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ابوالوليد المسلم 05-02-2023 10:33 PM

Belief In The Last Day
 
Belief In The Last Day

Yasmine bint Ismail




Belief in the Last Day is the fifth Pillar, and this day has a number of other names like; The Day of Standing, The Day of Grief and Regret or The Striking Hour. We seek refuge with The King of the Day of Judgment, from this fearsome Day, Amin. Allah refers to it in detail in several places in the Quran. Surah Al-Qari'ah [or the striking hour] for instance is devoted entirely to it.
“Al-Qari'ah [the striking Hour i.e., the Day of Resurrection]. What is the Striking [Hour]? And what will make you know what the Striking Hour is? It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about, And the mountains will be like carded wool, Then as for him whose balance of [good deeds] will be heavy, He will live a pleasant life [in Paradise] But as for him whose balance [of good deeds] will be light, He will have his home in Hawiyah [pit in Hell]. And what will make you know what it is. [It is] a hot blazing Fire!)” [Surah Al-Qari'ah, 101:1-8]
It will be the Day of:
“...then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand, he surely will receive an easy reckoning, And will return to his family enjoy! But whosoever is given his Record behind his back [in his left hand from behind] he will invoke his-destruction, And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its' burning. Verily, he was among his people in joy! Verily, he thought that he would never come back [to Us]!)” [Surah Al-Inshiqaq, 84:7-14]
It will be a Day of accounting for every tiny good or bad deed. We need to live our lives remembering that we shall see then what we do now, living each day like it was our last one as far as deeds are concerned, the questions are, 'Do I have enough good deeds yet , am I sure I haven't nullified them? Is someone going to take from my good deeds on that Day because I have done something bad to them, am I sure? A lengthy hadith to give more insight on that Day:
"The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?' The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon when the sky is clear?" We said, "No." He said, "So you will have no difficulty in seeing your Lord on that Day as you have no difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon [in a clear sky]." The Prophet (Peace be upon him) then said, "Somebody will then announce, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship' So the companions of the cross will go with their cross, and the idolaters [will go] with their idols and the companions of every god [false deities] [will go] with their god, till there will remain those who used to worship Allah, both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, and some of the people of the Scripture. Then Hell will be presented to them as if it were a mirage. Then it will be said to the Jews, 'What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Ezera, the son of Allah.' Ii will be said to them, 'You are lairs, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want [now]?' They will reply, 'We want You to provide us with water.' Then it will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell [instead]. Then it will be said to the Christians, 'What did you use to worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship Messiah, the 'son of Allah.' It will be said, 'You are lairs, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want [now]?' They will say, 'We want you to provide us with water.' It will be said to them, 'Drink,' and they will fall down in Hell [instead). When there remain only those who used to worship Allah [Alone], both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it will be said to them, 'What keeps you here when all the people have gone?' They will say, 'We parted with them [in the world] when we were in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one proclaiming, 'Let every nation follow what they used to worship, ' and now we are waiting f or our Lord. Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and he will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak to Him except the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say, 'The Shin, ' and so Allah will then uncover His shin: whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but their backs will be rigid like one piece of wood (they will be unable to prostrate). Then the bridge will laid across Hell."
We, the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "O Allah's Messenger! What is the bridge?” He said, "It is a slippery bridge on which there are clamps and [Hooks like] a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at another and has thorns with bent ends. Such a seed is found in Najd and is called As-Sa’dan. Some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as lightening, a strong horse, fast horses or she camels.' So some will be safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some scratches, some will fall down into the Hell [Fire). The last person will cross by being dragged [over the bridge]." The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "You [Muslims] cannot be more pressing in Claiming from me a right that has been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in interceding with Almighty for their [Muslim] brothers that day, when they see themselves safe . They will say, ‘O Allah [save] our brothers for they used to pray with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.’ Allah will say, 'Go take out [of Hell] anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one [gold] dinar.’ Allah will forbid the fire to burn the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of them in Hell [Fire] up to their feet, and some up to their middle of their legs. So they will take out those whom they recognize and then they will return, and Allah will say [to them], ‘Go take out anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one half dinar.' They will take out whomever they will recognize and return, and then Allah will say, 'Go and take out anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of an atom [or small ant], and so they will take out all those whom they will recognize.' Then the Prophets and the angels and the believers will intercede, and [last of all] the Almighty [Allah] will say, 'Now remains My intercession.' He will then hold a handful of the fire from which He will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called the water of life. They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows. You have noticed how it grows by a rock or beside a tree: and how the de facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the shade is white. Those people will come out [of the river] like pearls, and they will have [golden] necklaces, then they will enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say, ‘These are the people emancipated by the Magnificent. He has admitted them into Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without them sending forth any good [for themselves].’ Then it will be said to them, 'For you is what you have seen and it is *****alent as well.”[1]

[1] Sahih Al-Bukhari, [Eng. Trans. Vol. 8, page 395-399]







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