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According to Islamic sources and texts, Sirat is the name of a bridge over the hell across from the paradise, on which all the people pass. Righteous ones pass it swiftly and evildoers fall from it into the hell. In some hadiths, the speed of people in crossing the bridge depends on their faith, sincerity and righteous deeds. The noble Prophet (a) described this bridge saying that, "over the hell, there is a bridge, thinner than a hair and sharper than a sword.”

In another hadith from him, the Prophet (a) said, "in Qiyama, when Sirat is put up over the hell, only those can cross it who have permission and the permission is the wilaya of Ali b. Abi Talib (a).”