DESCRIPTION OF HELL - [6] Snakes and Scorpions of Hell

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The Holy Prophet (Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) stated: ‘Verily, there are many longnecked snakes in Hell. If one of them bites a sinner he will suffer its pain for forty years.”” (So great is the poisonous effect of its venom). 

The Prophet (Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ) further stated: ‘Verily, there are many scorpions in Hell like saddled mules in Hell. If one of them bites a denizen of Hell, he will continue to suffer its pain for forty years.”’ 

(Such is the poisonous nature of its venom). (Ahmad). The Holy Qur’an states: ‘‘We shal] heap ever-increasing torments upon them in recompense for the mischiefs that they used to commit).

” Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud (رضي الله عنه ) while interpreting this verse stated: ‘Apart from the usual torment of fire, another torture shall be added: Scorpions shall be set over them whose big teeth will be equal in size.