغْتَسِلُونَ فِي نَهَرٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْحَيَوَانُ يُسَمِّيهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَهَنَّمِيُّونَ لَوْ ضَافَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَهْلَ الدُّنْيَا لَفَرَشَهُمْ وَأَطْعَمَهُمْ وَسَقَاهُمْ وَلَحَفَهُمْ وَلَا أَظُنُّهُ إِلَّا قَالَ وَلَزَوَّجَهُمْ قَالَ حَسَنٌ لَا يَنْقُصُهُ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4337
It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ood that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Some people will be in Hell as long as Allah wills that they should be, then Allah will have mercy on them and will bring them out of it, and they will be in the lowest part of Paradise. Then they will bathe in a river called al-Hayawan (life) and the people of Paradise will call them al-jahannamiyyoon (the hellish ones). If one of them were to host all the people of this world, he would be able to give them seats to sit on, food and drink, and blankets, and i think he said that he would be able to arrange marriages for them. Hasan said: And that would not detract from what he has in the slightest.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020