There is a famous tradition of the Holy Prophet (SAWA). This is quoted in the book ‘Roohe Rehan’ from the book ‘Kaafi’ quoting hazrat Ali (AS) as saying that he and Hazrat Fatima (SA) once visited the Holy Prophet (SAWA) and found him in tears. They asked him the cause and he replied:
“O Ali the night that I went for Meraj(Ascension) I saw some women of my Ummah who were being so severely punished that I became concerned for them and started crying. I saw a woman who had been hung by her breasts. Then I saw a second woman who was eating her own flesh and fire raged below her. A third woman was hanging by her tongue and boiling water was being poured down on her throat. A fourth was bent double, hands and feet tied together, snakes and scorpions crawling all over her. A fifth was deaf, dumb and blind, enclosed in a cage of fire, her brains oozing out of holes in her skull. Her body was breaking to pieces due to leprosy.
Another was hung by her feet,
inside and over. Yet another woman’s body was being shredded to pieces
by scissors make of fire. One woman had a head of a pig and a body of a
donkey and was being given several kinds of punishments. Another had the
face of a dog, fire was entering her body from her behinds and coming out
of her mouth and the angels were giving her a beating with iron rods”
Hazrat Fatima (SA) then inquired of her father (SAWA) Pray, tell me, what had these women done?” He (SAWA) replied:
“Listen, beloved on, she who
was hanging by her breasts used to deny her husband his rightful pleasure.
The one hanging by her feet used to go out of her house without her husband’s
permission. The one eating her own flesh used to beautify herself and show
her body to men other than her husband. The one who was tied hands and
feet together, with snakes and scorpions on her never used to care about
the filthy and unclean, or “Najaasat” and was not careful about bathing
regularly after menses, intercourse etc. thus taking her prayers lightly.
The deaf, dumb and blind used to bear children through adultery but would
claim they were her husband’s. The one whose body was being cut by scissors
made of fire never took care of her Hijab in front of Na-Mehrams (men other
than those allowed to see her). The one whose body was being burned and
who was eating her own intestines used to provide other women to men for
sex. The one with the face of a pig and body of a donkey was a back biter
and liar. And the one with the face of a dog with fire entering from her
behinds and coming out of her face was a jealous woman.”
Then the Prophet (SAWA) said
: “Sorrowful is the plight of the woman who makes her husband angry
and happiness awaits her who makes him happy”
These conditions are descriptful
of the sufferings (of the soul) to be borne in Barzakh. The Day of Judgement
will be even more severe and harsh.
Source : Taken from Journey of
The Unseen World by Hujja Tul Islam Quchani