The Creature That Drags Three Groups of People into Hell

What if, on the Day of Judgement, before the reckoning begins, a long-necked creature appears, tasked with taking a number of people to Hell?

The story is cited by Imam Nashr bin Muhammad as-Samarqandi in his book Tanbiihul Ghaafilin, which also contains descriptions of people who enter Heaven without being called to account.

Imam Nashr bin Muhammad as-Samarqandi’s full name was Abul Laits Nashr bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim as-Samarqandi al-Hanafi.

The scholar, who was born in the fourth century Hijri, related a hadith about people entering Hell without first undergoing the reckoning. They are met by a long-necked creature.

Sheikh Nashr as-Samarqandi recorded the hadith in Tanbiihul Ghaafilin.

The hadith recounts that, after the group of people who enter Heaven without being called to account, a creature emerges from Hell. It has a long neck, flashing eyes and the ability to speak eloquently.

The creature then leaps towards the people and says: “I have been commanded to seize the arrogant and those of bad character.” It pecks at a group of people as a bird pecks at seeds, and those it catches are hurled into Hell.