Ibn `Abbas told that God's messenger recited this verse, "Fear God as He ought to be feared, and die only as Muslims[1]," after which he said, "If a drop of az-Zaqqum[2] were to fall on this world it would corrupt the people's means of livelihood, so what about those whose food it is?"
Quran; 3:102
A tree growing in the bottom of hell. Cf. Quran; 37:62, 44:43; also 17:60.
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.