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[473] 320 - (...) Yazîd Al-Faqîr said: “I was infatuated with the views of the Khawârij. We set out with a large group, intending to perform Hajj, and then go and promote the views of the Khawârij to the people. We passed through Al-Madînah, and there we saw Jâbir bin ‘Abdullâh narrating to the people from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, sitting by a pillar, and he mentioned the Jahannamiyyîn.[1] I said to him: ‘O Companion of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ! What is this that you are narrating, when Allâh says: “Verily, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have disgraced him...[2] and: “Every time they wish to get away there from, they will be put back thereto...”[3]
“What is this that you are saying?” He said: ‘Do you read the Qur’ân?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He
said: 'Have you heard of the station of Muḥammad ﷺ - meaning, to which Allāh will raise him?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That is the station of praise and glory belonging to Muḥammad ﷺ, by means of which Allāh will bring out whomever He wishes to bring out (from the Fire).' Then he described how the Sīrāt (the Bridge over Hell) will be set up, and the people will cross over it."
He said: "I am afraid that I did not memorize that. But he said that some people would be brought forth from the Fire after having been in it. They will come out as if they are branches of sesame. Then they will go into one of the rivers of Paradise, where they will wash themselves, then they will emerge (white and clean) like sheets of paper. We went back like and said: 'Woe to you people! Do you think that this old man would tell lies about the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?' So we returned, and by Allāh none of us went out (to promote the views of the Khawārij) apart from one man." - Or as Abū Nu'aim said.
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[1] Those who would enter Paradise after having been in Hell.
