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(3). 3327. Jābir [bin 'Abdullāh] said: "Some people from the Jews said to some people among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ: 'Does your Prophet know how many keepers are there in Jahannam?' They said: 'We do not know until we ask our Prophet.' So a man went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Muḥammad! Your Companions were defeated today.' He said: 'In what were they
defeated?' He said: 'Some Jews asked them if their Prophet knew how many keepers are there in Jahannam.' He said: 'So what did they say?' He said: 'They said: "We do not know until we ask our Prophet."' He said: 'Are a people defeated who are asked about something that they do not know, merely because they said, "We do not know until we ask our Prophet?!" Rather, these (people) did ask their Prophet, they said: "Show us Allāh plainly." I should ask the enemies of Allāh about the dirt in Paradise, and it is Ad-Darmak.'[1] So when they came to him they said: 'O Abūl-Qāsim! How many keepers are there in Jahannam?' He said: 'This and that many.' One time ten, and one time nine. They said: 'Yes.' He said to them: 'What is the dirt of Paradise?"' He said: "They were silent for a while, then they said: 'Is it bread O Abūl-Qāsim?' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'The bread is made of Ad-Darmak.'" (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] We only know of this Hadīth through this route, from the narration of Mujālid.
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[1] This preceded under no. 2576.
Commentary
He means: it is not fair for those who asked their Prophet [Mūsā] unreasonable questions to ask this type of questions from the Companions.
