the pain those in Hell will face: the pain of having nails pulled using a plier; the pain of getting stabbed; the pain of being beaten with sticks; the pain of getting runover by a heavy vehicle, causing all the body’s bones to crush; the pain of having salt being poured on a wound; the pain of being skinned alive; and the pain of undergoing surgery without anaesthetics used. The same is true of the pain experienced when one has a headache, fever and stomach ache, or the pain one faces when dealing with other potentially more serious medical issues, such as a heart attack, cancer, kidney stones, rashes and severe anxiety. Suppose that all worldly illnesses and calamities afflicted one person, even so they would not be equal to the lightest punishment in Hell.

Lightest punishment in Hell

What is the lightest punishment in Hell? Regarding this, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

The person who will be given the lightest punishment in Hell will be made to wear shoes of fire, due to which his brain will boil just as a cauldron boils. He will think that his punishment is the most severe, though he is being afflicted with the lightest punishment.^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers, fear the punishment of Hell! Have mercy on your weak bodies; get rid of laziness; and while protecting yourself from sins, start offering salah. Alas! Some people miss salah due to being occupied in useless talks and activities, and do not even realise that they are constantly disobeying Allah. Our generous Lord is bestowing abundant blessings upon us day and night without us even asking, but some of us do not even bow down in His court just five times throughout the whole day. Alas! We recite invocations that people inform us of in order to protect ourselves from worldly diseases, worries and troubles, but each one of us should ponder over how much we comply with the command