One genre of Hadiths that the ulama found useful in this regard was Hadiths of ‘exhortation and warning’ (targhib wa tarhib). These either described the fantastic rewards that believers could expect in the Afterlife for performing some deed, such as extra prayers, or alternatively warned of dreadful punishments in Hellfire for transgressions. This genre was also replete with forgeries and material of dubious authenticity.
