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Hawiya is once mentioned in [[Sura al-Qari'a]], "But as for him whose deeds weigh light in the scales, * his home will be the Abyss. * And what will show you what it is? * It is a scorching fire!" [[Qur'an 101]]:8–11). Some commentators interpreted the word "umm" as "place" ["home"] and the same way a mother embraces her child, the hell embraces people. But, some others interpreted "umm" as "brain" and say that "hawiya" refers to the way people fall in it by their heads.

According to a hadith, [[Prophet Jesus (a)]] passed by a town and saw that all its people were dead and their bodies were left on the ground. He (a) revived one of them by the request of one of his [[Hawariyyun]] (apostles of Jesus) and asked him, "what happened to you?" He said, "we enjoyed the night in happiness, but in the morning we were sent to hawiya of the hell." Prophet Jesus (a) asked him, "what is hawiya?" He answered, "It is sijjin." Prophet Jesus (a) asked him, "what is sijjin?" He answered, "Mountains of rocks turned to fire lit up to us."