Islam > Hadiths > Jurisprudence and juristic principles > Woe to the heel bones from the Hellfire
Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن أبي هريرة وعبد الله بن عمرو وعائشة رضي الله عنهم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : أنه قال: (ويلٌ للأعْقَاب من النَّار).
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warns against negligence in the performance of ablution and encourages us to perform it perfectly and completely. As the back of the foot (the heel bone) is normally somewhere that water does not reach, it leads to a deficiency in ablution and therefore in prayer, so the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs us that the heel bones, along with the one who is careless about including them in his Shariah-required purification, will be targeted by torment in the Hereafter.
Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Purification · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Ablution · Pillars of Ablution