punishment"? The Prophet (S.A.W.S.) replied, "Those from my ummat who follow the passions of their self and neglect Namaz, and this punishment is quite less when compared to the other punishments". After hearing these words each companion of the Prophet came out weeping and lamenting thus: "O sorrow! The journey (to the hereafter) is quite far, while the equipment quite less". While some were crying,
"O I wish my mother had never given birth to me, so I would not have heard about this punishment". Ammar Yasir said, "I wish I were a bird, so I would not be
stopped (in Qayamat) for accounting". Bilal who was not there came and asked Salman the reason for the grief, to which he replied, "Woe be upon you and me! For verily we will have a dress of fire instead of this dress of cotton, and we will be fed with the 'Zaqqoom' (a poisonous tree in hell)". (Khazeenatul Jawahir)
Related to the severity of the punishment in hell.
(1) Abu Baseer says that I told Imam Ja'far-as-Sadiq (A.S.), "O son of the Prophet! Please admonish me from the wrath of Allah, for my heart has turned hard". Imam
(A.S.) replied, "O Abu Mohammad! Get ready for the lengthy life, the life of the hereafter, which is eternal. So worry about it and get ready for it. One day Jibra'