[Machine] He heard Uqbah ibn 'Amir al-Juhani saying, "I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one day, and he prolonged the standing. However, when he prayed with us, he would shorten it. I saw him lean with his hand to take something, and then he performed a prostration after that. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished praying, he sat down and we sat around him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I know that my long prayer and standing have been noticed by you.' We said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, we have heard you say, "What will you do if I am among them?"' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, nothing that you have been promised of the Hereafter has not been presented to me in this place. Indeed, the fire was shown to me, and sparks from it came close to me until they reached my heels. I feared that it would harm you, so I said, "What will you do if I am among them?" So Allah turned it away from you and it receded like the blinking of an eye.' Then I looked, and I saw Imran ibn Hirthan ibn al-Harith, one of the Banu Ghifar, reclining in Hell on his bow, and I saw al-Himyariyyah, the owner of the cat, which she tied up. Neither did she feed it, nor did she release it." Ahmad ibn Salih said, "The correct statement is that of Hirthan."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى بِنَا خَفَّفَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ أَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ لِيَتَنَاوَلَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ رَكَعَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سَلََّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَلَسَ وَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَاعَكُمْ طُولُ صَلَاتِي وَقِيَامِي» قُلْنَا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَسَمِعْنَاكَ تَقُولُ «أَيْ رَبِّ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ؟» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ وُعِدْتُمُوهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إلَّا قَدْ عُرِضَ عَلَيَّ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا حَتَّى لَقَدْ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّارُ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا شَرَرٌ حَتَّى حَاذَى خِبَائِي هَذَا فَخَشِيتُ أنْ يَتَغَشَّاكُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَيْ رَبِّ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ؟ فَصَرَفَهَا اللهُ عَنْكُمْ فَأَدْبَرَتْ قِطَعًا كَأَنَّهَا الزَّرَابِيُّ فَنَظَرْتُ نَظْرَةً فَرَأَيْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُرْثانَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَحَدَ بَنِي غِفَارٍ مُتَّكِئًا فِي جَهَنَّمَ عَلَى قَوْسِهِ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا الْحِمْيَرِيَّةَ صَاحِبَةَ الْقِطَّةِ الَّتِي رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَا هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَلَا هِيَ سَقَتْهَا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الصَّوَابُ حُرْثَانَ