Shahih Muslim - 282

Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hajjaj bin asy-Syair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [al-Fadll bin Dukain] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu 'Ashim] -yaitu Muhammad bin Abu Ayyub- dia berkata, telah menceritakan kepadaku [Yazid al-Faqir] dia berkata, "Dahulu aku telah terpengaruh dengan pemikiran Khawarij, kemudian kami keluar dalam sebuah rombongan besar untuk melaksanakan haji. Ketika kami keluar dan melewati madinah, ternyata [Jabir bin Abdullah] sedang menceritakan hadits Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam kepada suatu kaum sambil bersandar pada sebuah tiang." Yazil al Faqir berkata lagi, "Tiba-tiba dia menyebutkan al-Jahannamiyyin." Maka aku pun berkata kepadanya, 'Wahai sahabat Rasulullah, apa-apaan yang kau ceritakan! Padahal Allah berfirman: '(Sesungguhnya barangsiapa yang Kamu masukkan ke dalam neraka, maka sungguh kamu telah menghinakannya) ' (Qs. Ali Imran: 192), dan ayat: '(Setiap kali mereka berkeinginan untuk keluar darinya, niscaya mereka dikembalikan ke dalamnya) ' (Qs. As-Sajadah: 20). Apa yang kalian katakan ini? ' Jabir menjawab, 'Apakah kalian membaca al-Qur'an? ' Kami menjawab, 'Ya.' Jabir bertanya lagi, 'Apakah kamu mendengar kedudukan Muhammad shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, yaitu memberikan syafa'at yang mana Allah mengutusnya di dalamnya? ' Aku menjawab, 'Ya.' Jbir lalu berkata, 'Maka itulah kedudukan Muhammad shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang terpuji, dengannya Allah mengeluarkan orang yang dia keluarkan (dari neraka).' Yazid berkata, 'Kemudian Jabir memperagakan peletakan shirath, dan manusia lewat di atasnya.' Kata Yazid, 'Dan aku sangat khawatir tidak selamat dari hal tersebut. Hanya saja Jabir tetap berkeyakinan bahwa sekelompok kaum pasti akan keluar dari neraka, setelah mereka tinggal beberapa lama.' Kata Jabir, 'Maksudnya mereka keluar seakan-akan tongkat arang yang hitam kelam.' Kata Jabir meneruskan, 'Lalu mereka masuki salah satu sungai surga, mereka mandi di dalamnya, mereka keluar dari sungai seakan-akan kertas (putih), dan kami pun pulang.' Kami berkata, 'Celaka kalian, apakah kalian taksir bahwa syaikh ini berdusta atas nama Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam!.' Kami pun kembali, demi Allah, tidak ada yang keluar dari kami melainkan hanya satu orang atau sebagaimana yang diucapkan Abu Na'im." (HR. Muslim: 282)

Yazid al-Faqir said: This view of the Khwarij (i. e. those who commit major sins and would be eternally doomed to Hell) had obsessed me, and we set out in a large group intending to perform the hajj and then going to the people (for the propagation of the views of the Khwarij). He (the narrator) said: We happened to past by Medina and found there Jabir b. 'Abdullah sitting near a column narrating to the people (the ahadith of) the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him). When he mentioned the inhabitants of Hell, I said: O companion of the Messenger of Allah what is this that thou narrateth, whereas Allah sayeth:" Verily whomsoever Thou shall commit to the Fire, Thou indeed humillateth him" (al-Qur'an, iii. 192) ; and All those who endeavoured to get out of that would be thrown back into it" (al-Qur'an, xxxi i. 20)? So what is it that you say? He said: Have you read the Qur'an? I said: Yes. He said: Have you heard about' the (exalted) position of Muhammad (may peace be upon him), i. e. to which Allah would raise, him? I said: Yes. He said: Verily the position of Muhammad (may peace be upon him) is that of great glory and that is by which Allah would bring out whornsoever He would wish to bring out. He then described the Path (the Bridge) and the passing of the people over it, and said: I am afraid I may not have remembered (other things) but this much is still in my memory that people would come out of the Hell after having gone into it, and he said: They would come out of it as if they were the wood of the ebony tree. He (the narrator said: They would enter a river, one or the rivers of Paradise, and would bathe in it, and then come out as if they were (white like) paper. We then turned back and said: Woe be upon you! How can this old man tell a lie against the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)? We turned back (from the views of the Khwarij), and by God every one of us abandoned this (band of Khwarij) except one man. A similar statement has been made by Abu Nu'aim. (Muslim: 282)