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Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with
him, reported:
Some people during the lifetime of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) asked: Messenger
of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of
Resurrection? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Yes, and added: Do you feel any trouble
in seeing the sun at noon with no cloud over it,
and do you feel trouble in seeing the moon (open)
in the full moonlit at night with no cloud over
it? They said: No, Messenger of Allah. He (the
Holy Prophet) said: You will not feel any trouble
in seeing Allah on the Day of Resurrection any
more than you do in seeing any one of them. When
the Day of Resurrection comes a Mu'adhin (a
proclaimer) would proclaim: Let every people
follow what they used to worship. Then all who
worshipped idols and stones besides Allah would
fall into the Fire, till only the righteous and
the vicious and some of the
People of the Book
who worshipped Allah are left. Then the
Jews
would be summoned, and asked: What did you
worship? They will say: We worshipped
'Uzair,
son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a
lie; Allah had never had a spouse or a son. What
do you want now? They would say: We feel thirsty,
O our Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be
directed (to a certain direction) and asked: Why
do you not go there to drink water? Then they
would be pushed towards the Fire (and they would
find to their great dismay that) it was but a
mirage (and the raging flames of fire) would be
consuming one another, and they would fall into
the Fire. Then the
Christians
would be summoned and asked: What did you worship?
They would say: We worshipped
Jesus,
son of Allah. It would be said to them: You tell a
lie; Allah did not take for Himself either a
spouse or a son. Then they would be asked: What do
you want? They would say: Thirsty we are, O our
Lord! Quench our thirst. They would be directed
(to a certain direction) and asked: Why do you not
go there to get water? But they would be pushed
and gathered together towards Hell, which was like
a mirage to them, and the flames would consume one
another. They would fall into the Fire, till no
one is left except he who worshipped Allah, be he
pious or sinful. The Lord of the Universe,
Glorious and Exalted, would come to them in a form
non-recognizable to them and say; What are you
looking for? Every people follow that which they
worshipped. They would say: Our lord, we kept
ourselves separate from the people in the world,
though we felt great need of them; we, however,
did not associate ourselves with them. He would
say: I am your Lord. They would say: We take
refuge with Allah from you and do not associate
anything with Allah. They would repeat it twice or
thrice, till some of them would be about to
return. It would be asked: Is there any sign
between you and Him by which you will recognize
Him? They would say: Yes, and the things would be
laid bare. Those who used to prostrate themselves
before Allah of their own accord would be
permitted by Allah to prostrate themselves. But
there would remain none who used to prostrate out
of fear (of people) and ostentation but Allah
would make his back as one piece, and whenever he
would attempt to prostrate he would fall on his
back. Then they would raise their heads and He
would assume the Form in which they had seen Him
the first time and would say: I am your Lord. They
would say: You are our Lord. Then the bridge would
be set up over Hell and intercession would be
allowed and they will say: O Allah, grant safety,
grant safety. It was asked: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), what is this bridge? He said:
The void in which one is likely to slip. There
would be hooks, tongs, spits like the thorn that
is found in
Najd
and is known as Sa'dan. The believers would then
pass over within the twinkling of an eye, like
lightning, like wind, like a bird, like the finest
horses and camels. Some will escape and be safe,
some will be lacerated and let go, and some will
be pushed into the fire of Hell till the believers
will find rescue from the Fire. By One in Whose
hand is my life, there will be none among you more
eager to claim a right than the believers on the
Day of Resurrection for (saving their) brethren in
the Fire who would say: O our Lord, they were
fasting along with us, and Praying and performing
Pilgrimage. It will be said to them: Take out
those whom you recognize. Then their persons would
be forbidden to the Fire; and they would take out
a large number of people who had been overtaken by
Fire up to the middle of the shank or up to the
knees. They would then say: O our Lord! not one of
those about whom You did give us command remains
in it. He will then say: Go back and bring out
those in whose hearts you find good of the weight
of a dinar. Then they will take out a large number
of people. Then they would say: O our Lord! we
have not left anyone about whom You commanded us.
He will then say: Go back and bring out those in
whose hearts you find as much as half a dinar of
good. Then they will take out a large number of
people, and would say: O our Lord! not one of
those about whom You commanded us we have left in
it. Then He would say: Go back and in whose heart
you find good to the weight of a particle bring
him out. They would bring out a large number of
people, and would then say: O our Lord, now we
have not left anyone in it (Hell) having any good
in him.
Abu
Sa'id Al-Khudri
said: If you do not believe me regarding this
Hadith, then recite if you like:
"Surely! Allâh wrongs not even of the weight of an
atom (or a small ant), but if there is any good
(done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great
reward"
Then Allah, Exalted and Great, would say: The
angels have interceded, the messengers have
interceded and the believers have interceded, and
no one remains (to grant pardon) but the Most
Merciful of the merciful. He will then take a
handful from Fire and bring out from it people who
never did any good and who had been turned into
charcoal, and will cast them into a river called
the river of life, on the outskirts of Paradise.
They will come out as a seed comes out from the
silt carried by flood. You see it near the stone
or near the tree. That which is exposed to the sun
is yellowish or greenish and which is under the
shade is white. They said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) it seems as if you had been
tending a flock in the desert. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: They will come forth like pearls
with seals on their necks. The inhabitants of
Paradise would recognize them (and say): Those are
who have been set free by the Compassionate One,
Who has admitted them into Paradise without any
(good) deed that they did or any good that they
sent in advance. Then He would say: Enter
Paradise; whatever you see in it is yours. They
would say: O Lord, You have bestowed upon us
(favors) which You did not bestow upon anyone else
in the world. He would say: There is with Me (a
favor) for you better than this. They would say: O
our Lord! which thing is better than this? He
would say: It is My Pleasure. I will never be
angry with you after this. |