The Quantity of One HUQUB and its Hadith Discussion It has been narrated that Rasulullaah sallallahu alaihi wasallam has said ..that person who delays his salaat until the time of that salaat has passed, thereafter performs his salaat. He will be punished ill Jahanam for a period of one 'huqub' A 'huqub is a period of 80 years, each year is of 360 days and each day is equal to a thousand years. The reason why I have chosen this hadeeth is that this has been a common target for all critics, in Hadhrat Sheikh's R A lifetime as well as after; many objections have been raised against this hadeeth. After quoting it Hadhrat Sheikh R A himself said, "I did not find this hadeeth in any of the hadeeth books that I have, except that it is mentioned in <Majaalisul Abraar', which has been praised by one of our mashaikh-spinual elders, Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlwi R A . Hadhrat Sheikh R A knew that this will not suffice, that is why, because in the above mentioned hadeet...