the night of Mi’raaj, as well as seeing the divine favours that will be bestowed to obedience people in Jannat, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also saw disobedient people subjected to the wrath of Allah Almighty. They were inflicted in painful punishments as a result of their own sins. Let us hear about some of these punishments, in order to take heed:

People eating their own flesh

On the night of Mi’raaj, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم passed by some people over whom some other individuals were appointed. Some of these individuals had ripped open the jaws of people, and some other individuals would cut their flesh and shove it back into them people’s mouths with blood. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم enquired: ‘O Jibraeel! Who are these people?’ he replied: ‘They are those who used to backbite about people and look for faults in them.’ (Musnad Haaris, vol. 1, p. 172, Hadith 27)

Snakes in stomachs

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘on the night of Mi’raaj, I came across some people whose stomachs were (big) like houses, and snakes within them were visible from the outside. I enquired, ‘O Jibraeel! Who are these people?’ He replied: ‘They are usurers.’ (Ibn-e-Majah, vol. 3, p. 71, Hadith 2273)

Punishment of head being crushed

On the night of Mi’raaj, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came across some people whose heads were being crushed; every time after being crushed, their heads would be restored (and then crushed again), and there was no pause in this process. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, ‘O Jibraeel! Who are these people?’ he replied: ‘They are those people whose head would become too heavy for Salah (i.e. they would miss their Fard Salah).’ (Majma’-uz-Zawaid, vol. 1, p. 236, Hadith 235)