disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers—never will the fill of the earth in gold be accepted from any one of them, even if he were to offer it as a ransom.” [Āl ʿImrān 3:91] (1)

Another chain of transmission
Aḥmad said: Ḥajjāj narrated to us; Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“It will be said to a man from the people of the Fire on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Tell me: if you possessed everything that is upon the earth, would you ransom yourself with it?’ He will reply, ‘Yes.’ He will be told, ‘I required of you something easier than that: I took a covenant from you while you were still in Adam’s loins that you would not ascribe any partner to Me, yet you insisted on associating others with Me.’” (2)

Another chain of transmission
Aḥmad said: Rawḥ and ʿAffān narrated to us; they said: Ḥammād narrated to us; Thābit narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“A man from the people of Paradise will be brought and asked, ‘O son of Adam, how have you found your abode?’ He will answer, ‘My Lord, it is the best abode.’ Allah will say, ‘Ask and wish.’ He will say, ‘I ask and wish only that You return me to the world so that I may be killed in Your path ten times,’ because of what he sees of the excellence of martyrdom.

Then a man from the people of the Fire will be brought and asked, ‘O son of Adam, how have you found your abode?’ He will reply, ‘My Lord, it is the worst abode.’ Allah will say to him, ‘Would you ransom yourself from it with the fill (3) of the earth in gold?’ He will say, ‘My Lord, yes.’ Allah will say, ‘You have lied. I asked you for something less than that and easier, but you refused.’ He will then be returned to the Fire.” (4)

Al-Bazzār said: Abū Shaybah Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh and Muḥammad ibn al-Layth narrated to us; they said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sharīk narrated to us, from his father, from al-Suddī, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Nothing like the Fire has ever been seen whose fugitive sleeps, and nothing like Paradise has ever been seen whose seeker sleeps.” (5)

The ḥāfiẓ Abū Yaʿlá and others transmitted, through the route of Muḥammad ibn Shabīb, from Jaʿfar ibn Abī Waḥshiyyah, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If there were in this mosque one hundred thousand or—”