The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for the people of the Fire who are its true inhabitants, they will neither die in it nor live. But there are people whom the Fire will touch because of their sins" (or he said, "because of their misdeeds"), "and it will cause them to die a death. Then, when they have become charcoal, permission will be granted for intercession. They will be brought forth in groups and scattered upon the rivers of Paradise. Then it will be said, 'People of Paradise, pour water over them.' So they will sprout as a seed sprouts in the silt carried by a flood."A man from the gathering remarked, "It is as though the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had once lived in the desert."
قال رسول الله ﷺ: أما أهل النار الذين هم أهلها فإنهم لا يموتون فيها ولا يحيون، ولكن ناس أصابتهم النار بذنوبهم (أو قال: بخطاياهم)، فأماتهم إماتة حتى إذا كانوا فحما أذن بالشفاعة، فجيء بهم ضبائر ضبائر، فبتوا على أنهار الجنة، ثم قيل: يا أهل الجنة أفيضوا عليهم فينبتون نبات الحبة تكون في حميل السيل. فقال رجل من القوم: كأن رسول الله ﷺ قد كان بالبادية.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Faith (185) through several chains from Abu Salama, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Saeed, who mentioned something similar.His saying, "dabair," is the plural of "dabara" (with the dad vowelled either with kasrah or fathah), meaning groups scattered about. His saying, "fabatthu," means they were dispersed.