TheHer

eaf
terSer
ies-CD1

TheHer
eaf
terSer
ies

I
ntr
oduct
ion

We, t
hehumanr acel i
vi
ngont hi
searth,ar
eunderthepercept
ionthatwebelonghereandthat
thi
sisourresi
dence.Wedon’ twanttoknowt hefactthatweareonat r
ain.Andthetr
ainis
goingthr
oughstationstoanotherf
inaldesti
nat
ion.Andthatt
hisworldi
sonl yoneofthese
stopsononeoft hesestat
ions.Butwedonotbel onghere.

Wehav eat i
cketthathasthreesli
ps:weliv
einthewombf orninemonthsandthenwhenwe’re
bornaslipistornoff
.Andt henwel i
veindunyaforawhil
eandwhenwedi e,t
hesecondsli
p
fr
om theticketist
ornout.Thenwehav eonesli
pleft
.Andt hatwil
lbet
ornoffinei
therhel
lor
heaven.Andt hati
sthefi
nal dest
inat
ion.

Wedon’ tbel
onghere.Wear etravel
l
ing.Thati swhyt heProphetSall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam
sai
d“ Beinthi
sworl
dasi fyouareatraveller
.”Andhesai dthattheexampleort heanalogyof
meint hi
sdunyaisasi fsomebodyist r
av ell
i
ngi nthedesertandhesawat reeandhet ook
someshadeundert histreeandthentooksomer est
.Andt henhecontinuedtravel
li
ng.Thatis
dunya:wespendaf ewmoment sundert histree,andthenwekeepont rav
elli
ng.

Cany oust
optime?Themov ementofti
mei saner
osi
onofourexistencei nthi
sdunya.Iti
s
taki
ngpartofuswit
heverysecondpassi
ng.Weneedtobeli
evei
nt hef actthatwedon’tbel
ong
here.Weneedtoprepar
efordeath.Andthati
swhatt
hisser
iesi
sabout :TheJour
neyt owards
theHereaf
ter
.

Obj
ect
ives

Whydowet
alkaboutal
-Aakhi
rah?Wehav
etohav
eanobj
ect
ivef
orev
ery
thi
ngt
hatwedo.

1.I
tisapi
l
laroff
ait
h.I
tispar
tofI
maan.

2.Whydowehav ealloftheseproblemsar oundus?Whydowehav eaMusl i

m whodr inksor
deal
swi thri
baorl i
esorcommi t
szina?Whatar ewemi ssing?‘ Aa`i
sharadiy
allahu‘anhagi ves
usapr ogram inoneshor tsent
encef ori
ndividualandsoci alchange: “
Ifthefi
rstthingrev eal
ed
i
nQur ’
anwas‘ donotdrink’
,thepeoplewoul dhav esaid‘wear enevergoingtost opdrinking.’
Andifthef i
rstthi
ngthatwasr eveal
edi ntheQur ’
anwast ell
ingt hepeopletonotcommi t
for
nicati
onandadul ter
yt hepeoplewoul dhav esaid‘we’r
enev ergoingtostopcommi tting
for
nicati
onandadul ter
y!’Thefir
stthingsthatwer erevealedi ntheQur ’
anwer etheSur ahAl -
Muf
assalt
hattal
kedaboutandmenti
onedhel
lfi
reandparadi
se.Unt
ilt
hehear
tswer
eat
tached
t
oAll
ah(swt)
,THENtheordersf
orhal
aalandharaam camedown.”

Duringthetimei nMakkah,ther
ewasn’ tmuchl awgi ven.Mostoft helawswer erev ealedin
Madi nah.I
nMakkah, i
twasapr epar
ati
ont oreceivethel awandt of i
l
lthetankwithi maan.That
i
swhyment i
oningtheUnseenandJannahandAkhi rahat t
achest heheartandli
ftst heveil
sof
darkness.We’ r
enotsuf f
eri
ngfrom i
gnoranceonl y(althoughthatisapr oblem)
.Ev eryoneknows
khamri sharaam.Whydosomepeopl edri
nk?Ev eryoneknowsr ibaisharaam.Peopl eknow
sal
ahi sfardh,butwhydosomepeopl edon’tfulf
ili
t?Amaj orproblem is:
insuf
fi
cienti maan.
Thehear ti
sr ough,
likearock.Theheartsarenotsof t–whatwi llsoft
entheseharshhear t
s?
Talkingaboutakhir
ahandt heunseen.

ThePr
ophetsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am say
s:“
Ify
ouknowwhatIknow,
youwoul
dcr
yal
otand
l
aughali
tt
le.
”

‘
Alii
bnAbi Tal
ibsai
d,“I
twouldn’tmakeadiff
er enceifIseejannah,
Iwouldn’
tloveitmor
e.And
evenifIseenaar
,Iwouldn’
tfearitmore.
”Hei ssayingthathehasabsorbedthemeaningof
j
annahandnaarsomucht hatitwoul
dn’tmakeadi ffer
enceifheactual
l
ysawt hem.Hei
sli
ving
asifheisseei
ngjannahandnaari nf
rontofthem.

In1930, t
heUSdeci dedthattheyshouldbanal cohol.SubhanAll
ah,i
tisint hef i
tratoknow
alcoholisbadf oryou.Theypassedt helawandt heytri
edtoenforceit.Dur i
ngt heprocess,
abouthal fami l
li
onpeopl ewerethrowninjail
.Mi ll
i
onsandmi l
l
ionsofdol larswer espentto
enforcethel aw;thousandsofpeoplewer ekil
led.Theconsumpt i
onofal cohol didn’
tchange–
bootleggingwasgoi ngoninpeople’sownhouses.Thepr ocessofmaki ngi tissounhy gieni
c
anddi r
ty.Diseaseswer espreadi
ng.Af t
erfouryears,thebanwasl if
ted.Thi sisthemi ghtyUS.
Theycoul dn’tenf
or cealawbanningalcohol.Lookat1400y earsearl
ier:

Jibra’
eelcamet oMuhammadsawssay i
ngthatkhamr( andot herthings)isfor
biddenandt hey
areact sofshaytaan.faj
taniboo[j
azakAll
ahkhay rNadia!]-STAYAWAYFROM I T.Theay ah
camedownbanni ngalcohol.Theprophetsawsconv ey
edt heay ahtot hesahabahwi thhim.The
sahabahwentoutcar ryi
ngt hi
snews, sayi
ngt hatkhamri snowi l
legal.AnasibnMaal iksai
dthat
hewasser vi
ngalcohol.Theyheardt heannouncementi nt hestreetandAnast hrewt hejugfrom
hishand.Someoft hesahabahhadcupsi nt heirhands,theyt hr
ewi t.Somehadi tintheir
mout hs,theyspatitout.Somewentasf arasv omi ti
ngwhatwasi ntheirst
omach.Itwas
describedast hestreet
sofmadi nahhav i
ngi tfl
owing.Ther ewasI MMEDI ATEobedi ence.There
wasnoenf orcementbyt hrowingpeopleinjail
.Howdi ditwor ki
nMadi nahandnoti nUS?The
diff
erenceofwar aa`.Thesahabahwer epreparedf orit
.

Muslim( 23/4889)Anasb.Mal i
kreported:Iwasser vi
ngdri
nkt oAbu‘Ubaidab.jar
rah,
AbuTalha
andUbay yb.Ka’ bpreparedfr
om unr i
pedat esandf r
eshdateswhenav i
sit
orcameandhesai d:
Veri
lyli
quorhasbeenpr ohibi
ted.Thereupon, AbuTalhasai
d: Anas,st
andupandbr eakthi
s
pi
tcher.Istoodupand( t
ookhol d)ofapoint edstoneandstruckthepit
cherwithit
slowerpar
t
unti
litbrokeintopieces.
Weneedt
opr
epar
eour
sel
vesbyt
alki
ngaboutal
-akhi
rah.

Out
li
ne

TheOut
li
neofwhatt
heser
ieswi
l
lbet
alki
ngabout
:

1.Al
-Qi
yaamahassughr
ah:
themi
nordayofj
udgement
,whi
chi
ncl
udes:

i
.Deat
h

i
i
.Al
-Qabr(
Thegr
ave)

i
i
i.Ar
-Ruh

i
v.Ash-
shar
aatusSa’
aa:
signsoft
hedayofJudgement(
maj
orandmi
nor
)

2.Al
-Qi
yaamahal
-Qubr
a(dayofj
udgement
):

i
.Al
-Ba’
athwaal
-Nushoo`
:Resur
rect
ion

i
i
.Ah-
waaal
-Qi
yamah:
Hor
ror
soft
hedayofj
udgement

i
i
i.Al
-Hi
saabuhwaAl
-Jazaa`
:Account
abi
l
ityandr
ecompensi
ng

i
v.Fi
nal
dest
inat
ion:
Jannahandnaar

Al
lofusar
egoi
ngi
nthi
sdi
rect
ion.Andwest
artbyseeki
ngassi
stancef
rom Al
l
ahswt
.

Whati
sthemi
nordayofj
udgement
?Itst
art
swi
thal
-mowt–deat
h.

Al
-Mowt

Ev
erysoul
shal
ltast
edeat
h
AlBukhari
narr
atest hatsomeBedouinscameandaskingt
heProphetsawsabouttheHour.
RasulAl
lahwouldpoi ntatthey
oungestamongstt
hem andsay
,“Bytheti
meher eacheshi
sold
age,yourdayofjudgementwi l
lal
readyhav
estart
ed.
”Whenaper soni
sdead,t
hat’sit
.Heis
countedontheot herside.

Anasb.Mal i
kreport
edt hatapersonaskedAll
ah’sApostl
e( maypeacebeuponhim):
When
wouldt
heLastHourcome?Ther euponAll
ah’
sMessenger( maypeacebeuponhim)keptqui
et
forawhi
le.thenlookedatay oungboyinhispresencebelongi
ngtothetr
ibeofAzdShani
lwa
andhesaid:Ift
hisboyl i
veshewoul dnotgr
owv eryol
dt i
l
l t
heLastHourwouldcometoyou.
Anassai
dt hatthi
sy oungboywasofouragedar i
ngthosedays.(
Muslim 41/
7052)

Therei
snowayarounddeat
h.Every
onewilldi
e.Al
l
ahsubhaanawata’aal
asay
s:“
Ever
ythi
ngwi
l
l
peri
shsav
eHisFace.Hi
sisthedeci
sionandtoHimyoushal
lberet
urned.”

“
Ever
yoneoni
twi
l
ldi
eandonl
ytheFaceofAl
l
ahwi
l
lremai
n.”

“Ever
ysoulshal
ltast
edeath.
”Ifanyonewouldbesparedhisli
fe,t
henthatwouldbeRasulAll
ah,
butAll
ahsays:“
Youshalldi
eandt heywil
ldi
e.”Ever
yonewill
die.Thet
er misf
ixedfordeat
h.It
i
sanappointedti
me.Itcannotchange.I
tcannotbelat
erthantheappoint
edti
me.

Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Andnoper
soncanev
erdi
e,exceptbyAl
l
ah’
sleav
eandatanappoi
ntedt
erm.
”

And

“Andever
ynati
onhasanappointedt
erm.Whenthei
rter
m comes,neit
hercant
heydel
ayi
t,nor
cantheyadv
ancei
t.
”All
ahistell
i
ngusnottotr
ytorunawayfrom death.

Al
lahsay
s:“Wheresoev
ery
oumaybe,
deat
hwi
l
lov
ert
akey
ou,
eveni
fyouar
einf
ort
ressesbui
l
t
upstr
ongandhigh.
”

All
aht ellsusast oryofsomepeopl ewhot riedtorunawayfrom deat h:
“Didyounotthi
nkof
thosewhowentf orthf
rom theirhomesint housands,f
ear
ingdeath? ”All
ahistal
kingabouta
groupf rom Bani I
srael–anar mywasat tackingthem,sotheywant edtosavethemselves.They
ranfrom t hei
rtowni nthousands.All
ahtoldt hem “
die.
”Heraisedthem upagaintoshowt hem
Hismi racleont hem.“Trul
yAllahisful
lofbount ytomankind,butmostment hanknot.
”

Umm Habi bah(thewifeofRasul Al

lah)madeadu’ aa`.Shesaid,“OAllah,gi
vemepleasureby
givi
ngal onglif
et omyhusbandRasul All
ahandt omyf at
herAbuSuf yanandmybr ot
her
Mu’awiyah.”RasulAll
ahsai dtoher:“Youar esupplicati
ngtowardsAl l
ahinregar
dstofixedter
ms
andcount edday sandor dainedprovisionst hatarealreadydi
vided.I
fy ouwouldhaveasked
All
ahtosav eyoufrom theHel lFi
reandt hepunishmentoft hef i
re,
thatwouldhavebeenbet t
er
foryou.
”( Muslim)

Deat
hwi
l
lhappenwhenev
erandwher
everAl
l
ahhasdecr
eed
InRiyadh:Itissaidthattherewasaconst ructionthatfelldownf rom theseventhfl
oor.Hefell
onsol i
dconcr et
e.Passersbywer eamazedt oseet hathest oodupHej umpedup, happythat
All
ahdi dn’
tt akehisli
fe.Peoplewereamazed.Hewassohappyt hathetoldevery
one,“I
’m going
tobuyy ousomedr i
nks.”Hewascr ossingt hestreet,di
sor i
ented,andacarhi thi
m andkill
ed
him.Whydi dn’thediefrom theseventhstor y?Allahhadappoi ntedf orhi
m aspecifi
cspotanda
speci
f i
ctimeofday .All
ahwant edtobringhi mt ohisplaceofdeat h.Now,thisman,whenhe
stoodup, het houghtthathewasgi venal ongl if
e.Thel astthoughtonhi smindwast hathe
woulddi eint henextmoment .I
fhewassav edfrom thatdeath,thenhemusthav ealonglife
aheadofhi m.

Therewasanear thquakeinEgypt.Therewasamanwhosur vi
vedforaver
ylongper i
odofti
me.
Theythoughtthatnoonecouldbesav edintherubble.Theywereamazedt ofi
ndamant obe
l
ivi
ng,eventhoughallofthemeansofdy i
ngexisted.Itwasn’tt
imeforhimtodie.Therewere
twofemalerelat
iveswithhim.Theybot hdiedbecauseoft heunbearabl
econdi
tions.I
twasnot
ti
mef ori
t.

Somet
imesdeat
hcomessosuddenl
ythaty
oudon’
thav
eti
met
opr
epar
efori
t.

Thereweret woairplanesthatcol
l
idedov erI
ndi
a–i twasaheadoncol l
i
sion.Theyhiteach
otherwit
hacombi nedspeedof1600mi lesperhour.Lookataccident
sont hefreeway–how
quickl
yaper soncandr i
vegoing60mph.Thi sdeathwasinasplitsecond.Therecouldhave
beenaper sonwhowasl i
ft
ingfoodtohismout handbeforehecoul dt
akethebitehedied.

TheDest
roy
erofPl
easur
es

“Fr
equentl
yremembert hedest
roy
erofpl
easur
es.
”Rasul
All
ahdescr
ibeddeat
hast
hedest
roy
er
ofpleasur
es.Rasul
All
ahsays:“
Al-
MowtuHaqq.”

HasanAlBasrisays,
“Ihaveneverseenanythi
ngt
hatiscert
ainwithnodoubtinitbutpeopl
e
dealwit
hitasifiti
sdoubt,wit
hnocer t
aint
yli
kedeat
h.”Wear ecert
ainaboutdeath–Muslim
andnonMuslim.Hav eyoueverseensomeonedenydeath?HasanAl Basri
saidthatwedealwit
h
deat
hasi fi
tisdoubtful
.Eachofusknowswear egoingtodie–howmuchhav ewepr epar
ed
fori
t?

Wheny oulookathowpeopl epreparefordeat

h,theyonl
ydoiti
ntermsofthi
swor l
d:thefuner
al,
thecemetery,andtheworl
dlyarrangements.Whatisdonef
ortheothersi
deofdeath?Thereare
elabor
atepreparat
ionsf
orthefuneralandthefood,et
c.Whatwil
lhappenontheotherside?

Onanint
erviewwithIsaacAzmoth,averypr
ominentf
ict
ionwrit
er,
af ewmont hsbefor
ehedi ed,
hewasasked“ Whatdoy outhi
nkwil
lhappenaft
eryoudie?”Hesaid,“Nothi
ng.”Hisknowledge
andal
lofthatint
ell
i
genceandweal t
hmakeshim nodiff
erentf
rom themosti gnorantArab
di
sbel
i
ever1400y earsago.Hisi
ntel
li
gencedi
dn’
tmov ehim uponenot ch.
All
ahsaysaboutt henonbel i
ever
s,whent heyseet her eali
ty,theywi l
lsay
: “
Ifwehadany
underst
anding/
intelli
gence,wewouldn’thav ebeenint hehell fi
re.”Whatkindofami ndist
hat
?
All
ahhastolduswhyhehasgi venusthemi nd:“
Wehav egiveny outhesights,ear
sandmindso
thaty
oumaybegr ateful
.”–toworshi
pAl lah!Theey esandear sar esourcesofinputandt
he
mindprocessesitf orus.Ifweusedtheset hreetogether,itwoul dleadust oimaan.

BacktowhatRasulAl
l
ahsai d:
thedestr
oyerofpleasures.Ifwetalkaboutdeat
handwereali
ze
thereal
i
tyofi
t,t
hiswil
ltakeawaytheveil
sofghaf l
ah( unawar
eness)andwewi ll
seet
hetruth
andwewi l
ll
oseanyappet i
tef
orwhateverthedunyahast oof
fer.Wecannotseethet
rut
h,and
thati
swhywehav etotalkaboutt
hedeathandakhi rah.

Al
-I
hti
daar

Therei saper i
odbef or
edeat hcal ledal -i
ht i
dhaar.Itispr eparat i
onf ordeat h.Dur i
ngthisstage,
theangel sdescend.Allahsay s: “
Unt ilwhendeat happr oachesoneofy ou.OurMessenger stake
hissoul andtheynev erneglectt heirdut y.”Duringt hi
sst age, angel sdescendandt heperson
goingt hroughdeat hcanseet hem.Rasul Allahsay s:“I
ft hebel ievingsoul isleav i
ngthisworld
andmov ingintoalAkhi
r ah[
int hei nterf
ace]angel swi l
ldescendf r
om t heheav ens.Whi te,br
ight
facesliket hesun.Theyhav ewi t
ht hem acof fi
nf rom par adi
seandi ncensef rom paradise.So
hecanseet hem.Andt hentheangel ofdeat hwi lldescend.Andt henhewi l
lsi
tnextt ohis
face/head.Hewi l
lsay,‘
Ohy oupur esoul , comeoutt ot heforgi venessofAl l
ahandHi s
Pleasur e.’Thissoulwillcomeoutsosmoot hly
, l
ikeadr opofwat err ol
l
ingoutofaj ug.Forthe
kaafir
,ifhei sl eav
ingtheduny aandappr oachingakhi rah, t
hendar kangelswi llcomedown.
Theyar ecar r
yingcoffi
nsmadeofhar shmat er
ials.Theangel ofdeat hwi l
lcomedown, si
t
besidehi m andsay ,
‘Oy ouevil soul!Comeoutt otheangerofAl lahsubhaanawat a’
aalaand
HisWr at h!’Whent heangel ofdeat hwillmaket hatannouncement ,t
hissoul willrunaroundin
thebody .Theangel ofdeathwi llgrabt hesoul andpull itout,asi fy ouarepul l
ingoutwetwool
from thor nybranches.”

Duringthisst
age, t
heremaybesomedi scomf ortforthebelievingsoul.All
ahgivescomf or
tto
thebeliev
er.Hesay s:“Veri
ly,
thosewhosayt hatthereLordi fAllahandthent heystayfi
r m.On
them theangelswilldescend,saying‘Fearnot ,norgriev
e, butreceivethegladtidi
ngsof
Paradisewhichy ouhav ebeenpromi sed.’
”(41:30)Theydi dnotsayt hat‘Al
lahisourLor d’and
thengoonacr ookedpat h.Notfasti
ngonedayandt hendr i
nkingalcohol t
henextday .These
peoplestayedfir
m, andt heangelswillgivethem gl adti
dings.

Forthedisbeli
ever,Al
lahsays,
“Andi fyoucouldseewhent heangelstakeawaythesoulsof
thosewhodi sbeli
eve.Theysmitetheirfacesandtheirbacks,sayi
ng‘Tastethepuni
shmentof
theblazi
ngfire.Thi
sisbecauseoft hatwhi chyourhandsforwarded.Veri
ly,
All
ahisnotunj
ustt
o
Hisslaves.
”Al l
ahisnotcommi t
tinginjusti
cetoyou.Iti
sy ouracti
onsthatcausedyouthi
s.

At
aa’
ibnRabahsay
s:“
Ther
ear
ethr
eebenef
it
sofr
emember
ingdeat
h:
 1.Ta’
jeel
at-
tawbah:
hast
eni
ngr
epent
ance.Youwoul
dpr
epar
eforakhi
rahandy
ouwoul
d
r
epent.

2.Ar
-Ri
dabilQal
eel:
contentwit
htheminimum.Youwi l
lbehappywi t
hwhateverAll
ahhas
giv
enyoubecauseyouknowitisatemporaryresi
dence.Thisisnotwherewebelong;ther
efor
e
youwoul
dn’
tgiveitmuchconcernandat
tention.WhateverAll
ahgives,
Alhamduli
l
lah.

3.Notfightandcompet ewithpeopl eofthisworldovert hi

swor l
d.Andthatwouldcausey ou
tohav etranquili
tyinyourheart.Whatmakespeopl eanxiousandobnoxi ousiscompetingover
mat eri
althings.Thisworldislargeandourdesi r
esar elarge.RasulAl
lahsaysthati
fthesonof
Adam hasav all
eyofgoldhewoul drequestanotheroneandnot hi
ngwoul dpl
easethesonof
Adam exceptdi r
t.Nothi
ngwoul dsati
sfythi
sgreedexceptt hedi
rt.Wheny ougobacktot hedi
rt,
i
twi ll
closeal lofthosedesir
es.Thi sworldisnotworthf i
ght i
ng.

Sakar
aatal
-Mowt

Sakaraatul-
Mowt :thestuporofdeat h.Whati sthemeani ngofit
?Sakar aahist hedizzi
nessand
unconsciousnessthatiscausedbypai n.Aper soni nthestateofsakarahi sgoingt hr
ough
stagesofunconsci ousnessanddi zzi
nesscausedbypai n.Al
lahsay s:“Andthest uporofdeat
h
willcomeintruth.Thisiswhaty ouhav ebeenav oidi
ng.”Deathistrue,anditwillarri
veeven
thoughyout r
ytoav oi
dit.I
twill
happent oev eryone.Ithappenedt oRasul All
ah.RasulAll
ahhada
potofwat er
.Hewoul ddiphishandsi nthewat erandt henhewouldwi pehi sfaceandsay“ La
i
laahaill
all
ah.Therei sagony/st
uporofdeat h.”Ev enRasul Al
l
ahwasf eeli
ngit.

I
fRasul
All
ahf
eltt
hat
,whatwoul
dyouandmef
eel
?Whatwoul
dthenonbel
i
ever
sfeel
?

All
ahsays:“
Andi fyoucouldbutseewhent hewr ongdoersareintheagoni
esofdeathwhenthe
angel
sarestretchi
ngforththei
rhandssaying‘ Thi
sdayy oushallberecompensedwitht
he
tor
mentofdegr adat
ionbecauseofwhaty ouusedt outteragai
nstAll
ahotherthant
hetrut
hand
youusedtorejectHisayaatwit
hdisrespect.”Tastethepainofdeath.

Alt
houghev ery
onegoesthroughthi
spai
n,therear
elevel
s.Thenonbeli
eversgothroughthe
most.Thereisacategor
ythatfeel
salmostnopain–theshuhadaa`
.RasulAll
ahsays,“The
shaheedfeelsthepai
nofdeathli
keoneofy ouwouldf
eelthesti
ngofaninsect.
”All
ahhas
honouredtheshaheedwithmanyhonouri
ngs.Whywoul danyonewantt
or unfrom t
hishonour
?

Whenmanleavest
hiswor
ld,
hedesir
estocomeback.I
fhe’
sakaaf
ir
,hewant
stobecomea
Musl
im.I
fhe’
san‘Aasi
y(asi
nner
),hewant
stocomebacktomakeTawbah.

All
ahsays:
“Unti
l,whendeat
hcomestooneoft
hem (
thosewhojoi
npartner
swithAl
lah)
,he
says:
‘MyLord!Sendmeback,Sot
hatImaydogoodinthatwhi
chIhav
el ef
tbehi
nd!
’No!Iti
s
butawor dthathespeaks,andbehindt
hem i sBar
zakh(abarr
ier
)unti
ltheDaywhent heywillbe
resurrect
ed.”(23:
99-100)Theyweregivenachanceinthi
swor l
d,andtheydi
dn’tt
akeadv antage
ofit.Now, whenit’
stoolate,
theyasktocomebackt orepentanddogood.All
ahsay sthatthere
i
sabar ri
erbetweenthem andgoingback; i
t’
stool
ate.Ri
ghtnow,thedoorofopport
unityis
openandTawbahwi ll
notbeacceptedlater.

All
ahsay s:“
All
ahacceptstherepent
anceofthosewhodoev i
li
nignoranceandr
epentsoon
aft
erwards;tothem wil
lAl
laht
urninmercy:ForAll
ahisf
ull
ofknowledgeandwisdom.”(4:
17)
IbnKatheergiv
estheexplanat
ionofthi
swordclose.Whenisi
tsoonenought omakeTawbah.
Youhav etheopportuni
tyofmakingTawbahuntil
themomentofal-gharghar
a–whent hesoul
i
spr epar
ingtoleavethebody.

All
ahsays:“
Andofnoeffecti
stherepentanceofthosewhocont i
nuet
odoevildeedsunti
l
deathf
acesoneofthem andhesay s:‘
NowIrepent;
’norofthosewhodiewhi
letheyare
di
sbeli
ever
s.Fort
hem Wehav epreparedapainf
ultorment
.”(4:
18)Whenit
’st
imef ordeat
h,no
Tawbahisaccept
ed.ThatiswhatFir’
awndid.

“…he[Fir'
awn]said:
‘Ibel
ievet hatLail
ahai l
la(Huwa):
(nonehast herighttobewor shi
ppedbut )
He,inwhom t heChil
drenofI sraelbel
ieve,andIam oneoft heMusli
ms( thosewhosubmi tto
All
ah’sWi l
l).
’Now(youbel i
eve)whi l
ey ourefusedt
obelievebeforeandy ouwer eoneofthe
Mufsidun( evi
l-
doer
s,corrupts,etc.
).
”(10:90-91)Al
l
ahdi dnotaccepthisTawbahbecausei twas
toolate.SoAl l
ahwil
lacceptt heTawbah, aslongasitisspokenbefor ethisti
mewhent hesoul
i
sleavingthebody .

Deat
hcomessuddenly–y ouarenotgivenanot
ice.I
tcomesunannouncedandther
eisnoway
youcanchangei
t,ornomatterhowmuchy outr
yt oconv
incet
heangelofdeat
hornomat t
er
howbusyyouare.Thebestt
imef orTawbahi
sNOW.

TheTi
mef
orTawbahi
snow!

“I
sn’titti
mef orthosewhobeliev
edt hatthei
rhear
tswil
lsof
tenf
r om theremembranceof
All
ah? ”(Qur’
an)ThetimeforTawbahi sNOW.Don’ tdel
ayandprocrasti
nate.I
fyoureadQur’an,
youwi ll
findthatthemajori
tyofthescreamingofthepeopl
eofhellfi
reisbecauseof
procrasti
nati
on.Theywi l
lbesayi
ng,‘OAl l
ah,l
etmegobacksoImaydosuchandsuch. ’They
procrasti
natedfrom gooddeeds.

“Whoeverdesi
resorlooksfor
wardt
omeetingAll
ah,Al
l
ahwoul
dlov
emeet
inghi
m.Whoev
er
disl
i
kesmeet i
ngAll
ah,All
ahdisl
i
kesmeet
inghim.”

‘
Aa`isha,
whenev ershedi
dn’tunderstandsomething,shewouldquest
ionit
.Sowhensheheard
thi
s,shesai
dt otheProphetsaw: “
Andwhoofusdoesnotdi sli
kedeath?”(
Doesdisli
ki
ngdeath
meanwedi sl
ikemeet i
ngAllah?)Prophetsawsaid,“Thisi
snotwhatImeant .Whenthebel
i
ever,
heisabouttodie,hewil
lbegi v
enthenewst hatAllahispl
easedwithhim.Sothatthemost
belovedt
hingtohi
m wouldbehisfut
ure.Sohewouldl
ovetomeetAl
lah,andAl
lahwouldlov
e
tomeethim.Whent henonbel
i
ev eri
sabouttodi
e,hei
sgivent
henewsthatAll
ahisangrywit
h
him andwil
lpuni
shhim.Sohewilldi
sli
kemeeti
ngAll
ah,andAl
l
ahwil
l di
sli
kemeeti
nghim.”

TheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasall
am said:
“Whent hejanaazahispl
acedandthemencar ryi
t
ontheirshoul
ders,
ifi
tisarighteousperson,i
twi l
lsay‘
Goasf astasyoucan!
’I
fitisother
wise,
thenhewi l
lbesay:‘
Woet oit!Whereareyoutakingme? ’Ever
yonewouldhearthatsound
exceptthehumanbeings.Andi fthehumanbei ngswouldhearit,
theywoul
ddieduet othat
shock.”

Rasul
All
ahsays:“I
fitwasn’
tfort
hefactt
hatnoneofy
ouwoul
dbur
ythedead,
Iwoul
daskAl
l
ah
tol
etyouhearthesoundsofthepeoplei
nthegrav
es.
”

Hewouldbeaf
raidofusnotbur
yingt
hedeadbecauseweheart
hepuni
shment
stheyar
egoi
ng
t
hroughi
nthegrave.
Her
eaf
terSer
ies-CD2

I
mam Ahmad’
sDeat
h

‘
AbdullahibnImam Ahmadsai dthathewast her
ewhenhi sfatherwaspassingaway .Hisfat
her
wasgoi ngintosakaar
ah,thestat
eofunconsciousness.Wheny ouaregoingfrom dunyato
akhir
ah, i
t’
sav er
ydiff
icul
tchange.You’
vebeeninthisworldfor60or70y earsandnowy ouare
goingtoacompl etel
ydiff
erentworl
d.Thatchangebetweent hesetwostagesisdiff
icul
t,
sometimesi tdoesn’
thappenimmedi at
ely
.Sometimesy ou’
ll
f i
ndthatt
hepersongoesbackand
for
th.

Tosi
mpl i
fyt
his,t
hinkofsl
eep,
becausesl
eepistheminordeat
h.Al
lahsay
s,“
AndHei
stheOne
whotakesyoursoulswhenyouar
esleepi
ng.
”Sleepi
sami nordeat
h.

Yougot hr
oughaninter
facei
nwhichyou’renotawakeandyou’
renotsleepi
ng.Thesamethi
ng
happensbefor
edeath;youar
egoi
ngthr oughthi
sint
erf
acebetweenli
feanddeath.Ther
eare
moment swherey
ouar eontheot
hersideandont hi
sside[
li
vi
ng].

‘
Abdul lah’
sfatherstartedsay ing,“l
aba’ ad.laba’ ad”[meaning]“No,notyet .
..no, noty et”
.
‘
Abdul lahwaswor ried.Imagi ney ouheary ourfathersaying,“No,notyet.
..no, noty et,
”[atthe
ti
meofdeat h].Whatwoul dy ouinterpretittomean?Idon’ twantt odi
ey et, r
ight?Youwoul d
i
nt erpr
etitasmeani ng“ Idonotwantt odi eyet.”So‘Abdullahaskedhisf ather(whenhewoke
up) ,
“Omyf at
her,whywer eyousay ing‘No, noty et’
?”Imam Ahmadsai d,“Shay t
aanwas
standingr i
ghtnexttome, bi
ti
ngonhi sfingersandsay i
ng, ‘
OAhmad, youhav esl ippedoutofmy
hands.OAhmad, youhav eslippedoutofmyhands. ’SoIwast ell
inghim, “No,noty et.No,not
yet…notunt i
lIdie.
’”[Meani ng]Thebat tlebet weenmeandy ouishappeni ng.Notunt i
lIdiewil
lI
bef reefrom you.Shayt aanwasbi t
inghi sf i
ngers,soangr yandupset,thinkingt hatI mam
Ahmadhadsl i
ppedoutofhi shands.

Lookatthebel
i
ever–howhekeepsonfi
ght
ingunti
lthel
astmoment
.Wenev
ergi
veup.I
fwe
wereproud,
wewouldsay
,“Yes,
Iwonagai
nstyou!
”

Ift
hiscouldhappen[ t
haty ouloseatthelastmoment],i
tissomet
hingextremelydangerous.I
bn
Taymiyyahsaysthatther easonthishappensisbecauseshayt
aanreal
izesthatthi
sishislast
chancewithyou.Ifhemi ssesy ouinthelastmoment,hemissedyou.Thatiswhyshay t
aan
giv
esspecialatt
entiontot helastmoment sofyourl
if
e.

Putacrit
eri
atoyoursel
f–ifyouarelosi
ngt oshayt
aannow, whi
let
hebatt
lei
seasy,
whatwi
ll
happentoyouinthelastmoments,whenitgetstough?I
fyouarealr
eadyl
osi
ngthebat
tl
enow,
whenshay t
aani
sgivingyouhal
fofhisattenti
on,whatwi
llhappenwhenhegi
vesyouhi
sful
l
att
enti
on?
Thesear
ethefi
taan.Thati
swhywesayi
noursal
aah,
“Weseekr
efugei
nYouf
rom t
hef
it
naof
l
if
eanddeath.
”

Reasonsf
orEv
ilEndi
ng

Let’
stalkaboutasbabsu- al
khat i
mah( ther
easonsforevi
lending).Themosti mpor t
antst
ageof
yourli
feistheending.“Whoev erdi
esonsomet hi
ngwi l
lberesurrect
edoni t.
”IfyoudieinHaj
j,
withi
hram, makingtalbi
y ah,RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said:“
Ont heDayof
Judgement, youwil
l beresurrectedsayingl
abbaykAll
ahummal abbayk.””
Wheny oudieon
something,youwillberesurrectedont hesamethingyouwer edoing.”

Rasul
All
ahsai
d:“
OhAl
l
ah,
maket
hebestofmydeeds,
thel
astdeeds.
”

RasulAl
l
ahsai d:
“Oneofy ouwoul ddothedeedsofthepeopleofParadiseunt i
lonl
yonef oot[a
shortdi
stance-transcr
ibers’
not e]i
sbetweenyouandparadise,
andt henint heendhewoul d
dothedeedsoft hepeopleofhel lfi
reandhewoulddieandhewoul dent erintohel
lfi
re.
”And
theopposit
ecanhappent o–y oudot hedeedsofthepeopleofhel
lallofy ourli
feandtheny ou
dothedeedsoft hepeopleofj annahintheendandenterj
annah.

Whatar
ether
easonsf
orev
ilendi
ng?WeaskAl
l
ahsubhaanawat
a’aal
aforabl
essedendi
ng.

1.Al
-Fasaadf
ilal
-’
I
tiqaad

Al-Fasaadf i
lal
-’
It
iqaadcor ruptionanddef ectinthebel ief.Anal ogy:Youbuyacomput erand
wor kont hatcomput er
.Itwor ksf inef oraf ewmont hs.Theny ouputi tt hr
oughar i
gorous
appl i
cation;itf
ail
sandbr eaksdown.Youf indthati thadadef ectf rom dayone.Thi sdefect
didn’tshowupbecausei twasbei ngdeal twithgent ly.Wheny ouputi tt hr
oughar i
goroustest
,
thisdef ectshowedup.Yout houghtt hatitwasbr andnewandnot hingwaswr ongwi thit
.There
wasahi ddendefect.Similarl
y, youcant hinkthaty ou’ref inenowandy ouraqeedahi sfi
ne.You
hav esomedoubt sint hecor nerofy ourhear t–aboutAl l
ah, aboutt heambi ya,forexample.
Deat happr oachesandshay taancomesandput sy out hroughat est .Thatdef ectorproblem
showsup.Wheny ouf i
ndoutt hatt hereisacor r
upt i
oni ny ourbel i
ef, yougiveupy ourwhole
belief.Youwoul dlosei tall
.Youl oset hewhol ebat tle.That ’
swhyI bnAl Qayyi
m say s,“
We
believet hatoutofthemer cyofAl lah,All
ahwi llnotmi sleadt heper soni fhewasoft r
ue
ri
ght eousness.”Ther emustbesomet hi
ngwr ongwi tht hatper son.

All
ahsays:“
Say(OMuhammadSAW) :Shal
lWet el
lyouthegreat
estl
osersinrespectof(t
hei
r)
deeds?Thosewhoseef
fort
shavebeenwast edi
nthisli
fewhilet
heythoughtt
hattheywere
acqui
ri
nggoodbythei
rdeeds.
”(18:
103-104)Thebiggestl
osersaret
heoneswhot hi
nktheyar
e
doi
ngr
ight,
buttheyar
edoingwrong.Youfi
ndthatsomeoneisv
eryri
ghteous,butheisnot
doi
ngt
hingsthewayoftheProphetsal
l
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
l
am.Iti
sallunaccepted.

2.?
???al
-I
sti
qaamah

Diversi
onf rom t
hestrai
ghtpat
h.Aper soncouldbeonthest
rai
ghtpath,
butthenhedecidest
o
takeat urn.Whenthispersontakesthi
sshorttur
n(ont
othewrongpath)
,it
’sl
ikeafork–it
start
soutasasmal ltur
n,butthefur
theryougo,thef
art
heryoubecome[fr
om thestr
aight
path].I
bleeswasoneoft heri
ghteous.Hedidthatsmal
lmist
akeoutofagreatprobl
em –kibr
(arr
ogance) .Hebecamet heworseofcreati
on.

All
ahsay s:“Andr ecitetothem t hest or
yofhi mtowhom wegav eouray aat,buthet hrewt hem
awaysoshay taanf oll
owedhi m upandhebecameoft hosewhobecameast ray.AndhadWe
wil
led, Wewoul dsur elyhaveel evatedhimt herewit
h,buthecl ungtotheear thandf oll
owedhi s
ownv ei
ndesires.”Thismanr eceivedt heayaatofAllah,buthedet achedhi mselffrom t heay aat
ofAllahandf oll
owedhi sowndesi res.Thispersonhadtheknowl edge,buthewasmi sgui ded
becauseofhi sat t
achmentt oduny abecausehef oll
owedhi sowndesi res.Thisiscont raryt o
Isl
am.I sl
am issubmi ssi
ontoAl l
ah.Yousubmi ttoAll
ah,ev enifi
t’sagainstyourownwi ll
and
desir
es.Yougi v eupy ourdesiresf orAllah.Wedonotcust om makeI slam toserv eus.We
changeour selvestof iti
ntoIslam.Wechangeourownchar acter
st ofi
tIslam.Islam is
COMPLETEsubmi ssion.Submi ssiont oAll
ah.Thismanhadt heknowl edge, butitdidn’tdohi m
anygoodbecausehef oll
owedhi sowndesi res.

TheProphetsal
lall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam sai
d:“ThethingthatIf earmostony ouisamanwho
memor i
zesQur’aanuntiltheli
ghtofQur’aanshowsuponhi sf aceandt henhedetacheshimsel
f
fr
om theayaatofAllah.Thenhecar r
iesthewor donhi sneighborandaccuseshi m ofshi
rk.
”
HudhayfahibnAlYamaanaskedRasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhi wasal l
am,“Whoisthemushr i
k
amongt hem?Theaccuserort heaccused?”RasulAl
lahsallallahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am said,
“The
accuser
.”Themanf ellint
of i
tnaandaccusedhi snei
ghborofshi rk–andhehi mselfhas
becomeamushr i
k.

TheSt
oryofBar
sisa

Anot herstory
:Barsi
sa.Hewasamanf rom chi
l
drenofIsraelwasaf amouswor shi
pper.Hewas
an‘ aabid.Hehadhistempleanddev otedhimselft
owor shi
p.Threemenf rom thechildr enof
Israelhadt ogoforabattl
e.Theydidn’tknowwheretoleavet hei
rsi
ster
.Theycoul dn’tleaveher
alone; t
heylookedaroundandfoundt hatthebestpl
acet oleaveherwaswi t
ht he‘aabid.They
saidt heywouldleavehi
m withthat‘aabidandwouldl
eav eherwithhim becausehei st hemost
righteousandt r
ustwort
hy.

Theywenttothe‘
aabi
d,Bar
sisa,andtoldhimthesi
tuati
onandsaid,
“Canyoupl
easetakecar
e
ofoursi
ster
?”The‘
aabi
dsaid,“Iseekrefugei
nAll
ahfrom y
ou.”Shayt
aancametohim[Barsi
sa]
andsaid,“Whoar eyougoingtoleav
eherwit
h?Ifyoudon’
ttakecareofher,anevi
lper
sonmay
takecareofher,andyouknowwhatwi l
lhappen.Howcanyouletthi
sgoodsl i
poutofyour
hands?”Shayt
aani sencouragi
nghimtodogood.The‘Aabi
dcalledthebr
othersbackandsai
d
thathewouldtakecareofher ,
butshei
sgoingtostayi
nthathouseoverthereandIwil
lst
ayi
n
myt emple.

Soshewoul dstayinthathouseandBarsisawouldbri
ngf oodandl eavei tonhisdoor step.He
didn’
tev enwantt oseeher.Shewouldcomeoutandgett hef ood.Shaytaancamet ohim and
said,
“Whatar ey oudoing?Don’ty
ouknowt hati
fshewalksoutf rom herr oom andcomest o
yourtempl e,
peoplecanseeher ?Youhavet odeli
vert
hefoodt oherdoor step.
”Barsisasaid,
“Yes,that’
strue.
”Shay t
aanisnotspeaki
ngt ohimfacetof ace;thi
siswaswasa( i
nspirati
on).
Barsi
sast art
edtot akethefoodandleav
ei tonherdoorstep.Thatcontinuedf orawhi l
e.

Andthenshaytaantoldhi
m, “
She’scomingoutt
ogetthepl
ateandsomebodycanst
il
lseeher
.
Youhavetodelivert
heplatei
ntoherownr oom.
”Bar
sisawouldt
akethef
oodinther
oom and
l
eaveitt
here.Thisconti
nuedforawhil
e.

Thethreebrother
swerel at
e.Thi
sgazwat ookawhil
e.Soshaytaancamet ohim andsaid,“
Are
yougoingtoleaveheralone?Ther
e’snobodytotakecareofher.She’
sbeeninthere[solong]
;
i
t’sli
keshe’
si npr
ison,
speakingtonoone.Whydon’ ty
outaket hatr
esponsi
bil
it
yandspeakt o
heralit
tl
e?Shecangooutandspeakt oanothermanandhav ear el
ati
onshi
pwithhim.”So
Barsi
sawoul dgooutsi
deofherandspeakt oherfrom t
here.

Hewoul dtal
kfrom outsi
deandshewoul dtalkfr
om insi
deherroom andtheywoul
dbe
screamingtohearoneanot her
.Shay
taantoldhim,“Whydon’tyoumakeitalit
tl
econvenientf
or
eachother?Don’tscream t
oeachother.Si
tinthesamer oom.”SoBarsi
sawouldgoinsidethe
room andslowl
yt heyspentmoreandmor etimewitheachother.

Andt
heyst
art
edget
ti
ngcl
oserandcl
oserunt
ilt
hegr
eat‘
aabi
dcommi
tt
edzi
na.

Shebecamepr egnant.Shedel
iv eredachi l
d.Shaytaancamet ohim andsaid,“
Whathavey ou
done?Doy ouknowwhatt hebr otherswi l
ldowhent heycomeback?They ’
regoingtoki
l
lyou.
Evenifyousay‘Thisi
snotmyson’ ,
they’r
egoi ngt
osayt hathewassupposedt otakecareof
herandy ouwereresponsi
bleforher .Theonl ysol
utionisthaty
oumur derthechil
dandburyit
.”
The‘aabidchoppedofftheheadoft heinfantandbur i
edhim.

Shayt
aancamet ohim andsaid,“Doyouthi
nkthemotherwil
lkeepthesecr
etaft
eryouhav
e
ki
ll
edherson?You’r
eaf oolifyouthi
nkso.Youshoul
dkill
hertoo.
”AndsoBar si
sakil
l
edher
andburi
edthem bot
hint hatroom.

Thebrot
herscamebackandsaid,“Whereisoursi
ster?
”Bar sisasaid,
“Innal
i
ll
ahiwainnai
lay
hi
raji
’
oon.Shewasil
landshedied.Sheisburi
edinthatplace.”Andhewentandshowedt hem a
fi
cti
ti
ousgrav
e.Theysai
d,“
Innali
ll
ahiwainnail
ayhiraji
’oon”andt heymadedu’aa`f
orher
.

Atni
ghtt
ime,
oneoft
hebr
other
ssawadr
eam.Whocamet
ohi
mint
hatdr
eam?Shay
taan.He
sai
d,“Didyoubel
iev
eBar si
sa?He’slyi
ng!Hecommi ttedzinawit
hy oursi
sterandthenheki l
led
herandherson.Theevidenceisthatsheisnotburiedintheplacethatheshowedy ou,butheis
buri
edinherroom,undertherock.”Sohewokeupandhet ol
dhisbrot
hersaboutt hedream.
Theysaid,“
Wesawt hesamedr eam.I tmustbetrue.”Sot heywenttothefi
cti
ti
ousgr aveand
dugitup.Theywenttoherroom anduncov er
edtheear th.Theyfoundthei
rsisterburi
edwi t
han
i
nfant.

Theygr abbedBar si
saandt ol
dhim, “YouLiar!Thi
si swhaty ouhavedone!”Theytookhimtothe
king.Whiletheywer et
akinghim, Shay t
aancamet oBar si
sa.Nowshay taandidn’
tcomeinthe
form ofinspir
ati
on.Hecamei nhumanf or
m.Hesai d,“
Doy ouknowwhoIam, Barsi
sa?Iam
shaytaan.Icausedy oual
l oft
hatmess.AndIam t heonlyonewhocandel i
veryououtofit
.If
youwantmet osaveyou,Ican.”Barsisasaid,“Pl
easesav eme!”Shaytaansaid,“
Makesujood
forme.”Bar si
samadesuj oodf orshay t
aan.Whatdi dshaytaansay?Hesai d,“
Thankyouvery
much!I twasapl easuremeetingy ou.”Andthenhenev ersawhi m.

Bar si
samadesuj oodf orshaytaanandt hatwasthel astthinghedi di
nhislif
ebecauseshor t
ly
afterwards,hewasexecut ed.Thel astthinghedidinhi slif
ewasmakesuj oodf orshaytaan.
Thiswasan‘ aabidont hestraightpath.Het ookasmal lturn–i nthenameofmasl aha,the
benef it–lookatwher eheended.Thati st hedangeroff oll
owi ngdesi
re.Somet imeswef eel
conf i
dentbecauseofourknowl edgeort heQur’aant hatweknowort he‘i
baadaht hatwedo.We
shouldal waysbeaf raidandnev erbeov erconf
ident.Thati sthetrueknowledge–“ Theones
thathav ekhashiy(fear)ofAllahar ethescholars.
”Ot herwise,iti
sjustmemor izati
onofwor ds.A
sidenot e:whatpolicywasshay taanusingonBar sisa?Ifshay taancamet oBar si
saandt hefir
st
thinghesai dwas“ makesuj oodt ome”, wouldBarsisahav edonet hat?No.Hewoul dn’
t.
Shay taantookast ep-by-st
eppol icy.

Abui
bn‘
Abdur
Rahi
m

IbnAlJowz eesay sthat( inthey ear270Hi j

ra)therewasamannamedAbui bn‘ AbdurRahi m.He
wasaf i
ght erint hear mi esthatwer efighti
ngi ntheRomanEmpi re.Ononeoft heirbattles, t
hey
weresur roundi ngaRomanf ort
ress.Whi l
etheywer esur r
ounding,thi
smansawawoman.I t
wasaf i
tnaf orhim.Hest art
edcor respondingwi t
hher( shewasaRomanwomani nthatci ty).
Heaskedher ,
“HowcanIgeti n?”Shet oldhim, “
BecomeaChr isti
anandI ’l
llety ouin.”Sohe
becameaChr isti
an, andt henextday ,
suddenl y,
hiscomr adesfoundhi m ont heopposi tesi de.
Thisthingdepr essedt hem al ot.Thismanhasbeenwi ththem foralongt i
me, heknewal otof
Qur’aan,hehadal otofknowl edge,andsuddenl yhel ef
tthereli
gionandbecameaChr istiant o
runafterthatwoman.Teny earspassedandsomeMusl ims,whoknewt hatman, passedt hat
Romanv il
lage/ f
ortagai n.Theysawhi m andt heytoldhim, “
Comewi t
hus. ”Hesai d,“No, I
cannotcomewi thy ou, I
’m settl
edandmar ried.AndIhav echil
drenandbusi ness.”Sot heyt old
him, “
Whathappenedt oy ourknowl edge?Whathappenedt oyourQur ’
aan? ”Hesai d,“
Ifor gotall
ofthat.Ifor gotal lofQur ’aanexceptf oronev erse.Perhapsthosewhodi sbelievewi l
l wisht hat
theyhadbeenMusl i
m.Lett hem eatandenj oythemselvesandbedi v
ertedby[ f
alse]hope, for
theyaregoi ngt oknow.( 15:2-3).”[
Anothertranslati
on:Onedayt henon- beli
ev erswi l
ldesi rethat
t
heywer
ebel
i
ever
s..
.]

Wheny oudiv ergef rom thestrai

ghtpath, t
hisiswhathappens.Thi smanwassoknowl edgeable,
buthedi dn’tstickt othest r
aightpath.“
Fast aqim” ,
All
ahtellsRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwa
sall
am t ofoll
owt hest rai
ghtpathaf t
erreceivingguidance.Oneoft heSahabahasked
RasulAllahsal l
allahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam togi vehim oneadv i
cet hatwouldbesuf fi
cientforhim.
RasulAllahsal l
allahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam said, “
Qul AmantuBil
laht hummai staqim”meani ng“ Say‘I
beli
evei nAllah’ andt henstayont hestraightpath.”Becausewecansayt hatwebel iev
e, butthe
i
mpor tantthingi st hatwest ayont hestraightpath–t hatiswher ethetestis.That’swher ealot
ofpeopl efail
.Theyst artonthest r
aightpat h,butthenthewi ndsofchangei nthiswor l
dt ake
them from rightt oleft.

ThatisthekhashiyofAll
ah–y ouknowt hetruth,
andyouar esoworri
edthatyouareasking
All
ah17t i
mesaday :“OhAll
ah, weseekassistancefr
om Youandweseekassi stancefrom You,
soguideust othestrai
ghtpath.”WeaskAl l
ah17t imesinthefar
aaidhtokeepusont he
st
raightpat
h.Andt henwer epeatitint
henawaaf il
.Whyarewer epeat
ingthi
sayahov erand
over?Becauseiti
sv eryi
mpor t
antt ost
ayont hestrai
ghtpath.

3.Al
i
sraar
u’al
aal
ma’
aasi
yy(
insi
stenceonsi
nni
ng)

Aper sonmaybecommi tingasmallsin,butthe‘ul

amaa`saythati
nsi
sti
ngonasmallsi
nmakes
i
tamaj orsin.Wheny oukeepondoi ngitagainandagain,i
tbecomesamajorsin.
Adh-
Dhahabi,
i
nhi sbookAl Kabaa’i
r,t
alksaboutevil
endi ng.Therewasamanwhowasobsessedwi thchess.
Theykeptont el
li
nghimt osaylail
aahai l
lall
ah,buthecoul
dn’
t.Att
heend,hekeptonr
epeati
ng,
“Checkmat e,checkmate”unti
lhedied.

Hementi
onedanot
herman.Hekeptsay
ing,
“Gi
vemet
hebot
tl
e.”Becausehewasobsessed
wi
thdr
inki
ngandhekeptaski
ngf
orthat
.

Ther
ewasanothermanwhowasanaccount
antandhej
ustkeptsay
ing,
“ten,
elev
en,
twel
ve”
andhekeptsay
ingnumber
s.

IbnAlQayyi
m ment i
onedthest
oryofamanwhot heytol
dtosayl
ailaahail
l
all
ah,
buthesai
d,“
I
can’
t.
”Hedi dn’thaveapr
oblem wit
hhist
ongue;
hecouldspeakf
luentl
y.Hecoul
dn’
tsayl
a
i
laahail
lal
l
ah, becauseAl
l
ahdidn’tgi
vehi
mthetawfeeq.

Thi
nkabouti
tthi
sway–wheny ougotobed,whatarethethingsyoudr
eam about
?They
’l
l
mostl
ikel
ybewhatyouwer
ethinki
ngaboutdur
ingtheday.Ifyoukeept
hinki
ngabout
somet
hingal
lday,y
ou’
ll
mostl
ikelydr
eam ofi
tatni
ght.

Anotherwayt
oknowwhat
’sony
ourmi
ndi
stol
ookatwhaty
out
hinkoff
ir
stt
hingi
nthe
morning?

Deat
hissimil
artosl
eep.Sl
eepiscal
l
ed“theminordeat
h.”Whenyougofrom sl
eeptothest
ate
ofawakeni
ng,i
tissi
mil
artosakar
aatal
mowt .Thati
swhyt het
hought
sthatareonone’smi
nds
ar
emostl
i
kel
ygoi
ngt
oshowupi
nthel
astmoment
sofl
i
fe.

Weal waysthinkthatwecanl iv
ehowwewantandsi nasmuchaswant .Then,fi
veminutes
bef
oreweday ,wewi l
ltaketheshahaadahandbeguarant
eedjannah.It
’snott
hateasy.Youare
makingapl otagainstAll
ah.Why ?Becauseyouar
emakingtheintent
iontonotworshi
pAl l
ah
unt
ilthelastmoment sofy ourli
fe.Al
lahi
stell
i
ngust
owor shi
pHi m dayandnight
.Wear e
say
ingt hatwewantt ooutsmar tAll
ahandmaketawbahintheend.“Theyareplot
ti
ngandAl l
ah
i
splanningandAl lahisthebestofplanner
s.”

Aschol armentionedthatt
heyv isit
edamanwhowasdy ing.Whentheycamei nthehouse,
everyoneinthehousewasl isteningtoloudUmm Kul
thum music(asinger).Thetaperecorder
washi gh.Theshay khsai
d,“i
taqul l
ah!Thi
smanisdyi
ngandy ouarelist
eningt osongs?”Sothey
turneditoffandputonQur ’
aani nstead.Whent
heoldmanhear dtheQur’aan,hesaid,“Tur
nt hat
offandt ur
nUmm Kul t
hum backonbecauseshesoot hesmyheart!”Andhedi ed.

Wheny
ougr
owuponsomet
hing,
youar
egoi
ngt
odi
eont
hatt
hing.

Neverthi
nkthatyoucanout
smar tAll
ah.Youhavet
ohav ekhashiyofAllah.Theoneswhoare
thegreat
estl
osersaret
hosethatfeelsaf
eorsecureofthepunishmentofAl l
ah.“Onlyt
he
l
osersaretheoneswhofeelsecurefr
om thepuni
shmentofAllah.”Khashyaisani nt
egr
al
qual
it
yofaMusl i
m.TobeaMusl i
my ouhavetohavefearofAll
ahi nyourheart.

4.Da’
ful
Imaan(
weakf
ait
h)

Sulaymani bnAbdi lMalak,akhal i

fahoft heMusl i
m wor l
d, vi
sit
edMakkahandMadi nah.Hewas
asking,“I
sthereany oneher ewhohasmett hecompani onsofRasul All
ahsall
allahu‘al
ayhi wa
sall
am? ”Theysai d,“Yes,AbuHazi m.”Hesai d,“Callhim.”Sot heyboughtAbuHazi m.Sulayman
i
bnAbdul Malikaskedhi m, “Howcomewedi sli
kedeat h?”Hesai d,“Becauseyouhav ebuiltand
establi
shedthiswor l
dandy ouhav edestroyedy ourakhi r
ah.Soy ouhat etogof rom whatis
establi
shed,towhati sdest royed.”Ifyou’
renotpr epari
ngf orakhirah,whywoul dy ouwantt ogo
there?Whenwel ovethiswor l
d,wedon’ twantt ogot otheakhi rah.Scholar
shav esaid,i
f
somebodyhast heloveoft hewor ldathear t
, t
henj ustbeforethei rdeath–whent heperson
reali
zestheyar eleavingduny aforakhi r
ah–t heywi l
lbecomeat tachedt othethingheloves( t
o
duny a)
.Andt hent hatpersonwi ll
st ar
thatingAl l
ahbecauseAl lahi stheOnewhowant st otake
him away .I
fthathappens, thisiskhuloodf innaar–et ernalpunishmenti nHell,becausey ouare
hatingtomeetAl l
ah,soAl l
ahwi llhatemeet ingy ou.

WhenMu’ aadhibnJabalwaspassi ngaway .Hesai d,“Welcomet odeath.Ihavebeenwai t

ingf
or
youforal ongtime.Ihavebeenwai t
ingforthePromi seofAllahtome.Wel comet odeath.
”He’s
happy.Hesai d,“Odeath,
don’ tthi
nkthatIeverwant edtoliveinthi
sduny abecausetheloveof
thi
swor ld.ThereasonIwant edt ol
iveinthi
swor l
dwast ofastinthehotsummerday sandpray
i
nt helong,coldwinterni
ghts.Soasl ongasi ti
stimef ormet oleave,Iwelcomey ou.Takemy
soul.
”Hewant stomeetAllah, soAll
ahwi l
lwanttomeethi m.
RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am say s,“Ev
eryProphet,
beforehedi es,i
sshownhi splace
i
nPar adiseandt henhei sgivent hechoicet ost
ayinthisworldordie.
”Sot heambi yaar egiven
thechoice.Thishadit
hi snarratedby‘ Aa`i
sha.WhenRasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhi wasallam was
dying,hehadhi sheadonmyl ap,shesaid.Thenhef ell
unconscious,thenhewokeup.He
start
edst ar
ingattheskyandhesai d,“OAl l
ah,wit
hthehighestcompani on.(All
ah).
”‘Aa`isha
saidthatsheknewatt hatmomentt hatthePr ophetwasbeinggiventhechoi ce,andhewasnot
choosingus.Rasul Al
l
ahwasgi venthechoi cebytheangelofdeath,andt heProphetsallall
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am wassay i
ngt hathewant edt obewithAll
ah.Andt hatwast helastthinghesai d.
[Bukhari
]
TheHer
eaf
terSer
ies-CD3

TheSoul
Leav
ingt
heBody

Rasul All
ahsal lal
lahu‘ alay hi wasal l
am t ell
susi nal onghadi t
haboutt hest oryoft hesoul
l
eav ingt hebody–t het ript hatt hesoul takes.Hesay sthatwhent hebel i
everi sdy i
ng, the
angel scomedownwi thacof finfrom j annahandsomescentf rom j annah.Theysi tinf rontof
theper son.Thent heangel ofdeat hdescendsandt ell
st hebel iever,“Behappyandpl easedwi th
thepr omi seofAl lahf ory ou.Oy out ranqui lsoul ,
comeoutt ot hepl easur ethatwi llbepr ov i
ded
toyoubyAl l
ahswt .”Rasul Allahsai dt hatthesoul wi l
lcomeoutsoeasi ly,l
ikeadr opofwat er
thatisf l
owi ngdownf rom aj ug; itslidessoeasi l
youtoft hebody .Assoonast heangel ofdeat h
takest hatsoul ,alloftheangel swi l
l j
ump–ev eryoneoneoft hem want stot akethehonourof
holdingt hatsoul andwr appi ngi tint hecof fi
n.Andt hent heywi ll
car ryittot heheav ens.
Whenev ertheywoul dpassagr oupofangel s,theangel swoul dsmel labeaut i
fulsmel landask,
“Whosesoul isthis? ”Andt heangel swoul dsay ,“Thi sisthesoul ofso- and-so”andt heywoul d
callhim byhi sbestnames.Theywoul dseekper mi ssionatt hegat esofl owestheav en, andt hen
thegat esoft hatheav enwi llopenup.Andwhenev ert hissoul isbei ngcar r
iedt hroughaheav en,
theangel softhatheav enwoul daccompanyi tunt i
l i
tr eachesAl l
ahswt .ThenAl l
ahwi l
l deli
ver
thepr omi seofJannaht ot hatsoul andt henAl lahwi l
lsay ,“Taket hatsoul backt oear th,
becauset hatiswher eIcr eat edf rom, andt hati swher et heywi llreturnandt hatiswher et hey
willber esurrectedf rom. ”Sot hesoul woul dthendescenddownt ot heear thf r
om Al l
ahswt .

ThenRasul All
aht ell
suswhathappenst othesoulofanon- beli
ever,oranev ildoer.Rasul All
ah
saidt hatt heangel scomedownt ohim withacof f
infr
om Hel lFir
e.Theangel ofdeathwi l
lsay
tohi m, “Oy ouev ilsoul !Comeoutt othepuni shmentofAllahandHi sAnger !
”Sot hatsoul would
disper sear oundt hebodyandcl i
ngtoev erynerveandmuscl e.Thatsoul doesn’twantt oleav e
thebody .Sot heangel ofdeat hispull
ingthatsoul out
.RasulAllahsaidt hatthepainoft hatsoul
i
sl ikeabr anchf i
ll
edwi t
ht hornsbeingpul l
edoutofawetbal l ofwool .Theper son’
sner vesand
muscl eswoul dbet ear i
ng.Assoonast hatsoulcomesout ,alloftheangel swoul djumpand
cov ert hatsoul witht hecof f
infr
om Hel lf
ir
eandcar ryi
tup.Rasul All
ahsai dithasast inking
rottensmel l.Whenev ert hesoul passesbysomeangel stheywoul dcur sethatsoul andsay ,
“Whosesoul i
sthis? ”Sot heangelswoul dcallhim wit
hhiswor senames.Theywoul dcar rythe
soul tot hef i
rstheav enandseekper mi ssi
on,butthedooroft hatheav enwoul dnotopen.Then
Allahswtwoul dsay , “Throwt hatsoul downt othelowestearth!”Sot hatsoul wouldbet hrown
downwi ththedi sgraceofAl l
ahswt .

Nowt
hesoul
isi
nthegr
ave…
TheGr
ave

Whenev er‘
Uthmaani bn‘ Aff
aanwentt oagrave,hewoul dcry.Sot heyaskedhim,“Howcome
wheny our ememberj annahandnaart hatwouldn’taff
ectyoulikewheny ouremembert he
grave?”‘Uthmaani bn‘Affaansai d,“IheardRasulAl l
ahsay,‘
Thegr aveisthefir
ststepofakhir
ah.
Ifyoumakei tthr
oughi t,whatevercomesaf terwillbeeasi
er.Andi fyoudonotmakei tthr
ough
thegrav e,whateverwil
l happenaf teritis.AndthatiswhyIcr ywhenev erIremembert hegrave.
’
RasulAllahsaid,‘
Everythinghor r
ifi
ct hatIhaveseen–t hegraveismor ehorri
fi
c.’
”Prettysoon
wewi l
l bethere–ev eryonewi llbet here.Wewi l
lleavethecomf ortofthisdunyabehind.Ever
y
singl
eoneofuswi l
lbeputi nt hathol eintheearth.

Therewasanol dwomanwhousedt ocleanthemasj id.Shewasi llandthenshedi edlateat

night.Thesahabahbur i
edher .TheydidnotwakeupRasul All
ahbecausei twasni ght.Lat
er
RasulAl l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhi wasal lam asked,“Whereisthatol dwoman? ”TheSahabahsai d,
“Shebecamei l
landwebur iedher .
”RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasal lam said,“
Whydi dn’tyou
callme? ”RasulAl
lahsallallahu‘alayhiwasallam wast hefatherf orthiswoman; hecar edabout
everysi ngleoneoft hem: theweakandt hestrong;theoldandt hey oung.Hesal l
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal lam said,“Showmehergr ave.”Hev i
sitedhergraveandsai d,“Thesegr av
esar edark,but
Allahswtwi l
lgivethem lightbecauseofmysal ahont hem. ”Andt hegr ave,assoonasi tmeet s
you,becausey oubel ongt here,thegrav ewil
lsqueezey oupai nfull
y.[Bukhari]

RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam sai
d,“Thegrav esqueezes.I fanyonewoul dhav ebeen
savedf rom t
hissqueeze, i
twoul dhav ebeenSa’adibnMu’ adh.Ev enSa’adibnMu’ adh, t
hewali
y
ofAllah,thegravesqueezedhi m.”Rasul All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ alay hiwasall
am said,thi
sist heman
whom t he‘arshofAllah[ThroneofAl l
ah]shookforhi sdeat h.Thi
sisthemanwhom t hegates
ofheav enopenf or.Thisistheman, whohad70, 000angel saccompanyhi sjanazah, butt he
gravesqueezedhi m, butthenitreleasedhim.Sa’adi bnMu’ aadhwasoneoft heleader sof
Ansar ;
hewasal eaderinwel comingRasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘ alayhi
wasal l
am; hewast hebest
hosttoRasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhi wasall
am.Hedef endedRasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘alay hiwa
sall
am unt i
lhedied.

Once,achil
dwasbei
ngburi
ed.Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“
Ifanyonewoul
d
havebeensavedf
rom t
hesqueezi
ngofthegr
ave,i
twouldhavebeenthi
schil
d,buteveni
tis
squeezed.
”

Fi
tnaal
-Qabr

RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam tol
dust hattwoangel swilldescendont hepersonthatis
i
nt hegr ave–munkarandnaki r.Theywoul dscream athim andt heywoul dshockthatperson
andsur pri
sehim.Thei rwayofconversati
onisnotv erypoli
te.Theyar everytoughandstrong.
Theyexpectast r
aightandimmediateanswerf rom you.Whet heryouareabel iev
erornot,they
willcomei nthatfashi
on.Thesetwoangel swillcomedownandaskt hr
eequest i
ons:“Ma
rabbuk?Wamadeenuk?Wamannabi yuk?”Whoi syourLord?Whati sy ourrel
igi
on?Andwhoi s
yourProphet?
Onlyt
hreequest
ions.Thi
sisthet
estweshouldpr
eparef
or.Westudyyear
sfortest
s.How
muchtimearewegi vi
ngfort
hismosti
mportantt
est
?Weknowt hequesti
ons,
andweknowthe
answers.

Thebeliev
erwouldsay,“MyLor di
sAl l
ah.Andmyr el
igi
onisIslam.AndmyPr ophetis
Muhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am. ”Theywoul dhearasoundcomi ngfrom above,“Qad
saddaqa‘abdi”–“Myservantissayi
ngt hetrut
h.”SoAllahswti sver
if
yingtheanswer.Thatis
whyAllahsaysintheQur’aan:
“All
ahset sfi
rmt hebeli
eversont hefi
rm st
atementinthisworld.
”
Andwhati sthefi
rm st
atement?Lailaahail
lall
ah.All
ahwi l
lsetthebeli
everfi
rm onLai l
aaha
i
ll
all
ah.

Whent heangel saskt henon-beli

ever,“Whoisy ourpr
ophet? ”Hewoul dsay,“
Huh?What ?Idon’
t
know.Ihear dt hepeopl esaythisandIsai dit
.”Theangelswoul dsmashhi m withahammer
thatwoul dturnhi mi ntodust
.Thatper sonissay i
ngwhathehear dt hepeoplesayaboutt he
Prophet( saws)–whatAbuJahl said,
whatnewspaper swr ote,et
c.Thisisnottheanswert he
angelsar elookingf or.I
tneedstobecl earthatimaaninMuhammadi swhaty ouwi l
lbeasked
aboutint hegrav e.Theywantt oheary ousay ,“
Muhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am ismy
nabi.”I
tisnotsuf f
icientt
osayt hattherei
soneGod.Youhav et
obel i
eveinGod’s
representati
ves, HisMessenger s–Muhammad, ‘
Eesa[Jesus],Musa[ Moses],
Ibraheem
[Abraham] .Theyar et heonesconv eyi
ngtheMessageofAl lahtothepeopleoft heeart
h.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
dthatt
hisi
sthel
astt
estt
hebel
i
everwi
l
lgot
hrough,
thel
asti
bti
l
aa`.

Al-Bulkharinarr
atest hatAsmaa`bi ntAbi BakrnarratedthatRasulAl
lahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwa
sallam stoodinthemasj i
dandgav eaKhut bah.Hest art
edt al
ki
ngaboutt hef i
tnaofthegrave
untiltherewasanupr oarinthemasj id–l oudnoises.Whatwast hatnoise?TheSahabah
radiyall
ahuanhum wer ecrying.Asmaa`sai d,“Icouldn’theartheKhutbah.AndIwai teduntilt
he
noisecal meddownandt henIaskedamannextt ome, ‘
BarakAll
ahufeek.Whatwast hel
ast
thi
ngRasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam said?’Rasul All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam sai
d,
‘
Ithasbeenr evealedt omet hatyouwi l
lgot hroughf i
tnai nthegr
avesimi l
artot hef
itnaofad-
dajjaal.
’”

Theywer ecryi
ngandweepi ngbecauset hei
rhear t
swer esof t
.Forus–wear enotaf fected.If
wear e,i
ti saverytempor aryaffect.Oneofuscoul dwitnessaj anazah, andwecanseet he
gravewi t
hourey esandseet heendoft hehumanbei ngashei sdumpedi nahole, andint he
cemet erywecanbej okingandl aughing.Thisi sqaswatal-qalb,hardhear t
s,simi
lart orocks.
Thesahabahj ustheardRasul Al
lahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am t alki
ngaboutt hegrav eand
Asmaa`sai dshecouldn’thearwhatRasul Al
lahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam wassay ing.Wear e
sufferi
ngf rom adiseasethatneedst obecur ed.Thisdiseasei swor sethanamedi cal heart
problem.I fwewer esufferi
ngf r
om amedi calheartproblem, wewoul dspendourt i
meand
effort
stocur eit.Butifwear esufferi
ngf rom diseasesli
ket hi
s, weletthem goanddon’ tev en
wor
ryabouti
t.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam sai
d,“
Thi
sUmmahwi llgothr
oughtest
sinthegrave.And
i
fitwasn’
tfort
hef actt
hatyouwouldnotbur
yyourdead,IwouldhaveaskedAll
ahsubhaanawa
ta’
aal
atoall
owy outohearwhati
shappeningunder
ground.”

IbnTaymi
yyahsayst
hatnotonl
ydidRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am hearthi
s,butwe
knowofsomepeoplewhohearthepuni
shmentoft
hegraveandpeopleseeingdeadbodies
comingoutfr
om t
hegravesandbei
ngpuni
shedandtheyarescr
eamingandt hescar
sareon
thei
rbodi
es.

IbnTay miyyahsay sthatwhenyousleep, y

oursoul i
sseparatef
rom thebody.Nev er
theless,
somet imest hedreamscanbesoi nt ensethatyourbodycanstartmov i
ngandact i
ngupont hat
dream, event houghy ourey
esareclosedandy oursoulisgonefrom thebody.IbnTaymi yyah
saysthatsimi lar
ly,t
hepunishmentcanbesosev ere,t
hatthebodystartsact
ingupont hat
punishment ,andy oucanseedeadpeopl ecomi ngoutofthegraves,r
unning,andtheangel sare
tort
uringthem.

Aftert
hequestioningoft hebeli
ever,whent hebel i
everhasgi ventherightanswer s,av oicecri
es
fr
om theheaven, “
Ansadaqa‘ abdi
”–“ Myser v anti
st el
li
ngt hetrut
h.Sof urni
shhisgr avefrom
paradi
se,andprovidehi m cl
othesfrom paradiseandopenf orhi m agat etoparadise.”This
graveonearthishookedupt ojannah.Itisdirectl
yconnect edt oparadise.Thispersoni nthe
graveisabl
etoseehi splaceinJannah.Hei snotablet ogot here,buthecanseei t.Thenav ery
handsomeper sonwi llwalki
ntothegr ave.Thedeadper sonwoul dsay ,“Whoar eyou? ”That
personwouldsay ,“Iam yourgooddeedsandIcamet ospendt imewi t
hy ouunti
lthedayof
j
udgement .
”Sot hebel i
everwouldnotbeal one.

Oneoft hetabi
’eensaidtooneofhi sstudents,“Youhav estudiedundermef or30y ears.Tellme
whaty ouhavelearned.”Thestudentsaid,
“Ilearnedeightthings.[Oneoftheset hingsisthat]
everyoneofushav esomel ovedonesandsomel ovedthi
ngs.Someoft hesel ovedt hi
ngswe
aregoingtoleaveintheduny a;somewewi l
lleaveathome; someoft heselov edthingswill
comewi thustoourgr aves.Butthenwhenwear einourgrav e,noneofthelov edthingswill
be
withus,exceptforourthings.Thati
swhyIhav etakenmygooddeedst obet hemostbel oved
tome.”

Rasul
All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am saysthatthebeli
everwil
lhavewindowshowingpar adi
se,
andawindowshowi nghel l
.Andhewil
l betol
d,“Thisiswhereyoucouldhavebeenifyouwer e
notabeli
ever.Andthi si
swhaty ouhavegotbecauseofy ourimaan.”Whenheseest hat
,he
wouldsay,“
Yar abb,‘aqimissa’ah.
”–“OAl l
ah,star
tthedayofjudgementsothatIcangot omy
famil
yandmyweal t
h! ”Hisfami
lyandwealthisinjannah;hedoesnotgobacktowhati sinthe
worl
d.
Aft
ert hecor rupt ,
orev i
l per son, isquest i
oned, anannouncementwi l
l bemadef rom theheav ens,
“Heisal i
ar!Fur ni
shhi sgr av ef rom hellf
ire,gi
vehi m cl othesfrom hell f
ir
eandopenf orhima
gatetohel lfi
re. ”Wehav egr avesundert hesur faceoft heearththatwet hi
nkarepar tofthis
dunya, butwedon’ tknowt hatt hepeopl eofj annahseej annahf r
om t hei
rgravesandt hepeopl e
ofnaarseean- naarf rom t hei rgr aves.Andanev i
l,
ugl yper sonwillcomet ohi
mi nthegr ave.The
personwi l
lask, “Whoar ey ou? ”Theper sonwi l
l say,“Iam y ourev i
ldeedsandIwi l
lbewi thyou
unti
lthedayofj udgement .”Thatmanwi llhavest i
nking, rott
ensmel l.Twowi ndowswi l
lbe
opened–awi ndowt oj annahandawi ndowt ohel l f
ir
e.Hewi llbetold,“Thisi
swher ey oucould
havebeeni fyouwer eabel iev er.”Notonl yishesuf f
eringphy sicall
y,buthe’ssuffer
ing
psychol ogi
callybecauseofr egr et.“Thi
siswher ey ouwi l
lbeinhellfi
re.”Hewillsay,“Yarabb,do
notletthedayofj udgementst art.
”

CantheMuslim bepuni
shedinthegrave?Yes.Al-
Qurtubisays,“
Reali
zethatt
hepuni
shmentof
thegrav
eisnotsolel
yfort
henonbeliev
er sandisnotonlyforthehypocr
it
es.I
tcoul
dalso
happentothebeli
everf
ortheshort
comi nginthei
rdeeds.”

Whatar
esomeofthereasonsthatcoul
dcausethepuni
shmentofthegr
ave?Thegener
al
r
easoni
stheshor
tcomingindeeds.Ther
earesomespecif
icr
easons:

Speci
fi
cReasonsf
orPuni
shmentoft
heGr
ave

Thef
tandSt
eal
i
ng

Thef t/
steal i
ng: takingsomet hi
ngt hatdoesnotbel ongt oy ouandcheat i
ng.Ther ewasaser vant
withRasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am.Theywer eouti nbat tl
e.Thisservantwaspr epar i
ng
thesaddl efort hePr ophetsal l
allahu‘al
ayhi wasal l
am andhewashi tbyast r
ayar row.The
sahabahbegant osay ,“
Congr atulati
onsforhi m!Hehasgotj annah.”Becausehedi edont he
bat t
lefi
eld.ThePr ophetsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam said, “No, intheNameofAl lah!Thecl oak
whi chhest oleinkhay bariswr appedar oundhi m andisbur ninghi mi nthegrav e.”Itwasj usta
pieceofcl oth;het ooki twithoutper mission.SubhanAl lah–f oracl oak!Whataboutt heones
whost eal mill
ionsofdol lar
s?Whataboutt heoneswhocheatandabuset heright softhe
Musl imsbycheat i
ng?Whatwi llhappent ot hesepeopl e?I ti
sf orwhat–at empor aryenjoyment
i
nt hislife?Al l
ahwi ll
infli
ctyouwi t
hdiseasesanddi sast erswhi chyouwi l
lhavet ospendy our
moneyon, becauset hatmoneyhasnobar akah.Monet ar ytransact i
onsar esomet hingthatcan
causey ousomet hinggr eatrewar dorpuni shment; i
tdependsonhowy ouusei t.Itisat estand
Allahsubhaanawat a’
aal awant stoseei fy ouwillbegr ateful orungrateful
.

Sl
anderandnegl
ect
ingt
ahaar
ah

RasulAl
lahsal
lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am passedbyt wogr avesandsai
dt hatthet
womeni nthese
graveswerebeingpunished.Rasul
All
ahsallal
lahu‘
al
ay hiwasall
am saidtheyar
enotsuff
ering
becauseofsomet hi
ngmaj or.Oneofthem usedtoslanderandtheotherwouldnotpur
if
yand
cl
eanhi
msel
ffrom uri
ne(maket
ahar
aar
ahpr
oper
ly)
.Andt
heywer
ebei
ngpuni
shedi
nthei
r
gr
avesf
ort
hat.[Bukhar
i]

Negl
ect
ingQur
’aan,
theAdul
ter
ers,
RibaandLi
ars

Nar
rat
edSamur
abi
nJundub:

All
ah’sApost
leveryoft
enusedtoaskhiscompani ons,
“Didany
oneofy ouseeadream?”So
dreamswouldbenar r
atedtohi
m bythosewhom Al l
ahwishedt
otell
.Onemor ni
ngtheProphet
said,
“Lastni
ghttwopersonscametome( inadr eam)[weknowthatthedreamsoftheambiya
aretr
ue]andwokemeupandsai dt
ome, ‘Proceed!’

Isetoutwiththem andwecameacr ossamanl yingdown,andbehold,anothermanwas

standi
ngov erhishead,hol
dingabi grock.Behol
d, hewasthrowingtherockattheman’shead,
i
njuri
ngit.Therockroll
edawayandt hethrowerfoll
oweditandt ooki
tback.Bytheti
mehe
reachedtheman, hisheadreturnedtothenormal stat
e.Thethrowerthendidthesameashe
haddonebef ore.Isai
dtomyt wocompani ons,‘
SubhanAllah!Whoar ethesetwopersons?
’
Theysaid,‘Pr
oceed!’

Sowepr oceededandcamet oamanl yi

ngf l
atonhi sbackandanot hermanstandingov erhi
s
headwi t
hanironhook, andbehol d,hewouldputt hehookinonesi deoft heman’
smout hand
tearofft
hatsi
deofhi sfacetot heback( oftheneck)andsi milar
lytearhisnosefrom frontto
backandhisey efrom f
ronttoback.Thenhet urnedtotheot hersideoft heman’sfaceanddi d
j
ustashehaddonewi tht heotherside.Hehar dlycompl et
edt hissidewhent heotherside
retur
nedtoit
snor malstate.Thenher eturnedt oittorepeatwhathehaddonebef ore.Isaidto
myt wocompani ons,‘
SubhanAl lah!Whoar etheset woper sons? ’
Theysai dtome, ‘
Proceed!’

Sowepr oceededandcameacr osssomet hingli

keaTannur( akindofbaki
ngoven,
apitusual
ly
cl
ay -
li
nedforbakingbr ead).
”Ithi
nkthePr ophetsaid,“Inthatoventherewasmuchnoiseand
voices.
”ThePr ophetadded, “
Wel ookedintoitandf oundnakedmenandwomen, andbehold,a
fl
ameoff ir
ewasr eachingtothem fr
om under neath,andwheni treachedt
hem,t
heycr
iedloudly
.
[i
twascone- shoped,andi ft
heytri
edtoescape, t
heywoul dslidedownbecauseoft
hecone-
shape]Iaskedt hem,‘Whoar ethese?’Theysaidtome, ‘Pr
oceed!’

Andsowepr oceededandcameacr ossar i

ver.”Ithi
nkhesai d,“….redlikeblood.
”TheProphet
added,“Andbehold,i
ntherivert
herewasamanswi mmi ng,andont hebankt her
ewasaman
whohadcol l
ectedmanyst ones.Behol
d,whiletheothermanwasswi mmi ng,hewentnearhim.
Theformeropenedhi smouthandt helat
ter(ont hebank)threwast oneintohismouth
whereuponhewentswi mmi ngagain.Hereturnedandev er
ytimet heper f
ormancewasr epeated,
Iaskedmyt wocompani ons,‘Whoarethese(two)per sons?’Theyr epl
ied,‘
Proceed!Pr
oceed!’

Andwepr oceededt i
l
lwecametoamanwi t
harepulsiveappear
ance,t
hemostr
epulsi
ve
appearance,youev ersawamanhaving!Besi
dehimt herewasafir
eandhewaskindli
ngi
tand
runni
ngar oundit.Iaskedmycompanions,
‘Whoisthis(man)?Theysai
dtome,‘
Proceed!
Pr
oceed!
’

Sowepr oceededtil
lwereachedagardenofdeepgreendensev egetat
ion,havi
ngall sor
tsof
spri
ngcolours.I
nthemidstofthegardentherewasav er
ytall
manandIcoul dhardlyseehis
headbecauseofhisgreatheight
,andaroundhimtherewerechildr
eninsuchal argenumberas
Ihaveneverseen.Isai
dtomycompani ons,‘Whoisthi
s?’Theyrepl
ied,
‘Proceed!Proceed!’

Sowepr oceededtil
lwecamet oamaj esti
chugegar den, gr
eaterandbet terthanIhav eever
seen!Myt wocompani onssai dtome, ‘
Goup’ andIwentup.ThePr ophetadded, “Sowe
ascendedt i
llwereachedaci t
ybuiltofgoldandsi l
verbr icksandwewentt oitsgateandasked
(thegatekeeper)toopenthegat e,
andi twasopenedandweent eredtheci tyandf oundinit,
menwi thonesi deofthei
rbodi esashandsomeast hehandsomestper sony ouhav eeverseen,
andtheot hersideasuglyast heugli
estpersonyouhav eeverseen.Myt wocompani ons
orderedthosement othr
owt hemselvesintotheriver.Behol d,
therewasar iverfl
owi ngacross
(thecit
y),anditswaterwasl i
kemi l
kinwhiteness.Thosemenwentandt hrewt hemsel v
esinit
andthenr etur
nedt ousaftertheugli
ness(oftheirbodi es)haddi sappearedandt heybecamei n
thebestshape.”

TheProphetfurtheradded,“
Myt wocompanions( angels)saidtome, ‘
Thispl
aceistheEden
Paradi
se,andthatisyourplace.’Ir
oseupmysi ght,andbehold,thereIsawapal acelikeawhi
te
cl
oud!Myt wocompani onssaidt ome, ‘
That(palace)isyourplace.’Isaidtothem,‘MayAll
ah
bl
essyoubot h!Letmeent erit
.’Theyrepl
ied,
‘Asf ornow, youwillnotenterit
,butyoushall
enter
i
t(oneday )
.’

Isaidtot hem, ‘
Ihav eseenmanywonder stoni ght .Whatdoesal lt
hatmeanwhi chIhav eseen? ’
Theyr eplied,‘Wewi l
l i
nfor my ou:Asf ort hef i
rstmany oucameuponwhoseheadwasbei ng
i
njuredwi thther ock, hei sthesy mbol oftheonewhost udiest heQur anandt hennei t
herr ecites
i
tnoract soni tsor der s,andsl eeps, negl ecti
ngt heenj oinedpr ayers.Asf ort hemany oucame
uponwhosesi desofmout h, nostri
lsandey eswer etornofff rom frontt oback, hei sthesy mbol
ofthemanwhogoesoutofhi shousei nthemor ningandt el l
ssomanyl i
est hati tspreadsal l
overthewor ld.Andt hosenakedmenandwomenwhom y ousawi naconst ruct i
onr esembl i
ng
anov en, theyaret headul terersandt headul t
er esses; andt hemanwhom y ousawswi mmi ngi n
theriverandgi venast onet oswal l
ow, istheeat erofusur y( Riba)andt hebadl ookingman
whom y ousawneart hef i
reki ndli
ngi tandgoi ngr oundi t,i
sMal i
k, t
hegat ekeeperofHel land
thetallmanwhom y ousawi nt hegar den, i
sAbr aham andt hechi ldrenar oundhi m ar ethose
chil
drenwhodi ewi thAl -Fitra(theIslami cFaith)[ chil
drenwhodi edi nyoungage] .”Thenar rator
added: SomeMusl i
msaskedt hePr ophet ,“
OAl lah’sApost le!Whataboutt hechi ldr
enof
pagans? ”ThePr ophetr eplied, “
Andal sot hechi ldrenofpagans. ”ThePr ophetadded, “Myt wo
compani onsadded, ‘Themeny ousawhal fhandsomeandhal fuglywer et hoseper sonswho
hadmi xedanactt hatwasgoodwi thanot hert hatwasbad, butAllahf orgav et hem. ’”(Bukhar i
9/87/171)

[
Afr
iendemai
l
edmet
hehadi
th.Iputupsomeoft
het
hingsi
npar
ent
hesi
sthatt
hespeakersai
d
i
nsquarebracket
s[]
.ButIdi
dn’taddt
oomanyofhi
scomments,
orel
seitwouldgetconfusi
ng.
Thespeakeral
somenti
onedthatthet
woangel
swit
hhi
m wer
eGabri
el(Ji
bra’
eel
)andMi chael
(Mi
ka`eel
)]

Debt

Thereareafewothert
hingsthatcancausepunishmentofthegrave,suchasdebts.Ther
eisa
hadi
thinwhichoneofthesahabahpassedaway .TheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am tol
d
hi
sbr ot
her,“
Goandpayt hedebtofyourbrot
herbecauseyourbrotheri
sbeinghel
df r
om
Jannah[becauseof
]hi
sdebt .
”Hecouldn’tgotoJannahbecauseoft hedebt.

Excessi
veWeepi
ng

Ifyoupassawayandy ourfamil
yweepsexcessi vel
yony ou,t
hatcancausesomepai ntoyou.
When‘ Umari
bnAlKhattabwasi njur
edandwaspassi ngaway ,Suhay
bcameandsaw‘ Umaribn
AlKhatt
abandstart
edcr y
ing.‘
Umarsai d,
“Thedeadper sonwouldsufferbecauseoft
hecryi
ng
andweepingofhisfamily.
”Hedi dn’
twantanyonecryingforhi
m.Tear sfal
li
ngdownandcrying
i
sok, buty
oushouldnotbeexcessi ve.Al
lahsubhaanawat a’
aalawantsust obepati
ent
.

Tear
swoul
dfal
lfr
om theProphet
’seyeswhenal ovedonewoul
dpassaway
,buthewoul
dn’
t
al
lowhi
msel
foranyoftheSahabahtocryexcessiv
ely.

Whatsav
esf
rom t
hePuni
shmentoft
heGr
ave?

Thegooddeeds

Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am said,“Whent hedeadper sonisburied,hei
sablet ohear
thefoot stepsoft hepeopl
ewhent heyar eleavingthecemet ery.Thenhi sgooddeedswi ll
surroundhi m.SoSal ahwouldcomenextt ohi shead;fasti
ngwoul dcomeonhi sri
ghtsideand
Zakahwoul dcomeont heleftsi
de.Theot hergooddeedswoul dcomenextt ohisfeet
.So
whenev erthi
sper sonwouldbeat t
ackedf rom thehead, t
hesalahwoul dsay,‘Noyoucannot
comef rom thisside.
’Andwhenev ertheattacki sf
rom therightside,thesiyaam [
fasti
ng]would
say,‘No, youcannotcomef rom thisside.
’TheZakahwoul dsay , youcannotcomef rom thi
sside.
Andt heot hergooddeedswoul dsay,youcannotf rom thefeet.Andt heywoul dbemaki nga
shield,surroundingthi
spersonf r
om ev er
ysideandpr otecti
ngt hisperson.”

Seeki
ngr
efugei
nAl
l
ahf
rom t
hepuni
shmentoft
hegr
ave

ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“Wheny oumaket ashahud,seekr
efugeinAll
ah
from f
ourthings:fr
om punishmentofthehel
lfi
re,
from thepuni
shmentoft hegrave,f
rom t
he
fi
tnaoflif
eanddeat h,andfrom t
hefit
naofad-daj
jal(
thefalsemessiah).I
tisasunnahtosay
this[
Du'aa`]dur
ingsalah,
aftert
ashahud(bef
oresalaam) .

Whoar
etheonest
hatar
esav
edf
rom t
hepuni
shmentoft
hegr
ave?

Theshuhadaa`
ThePr ophetsallall
ahu‘alay hiwasallam said,“
Therearesixquali
ti
esfortheshaheed: hewoul d
beforgivenwi t
ht hefir
stdr opofbl oodthatcomesf rom hi
sbody ;hewouldseehisplacei n
paradi
se; hewoul dbesav edf rom t
hepuni shmentofthegrave;hewouldbesav edfrom thef ear
ofthemostf earf
ul day;
thecr ownoft r
anquili
tywil
lbeplacedonhi shead–oneemer aldinitis
worththewor l
dandev ery thinginit
;hewoul dbemar ri
edto72hooral ‘
ayn;
hewoul dbegi ven
shafa’
aa( int
ercession)for70ofhi srel
atives.
”

Oneofthesahabahsaid,“ORasulAl
lah,howcomethebeliev
ersgothroughthetri
alsofthe
grav
e,buttheshaheeddoesn’t
?”TheProphetsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hi wasal
lam sai
d,“Theshini
ngof
theswordsoverhi
sheadi senoughofaf i
tnaf
orhim.”Wheny ouseedeathineverymoment ,
duri
ngbattl
e,t
hatisenoughfit
naforhim.SoAll
ahwi l
lgi
vehim pl
easureandtranquil
l
ityt
ohim.

Al
mur
aabi
t

Theyarethesoldierwhoi sposi t
ionedinastationawayf rom home, guardingtheMusl ims,
waiti
ngforinstr
ucti
onst ofight.Itcomesfrom rabat–wheny outiesomet hi
ng.Almur aabitis
someonewhoi sti
edtot hatpost–t heycannotleave.Thatguard/soldierhastoguar ddayand
night
.Iti
sav erydif
fi
cultjob.Becauseoft hat,All
ahgi v
eshim aspeci alreward.ThePr ophet
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am sai d,“Ever
yone’
sdeedswoul dbet er
minat edtheydie,exceptforthe
onewhodi esasamur aabat .All
ahwoul dconti
nuehi sdeedsforhim, andt heywouldkeep
growinguntil
thedayofj udgement ,
andhewoul dbesav edfr
om thepuni shmentoft hegr ave.
”

Thosewhodi
eonFr
iday

I
nahasanhadi
th,
“AnyMusl
i
m whodi
esonFr
iday
,Al
l
ahwi
l
lsav
ehi
mfr
om t
hepuni
shmentof
t
hegr
ave.
”

MayAll
ahsubhaanawata’
aal
apr
otectus,
ourf
ami
l
iesandal
loft
heMusl
i
msf
rom t
he
puni
shmentoft
hegrav
e.Ameen.
TheHer
eaf
terSer
ies-CD4

TheSi
gnsoft
heDayofJudgment(
SDOJ)

Thesi
gnsoft
heDayofJudgmentwhi
cht
ransl
ateasashratas-
sa’
aa.Thesear
eindi
cati
onsor
mil
est
onesi
nourpatht
owardst
heDayofJudgment.Assa’aameanstheHour,
orthebegi
nni
ng
oft
heDayofJudgment
.

Nooneknowsi tbutAl
lah.Thisi
s‘il
m al-
ghay b.That’
swhyi nthehadi
thofji
breel
,whenhe
askedabouttheHour,
RasulAll
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am said,
“Theonewhoi saskeddoes
notknowanybettert
hant heonewhoi sasking.”Meaning,neit
herofusknowswhent heDayof
Judgmentis,
butRasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasal l
am hastoldusmanyofitssigns.Int
he
areaoft
hesignsoftheDayofJudgment ,t
her earemanyweakahadi thandmanyst rong
ahadi
th.

It
’soneoft hear
easwherey ouhavetosif
tthr oughtofi
ndt heauthenti
cones.I
t’
sav ery
l
abor i
ousjob.Al
hamduli
ll
aht her
eisabookt hatwaswr it
ten–t hereareafew(byIbnKathi
rand
otherscholar
s)–butther
ewasamast er’
sdegr eeoraPhDdi ssert
ati
on(Wall
ahu‘Alam)onthe
authenti
cahadit
hofthesignsofthedayofj udgement,whichwasdonebyaschol arbythe
nameofYusufAl Wabi
l[j
azakAll
ahkhayrbor n2worshi
pAllah!]Thisi
sthepri
marysourcethati
s
used.Hehasaboutmor ethan50si gnsoftheDayofJudgment .

Ty
pesofSi
gns

Someoft hesignsoftheDayofJudgmentar eactualevent

sthatcanonl yhappenonce.You
wouldhaveaccurateknowl edgethatithappened.Forexample,theProphetsallal
l
ahu‘alayhi
wa
sal
lam sai
dthattherewillbeaf ir
ethatwill
comeoutofhi j
aaz,
andt helightofi
twill
reachAsh-
Shaam.Andy ouwoul dbeabl etoseet henecksoft hecamelsatnight.Thisisaneventthatyou
wil
lknowwheni twillhappen( andthi
sonedi dhappen).

Therear eothersi
gnswhi chcanhappenmor et hanonce.Ory outhi
nkthatital
readyhappened,
butitreall
ydidn’
t.Forexampl e,
oneofthesignsisthattherewill
bealotofmassacr eandkil
l
ing.
I
fyoul ookatt hesit
uati
ont oday,y
oumi ghtt
hinkitalr
eadyhappened.Butmay bei twil
lget
worset hanitisnow.Therear esomesignswher eitcouldhappentoacertainextentinoneti
me,
buttheydidn’thappentot heful
lextent
.Sometimest heygrowgradual
ly.

Therear
esomesi gnsthatarecomplet
eopposites.Forexample,t
herei
sonesignthatsays
peachwil
lspread.Andthereisanot
hersi
gnthatsaysinsecuri
tyandconf
li
ctwill
spread.They
arecont
radi
ctingeachother,
sotheymusthappeni nadiff
erentchr
onol
ogical
order
.

1:
TheComi
ngofRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am
ThefirstsignisthemessageofRasul Al
l
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am.BecauseRasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am said,“
Iwassentascl osetot hedayofjudgmentliket
hesetwo
fi
ngersar eclosetoeachot her.
”RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am istell
i
ngusthat
compar edt otheli
feofhumani tyonthefaceoftheear t
h, heissoclosetothedayofj
udgment,
thati
t’
sl i
ket hesetwofingersareclosetoeachother.Hewassentsocl osetotheHourthati
t’
s
l
ikehei sintheaf t
ernoonoft hedayofhumansont heear th.

2:
TheDeat
hofRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am

‘
Aufi bnMaal i
knar r
atedthatRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alay hiwasal lam t
oldhi m ofsi xsignsoft he
dayofj udgment ; t
hefir
stwashi sdeath.(We’lltalkaboutt heot herfi
ve) .Thedeat hof
Rasul Allahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am isasi gnoft hedayofj udgmentandi tisthebi ggest
disast erthataffli
ctedtheMusl i
m Ummah.Ther eisahadi thi
nwhi cht hePr ophetsal l
allahu
‘
al ayhi wasallam saidthatwhenev eryouar eaffli
ctedwi thapr oblem, thenr emembery our
probl em inlosingmeandy ourpr
oblem wi l
lseem i nsignificant.At-Ti
rmi dhinarratesthatAnas
i
bnMaal iksaid,“WhenRasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasal l
am camet oMadi nah,Madi nahwas
all l
i
ght .AndwhenRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam passedaway ,Madi nahwasdar k.And
assoonaswebur iedRasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasal lam andt hedi rtwasonourhands, we
feltourhear tschange. ”Themer epresenceofRasul Allahsallall
ahu‘alay hiwasal lam meant
somet hingtot hem, andassoonashepassedaway ,t
heyf el
tsomet hingmi ssing.The
tranqui l
li
tywasf el
tintheheartswhenhesal l
allahu‘ al
ay hi wasal l
am wasar ound.

3:
TheOpeni
ngofJer
usal
em

Thissignhappeneddur ingt het imeof‘ Umari bnAlKhat taab.Abu‘ Ubay dahi bnAl Jarrahwast he
l
eaderoft heMusl i
m ar my ;t
heyhadsur roundedJer usalem.Theyhadt osur render;theyhadno
chanceoff ight i
ng.Theysentamessaget oAbu‘ Ubay dah, say i
ngt hatt heywer ewi l
lingto
surrender,butt heywant edt ogi vet hekey sofJer usalem t othekhal i
fahoft heMusl i
ms
(becauset het ownwassoi mpor tant ).‘Umari bnAlKhat taabmadeshoor ahandaskedt he
Sahabahwhatheshoul ddo–gooutorst ay?Someoft heSahabaht oldhimt hatitwas
danger ousandt ost ayinMadi nah; otherSahabahsai dtogo–t awakal Al -
Allah.‘Umari bn
AlKhattaabwentoutwi thhi sser vant .Theywer etakingt urnsont hecamel –‘ Umarwoul dride
forawhi l
e, theser vantwoul dridef orawhi l
eandt hent heywoul dgi vethecamel abr eak.When
‘
Umarr odei ntoJer usalem, i
twashi st urntopul lt
hecamel andt heser vant’sturnt or i
dethe
camel .Theypassednextt oapool ofmud.‘ Umarhadt ogot hroughi t;
hepi ckeduphi sclothes
andpassedt hroughi t.Ther ewasmudonhi sclothesandl egs.Thi swashappeni ngi nfrontof
thepeopl eofJer usalem.Abu‘ Ubay dah( oneoft hetenpr omi sedJannah)f eltthatthiswasnot
appropr i
ate–notbecauset hel eadershoul dn’tbehumbl e,buthef el
tthatt heRomanswer e
l
ivinginacul turewher et hel eader sar esur roundedbyguar dsandhet houghtt hattheywoul dn’
t
givenhi mt her especthedeser ved.‘ Umardeser vedr espectmor et hanany oneel seonear th,at
thattime.Abu‘ Ubay dahgav ehi m af ewsuggest i
ons.‘ Umari bnAl Khat t
aabhi thimi nthechest
andsai d,“Iwoul dn’texpectt histocomef rom you.Wewer epeopl ewhower ehumi li
ated;we
wer enothing.Al l
ahhonor eduswi thI slam.I fweseekhonoranyot herway ,Al l
ahwi llhumi l
i
at e
us.”Meaning,ourhonori snotbasedont heent our
ageandt hemot orcadeortheextravagance.
OurhonorisinIslam,nott heclothesthatwewear .‘Umarwaswear i
ngadr esswith14pat ches.
He’steachi
ngAbu‘ Ubay daht hatAll
ahwi llputourhonori nthei
rhear t
s.Ifwetrytohonor
oursel
vesinanysuper fi
cialfashion,All
ahwi l
ltakeitaway.AndSubhanAl l
ah–‘Umarwasr ight.
Whent hepeopleofJer usalem sawhi mi nt hatfashion,t
heystart
edcr yi
ng.Thepeopl ewer e
standi
ngont heroofsoft heirhouses,lookingathi m.Theyhadhear dof‘Umar,buttheyhad
neverseenhim.Theycoul dn’
tbeliev
et heirey esatt hesi
mplici
tyofIslam.Theygav ethekey sto
‘
Umari bnAlKhattaab.Allahu‘Alam,itment ionsi nthebookofIbnKat hir
,thatt
heyhadi ntheir
booksthesignsoft heonewhowoul dt aket hekeysofJer usal
em, andoneoft hesignswast hat
hewoul dhave14pat chesi nhisclothes.

4:
Plague

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,adeaththatwil
leatyouawayli
keacert
aini
llness
thataffl
ict
sgoat s.Thi
sisref
erri
ngt oplague.Itoccur
redin18H,aft
ertheopeni
ngofJerusalem,
i
nAsh- Shaam.I twasamaj ordisasterf
ort heMuslimsandagr eatl
ossfortheUmmahbecause
mor ethan25,000Musl imsdied.Amongt hem wer eAbu‘UbaydahandMu’aadhibnJabl
.Many
sahaabahdi eddur i
ngthatpl
ague.Forthem, it
’sablessi
ngbecauseta’
oonisashahadah.

5:
TheAbundanceofWeal
th

Rasul All
ahsall
al l
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am said,“
Weal thwillbesoabundantt hatamanwi ll
be
handed100di nar( asmal l weightofgold)andt heywoul dn’tbesati
sfied.”Meani ng,“Whati s
thi
s?Thi sisnot hing.”Ther ewillbesomuchweal t
h.Thishappenedt oacer tainextentdur i
ng
thet i
meof‘ Umari bn‘Abdul -
Aziz.Thereareaf ewst ori
es.Onei sthatt hest ateofAf ri
casent
‘
Umari bn‘Abdul-Azizsomemoney .‘
Umarsai d,“Whatist his?Whyist hest at eofAf ri
casending
met hismoney ?Thi smoney–t akeitfr
om ther ichofthatar eaandgiv eittot hepooroft hat
area.”Inotherwor ds,themoneydi dnotgot othef ederalgov er
nment .Itgoest othelocal
gover nment,t
obespentont hesamear ea.Theyt oldhimt hattheydidn’tf i
ndanypoori nt hat
area.Hesai dtosendi tbackt othatar
eaandusei tt
opav er oadsortof reesl aves.Andal so,
duringhistime, thezakahofYemenwassent .Hesai dthesamet hi
ng–t osendi tback.This
wasbecauseAl l
ahputbl essinginthei
rr i
zq.

Thissigncouldalsorefertot
heendoft ime.Therewer etrul
ybeanabundanceofweal thall
overtheworld.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,“Ati
mewi l
l comewhenamanwi l
l
gooutwi t
hzakah/ sadaqah(gol
d)andnobodywi llwantt otakei
t.”(
Musl i
m)Therewillbeso
muchmoneyandev eryonewil
lbecontent.Thi
shadi t
ht el
lsustwothings:thepeopl
ewi ll
have
enoughmoneyandt heyarenotgr eedy
.Therearerichpeopl ewhowillsti
ll
takesadaqah.

Rasul
Allahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam sai
d,“Theear
thwouldvomi
tgoldandsil
ver
.The
murdererwoul
dcomeandsay ,‘
Iusedtomur derf
orthi
s.’
Andthethi
efwil
lcomeandsay,
‘I
usedtostealf
orthi
s.’
Andtheonewhobet rayedmyfamil
yandcuthist
ieswoul
dsay,‘
I
bet
rayedandfoughtmyfamil
yfort
his.
’Andt
hennobodywi
l
ltakei
t.
”Al
l
ahu‘
Alam,
itmi
ghtal
so
bebecausetheyhavesuf
fer
edsomuch.

Thereisahadiththatt
her i
verofEuphr
ateswi
ll
uncoveramountai
nofgold.Rasul
All
ah
sal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
dthati
fyouseei
t,l
eav
ei tal
one,
becauseoutofever
y100t
hat
gothere,99wil
lbekill
ed.

Thishadith, i
nMusl i
m, isawar ni
ngf orus.Rasul Allahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhi wasal lam sai
d,“Iwas
giventhekey soft hetreasuresoft heear t
h.I’m notconcer nedt haty ouwoul dbepoor .I’
m
wor ri
edthaty ouwoul dcompet eont hiswor l
dandt hatwoul ddest royy ou.”Ifwecompet eon
mat eri
algainsoft hi
swor l
d,thatwoul ddest r
oyus.Thepov ertythatisnowi snotbecauseofa
l
ackofr esour ces.Thepr oblem isunf ai
rdistri
butionandoppr ession( notgi vi
ngzakahand
sadaqah) .I
fy oul ookatt hewor l
d,t
hedependencyi snotonr esources.I ti
st hehumanbei ng
thatisthegr eatestasset .Takeapl acel i
ket heSi l
iconVal ley–i t’
snot hi ngbutdi r
t,butit
’sthe
ri
chestplaceont hefaceoft heearth.Ther e’
snooi lthere,nogol dandsi lver,notmuch
agricul
ture.Itisthehumanr esourcest here.Unfortunat ely
, wehav eal otofr esourcesinthe
Musl i
m wor ld,butwedon’ thav etheabi l
it
yt omakeuseofi t.AndAl l
ahwi llnotgiveusbar akah
unlesswef oll
owt hetermsofshar i
’ahinbusi nessl aw.Aper soncoul dhav emoney ,butifi
t
doesn’thav ebar akah,thent hereisnogoodi nthatmoney .

6:
TimesofTr
ial
sandTr
ibul
ati
ons

RasulAll
ahsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam saysinthehadithnarratedbyMusl im: “
Dogooddeeds
beforethetimesoft r
ialsandt r
ibul
ationsthatareli
kethedar knessofnight.”Dot hegooddeeds
beforethetrialsandtribulat
ionsarelikedarknessofnight,spreadingallover.ThenRasulAl
lah
sall
all
ahu‘alay hi
wasal l
am saidthatduringthoseti
mes, amanwoul dbeabel iev
erinthe
mor ni
ng,butadi sbeli
ev erbynighttime.Andamanwoul dbeabel i
everatnighttime,buta
disbel
ieverbyt hemor ning.RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam saidbecauset heyar
eselli
ng
theirr
eli
gionf orawor ldlybenefi
t.

Inanotherhadi
thbyAhmad( iti
sthesamehadi t
h,butAlHasanalBasrii
sgi vi
nganexplanati
on):
“I
nthenameofAl lah,
Ihaveseent hesepeople.Forms,butnomi nds;bodieswithoutany
consci
ous.Likemot hsattr
actedtoaf i
re;andfli
esattr
actedbygreed.Theywoul dgof ortwo
dir
hams, andaper sonwouldbewi ll
i
ngt osellt
heirr
eli
gionforthesmallpriceofagoat .
”
AlHasanalBasrisaidthi
satthetimeoft hetabi
’een[t
ranscri
ber'
snote:tabi'
eenarethestudent
s
oftheSahabah].Iwonderwhathewoul dhav esaidi
fhel i
vedtoday.

Inanotherhadi
thnar r
atedbyImam Ahmad, andthismaybetalkingaboutadifferentti
me.
RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am said(thehadithi
ssimi
lart ot
heotherone, butitj
ustsay
s
i
nt heend),“
[.
..
]theonewhoi ssit
ti
ngisbetterthantheonewhoi sstandi
ng.Andt heonewhois
standi
ngisbetterthantheonewhoi swalkingisbet t
ert
hantheonewhoi srunning.Sobreak
yourbowsandst ayhome.Andi fanyoneentersyourhome,belikethebestofthet wosonsof
Adam. ”Thismeansi ti
sbettertost ayawayf rom thoset r
ials.Ev eryt
hingissomi xedupt haty ou
cannotsepar at
et r
uthf
rom falsehood.Ev er
ythingisi nthegr ayar ea.RasulAllahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhi
wasal l
am i ssay i
ngtowithdraw.‘Theonewhoi ssitti
ngi sbet terthant heonei sstanding’
meanst hatifyou’r
eawayf rom it
,thany ouarebet terthant heonewhoi sstandi ng.Meani ng,
don’tgetinv olv
ed.Havethel easti
nv ol
vementandst ayhome.I fsomebodycomesi ntoyour
house,bel ikethebestofthet wosonsofAdam.Qaabi lki
lledHaabi l
.Haabi lhadsai dthat‘Ify ou
extendy ourhandf orwardtokillme, I
’m notgoingt of i
ghtback. ’Thisisnottal kingaboutnow;
thi
sisr eferri
ngt owhentimesar eext r
emelydi f
ficultandy oucannotdi st
inguishbet weent ruth
andf al
sehood.

Intermsoff i
tan,therearemanyt hathappened,andmanyt hatdidnothappen.Rasul All
ah
sallal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am pointedt owardstheeast(whenhewasi nMadi nah)andsai d,“The
fi
taancomeoutf rom her e.
”Andhesai d,“
That’
swher ethehor nofshayt
aancomesout .”We
fi
ndoutt hatthesour ceofsomeoft hegr eat
esttri
alsandtribul
ati
onswaseastofMadi nah.
Thatdoesn’ tmeanal lofthefit
aancomeoutoft here,butthatisthepri
mar yareaoff i
tan.We
fi
ndt hatsomeoft hegreatesttr
ialsfortheUmmahcamef rom theeast(ofMadi nah).Exampl es
ofthat :manyoft hedev iantscamef rom theeast.Poli
ti
calunrestcamef rom t
her e.TheTat aar
–t heMangol i
ans–camef rom there.Ad-Daj
jaalwil
lcomef rom theeast.Yaj
uj andMaj ujwill
comef rom thereaswel l.

Someoft
hef
it
ant
hatal
readyappear
ed:

TheBegi
nni
ngoft
heFi
tna:
Assassi
nat
ionof‘
Uthmaan

Theassassi nati
onof‘ Uthmaan.Thi swast hebegi nni ngoft hef itna.Itopenedt hedoorf orevery
fi
tnaafter.Thereisanar rati
onf rom Bukhar ibetweenHudhay fahand‘ Umari bnAlKhat taab.
‘
Umari bnAl Khattaabwasi nameet ing/ gat
heringwi thmanyoft hesahabah.Heaskedt hem,
“Whoamongy oucant ellmet hehadi thoft hefitna? ”Hudhay fahsai d,“ Iwil
l.
”Hement ionedt o
him somehadi th,butthatwasn’ twhat‘ Umarwant edt ohear .Hesai d, “Iam notaskingy ou
aboutthis.Iam askingy ouaboutt het rialt
hatwi llmov eliket hewav esoft heocean. ”
Hudhay fahsaid,“Don’twor r
yabouti t,becausebet weeny ouandt hoset r
ial
sisacl oseddoor .”
‘
Umaraskedhi m, “Wil
l t
hedoorbeopenedorbr oken? ”Hudhay f
ahsai d, “
Itwil
lbebr oken. ”‘Umar
said,“I
fitwil
lbebr oken,itwillneverbel ockedagai n.”I
fyouopenadoor–y oucanl ocki tagain,
butifit
’sbroken,itcan’tbelockedagai n.WhenHudhay f
ahf inished, theyaskedhi m, “Did‘ Umar
i
bnAl Khattaabknowwhot hedoorwas? ”Hudhay f
ahsai d, “
Yes, heknew, becauseIt oldhi m.”
Andt henHudhay fahleft.Theysentsomeonet ogoandaskHudhay fah, “Whowast hedoor ?”
Hudhay fahsaid,“‘
Umarwast hedoor .
”‘Umarwasadoorbet weent hisUmmahandf it
na.Dur ing
histime,therewasst abili
tyandsecur ity.Therewer enot ri
alsandt ri
bul ati
onsdur i
nghi stime.
Duringhistime,itwasexpansi on.After‘Umarpassedaway , that’swhent hefit
anst arted.

Then‘UthmaanibnAffaanbecamethekhal
i
fah.‘
Uthmaanwasassassi
nated.Thediff
erence
betweentheassassi
nationof‘
Umarwasdonebyadi sbel
i
ever
,butt
heassassinat
ionof
‘
Uthmaanwasdonebypeopl eunderthenameofIsl
am.Thati
swhyitopenedthedoorof
di
suni
ty.I
nt hecaseof‘Umari
bnAlKhatt
aab,
itwasanenemyofI
slam.Overhere,
it’
sMusl
ims
amongstthemselves.

‘
Ut hmaanwast hekhal ifah,andsomei ssueshappeneddur i
nghiskhi l
aaf ah.Itwasaf i
tna,and
i
nt heend, someMusl i
msgat her
edandt heysur roundedhishouseandt heywant edhimt ogi ve
upkhi l
aafah.Theywant edhi mt ost epdown.‘ Uthmaanwast oldbyt hePr ophetsall
allahu‘alayhi
wasal lam, “All
ahwi llgivey ouacl oak, andi fthepeopleasky outot akei tof f
,don’t.
”‘Uthmaan
hadnoi deawhatt hismeant .Heunder stoodwhati tmeantwhent hepeopl ewer easkinghimt o
stepdown.Al l
ahgav ehimt hiskhilaafah, andt hesepeoplewer etell
inghi mt ogi veitup,sohe
refused.Att hesamet ime,her efusedt of ightthem.‘Alii
bnAbi Taalibandhi ssonswer e
guarding‘ Uthmaan.Het old‘Uthmaan, “Givemey ourorders,wewi ll
fightt hem. ”‘
Uthmaansai d,
“Idon’twantonedr opofbl oodt obeshedf ormycause.Idon’ twantanyki l
li
ngt ohappent o
safeguar dme. ”Het old‘Alinottof i
ghtf orhi m.‘Alii
bnAbi Taal
ibtoldhi ssons–Hassanand
Hussai n–t oguard‘ Uthmaan.Ev ent uall
yt heycamei n.Thesepeopl ewer eint housands.They
wer einMadi nahandsur roundingt hehouseoft hekhali
fah.Intheend, theycamei nandkilled
‘
Ut hmaani bnAf f
aan.Thatcausedt hef i
tanaf terthat
.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam hadmentionedthat‘
Uthmaanwoul ddieashaheed.
Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam waswithAbuBakr ,‘
Umarand‘ Uthmaanonthemountai
n
ofUhudanditshook–itwasanear t
hquake.RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam t
oldthe
mountai
n,“
Staystabl
e,becauseontopofyouisaPr ophet
,asiddeeqandt womartyr
s.”

6.Tr
ial
sandTr
ibul
ati
ons(
cont
….)

TheBat
tl
eofAl
-Jamal

When‘Uthmaani bnAf faanwaski l

led,
therewasnohadi y[t.
n:I'
m notsureift
hat '
stheAr abic
wordheused] .Someoft heMuslimscamet o‘AliibnAbiTaali
bandt oldhi
mt hattheywi ll
give
hi
m bay’ah[t.
n:pledge].‘
Alii
bnAbi Taali
bsaidno; hesai
ddonotgi vemebay ’ahunt i
lthe
Musli
msmakeashoor ahandt heydecide.Theyt old‘
Ali
that‘Uthmaanwaski l
led,ther
ei saf i
tna
andthekil
lersof‘Uthmaanwi ll
spreadalloverandt heprobl
emswi llgetbi
ggerandbi gger.
Ther
efore,youmustbet hekhali
fa.Theykeptinsisti
nguntil
‘Ali
agreed.Theyhadt ohav ea
l
eader.Theyneededsomebodyt ogoanduni t
et heMuslims.Theygav e‘Al
ibay’ah.Az-Zubayr
andTalhagav e‘Alibay
’ahalso.

Thekill
ersof‘Uthmaani nf
il
trat
edthearmyof‘Al
i.Theywereinthehundreds,andmay beeven
thousands.Talha,AzZubay rand‘Aai
shawantedthekil
lersof‘
Uthmaant obebr oughttojusti
ce.
[Myownnot e-r emembert hat‘
Ali
,Tal
haandAzZubay rwereallgi
v engl
adti
dingsofJannahby
RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘alayhiwasall
am.]Becausethekil
ler
sof‘Uthmaanhadinfilt
rated‘Al
i’
s
army ,
theywentt o‘Aliandtoldhimthathehadtosetacour tf
ort heoneswhoki l
ledthekhali
fah.
‘
AliibnAbiTaalibsaid,“Theawl i
yaof‘
Uthmaanhav etocomef orthandaskforhisrevenge.”
Andtheawliy
aar et
heclosestrelat
ivesofthedeceased.IntheI
slamicshari’
ah,
ifsomeonei s
murderedi
ntenti
onal
ly,
thentheircl
osestrelati
vesaretheoneswhoaskf orjust
ice.Andthey
havethedeci
sionofeit
heraskingforexecutionoraccepti
ngthefinanci
alcompensation(al
so
knownasdiya).Thefamil
ydecidesthis,notthecourt
.

Tal
ha,AzZubay rand‘Aa`ishaagr eedwith‘Al
iandev eryt
hingwasf ineatt hatti
me.Atnighttime,
someoft hesekill
ersof‘Uthmaan, whi
chwer ein‘Ali
’sar
my ,
att
ackedt hear myofTalha,
AzZubayrand‘ Aa`
isha.Tal ha, AzZubayrand‘Aa` i
shadidnotcomeoutt heretofi
ght;t
heycame
outi
nabi gar mytoaskf orj ustice.AzZubayrandTal hathoughtthat‘AliibnAbiTaal
ibattacked
andthati
showt hefighti
ngst arted.I
twasav erybr i
effi
ght.Int
heend, ‘
Al i
ibnAbiTaali
bwas
abl
etoconv incethem thathedi dn’tat
tackandt hatheisrighti
nhisopi nionandtheyagreed.

‘
Ali i
bnAbi Taali
bwasoncet oldbyRasulAll
ahsal l
all
hu‘alayhiwasallam thatsomet hingwill
happenbet weeny ouand‘ Aa`i
sha.Thisisnarr
atedbyI mam Ahmad.‘ Alii
bnAbi Taalibsaid,
“Betweenmeand‘ Aa`
isha?”RasulAll
ahsall
all
hu‘alayhiwasal l
am said,“Yes.”‘
Alii
bnAbi Taal
ib
said,“ThenIam themostunf ort
unateofpeople.”(Somethinghappeni ngbetweenmeandt he
mot herofthebeliever
s?Imustbeav er
yunfortunateperson.)RasulAll
ahsal l
all
hu‘alayhiwa
sall
am said,“No.Andwhent hathappens,thentakeherbackt osafety.
”‘Alii
bnAbi Taalibwent
to‘Aa`ishaandtoldsomeofhi sarmy ’
soff
icerstoaccompanyherbackt oMadi nah.Thiswasa
ful
fil
lmentoft heprophecyofRasul Al
lahsall
all
hu‘alayhiwasal l
am.

TheBat
tl
eofSi
ff
een

Thiswasabi gf i
tna.Rasul Al
lahsal l
all
hu‘alayhi wasal l
am ment i
onsinahadi t
hnar ratedby
Bukhar i
andMusl im, “
Ther ewi l
lbeawarbet weent wobi garmi esofMusl imsandt heyar e
fi
ghtingfort hesamecause. ”( Bothofthem wantt hesamet hing,butt heyarest i
l
l fi
ghti
ng.)Thi
s
i
sacont radiction.Howcoul dy ouf i
ghtforthesamer eason?Usual ly
, youfightfordifferent
reasons.Thei nterpretati
onf orthisisasfollows: Themur derersof‘Ut hmaanwer einthousands
i
n‘ Al
i’sarmy .Mu’ awi y
ahwast hewal i
yof‘Uthmaan; hewashi srelat
ive.Hehadt heaut hori
tyto
askforjust i
cei nt hecaseof‘ Uthmaan.Heasked‘ Alitohandt hem ov er.‘
Alisaid,“Iwill
,butI
needt oest ablishmyaut horityfir
st.Theonest hatkil
led‘Uthmaanar ei nt
hehundr eds.Icannot
j
usthandt hem ov erli
ket hat;af i
tna[t
.n:MuhammadAl Shareefalsoment i
onedi nacl assthat
thekill
ers'clanwoul df i
ght‘Aliifhetri
edtobr ingt hem tojustice]wil
l happen.Youhav et ogi
ve
mebay ’
ahf ir
st .Everyonei ntheummahhast ogi vemybay ’
ahf ir
st.WhenIhav et heauthorit
y
giventomebyt heMusl ims, thenIwi l
lhandt hem ov er.Ican’thandt hem ov erwithout
authorit
y.”Mu’ awi yahsaid, “
Iwi ll
notgiveyoubay ’ahunt i
lyouhandt hem ov er
.”

Ther i
ghtsi de,
obv i
ously
, was‘Al
i’
s.Mu’ awiyahmadeani jt
ihaadanditwasawr ongij
ti
haad.He
i
sstillasahabi ofRasulAllahsal
lal
lhu‘alayhiwasall
am andakat abal-
wahiy(wri
ter
softhe
rev
elation).RasulAl
lahsallal
lhu‘
alayhiwasal l
am entr
ustedhim withwrit
ingdowntheQur’
an.
Andhei sthebrother-
in-
lawofRasul All
ahsal l
all
hu‘
alayhiwasall
am.Umm Habeebahbi ntAbi
Sufyaan( t
hewi feofRasul Al
lahsall
all
hu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am)washi ssi
ster.

Theoneswhower
eont
her
ightt
rackwer
etheoneswi
th‘
Ali
.Ther
ewasani
ndi
cat
ion:
RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lhu‘alayhiwasall
am tol
dAmmaari bnYaasirthathewi l
lbekil
l
edbythe
tr
ansgressi
ngside.Ammaari bnYaasirwasfi
ghti
ngonthesideof‘ Ali
andwaski l
l
edbypeopl
e
fr
om thearmyofMu’ awiyah.WecannotaccusedMu’awiyah,becauseRasulAll
ahsal
l
all
hu
‘
alayhiwasall
am saidt hattwogroupsofMusli
mswi l
lfi
ghteachot her.Andthi
shadi
thi
sin
BukhariandMuslim.

Al
-Khawaar
ij

When‘ AliandMu’awiyahfought ,‘Al

i’
sar myhadt heupperhand.Mu’ awiyah’sar mysur r
endered
byput t
ingthemusaahif(Qur’aans)ont hei rswor ds.When‘ Alisawthis,hest oppedf i
ghting.
Therewer epeoplei
nthear myof‘ Ali
thatwer ebenef itt
ingf r
om warandbl oodshed; t
heywant ed
thewart oconti
nue.Someoft hem wer el eader softribes; t
heywer etheonesi nfl
amingt hi
s
problem.Theyexist
edonbot hsides.Theysai d,“
Howcan‘ Aligiv
eup?Thi sisthehukm ofAl lah.
‘
Aliisputti
ngtheopini
onofmenov ertheor derofAl lahsubhaanawat a’aala.”Ini
ti
all
y,t
hey
accused‘Aliofmakingami stake, andev ent uall
ytheyaccusedhi m ofkuf r.Theyobv i
ousl y
accusedMu’ awiy
ahofkuf rbef ore.Theybr okeof ffrom t hearmyof‘ Aliandt hatiswher ethey
gottheirnameofkhawar i
j f
rom.Khawar i
j meanspeopl ewhobr okeof f
.‘AliibnAbi Taali
bsent
‘
Abdul l
ahibnAbbaast ohaveat alkwiththem.‘ Abdullahi bnAbbaasconv i
nced4, 000oft hem t o
comeback.Thi swast hebegi nningoft hef ormat i
onoft hesectofKhawar ij
.

Thesour ceofkhawar ij existeddur ingt het imeofRasul Al

lahsal l
allhu‘ alay hi wasal l
am.The
maj orchar acter i
sticofkhawaar i
jisext remi sm.AbuSaeedAl Khudr isay st hatwhenRasul Allah
sall
al l
hu‘ alay hiwasal lam wasdi vi
dingt heboot yofwar ,amanf rom BanuTaneem, cal l
ed
AlKhuway sarah, camet oRasul All
ahsal lallhu‘ alayhi wasal l
am, wi t
hpr ideandar rogance, and
saidt oRasul Allahsal lallhu‘ alayhiwasal lam, “Bejust .
”Lookatt her udenessoft hisman,
order i
ngRasul Allahsal lallhu‘alayhi wasal lam t obej ust.RasulAl l
ahsal lallhu‘ al
ay hi
wasal lam
said, “
Woet oy ou!Whocoul ddoj ust i
cei fIdi dnot ?Iwoul dbeadesper atel oseri fIdidnotdo
j
ust i
ce. ”‘Umari bnAl Khat taabsai dt oRasul Al l
ahsal lall
hu‘alayhi wasal lam, “Letmechopof fhi
s
head. ”Rasul Al l
ahsal lal l
hu‘ alayhiwasal lam t oldhim, “Leavehi m alone.Hewi ll
hav e
foll
ower s/descendant swhom y ouwoul dseeandy ourpr ayercompar edt ot heirswi l
lbeasi fi
t
i
snot hing.Andy ourf ast ingcompar edt ot hei r
swi l
l beasi fitisnot hing. ”Rasul Allahsal lallhu
‘
alay hiwasal l
am i st ellinghi mt hatt hewayt hattheywor ship,youwi llthinkt hatt hefast ingand
prayingoft hesahabahwi l
lseem l i
kenot hingcompar edtot heir
s.“ Theyr eadQur ’aan, buti t
doesn’ tgopastt heirt hr oat s.”Meani ngt hatt heQur ’aani snoti nthei ract ions; int heinsi de,
therei snoQur ’aan.YouhearQur ’
aan, butt her eisnotQur ’
aanint hehear t.“ Theywi l
lleav e
rel
igionl iket hear r
owwi l
l l
eav ethet arget .”Somet imesanar r
owcanhi tat argetsohar dt hatit
canl eav et het arget[ Q: Doest hismeangot hrought het arget?Idi dnotcompl etelyunder stand.]
Itwentsof astt hati tdi dn’ tleaveanybl ood.Theyar esof astatl eav i
ngr eligion, becauseoft hei
r
extremi sm, t
haty oudon’ tev enr ememberwhent heyl eftit
.Rasul Allahsal lallhu‘al ay
hi wa
sall
am wast ell
ingt hatt hesour cesofpeopl el i
kethiswer epeopl elikeAl Khuway sarah.The
roughnessandr udenessi sthesour ceoft hesectofkhawaar ij
.Thesewer et hesamepeopl e
thatki l
led‘ Uthmaan; theycausedt hesewar sbet weent heSahabah; andwhent heysawpeace
betweent heMusl i
ms, theybr okeof f.[
Howwr ongi st hat?!
]
Howdoweknowt hattheoneswhobr okeofffr
om ‘Ali
’sarmywer et heonesthatRasul All
ah
sal
lal
l
hu‘ al
ayhi wasallam wastal
ki
ngabout ?RasulAl
lahsallall
hu‘
alayhiwasallam gav eusa
si
gninahadi thnarratedbyAlBukhar
i.AbuSaeedal KhudrisaidRasulAll
ahsall
allhu‘alayhiwa
sal
lam saidthatoneoft hemenwi l
lbeadar kmanandoneofhi sarmsi sl
ikethebr eastofa
woman, meani ngthatther
eisnobonei nhisarm.[You'l
lseel at
erthatamanwi t
ht his
descr
ipti
onisf ound:3rdparagr
aphdown. ]

Khawari
jsai
dto‘Ali
thatyouhavebet
rayedtheorderofAll
ah.‘
Alii
bnAbi Taali
bsaid,“ThenI
wouldgi
veyouaf ewthi
ngs:youcanpraywithusinthemasaajid,
ifyouwish;Iwill
giveyouy our
shar
eofthebooti
esofwarwheni ti
ssplitamongsttheMusli
ms[ l
ookat‘Ali'
sforgi
veness];
Iwi l
l
l
eaveyoualoneaslongasyouleavet
heMusl imsalone.
”ButtheydidnotleavetheMusl i
ms
al
one.

ThesonofKhabbaabi bn? ?
?[ di
dn' tunderstandthef ather'
sname] ,aSahabi ofRasulAll
ah
sall
all
hu‘alay hi
wasallam, wast rav el
l
ingwi thhi
swi fe.Thekhawar i
j st
oppedhim.Hei denti
fi
ed
himselfast hesonofasahabi .Theyaskedhi m, “Whosesi dear ey ouon? ”Hesaid, “
I’
m not
againstyou, butI’
m wi
ththet ruth.”Theyki l
ledhim.Hi swi f
ewaspr egnant.Theyopenedupher
stomachandki ll
edthefetus.Theyki l
ledher.Afterthat,‘
AliibnAbi Taali
bopenedupwar
againstthem.Becauset hedeal was: aslongasy ouleav etheMusl i
msal one,I’
l
lleaveyoualone.
Becauseoft heexecut
ionoft hissahabi ’ssonandt hebr utal executionofhiswife,hewagedwar
againstthem.[ Asidenote:subhanAl l
ah,lookathowt heyst oodupf oreachother'shonor!I
t
seemsl i
kecommonsenset of i
ghtsuchcr uelpeople-buti nr eali
ty,itt
akesalott odothat.
]

Bat
tl
eofNahr
awand[
sp?
?]

‘
Alii
bnAbi Taal
ibdefeatedt hem andkil
l
edmanyoft hem.AbuSaeedAl Khudri
,thenar
ratorof
t
hishadi
th,saidthat‘Al
itoldust ogoandsearchforthi
smanwhom Rasul All
ahsall
all
hu‘alayhi
wasall
am described.He( AbuSaeed)saidthathesawt heman;hewasoft heexactdescri
ption
t
hatRasulAll
ahsallal
lhu‘alayhiwasall
am descr
ibedandhewasl ayi
ngwi t
hthedead.Andt hat
i
sasignthatRasul Al
lahsal l
all
hu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wast al
ki
ngaboutthesepart
icul
arpeople.

‘
Alii
bnAbi Taali
bsaidaboutt hem thatthereisagr eatrewar dfort
heonewhoki l
lst hem.
Rasul
Allahsall
all
hu‘al
ayhiwasal lam saidthat,
“IfIliveunti
lthatti
me,Iwouldkil
lthem li
kethe
peopl
eof‘ Aadwereeli
mi nated.”Compl eteel
imination.Why ?Becausesuchament ali
ty–there
i
snowayt odealwithexceptbyel iminati
on.Youcannotr easonwithsuchextr
emism.These
peopl
ewantbl oodshed;theywon’ tsettl
eforpeace.I fyouleavethem al
one,t
heywon’ tl
eave
youalone.

TheyhavecausedtheMusli
mssomanypr oblems.Someofthebiggestf
itanwerecausedby
them.Theschol
arsofhadit
hsaythattheyneverfi
ndkhawaar
ijt
hatfabri
catehadi
th.Manyof
Ahlus-
Sunnahdid.Khawaari
jnev
erli
e,buttheirmi
ndsarever
ystubbornandtheydon’tmind
kil
li
ng.

Thef
it
naofkhawaar
ijwasnott
empor
aryt
othater
a.Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
hu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
d
thatwheneveronegener at
ionofthem leave,anothergenerati
onofthem wi l
lcomeupagai n,
until
theti
meofad- Dajj
aal.Thecontinuati
onisnotl i
near.Theycannotcont i
nue.Why?Because
theyendupf i
ghti
ngthemsel vesandt heydestroythemselves.Theyki
lleachotherortheyare
kil
ledbyoutsi
deforces.Extremism comesi ntothemindsofot herpeople,andthent
heyf i
ght
eachotherandcausebl oodshed…andsoon.

Theyhav
easay i
nginYemen:
“Hedidn’tf
indanybodyt
odi
sagr
eewi
th,
sohedi
sagr
eedwi
thhi
s
ownpeople.
”Thati
sthement
ali
tyofthekhawaari
j.

Inahadi thbyIbnMaaj ah,

‘AbdullahIbn‘Umarsaidthathehear dRasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
hu‘alay
hiwa
sall
am say ,“Wheneveronegener ati
onofthem comesout ,i
twil
lbeamput ated.Thenanot her
generationwillcomeoutandi twi l
lbeamputated.
”‘Abdul l
ahibn‘Umarsaidt hatRasulAll
ah
sall
all
hu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam repeateditmorethan20t imes.‘Abdul
lahi
bn‘Umarsai d,“
Theyar e
thewor seofpeopl e,becauset heytooktheayaatreferr
ingtothenon-bel
iever sandtheyapplied
them ont hebeliever
s.Theyaccusedt heMuslimsofdi sbeli
ef.
”Theyareveryeasyi naccusing
peopleofdi sbeli
ef–t hatistheirmajorchar
acteri
sti
c.[Sidenote:weshouldbecar ef
ulin
j
udgingpeopl easwel l
!]

Deat
hofAl
-Husai
nibnAbi
Taal
i
b

RasulAl l
ahsal lall
hu‘alayhi wasall
am wasoncepr esent edwi threddi rtbyJi bra’eel ‘
alayhi
s
sall
aam.Ji bra’eeltol
dRasul Al
lahsall
all
hu‘ alayhiwasal lam thaty ourgr andson–Al -
Husain–
willbekilled,andt hisisthedi r
tofthear eat hathewi ll
beki l
ledin.Hegav eRasul All
ahsallal
lhu
‘
alayhi wasal lam al i
tt
lebi tofthedirt
.Al-Husainwaski lledinKar bala.Al-Hasanhadt he
khil
aaf ahf orsixmont hs; hegav ei
tup.Af terhim, Al
-Husai nwasgi vent hebay ’
ah.Somet r
ibes
ofIraqpr omi sedhi m suppor t,
andal argegr oupofahl al-bayt(hi
sr elativesfrom t hehouseof
RasulAl l
ahsal lall
hu‘alayhi wasall
am) .Theyf oughtwi tht hear myofBanuUmay y ah,andthese
tri
beswhi chpr omisedt hem suppor tbetrayedt hem.Int heend, i
twasj ustAl -
Husai nandhi s
rel
ativesf rom ahl al-
bayt.Andt heyfoughtunt i
lthelastper son.Theywer eallkilledi ntheend.It
wasabi gbl oodshedoft hef amil
yofRasul Al l
ahsallall
hu‘ alayhiwasal l
am.Thi swasadar k
pointint hehi stor
yoft heUmmah, t
hatt heUmmahwoul ddot histot hef amilyofRasul All
ah
sall
all
hu‘ alayhi wasal l
am.Thi shappeneddur i
ngthet i
meofYazi dibnMu’ awiyah.

Healsocommi t
tedamassacrei
nMadinah.Heat tackedf
orday
sandkill
edmanyofthe
descendent
softheAnsaarandt
heAnsaar.RasulAll
ahsal
lal
l
hu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am sai
dthathe
sawr ai
noftr
ial
sfal
l
ingonthehousesofMadinah.

Bot
hmassacr
eshappeneddur
ingt
het
imeofYazi
dibnMu’
awi
yah’
skhi
l
aaf
ah.

7:
Fal
sePr
ophet
s

AbuHurayr
ahraiyal
lahu‘anhunarr
atedthatRasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
hu‘al
ayhi
wasallam sai
d,“
Theday
ofj
udgementwillnotoccurunti
l30fal
sepr ophet
sarise.Everyoneoft
hem i
sclai
mi ngt
hathei
s
amessenger.
”Ifwewoul dsum upallofthepeoplewhocl aimtobeprophet
sinthisummah,we
will
findthatt
heyaremor ethan30( i
nt hepast1400y ears)
.Theexplai
nersofhadit
hsaythat
thi
sistalki
ngaboutthefalseprophet
swhoenduphav i
ngasizablefol
lowingandbecome
famousandwel lknown.Thisisnottalkingaboutthecrazypeoplehereandt her
ecl
aimi
ngtobe
prophets.Thi
sisref
err
ingt opeopl
ewhoact ual
lyhadagr oupfol
lowingthem.

Amongt hemostf amousaretwowhoclai

medtobepr ophetsduri
ngt
hetimeofRasul
All
ah
sal
lal
l
hu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am.Theset wower
e:Musay
li
mahAl -Kadhaab[
whichmeansMusayli
mah
TheLiar
]andAl -
Aswadal -
Unsii
nYemen.Thi
shappenedtowardstheendofthel
if
eof
Rasul
All
ahsal l
all
hu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam.

Musay l
imahwasf rom theBedoui nsofBanuHaneef ah.Thisisabigt r
ibe,i
nt heareaof
Yamamah.Hewaspl ayi
ngont het r
ibali
sm: Rasul
All
ahsal l
all
hu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam i
sf r
om
QurayshandIam f rom BanuHaneef ah.Theyar ethecitydwellers,
we( Musay limah’speople)
aretheruralpeopl
e.You’l
lfi
ndt hatfalseprophetsalwayst r
ytousedecept i
veway st oattr
act
people.Musay l
i
mahknewt hatthehear t
soft hepeoplehadnat i
onali
sm, sohepl ayedont hat
.
Oneofhi sri
ghthandsuppor ter
swoul dcl ear
lysay:“
TheLi arofBanuHaneef ahi sbett
erthanthe
Trut
hfuloftheQuray sh!
”Manyofhi sf ol
lowersknewhewasl yi
ng.His“ Qur’
aan”wasf unny.

Thi
sisamiracl
e.Youwill
findpeopl
ewhoarei
ntel
l
igentandgoodatpoet
ry,buti
ftheyt
ryt
o
i
mitat
eQur
’aan,theycomeupwi t
hsomethi
ngt
hatisnotbeli
evabl
eandmiserabl
e.

Oneofthemostwel
l-
knownandeloquentpoet
softheArabs,abli
ndman,satdownforawhile
topr
oduceaQur’
aan.Hewassoarrogantandhadabigego.Aft
erawhil
e,t
hepeoplestar
ted
aski
ng,
“Wherei
sthatQur
’aant
hatyoupromised?
”Hesaid,“For
getabouti
t.Icoul
dn’
tdoit.
”

Musay li
mahAl Khadhaabhadahugef oll
owing–hundredsoft housandsofpeopl e.I
twasabig
fi
tna,andt hi
sfi
tnawasnotext i
ngui
sheduntilt
hetimeofAbuBakras- Siddeeq.Thi
swasoneof
thewor sebattl
es;t
ensofhuffaadhwerebeingkil
l
ed.That’showt hepr ocessofcoll
ecti
ng
Qur’aanbegan.AbuBakrstartedtheprocessofbri
ngi
ngt hemushaft oget her
.Andtheproj
ect
continuedinto‘
Uthmaan’sti
me.Thef amousbattl
eofAl-HadeeqahwaswhenMusay l
imahwas
fi
nallykil
l
ed.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
hu‘ alayhiwasal l
am sawadr eam wherehewaswear ingt wobr aceletsofgold.
Hesai d,“
Iwasconcer ned.Allahtol
dmet obl owont hem, soIblewont hem andt heyf l
ew
away .
”TheyaskedRasul Allahsall
all
hu‘al
ayhi wasallam,“Whatist heta`weer(interpretati
on)of
thatdream?”Hesai d, “Ii
nterpret
edthetwoliar st
hatwi l
lcomeupi nmyUmmah. ”Hewas
tal
kingaboutMusay limahandAswadAl Unsi.Musay li
mahwaski l
l
ed.Hegotmar riedt oa
womannamedSaj ah, whocl aimedtobeapr ophett oo.Shehadacer t
ainfoll
owi ng,Musay l
imah
hadacer tai
nfoll
owing.Theymar ri
edforpol
iticalr
easons.WhenMusay li
mahwaski l
led,she
sawt hatthi
sprophet hoodt hingwasnotgivingheranyadv ances,soshef orgotabouti tand
becameMusl i
m again.

AlAswadal
Unsiwaskil
ledbyamannamedFayr
ooz
.Theyassassi
nat
edhi
minhi
spal
acei
n
Yemen.ThatwastheendofAlAswadal
Unsi
.
Thenther
ewasTulayhahal
Usdi.Heclai
medt
obeapr
ophet
,buthebecameMusl
i
mlat
er.They
sayhewas[a]f
ine[
Muslim]af
terthat
.

Wall
ahuAlam,theysaythateit
herTulayhahorMusayli
mah,whenevert
heyaskedhi
mtoread
Qur
’aan,hewouldtal
kaboutay aatdescri
bingf
ood.Sotheysai
d,“
Wedon’tknowift
heangel
is
r
eveali
ngtoyourheartoryourstomach!”

Al
Mukht
aarI
bn‘
Ubai
dat
-t
aqaf
ial
socl
aimedt
obeapr
ophet
.

Inmodernti
mes:ther
ei sMi
rzaGulaam Ahmad,
thefounderofalQadi
yaniy
ah.Hecanbe
count
edastheoneoft he30becausehehasasizabl
efoll
owing.Iti
skufrbyshar
i’
ahandal
so
byPakist
an’
sgovernmentaswell
.
TheHer
eaf
terSer
ies-CD5

8:
TheSpr
eadofPeace

Ther eisahadi
ththatsaystherewill
beaspr eadofpeaceandthere’
sahadiththatsaysther
e
wil
l beaspreadoffit
na.Andt hesetwower ement i
onedint
hesamehadith,sotheymustbeat
dif
ferentti
mes.Whenev erpeoplefol
lowIsl
am, ther
ewill
bepeace.Wheneverthereisalackof
rel
igion,t
herewil
lbecorrupti
onandal otofkil
li
ng.

Khabbaabcamet oRasul Allahsallall

ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam, andRasul Allahsal lallahu‘ al
ay hiwa
sall
am wasl eaningonAl -
Ka’ bah.Khabbaabcamet ohi m andwascompl ainingaboutt he
diff
icultsituationt hattheSahabahwer egoi ngthroughi ntheear l
yday sofI slaam.Hesai dto
RasulAl l
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alay hi wasallam, “Aren’tyougoi ngt omakedu’ aa`f orus? ”Rasul Allah
sall
allahu‘alay hiwasal lam satst raightandangerwasappar entonhi sf ace.Hesai d,“Theones
beforey ou, theywoul dputoneoft hem i nthegr oundandbr ingasawandputi tont hei
rhead
andcutt hem i ntot wopi eces, andhewoul dn’tgiveuphi sr eli
gion.Theywoul dbr inganot her
person( anot herMusl im)andt heywoul dcombhi m wi thcombsofi ronunt i
l theysepar atedt he
fl
eshf rom t hebones, andt heper sonwoul dnotgi veupt heirreli
gion.Buty ouar eapeopl ewho
areinahur ry.”Ev enthought heSahabahwer esuffering, Rasul All
ahsal lallahu‘ al ayhi wasal l
am
said,“Youhav et ohav epat ience.Don’ tbei nahur ry.”Rasul All
ahsal l
allahu‘ alay hi wasal l
am
saidthatt her ewer epeopl ewhowentt hr
oughmor et ri
alst hanwhaty ouwentt hr ough.Then
RasulAl l
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alay hi wasallam say s, “
ButAl l
ahwi l
lcompl etet hisr eligion.Al l
ahwi l
lgiv
e
vi
ctoryt othi sr el
i
gi onunt ilthetravellerwillleavefrom Sam’ aat oHadr amawt ,andnotf ear
anyonebutAl lahandt hewol font heirsheep. ”Thear eaofSam’ ahandHadr amowtwasat r
ibal
area,andt her ewasn’ tal otofsecur i
ty.Whenev eranycar av anwoul dgo, i
twoul dbe
accompani edbyanar myt oprotecti t
.Thisdi dhappen, duringt heearlyy ear sofI slam, anditwi l
l
happenagai ni nthef ut ure.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lall
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“Therewill
beati
mewhenthelandoft
heArabswil
l
beri
versandf
orests(itwill
begreen)
.Andt hetravel
l
erwoul
dleav
efr
om I
raqtoMakkah,f
ear
ing
noonebutget
tinglost.”

There’sanothernarr
ation,Bukhari
.RasulAl
lahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam wasvisi
tedby‘Adiy
y
i
bnHaat im.‘Adiyywast heleaderofabigtribeinNor thArabia,andtheywereChr i
sti
an.Hewas
abigf i
gure.Hisfat
herwast hemostfamousi nt ermsofgener osit
y.Hecamei nwi thacross
hangingfrom hischest.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam sai
d,“Theyhavetakentheir
pri
estsandt heirr
abbisasgodsbesi desAllah.”Andt hiscausedaconv er
sat
ionbetweenthem.
Aper soncamei n,askingf orhel p.Atthattime, t
heMusl imswer egoi ngt hr
ought rial
s.
Rasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi wasal l
am wasgi vi
ngda’ wahto‘Adiyy.Manyoft heMusl i
mswer e
slaves[notingoodcondi tions, etc]
.May be‘Adiyyt houghtthatIsl
am wasf orthepoor .
Rasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi wasal l
am not i
cedt hatandsai d,“Don’tbasey ouropinionsonwhat
youseef r
om thepovertyandt hedi f
fi
cultyofmypeopl e.Atimewi llcomewhent herewi l
lbeso
muchweal thi
nt hi
sUmmah, andsomuchsecur ity,thatawomant rav el
lerwouldl eavefrom Al
-
Heer ahtoMakkah, andshewoul dnotf earany onebutAl l
ah.
”‘Adiyysai d,whenRasul Al
lah
sall
allahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am wast el
li
nghi mt hat,hewast hi
nking,“
Whataboutt hebur gl
arsof
Tayy ?”Andheknewhi stribe; t
heywoul drobandki l
lpeoplegoingt hrought hatarea.These
peopl eareverycorr
upt.‘Adiy yknewhi stribe.Howwast hispossible,hewonder ed?‘Adiyysaid
thathel i
vedandhesawt hatwi thhisowney es.['AdiyybecameMusl i
ml ateronandwasa
Sahabah. ]

Thecompl
etespr
eadofpeacewi
l
lbedur
ingt
het
imeofMahdi
andt
het
imeof‘
Eesa‘
al
ayhi
s
sal
l
aam.

9:
TheAppear
anceofaFi
rei
nHi
j
aaz

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasall
am said,“TheHourwi l
lnotbeestabl
i
shedunti
lafir
ewi l
l
comeoutoft helandofhij
aazthatwill
throwal ightonthenecksofthecamelsofBusra.
”Busr
a
i
sat owninSy ri
a(di
ff
erentfr
om BasrainIraaq).Hijaazi
sMakkahandMadi nah–thatarea.
Busraishundredsofmilesaway.Thissignactuallyoccur
ed.Thefi
rewasav ol
canothatwas
cl
oset oMadinah.

I
ntheti
meofAn-
Nawawi
,i
twasseen.An-
Nawawi
say
s,“
In1654Hi
j
ri,
abi
gfi
recameouti
n
Madi
nah.”

I
bnKatheersays,
“Thebedoui
nswer
eabl
etoseet
hespar
kofl
i
ghti
nBusr
a,ont
hei
rcamel
s.”
(
Theysawi tl
i
keli
ghteni
ng.
)

IbnHajarsays,“
Wethinkthatt
hisv
olcanothathappenedi
nMadi nahwastheoneRasulAl
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wastal
kingabout.
”AnditwasdiscussedbyQurt
ubi
,andother
scholar
s.

10:
TheWar
swi
tht
heTur
ks

Thisisnotparti
cularl
ytal
kingaboutt hepeopleli
vinginAnat oli
aorTur key.Thepeopl eofTurkey
i
mmi grat
edfrom Turkaman; i
t’sanex t
ensi
onoftribesandpeopl ethatgoallthewayt oChina.
Theyhav edisti
ncti
vefeat
ur es.InahadithbyBukhari,RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am
said,“TheHourwi l
lnotbeest abli
sheduntil
youfightwiththeTur ks.Peoplewi t
hsmal ley
es,
round, r
edfacesandf l
atnoses.Thei rf
aceswill
lookl i
keshieldscoat edwithleather.TheHour
willnotbeestabli
shedunti
l youf i
ghtwithpeopl
ewhoseshoesar emadeofhai r.”Thisisthe
descripti
onofthepeopleofMangol i
a,andthepeopleofTat arist
an.Thei rcl
otheswer emade
outofwool andt hei
rshoesaswel l
;thi
sisthedescripti
onoft hem.SubhanAl lah,theMusl i
ms
foughtpeoplewit
ht heexactdescripti
onRasul Allahsal l
allahu‘alayhiwasal l
am gave.The
battl
eswiththem startedearl
yon.Thent heMongol i
ans, whoar econsider
edt obepar tofthese
people,sweptthr
ought heMuslim wor ldanddest royedi t.Theywer eundertheleadershipof
GenghisKhanandTay murLang.Thesel eadersjustdest roy edthewor l
d.Theyev enwenti nto
EasternEuropeandRussi a.Theywer eav er
ystr
ongandf orcefulpeopl
e.Theydest royed
Baghdad.Theykilled2mi ll
ionMusl ims.Theywoul dtaket heskul l
sofMusl imsandbui ld
pyramidsoutofit.Theyusedt hebooksoft heli
br ari
esofBaghdadandmadebr idgesinthe
ri
vers.Thiswasthewor ksofthousandsofMusl im mi nds; ther
ewer en’
tprinter
s.Thesewer e
ori
ginalmanuscri
pt s.Theytookev erythinginthebi ggestl ibrar
yoft heworldatthatt i
me( i
n
Baghdad).Itwassai dthattheri
verswer eblackfrom t hei nkoft hebooks.

RasulAll
ahsal lallahu‘alayhiwasal l
am say s,“
You’regoi ngtofi
ghtwi ththeTur ks…[
thenhegave
thedescription].Youwi l
lfindthatsomeoft hebestpeopl einthi
sr eli
gionar epeopl
ewhower e
theworstenemi esoft hisreli
gion,unti
ltheyent erIslam.Andt hebestofy ouintheti
meof
Jahil
iyy
ahar ethebesti nIslam, i
fyoulear n.”TheseMongol i
ans,ifthought heywerevict
ori
ous
andther ulers,theyadopt edIsl
am.Youwi llneverf
indt hisi
nhistory–t her ul
ersadopti
ngthe
rel
igi
onoft heloser s.Thel osi
ngpeopl ef ollowther eli
gionofthewi nners.Peoplewhoar ei
n
defeattr
yt oi mitatethest rongandv i
ctorious.TheMaghul sweredi ff
erent.Theyendedup
becomingMusl i
m, eventhoughi ttookthem al ongt i
met ochange.

I
nt heti
meofIbnTaymi y
yah,t
heTat
arsthatwer
efight
ingt
heMusl i
mswerealr
eadyMusli
m,
buttheywer
esti
lldestr
oyingt
heMusli
m worl
d.I
ttookthem awhi
l
et ogeti
ntot
herel
i
gionand
underst
andther
eli
gion.

Whoar etheOt t
omans?Turkishpeoplewhoemi gratedfrom theCent r
al AsianAreaintot hel and
ofTurkey,whichwastheByzant i
neEmpireatthetime.Itwast heeastern, Roman, Byzantine
Empire.Thissmallt
ri
beofTur kswentandlivedinAnatolia.Eventhoughi twasasmal ltri
be,
theybeganf i
ghti
ngwitht
heRomansar oundthem.Sl owly,sl
owl yt
heyexpandedt heirt
er r
itory,
unti
ltheycompletel
ydestr
oyedt heByzanti
neEmpi r
e.Itstartedwithonet ribe,
buttheyt ook
downt heBy z
anti
neEmpire.Theyr ul
edall
overtheMusl i
m wor ld.RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay hi
wasal l
am descri
bedthem i
nt hehadit
h.

’Umari
bnAlKhatt
aab,f
orexampl
e,wasanenemyofI
slam i
nthebegi
nni
ng,
buthebecameone
oft
hebestSahabah.

11:
LossofTr
ust

Thereisasi gnoftheDayofJudgement ,whenthepeopl

earedishonest.Thi
ssignistalki
ng
aboutapar ti
culartypeoftr
ustworthi
ness.Inahadit
hnarr
atedbyBukhar i
,RasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu
‘
alayhi
wasal l
am said,“
Ift
rustislost
,thenwaitfort
heHour.”I
fthereisnomor etr
ust
, waitfor
theHour ;
it’
stheendoft heHour .TheSahabiaskedRasul
All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am
asked,“Howwi lltr
ustbelost?
”RasulAllahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
d,“Whenauthorit
yis
givent
othosewhodonotdeservei
t,t
henwaitfort
heHour
.”Whent
hel
eader
sar
esuf
ahaa`
(peopl
ewit
hlackofunder
standi
ngofrel
i
gion)
.

Rasul
Allahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
l
am sai
dthati
fyouappoi
ntsomeoneinaposit
ionof
l
eadershipandyouknowtherei
ssomeonewhocandoabet t
erjob,
thenyouhav
echeatedt
he
Musli
ms.

Leader
shipandposit
ionsofauthor
it
yar
eanamanah.Whenev
erwefi
ndthatt
heamanahisl
ost
,
andtheleadersar
epeoplewit
hnounderst
andi
ng,
norel
i
gionandnor
ahmah,thati
sasi
gnof
thedayofjudgement
.

12:
Knowl
edgewi
l
lSubsi
de&I
gnor
ancewi
l
lPr
evai
l

RasulAll
ahsal l
allahu‘ alayhiwasallam said, “
Someoft hesignsoft heDayofJudgementi sthat
knowledgewi llbel if
tedupandi gnorancewi l
lrepl
acei t
.”[Bukhar i
]Knowl edgewi llbetaken
awayandi gnorancewi llbeestabli
shedi nthehear tsandmi ndsofpeopl e.Howdoest hat
happen?Doesaknowl edgeablepersongot obedandt henint hemor ningthey’veforgotten
everyt
hing?No.Rasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam said,“All
ahdoesnott akeawayt he
knowledgebyt aki ngawaybyt aki
ngitfrom t hehear t
soft hepeopl e,butt akesitawaybyt he
deathsoft her eligiousl earnedmen, untilnoneoft hereligi
ousl earnedmenr emains.Peopl ewil
l
takeast heirleader signor antpeople.Who, whenconsul ted,willgivetheirverdictwithoutany
knowledge.Sot heywi llgoast r
ayandwi l
l l
eadt hepeopleast ray.”Thepeopl ewi ll
appoi ntother
s
whohav enoknowl edgeasmuf ti
.Theywi llgiv
eoutf atwast hatar ewr ongandmi sleadt he
peopleandt hemsel ves.

Wef indt hatalotoft hebid’ahandmi st

akestodayarecausedbywr ongfatawagi venby
scholars–orpeopl ewhocl ai
mt obescholars.Theissueoffatwa,unfort
unately,i
stakenv ery
l
ightl
yt heseday s.Int heti
meoft hesahabah, t
heywoul drunawayfrom givingfatwas.Oneof
thetabi’eensaid,“Ihav eseenmor et
han30oft heSahabahofRasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hi wa
sall
am si tt
inginthemasj i
d.Aper sonwouldcomei ntothemasjidaskingaquest i
onandev ery
compani onofRasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam wouldsendhimt othenextper son.‘Idon’
t
havet heanswer ,askt heothersahabi.’
”Now, t
heanswer saren’
tevenaskedofus, andwer un
toanswert hequestion.Andt heyusedt or
unawayf r
om asking–thesahabahknewi twasabi g
responsi bi
li
ty.

‘
Umari bnAl Khattaabwasonceaskedaquest i
on.‘UmaribnAl Khatt
aabsaid, “
Didithappen? ”
Themansai d,“No, i
tdidn’
thappen.”‘
Umarsai d,“Thengoback.Wheni thappens,comeandask
us.Iwillgatherforittheoneswhower eint hebattl
eofBadr( Iwil
lbri
ngt hesahabahwho
witnessedBadr )andt henwe’regoingtoconsult–I ’
m notgoingtogivey outhefatwamy self.
We’ r
egoi ngtomakeshoor ah.”Theydi
dn’tevenwantt ogetintotheoreti
calthi
ngs:“Ifi
tdidn’t
happen, don’taskmeabouti t
.”Now,weaskal otoftheor
eti
cal questi
ons.Weaskaboutt hings
thathavenopr acti
caluse.Andweanswert hem oursel
ves.

I
mam Maal
i
kwasv
isi
tedbyaper
sonwhocameal
lthewayf
rom al
Maghr
ib–Mor
occo.Ori
t
couldhavebeenAlAndalus,
wAl l
ahu‘
Alam.Hecamet oImam Maali
kwi t
h40quest i
ons.I
mam
Maalikrespondedwith,
“La‘
Alam”(Idon’
tknow)to36questi
ons.Heonlyanswer ed4questi
ons.
Themant ol
dhim,“Icameallt
hewayf r
om Moroccotohearyousay‘Idon’tknow’?Whatwil
lI
tel
lmypeopl ewhenIgoback? ”I
mam Maaliksai
d,“
Tell
them Imam Maaliksays,‘
Idonot
know.’”

Ihearaboutsi t
uati
onswherefamil
iesarewrecked–bi gdeci
sionsinone’sli
fe-thatwerebased
onwr onganswer s.Theygett
hesewrongfatwas,thatcauseadisasteri
ntheirl
ives,andi
nt he
end,t
heyf indoutitwaswrong.Theydidn’
tevenhavetodoi t
.Theydi di
tforthesakeofAllah,
andthent heyfoundoutitwaswrong.Lookatthesinont heshoul
deroftheper son[whoissued
thewr ongfatwa].

Ithappenedintheti
meoft hesahabah.Thesahabahwer einaghaz wa( battle).Oneoft he
sahabahgotinjur
edinhi shead.Hehadawetdr eam, sohewasi nast ateofj anabah( major
i
mpur it
y).Heasked,“
DoIhav etotakeashowernowandwashmyhead? ”Theysai d,
“Yes, you
havetowashy ourhead.”Whenhewashedhi shead, hedi ed,becauset herewasadeepi njur
yin
hishead.Whenhewashedhi shead,i
tmayhav ecausedani nfecti
on,wAl lahu‘ Alam.Whent hey
camebackt oRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasallam, theytoldhim whathappened.Rasul All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,“
Theyki l
l
edhim, mayAl l
ahki l
lthem.Itwasenoughf orhimt o
wipeont hebandage(thetissuewrappingt hei
njury)
.Whydon’ ttheyaski ft heydonotknow?
“Becausethecurefori
gnor anceisasking.”

Thesehadi
thar
etal
ki
ngaboutt
hedecreasei
ntheknowl
edgeofr
eli
gion–t
heknowl
edgeof
al
Aakhir
ah,t
heknowl
edgeofAl
Shar
i’
ah.

Ther ewi llbeat i

mewhent hingsar ewor set hant hi s.Ther ei sahadi thi nIbnMaaj ah: Hudhay fah
saidt hatRasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘ al
ay hiwasal lam sai d, “I
slam wi ll
er odel i
ket hemar ksony our
clotheswoul der odeorwashaway .”Att hatt ime, thecol our i
ngoft hecl otheswasnot
per manent .Wheny ouwoul dwashy ourcl othesf requent ly, i
twoul df adeawayunt i
l i
twasgone.
Thi siswhatwi l
lhappent oI slam –i twillslowl yfadeunt ilpeopl ewi l
l notknowaboutsawm,
salahandi baadah.Rasul Allahsal lall
ahu‘ alay hiwasal l
amssai d,“AndAl l
ahwi ll
takeal lofthe
Qur ’aanf rom t heear thandt herewi llnotbeonev er selef t.Andt her ewi l
lbepeopl elef t–old
menandwomen-whowi llsay , ‘
Weusedt ohearourf oref atherssayLai l
aahai l
lallahandwe’ re
say i
ngi tnow. ’”Thati salltheywoul dr ememberofI slam.Theywoul dn’tknowany thingofsal ah,
etc.Si l
ahwasat abi’
ee[ast udentoft heSahabah] , study ingunderHudhay fah.Whenhehear d
thishadi th, hesai d,“Whatwi lll
ai l
aahadof ort hem whent heydon’ tknowany thingabout
pray ing, fast ing, hajjorchar i
ty?”Hudhay faht urnedawayf rom him.Heaskedt hequest ionagai n.
Hudhay faht ur nedawayf rom hi m agai n.Whenheaskedhi mt het hir
dt ime, Hudhay f
ahsai d,“O
Silah!Lai laahai llal
lahwillsav ehi mf rom Hel lfi
re!Lai l
aahai l
l
allahwi l
lsavehi mf rom Hel lfi
re!
Lai laahai ll
al lahwi l
lsavehi mf rom Hel l
fire!”Thosepeopl e,Allahwi llexcuset hem becauseof
theiri gnor anceandwi llacceptf r
om t hem l ai l
aahai ll
allah, event houghi t
’sjustawor dthatthey
say .Ift heknowl edgewast her e,thent heyhav etopr ay,makehaj j,givesadaqah, etc.
Thingswi l
lgetevenwor sethant his.AnassaidthatRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam said,
“Theywi l
lcomeat imewhent henameofAl l
ahwillnotbement i
onedont heear th.
”[Musl im]I
bn
Katheersaysthattherear etwoi nterpret
ati
onsofthishadit
h.Onei nter
pretati
oni sthatt herewil
l
notbeanypr eventionofev i
l,becausewheny oupreventpeoplefrom evi
l,your emindt hem of
All
ah.Theot heri
nterpretati
ont akest hemeaningofthehadithli
terall
y:youwill notheart he
nameofAl l
ahont heearth.Thi sistowardstheabsoluteendoftime, andt hedayofj udgement
willoccuronthesepeopl e.

I
nahadi thnarratedbyAhmad: Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,“Thedayof
j
udgementwi l
lnotoccurunti
lAllahwi ll
takeallofther i
ghteouspeopleawayf rom thefaceof
theeart
h.Allahwi l
ltaket
hei
rsoul sandt hepeopl ethatremainwi l
lnotpreventevilandwil
lnot
dogood.”IbnMas’ oodsaid,“
Inthist ime,all
oftheQur ’aanwill
bet akenawayf rom theeart
h;it
wil
lnotbei nthehear t
sofpeople.”IbnTay miyyahsay s,“Al
lahwil
ltakeitawayt otheextentthat
notoneay ahwi l
lremaini
nthehear tsofpeopl eandnotonel ett
erwillr
emai ni
nt hemushaf ,
becausepeopl earesobadandev il
t hattheydonotdeser v
eit.
”

13:
TheI
ncr
easeofSecur
it
yFor
ces

Inahadi thbyAt Tabar

ani:RasulAllahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam said,“
Therewillbeatime
whent herewi l
lbesecurit
yf orces,theyleaveinthemor ni
ngwi t
ht hewrathofAl l
ahonthem,at
nighttheycomehomewi ththewr at hofAll
ahont hem.Becar eful
, don’
tbeoneoft hei
r
associates.”Thishadi
thistalkingaboutt hesecurit
yforcest hatarespy i
ngont hepeople,
preventi
ngt hem from worshippingAl l
ah,spyingonthem iftheyar egoingtothemasaj i
dand
makingda’ wah.Thi si
stalki
ngaboutt heonest hatareoppressingt hepeople.RasulAl
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘ alay
hi wasall
am issay i
ngt onotev enhelpthem.

Thishashappeneddur i
ngt hetimeofsomeoft hekhulafaa`.It
’soppressionofthepeopl
eand
i
t’satestoftheUmmah.Ev eryoneoft hefourI
mams[ Ahmad, Maali
k,AbuHaneef ahand
Shafi'
ee]hasbeenthroughat ri
al.I
maam Maal i
k’sshoulderwasdi slocated.I
mam Ahmadwas
tort
ured.Imam Shafi
’
eewasaboutt obet hrowninjai
l.I
bnTay miyyahwast hrownint
ojai
land
hediedt her
e.Manyoft hecurrentscholar
salsoundergot ri
als.

14:
ZinaPr
evai
l
s

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
d,“
Zinawi
l
lpr
evai
l
.”[
Bukhar
i]

Inanotherhadit
h,whichisascient i
ficmi r
acle,RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ay hiwasal l
am said,“I
f
zinawil
lprevai
lunti
lpeoplewilladv erti
seforitinpubli
c,thenAllahwi l
linfl
ictonthem diseases
whichdidnotexistbefore.
”Notj ustcommi tt
ingzina–butzi nainpubl i
candadv ert
ised.AIDS
wasadi seasethatdi
dnotexi stbef ore.Al
lahsenti tonthepeopl ebecausezi nai
spublicandi t
i
sadv ert
isedforinmov i
es,onbillboards,etc.Evenadv er
tisementofci garettesorcars,ther
eis
nudit
y-thi
sisalsoadvert
isementofz i
na.Peopl
eshouldnotthinkthatift
heyfi
ndt hecur
efor
AIDS,it
’l
lbeok,becauseAllahwil
lsendanotherdi
seasethatdidn’
texistbef
ore.Thisi
soneof
thesignsthatwil
lhappenparti
all
y,andintheendi
twillpr
evail
.

RasulAllahsall
allahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am sai dinahadi t
hnar r
atedbyMusl im,atthetimeof‘ Eesa
i
bnMar yam, Al
lahwi l
l t
akeawayt hesoul soft hebeli
evers,andthenintheend, t
heev ilpeople
wouldr emain.Theywoul dhavesexual relat
ionsjustli
kedonkey s–ev eryt
hingisl
egal .
Promiscui t
ywillbejustlikedonkeys–ev erythi
ngwi l
lbeinpubl i
c.“
ThisUmmahwi l
lnotend
unti
lat imewi l
lcomewhenamanwi l
lappr oachawomanandwi l
lsl
eepwi thheri
nt hemi ddle
ofther oad(infrontofev ery
one).Thebestamongstt hem atthatti
me, t
hemostr ighteous,wil
l
gotot hem andsay ,
‘I
fy oucouldpleasegobehi ndthatwall.
’”Thismanisnotpr eventingthem,
orshout ingatthem.He’ sjustaski
ngt hem t ogobehindawal l-andthi
sisthebestamongst
them.

Zinaiswi despreadnow, evenamongstMusl i

ms.Weneedt owakeupt ot hefactthatt heculture
ofHollywoodi sawor ld-
wideculture.Peopleint
hemosthol yplacesaredoi ngtheset hings.The
satel
li
tedi shisnowov erhutsandhousesi nsomepartsofthewor l
dst hataresosecl udedt hat
da’wahhasnotr eachedthem indecades.Youwi l
lfi
ndt hatmoviesandnudi tyhasreached
them.Oneoft hereasonsisthatwear epromoti
ngthat.Wehav emadehal aaldi
ffi
cult,and
haraam easy .Lookathowdi ff
icultmarri
ageis.Musli
mshav emademar r
iagesodi ff
icult–t he
responsibili
tyonthemanandwomanbef oremarri
ageissodi f
ficul
t:t
hemanhast obeadoct or
,
etc.Ther equir
ement saresospeci f
ic.

RasulAl l
ahsallallahu‘ al
ay hiwasal lam said,“Ifamancomest oy ouandwant st omar ryyour
daught er,andy ouar epleasedwi thhisreli
gionandhi schar acter,andy ourefuset omar ryhi
m,
thent herewillbef i
tnaandcor ruptionont heear t
h.”Thisist al
kingaboutsoci al corr
uption.We
areall r
aisingourdaught ersint hesameenv ironment.Ifwedon’ trecti
fythesituati
on, t
henwe
aregoi ngt ohav et opayf ori t
.Thet erm RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam usedi sthedeen
andt hechar acter .Charact erisv er
yi mportantaswel l.Therecanbear el
igi
ousper sonwi thbad
charact erandv icev ersa.Thet wot hingshav etobet ogether.

Oneofthescholar
swassay i
ngt hattheri
chpeopl ewoul ddoagr eatsadaqahi ft
heywouldhelp
poorcoupl
esgetmarriedbysponsor i
ngmar r
iage,ratherthangiv
ingmoneyt ot hebeggarsat
thedoorsofthemasj
id.Youfi
ndal otofpeopl egivi
ngt hem money .Alotofthesepeopleare
busi
nesspeople.Weneedtore-evaluatehowwegi vesadaqah.Ther earealotofpeoplewho
arei
nrealneedofsadaqahandt heydon’tgetit.Forexampl e,
ayoungcoupl ethatneedsmoney
togetmarri
ed.

Al-
Qurtubisai
dthatthisi
sasignthatRasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘alay hi
wasal l
am talkaboutthati
s
happeningespecial
l
yduringourti
mes(thehadithaboutzinainpubl i
c).Al-
Qurtubiwas
descri
bingthesit
uati
oninhiserainAl
Andalus.Whatcausedt heMuslimsi nSpaintolosethi
s
str
onghol dofI
slam, t
hatwasatonepointakhilaf
aai nit
self
?TheMusl i
ms, f
oral ongti
me,
di
dn’tagreewiththeconceptofmorethanonekhilafaa.Event houghtheMusl i
mswer e
i
ndependentofKhilafaaAbbasi y
y a,t
heydidn’tcallthemsel
vesakhi l
afaa.Theybecamesor ich,
confi
dentandstrongt hattheybegant osayt hattheyformedakhi lafaa.Thisisthef
irstt
ime
thatt
hereweretwokhi l
afaas–akhi laafai
nQur tubaandakhi l
afaainBaghdad.Spai nwasso
wealt
hyandrich.Ther ewassoci alcorrupt
ion.Therewasapr osti
tutethatwr oteonherforehead
oneli
neofapoem, invit
ingothers.Qurtubiwasdescr ibi
ngthattheset hings(openzi
na)
happenedduri
nghi stime.

14:
TheSpr
eadofRi
ba

Wecantransl
atei
tasint
erest,f
inanci
ng,mort
gage–buti
tist
hesamet
hing.Usur
ywast
he
t
ransl
ati
onoftheworl
d,butthatwordisn’
tusedany
more.

Ribaisoneofthemaj orsins.I
tisoneoft wosinswher eAll
ahhasannouncedt hatHewi llwage
waragainstthepersonwhodoest hatsi
n;oneisr i
ba,andtheot heristhepersonwhot akes
All
ah’sawli
ya(fri
ends)asenemi es.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalasay sintheQur’aan:“All
ahwi l
l
wagewaragai nstyou.
”IbnAbbaasr adiyal
lahu‘anhasays,inthetafsiroft
hisay ahthatont he
dayofjudgement,theonewhodeal swithri
bawi l
lberesurrectedasifthedev i
lisobsessingthe
person,andhewillbegivenweapons.Andhewi l
lbet
old,“Prepareforwar.”Theywi l
ltellhimto
fi
ghtAll
ahsubhaanawat a’aal
a.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,
“Approachi
ngt
hedayofj
udgement
,appr
oachi
ng
thehour
,ri
bawouldbewidespr
ead.
”[AtTabarani
]

Att het i
meofRasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam, t
herewer et wot y
pesofr i
ba.Onewasr iba
nasi ya–r i
babasedont ime.Thent hereisri
baalfadl,whichiswheny out r
adegol dforgold,
silverforsil
ver
,buty ouaddanamount .Thesecondt ypestil
lexists.Thebr anchesofr i
ba( today)
aremost l
yunder neathri
banasi y
a.Inthet i
meofRasul Al
lahsall
al l
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am, t
he
traditi
onalform wasbyt ime( r
ibanasiya).It
’sbasical
lyverysimilar,orthesame, asacr editcard:
Ifyoupaydur i
ngacer tainti
me, i
t’
sok; otherwi
sey ouincurcharges.Nowaday s,i
tcomesi n
manyf orms.Youcanr arel
yfi
ndanycompanyt hatdoesn’thaveal oan.EveryoneinAmer icai s
l
iv i
ngi nsomeki ndofdebtt hatisincurri
ngsomef orm ofri
ba.

RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhi wasallam real
lyexemplifi
esthecurrenttimeswhenhesay s, “
A
ti
mewi l
lcomewhenev er
y onewi lldealwit
hinter
est.Andwhoev erisnotdealingwi thriba,the
dustofr i
bawoul dbef allhim. ”Ribaissowi despr
eadt hatal
mostev eryonedeali
ngwi t
hi t.Ev en
theexceptions,whoar enot ,thedustofr i
bawi l
lbefallt
hem.Thishadi t
hwoul dmeant hatt he
transacti
onsar ebasedonr i
ba, andifyoutrytogetawayf rom i
t–Al hamdulil
lahy ou’l
lgetaway
from it
,butyou’llbeaf fect edbyi tbecauseit’
sawor ldwideeconomy .Somechecki ngaccount s
don’tpayy ouinterest, buty ouar estil
laff
ectedbythedustofr i
babecausey ou’releavingy our
moneywi t
hani nstitutiont hatisbased100%onr i
ba.(The“dust”isfigur
ati
ve).Tryt obecl ean
asmuchasy oucan, butt hedustwi l
lcomeov eryou–j ustli
keaper sondri
vingonadust yr oad.

All
ahwil
ldest
royri
ba,
theref
orethereisnoblessi
nginri
ba.Weareal
lharmedbyi
t,ev
enifwe’
re
notusi
ngit
.It
’sal
mosteverywhere.SubhanAl
lah,
it’
sasift
hewholeworl
disi
mmersedinri
ba.
Sothesear
eevi
lti
mes,i
nthi
ssense.I
slam i
sacomprehensi
vesystem –i
tev
ent el
l
showto
dealwit
hmoney
.Ifwesepar
atemoney,soci
all
i
fe,
etcfrom I
slam,
thenwhatwil
lwehavel
eft
?

RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasallam says,“
At i
mewi llcomewhenpeopl ewil
lnotcarewher e
theygettheirmoneyfrom.( I
fit
’shalaalorharaam) .
”Peopl e’
sobject
ivewil
lbejusttogetmoney .
Theywon’ tcar
ewher etheygetitfrom.They ’
l
l t
rytoabi debythelegalsyst
emsoft hei
rcountry,
butwheni tcomest othelawsofAl lah,
theywon’ tcare.Buttheywill
beaskedont hedayof
j
udgement .Thisisoneoft hefourquestionsthatyouwi llbeasked:“Howdidyoumakey our
moneyandhowwi l
lyouspendi t?
”

16:
TheDecor
ati
onofAl
Masaaj
i
d

Thi
sisasi
gnt
hathasoccur
ed.I
nahadi
thbyIbnMaaj
ah:
RasulAl
l
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am
sai
d,“
Ati
mewil
lcomewhenpeoplewi
ll
beproudof–orwil
lcompet
e–inbui
ldingmasaaj
id.

Thisisnar rat
edbyBukhaar i
,butit’snotahadi t
h,i
t’
sanor derof‘Umari bnAl Khat taab.Abu
Sa’eedalKhudr isay sthatt her oofofthemasj idofRasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhi wasal l
am in
Madi nahwasf rom thel eavesofpal mt r
ees.Theywoul dpackt heleavesoneov eranot her,
and
thatwoul dbet her oof.Thepoi ntoftheirleaveswasjustforshade–i twasn’ twat erpr
oof.So
wheni trained,thewhol emasj i
dwoul dbesoaked.Thatwast hesi t
uationoft hemasaaj i
dinthe
ti
meofRasul Al l
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am andinthetimeofAbuBakr .Thatmasj i
dwas
wher eda’wahcameoutof ;sot hecrit
eri
af ormasaaji
di sneverhowbeaut if
ul i
tis.Themasj idof
RasulAll
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am wast hemostbl essedinthewor l
d,andi tdidn’teven
haveawat erproofr oof.

Inthetimeof‘Umari
bnAl Khat
taab,heboughtabui l
deri
nandt oldhi
m, “Buil
daroofthatwoul d
bewat erpr
oof
.Andbewar e–donotuser edory el
low,becausethenyouwoul ddi
stractpoeple.”
[SubhanAll
ah,
lookatwhatwehav ecometo!‘Umarradiyall
ahu‘
anhuwassay i
ngnottouser ed
andy el
lowcol
ors-becausetheywer ebr
ight!We'r
efarfr
om beingcautionedagai
nstredand
yell
ow.Ifyoutol
dsomeonebui l
dingamasj i
dthattoday,theywouldt
hinky ouwerecrazy!
]

Anasi bnMaal i
ksai d,“At i
mewi l
lcomewhenpeopl ewi l
l beproudoft het hemasaaj i
d,but
peoplewi llnotrev i
vethem. ”Sotheywoul dbepr oudoft hemasj id,butt hemasj idwoul dbe
dead.IbnAbbaassai d,“At imewi l
lcomewheny ouwi lldecoratet hemasaaj idli
ket heJewsand
theChr i
stiansdi d.”Andnowwear ewaybey ondtheissueofusi ngr edandy ell
ow.Nowi t
’sgold
andcr yst
al chandel i
ers,ev eryki
ndofcal l
igraphy.When‘ Umarsai dt onotuser edory el
low, i
t
wasn’tpar ti
cularlybecauseoft hecolours;itwasf orthei ssueofdi straction.Hesai d:“Soy ou
donotdi stractthepeopl e.
”Thesewer ethet wocol oursthatexist ed,All
ahu‘ Alam, atthattime,
thattheyusedf orpainting.Now, t
here’
sacompanyi nTur keyt
hati nvent edasuj aajahthathas
l
ightsbor dering,abui l
tinal armthatbeepswheny ouf orgetarak’ ah,etc.TheShuy ookhsai d
thati
ti stoodi stracti
ngf ory ouduringsalah.

AbuDardaa`says(
acompanion)
,”
Ifyoudecorat
eyourmushaf(Qur
’aan)andyourmasaaj
id,
thendest
ruct
ionwi
llbef
all
you.
”Thatisasignofdest
ruct
ion.Andt
hatisexact
lywhatyousee
today.Themushafar ev er
yexpensi v
e-decor atedwithgoldandspeci al
,vel
vetcloth.The
masaajidarebuilt
,usinghugeamount sofmoney ,bypeopl ewhodon’ tevenpray(kingsand
presi
dents).You’
llf
indal lofthepeopl earei
nt hemar ket
,rightnexttothemasjid,butnooneis
goingtopraythereatt hepr ayerti
me.Somet imesy ou’l
lfi
ndt hemasjidissobeaut i
fult
hati
t’
s
usedasamuseum, butatt het i
meofsal ah,noonepr ays.Itisj
ustthereforpeopletobe
i
mpr essedbyt hearchitecture.SubhanAll
ahLookatt hewi sdom ofAbuDar daa`-thisisasi
gn
thatpeoplearegoingf orthesy mbolism andnotlookingatt hesubstance.

17:
Const
ruct
ionofTal
lBui
l
dings

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,“Youwi l
lfi
ndthebarefoot
,naked,poorshepardsof
goatsandsheepcompet i
nginbui
ldi
ngt al
lbuil
dings.
”[Muslim]Nakeddoesnotmeant hatthey
don’
thav eanycl
othes.Itmeansthattheyaresopoort hattheycouldbar
elycoverthei
rprivate
part
s.

All
ahu‘Alam, t
hishaditharedescri
bingtheMusl im Ummahandnott hedisbeli
ev er
s.Inmanyof
thesignsofthedayofj udgement ,Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wast alki
ngabout
thi
ngst hatwouldhappent ohisUmmah.Ther ear esomesigns,obv
iousl
y,t
alkingaboutt he
worldingeneralorapar t
icul
arpeople.Inthesituati
onswherethehadit
hdoesnoti ndicatea
part
icularpeopl
e,itisabouttheMusl i
ms.Thi shadithi
stal
kingaboutpeopl
et hatwer er
eall
y
poorandsuddenl ybecomer ich.Theyarenotbui l
dingfort
heneedofbuildi
ng, butthey’
re
buil
dingincompet it
ion.

You’l
l f
indthisi
nt heGul
f–becauseoft heoil
boom.Peoplesuddenl yhavemoney .Befor
e,t
hey
couldn’taff
ordahouse, andnowt here’
scompet i
ti
oni
nbuildi
ngtallbuil
dings.Theset al
l
bui
ldingsar ebui
ltinar
east hatcoul
deasilyaf
fordhor
izont
alexpansion.It’
snotli
kei t
sNY,
wher eyouhav etomaket al
l bui
ldi
ngs.Theseareasar
edesert.Youcangoashor izontalasyou
want–al l
you’l
lhiti
sasanddune.

SubhanAll
ah,t
hiswasoneoftheat
tri
but
esofthepeopl
eof‘Aad.I
ntheQur
’aan,Al
laht
ell
sus
thatt
hei
rNabiy,Hud,
tol
dthem i
ntheQur’
aan,
‘You’
rebui
ldi
ngmonumentsont opofmountai
ns
fornouse.’
”

18:
TheSl
aveWomangi
vesbi
rt
htoherOwner

Thisisthefamoushadit
hofJibreel
,i
nBukhar
iandMuslim.Ji
breelaskedRasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu
‘
alayhiwasall
am aboutthesi
gnsofthedayofjudgment
.Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasall
am
saidthatoneofthesi
gnsisthatthewomanwoul dgi
vebi
rt
htohermast er,ort
hatthesl
ave
wouldgivebir
thtohermaster.

Thescholarsgiveaf ewinterpr
etati
onsf ort
his.Oneoft heinter
pret
ati
onsisthatthechil
dren
wouldbecomesor ude,disobedientandaggr essiveintheirdeal
ingswit
htheirmot her
s,t
ot he
ext
entthatitbecomesl i
keasl aveandmast errelati
onship.Thechil
disli
keamast erandthe
motherisli
keasl ave.Thisistheopinionadapt edbyI bnHajar.Hesays,“
Thisisthemost
prefer
ableopini
on,becausei tisthemostgener al
.”It hi
nkwear eseeingt hi
s.Before,i
nMusl im
andnonMusl i
m cult
ures,therewasal otofrespectf orparent s.Thi swasev eninAmer ica
(whichisonly200-3ooy earsold).Justafewgener ationsago, t
herewasal otmor erespectfor
parents.Now,you’
llfi
ndt hatattheageof18, orev enear l
ier,childrenwoul dbreakofffrom the
family
; t
heywouldn’tseet hattheyhaveanyobl igationtowar dst hepar ents.Thisi
sbyl aw.Ifthe
sonordaught eri
s18y earsold,theparentscannotgetany t
hingf rom them.Thepr acticeand
acti
onsoft hepeoplear eevenwor se.Youhearhor rif
icstori
esofhowt hechil
drentreatthei
r
parents.

Thi
sisat eachingofIsl
am -andcommonsense-t hatthepar
ent
shavedonesomuchf ort
he
chi
ld,
andt herefor
e,t
heycomesecondaf t
erAllahsubhaanawat
a’aal
aint
ermsofobli
gati
ons.
All
ahhasdonet hemostforus–weoweHi m ever
ythi
ngandHeowesusnothi
ng.That’
swhy
ourgrat
it
udeshoul dbetoAllah.Secondaretheparents.

Al
l
ahsaysintheQur
’aan,
“Al
lahhasdecreed/or
dered/
prescri
bedthaty
ouwor
shi
pnobodybut
Al
l
ahandthatyoubeduti
ful
towardstheparents.
”Theparentsar
esecond–i
mmediat
elyaf
ter
Al
l
ahmentionedHi
mself,
Hement i
oneddut i
ful
nessparent
s.

Thesufferi
ngthatt
hepar ent
s–mot herandfather–got hr
oughforthechil
d.Thechil
dwas
helpl
ess,wit
hnoonet ohelpthem butt
heparents.Theonlywaythechil
dcouldsurvi
vewas
from t
hehelpoftheparents,
from t
heabili
tyt
hatAllahgavethem.SubhanAll
ah,att
heageof15,
thechil
ddoesnotpayany thi
ngback.Thisist
heulti
mat edegreeofungr
ateful
ness.
TheHer
eaf
terser
ies-CD6

19:
BloodshedSpr
eads

RasulAll
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasall
am says,“
Atimewillcomewhenhar
ajwillbewidespr
ead.
”
TheSahabahasked,“
Whati shar
aj?”Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam said,
“Iti
san
Abyssini
anword(f
rom habasha)
.Itmeanskil
li
ng.
”[Bukhari
]

I
nanot
herhadi
th,

SometimesRasulAl l
ahsall
allahu‘ al
ayhi wasal l
am woul dusewor dsthatwer enotAr abic.
Kharaji
sanAby ssinianword, notAr abi
c.Al so,somet i
mesRasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘ al
ayhi wa
sal
lam woulduseot heraccent s–t hatis, notaQur ayshiaccent.AbuMusaAl Ash’ar
i’
st ribe,
for
example,hadaYemeni accent .Theywoul dr eplace“al”(whichmeans“ t
he”)wi th“am” .They
askedRasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alay hiwasal lam once, “I
st her
eanyr ewardwhilef asti
ng?”[ The
speakernarr
ateditinArabic,todemonst rat ehowRasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam
sometimesusedot heraccent s.]RasulAllahsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am responded, inthesame
accent,
bysay i
ng,“Thereisnor ewardforf asti
ngwhi letravell
i
ng.”Meani ng,thereisar ukhsah.

Her
e,Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasal
l
am isusi
ngthewor
dharaj.Thishadi
thdoesn’
tmean
t
hatMusli
mswouldbefight
ingnonMusl
ims.Thati
sthei
mpressi
ont heSahabahgot.

Inanotherhadi th,narr
atedbyAhmad, sameast heoneabov e,t
heSahabahaskedRasul Al
lah
sal
lal
lahu‘ alayhiwasallam, “Therewil
l bemor eki
ll
ingt hant hekil
li
ngt hatexistsnow? ”
RasulAll
ahsal lall
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal l
am said,“
Itwil
lnotbey oukill
ingt hedisbeli
evers.Itwil
l be
youkill
i
ngeachot her(i
.e.Musl i
mski l
l
ingMusl ims).”TheSahabahasked, “Will
wehav eour
mindst hen?( Wher ewil
l ourbrainsbe? )
”SubhanAllah,l
ookathowt heSahabaht hi
nk.
RasulAll
ahsal lall
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal l
am said,“
Themi ndofthepeopl ei nthattimewi llbetaken
away.Andt heywi l
lbelowl ypeopleandt heywillt
hinkthatt heyaref oll
owingsomet hing(t
he
rel
igi
on) ,
butt heywi l
lbef ol
lowingnothing.”

InahadithbyMusl i
m, RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam sai d,
“Atimewi l
lcomewhent he
kil
l
erwi l
lnotknowwhyhei ski
ll
ingandthekil
ledwi l
lnotknowwhyhewaski l
led.
”RasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am wasasked,“Howcant hathappen? ”RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘alay
hi wa
sall
am said,“Thatwill
bet heti
meofhar aj(
widespreadkill
ing).Thenhesai d,“
Theonewhowas
kil
l
edandt hekil
lerwil
lbothbei nhel
lfi
re.
”Why ?Becauseev eryoneisgoingoutforthesame
thi
ng–t oki l
leachother.Thekill
edhadalsointendedonki ll
ing.Thisisat i
meoff i
tna.Thi
ngs
wil
lbeuncl earandthingtakethesoulli
ghtl
y.Event hough,thatinitsel
fisagreatsin,weneedt o
keepinmi ndt heconversati
onbetween‘AbiBurdaaandoneoft heAnsaar :

AbuBur
daa`say
s,“
Iwasi
nthemar
ketpl
acei
nthet
imeofzi
yaad,
andIcl
appedmyhands
together(i
namazement ).Oneoft heAnsaar ,whosef at
herwasaSahabi ,aski
nghi m, “
Whyar e
yousoamazed? ”AbiBur daa`said,“Iam amazedbecauset hesear epeoplewhohav ethesame
rel
igi
on, t
hesamepr ophet ,t
hesameda’ wah,thesamehaj j,
…, andtheyareki
lli
ngeachot her.
Howcoul dthathappen? ”ThisAnsaar isaid,“Don’tbeastonished.Iheardmyf athersayt hathe
heardRasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam saythatAll
ahhasmer cyont hi
sUmmah; they
wouldnotbepuni shedi naskhirah,buttheirpunishmentisint hisl
if
e.Thatwillbethroughki l
li
ng
andtrial
sandtribul
ationsandzal aaz i
l(eart
hquakes).”Thismeanst hattheUmmah’ ssinsar e
beingwashedawaybyt hethingsthatbef al
lthem inthi
swor l
d.

20:
TheShr
inki
ngofTi
me

I
nahadi
thbyBukhar
i,AbuHurayr
ahsaidthatRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
d,
“
Appr
oachi
ngthedayofjudgement,
timewill
shri
nk.
”

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am sai
d,“
TheDayoft
hejudgementwil
lnotoccurunti
lti
me
shr
inks.Theyearwil
lbeli
keamonth,andamonthwil
lbeli
keaweek,andaweekwi llbel
ikea
day,andadaywi l
lbeli
keanhourandanhourwoul
dbeli
keburningal
eaf.
”

Whatdoesi
tmeanf
ort
imet
oshr
ink?Ther
ear
eaf
ewi
nter
pret
ati
ons:

1.Al ackofBar akaint i

me.Ti mewi llbemi ssi ngblessing.Wecanseet hatnow: y ear sand
day swillpassby ,
butwedon’ taccompl ishany thing.Ourday sare24hour s–l i
keAbuBakr ’
s,
‘
Umar ’
sandt hescholar s’,
butwedon’ taccompl ishasmuchast heydo.Forexampl e, Ibn
AlJowzee( agr eatscholarofI slam)hadbl essingi nhisti
me.Whenhedi ed, t
heycount edallof
thebookshewr ot
eandsai dhemusthav ewr i
tten11pagesaday ,onav erage.[Transcr i
bers
note:Remembert hatint hoseday swr it
ingwasmuchhar derandt heydi dnothav ethel uxuryof
comput er sorev enat ypewr iter!]IbnTay mi yyahwr ot
eabookonet i
me–ATr eat i
sei n
Aqueedah( AlAqueedahwaasi tiyya)–bet weendhuhrand‘ Asr .Thisbooki snowst udi edin
universi
t i
esov erasemest erorev enay ear ,andst i
llt
hest udentscompl ai
nt hatitist oomuch!
Ourl i
festylealsomakest i
mef eelasiftimei stooshor t
.Int heUS, thereistoomuchf reetime.
Everythingisr ushed.Inr uralareas, l
if
eisatamuchsl owerpace.SubhanAl l
ah,timei san
amazi ngt hing.Onehouri sthesameamountoft i
me, butint wodifferentareast herei sa
dif
ferenceofhowmuchcanbedonei nt hattimeandhowl ongi tf
eels.

2.Someschol ar
ssaythatt
hiswi
l
lbeduri
ngthet
imeofMahdi
.Thel
uxur
iousl
i
fest
ylewi
l
l
makeitseem l
i
ket i
meispassi
ngbyver
yfast
.

3.Theshr
inkingofti
meduet onewformsofcommuni cat
ionandt r
anspor
tat
ion.Intermsof
tr
ansport
ati
on,itissoeasytogofr
om onesideoftheglobet otheother
.Now,ally
ouhav eto
doisspendaf ewhoursinaplaneandyou’
rether
e.Intheoldenday s,i
twouldt
akey earsto
makesuchat rip.I
nter
msofcommuni cati
on–wehav esuchf astcommunicat
ionstoday,such
asthetel
ephoneandemai l.Sot
hesenewformsoft r
ansportati
onandcommuni cati
onhav e
“
shr
unkt
ime.
”

4.Thelit
eral
shri
nkingoftime.Theeart
hwi l
lstartt
or ot
atefast
er,etc.Therei
sastrong
theoryamongstscient
ist
soft hebi
gbang.Somesayt hattheuniver
sest ar
tedasabigbangand
willendasabigcrunch.All
ahsaysintheQur’aanthatthemoonandt heearthwil
lcome
together
.Wecannotuset hi
saspr oof
,butthesearetheay aatofAll
aht al
ki
ngabouttheDayof
Judgment .

21:
ThePr
oxi
mit
yofMar
ket
s

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal
l
am said,“
Oneofthesi
gnsoftheDayofJudgmenti
sthat
market
swil
lbecl
osetoeachot
her
.”SubhanAll
ah,
thi
shasal
readyhappened.

I
ntheolddays,t
heywouldhav eonemarketforever
ytownandsmal lgr
oceryst or
esforevery
nei
ghbour
hood.Lookathowi tist
oday–ev erynei
ghbourhoodhasamall.InYemen, ther
eused
tobea“marketofThur
sday”anda“ marketofFri
day”
,etc.Townswouldhav eamar ketoncea
week.Nowadays,t
heyareopenallthet
ime.Thereishugeconstr
uct
ionev er
y where.

I
nther
ecentpast–j
ustdecadesback–mar
ket
swer
ever
yrar
e.Now,
theyar
eev
ery
wher
e.

23:
Spr
eadofTr
ade

(
Ment
ionedbef
ore22becausei
trel
atest
o21)

Rasul
All
ahsallal
lahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam said,“
Businessandt r
adewillbesowi despread.
”People
aremovingoutofdi ffer
entjobsint
obusi ness.Thecomput erageisbri
ngingwi t
hitnew
oppor
tunit
ies.Differentfor
msofbusi nesshav ebeeninvented.Thi
siscausingabi gbusiness
boom.Howev er,thiscausesabi gstr
ain.Before,t
hemanusedt ogoandwor kont hefar
m and
thewomanusedt ost ayathomeandt akecar eofthehouse.Now, becausebusi nessisso
demanding,bothpar entsworkinthestoreandt hekidsareinthedaycare.

Rasul
Allahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am said,“
Busi
nesseswi
llbesowi
despread,
tothepoi
nt
wherethewomanwi l
lbehel
pingherhusbandwit
hthebusi
ness.
”Ist
hatokornot?wAll
ahu
‘
Alam.

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal lam says,i
nahadi
thnar
ratedbyBukhar i,“
Inthenameof
All
ah,I’
m notworri
edaboutpov er
tyf ormyUmmah.Myconcer nisthattheywoul dbecome
wealt
hyandy ouwoul dcompet eint hisworl
dli
ket
hepeopl
ebef oreyoucompet ed,anditwoul
d
destr
oyy ouli
keitdestroy
edt hem.”Compet i
ngint
hisworl
dleadst odestruct
ion.Unfair
di
stri
butionofwealthisaproblem, butthi
sUmmahhasmanyr esourcesandweal t
h.

22:
Appear
anceofShi
rk

Rasul
Allahsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasal l
am sai
d,“Oneofthesi
gnsofthedayofjudgementi
sthat
somet r
ibeswouldfol
lowdisbel
i
ev er
sandsomewoul dwor
shipi
dols(paganworshi
p).
”For
ms
ofthi
shav eal
readyoccur
red,Al
lahu‘Al
am ifther
eisanyl
eft
.Theidolworshi
ppi
ngcanbeseen
t
odayi
nthewor
shi
ppi
ngofgr
aves(
ofr
ight
eouspeopl
e).

24:
Zal
zaal
(Ear
thquakes)

Li
ngui
sti
cal
l
y,zal
zal
canmeanear
thquakesandgr
eatt
ri
alsandt
ri
bul
ati
ons.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
dinahadi
th,
“Ear
thquakeswi
l
lbef
requent
.”

Inanotherhadit
hbyAhmad, RasulAl
lahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,“OsonofHawaal a(a
compani on)
,ify
ouseekhi l
afaaappr aoachtheholyl and(Palest
ine)
,thenthetimef or
earthquakesanddisaster
sandgr eatissuesisappr oaching.AndtheHour ,atthatt
ime, wil
lbe
closertothepeoplethanmyhandt oy ourhead.”Whati smeantbyt hekhilaaf
abeingcloset o
theholyland?All
ahu‘Alam t
hatisstilltocome.Thati swher eMehdi and‘EesaibnMar yam wil
l
come.Thosewi llbetimesofpeaceandsecur it
y,butaf t
erthatwil
lbet heworsedisastersand
theendoft i
me.

25:
Sinki
ng,
Stoni
ngandTur
ningi
ntoAni
mal
s

Inahadi thbyAt-Tir
mi dhi,Rasul
Allahsall
allahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,
“Int
heendoft hisUmmah,
therewillbesinki
ng, stoningandtur ni
ngintoanimal s.”Thesi
nki
ngr ef
erstotheearthbei
ng
swallowed.‘Aa`i
shaaskedRasul Allahsal
lallahu‘alayhiwasal
lam,“Wil
lwebedest royedeven
thought herewil
lber ighteousonesamongstus? ”RasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,
“Yes,ifevil
prevail
s.”Soev eni
ftherearerighteouspeopl eint
heUmmah, theywi
llbedest r
oy ed.

Mostschol
arssaythatMaskh,t
ransformati
onint
oani
mal s,i
sli
ter
alt
ransfor
mati
on.Some
schol
ars(
ami nor
it
yopini
on)saythatthismeansthet
ransfor
mat i
onofthehear
t.

26:
Riseoft
heLow

InahadithbyIbnMaaj ah,AbuHur ay
rahsai
dthatRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am said,
“Therewillbetr
icky(wicked)years,wheret
heliarwil
lbebeli
evedandthetruthf
ulwillnotbe
beli
eved.Theunt rust
wor t
hywillbetrust
edandt het
rust
wor t
hywill
notbet r
usted.TheAr -
Ruway badahwillspeak.”TheSahabahasked, “
Whoar etheAr-Ruwaybadah?”RasulAl
lah
sall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasal l
am sai
d,“Thelowperson.”

Allofthesethi
ngsarehappeningtoday
.Thewor seisthatt
hel owpersonwillspeak.Thisdoes
notmeanl ow,asinthesenseofacastesy st
em.Thisisreferr
ingtothepeoplewhoar elowin
rel
i
gionandwhohav enomor alsandethi
cs.Thisper
sonshoul dnotbeli
stenedtot ostartwi
th,
buttheywill
bet heonesteachi
ngandleadingtheaff
airsofthepeople.

Inahadit
hbyAhmad, Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“Ati
mewi l
lcomewhent hi
s
worl
dwi l
lbel
ongtothewi ckedsonofthewi cked.
”AlManaawi,i
nhisexplanati
onofthi
shadith,
sai
d,“Thewealt
hwil
l belongtothewicked.Theposit
ion(ofpower)wil
lbelongtothewicked.
Andthehonourwil
lbel ongtothewi
cked.”Andi fy
ouwantt oseewhot heyare–lookattherich
andfamous.
You’l
lfi
ndveryyoungpeopl esingersandfamous.Ifyouaskpeopl ewhattheythi
nkaboutt hi
s
si
ngeroractor,theywill
sayt hatt
hey ’
re“
cool”
.Thisi
st heexactdescri
pti
onthatRasulAll
ah
sal
lal
lahu‘
alayhiwasal l
am gav eofthesepeopl
e.Hesai d,
“Atimewi l
lcomewheni twill
besaid
aboutaman, ‘
Howi nt
ell
igentishe?”Peoplewil
lsay,
‘Lookathowcool hei
s.’
Andt her
eisnota
si
nglegrai
nofi maani ntheirhear
ts.
”

[SubhanAl l
ah, It
hinkthisi
sabigpr obl
em wit
houryout ht
oday.Theywantt odr
essandactl ike
alloft hesefamouspeopl e.I
t'
ssoni cetoseewheny oungpeoplegetexci
tedaboutl
isteningto
certainshaykhspeaki ng,et
c.SoIdot hi
nkthingsar
echanging,butIthi
nkweneedt otellour
chil
dr enmor eaboutt heSahabah.Iwanttohearthedaythatchil
drensay,
"Iwannabel i
keAbu
Bakr !Iwantt obelike‘UmaribnAlKhatt
aab!"
]

27:
Youwi
l
lgi
veSal
aam onl
ytot
hosey
ouknow

RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam sai
d,“Oneofthesignsoft hedayofjudgementi sthat
youwi l
lgivesalaam onl
ytot hosey ouknow.”Befor
e,Musl i
mswoul dgiv
esal aam t
owhi chev
er
Musli
mt heypassed–i nthemar ketpl
ace,i
nthemasaajid,etc.Now, y
ouseepeopl egiving
sal
aam onl ytothosethattheyknow.I fyougivesal
aam tosomeoney oudon’ tknow,theymight
fr
ownaty ou.[Myownper sonal experi
ence-I'
vesaidsal
aam t opeopleandt heykindoflookat
youfunny ,l
ike,
‘DoIknowy ou? '
ButAl hamdulil
l
ah,t
herearest i
llpeopl
ethatwi l
lbursti
ntoa
hugesmi leandr et
urnyoursmi l
e.]

28:
Womenwhoar
edr
essed,
butnaked

I
nahadi thbyMusl im, RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am sai d,“
Oneoft hesignsoft heday
ofjudgementisthatt herewi l
lbewomenwhoar edr essed, butnaked.Thei rheadsar eli
ket he
humpsofcamel s[ referri
ngt othehairst
y l
e].Theywi ll
notent erj
annahorev ensmel li
t,enough
thoughthesmell ofjannahcanbesmel ledf r
om al ongdi stance( i
nanotherhadi th:
adi stanceof
70y ear
s).
”Thesewomenwi llbeMusl i
ms, becausei tsay sint hehadiththat“theywillnotenter
Jannah.”Wealreadyknowt hatdisbel
ieverswi l
lnotent erjannah, sothesear esinni
ngbel ievi
ng
women.RasulAllahsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam descr i
bedt hem asdr essedbutnaked.Thi s
meanst hatt
heyar ewear i
ngcl othes,
butit’
sasi fitisnot hing.

[DoIhav
et oexpl
aint
hispoi
nt?Weal
readyseei
nthewor
ldt
odaywhatki
ndofcl
otheswomen
arewear
ing..
..
]

Thewomennowaday swearseethroughcl
othesandt
ightcl
othes.Theyarecov
eri
ngt heski
n,
butyouseeever
ythi
ngel
se.Youjustdon’
tseethecol
ouroftheskin[someti
mesthattoo!
]
Thesefashi
onscomeoutofthewesternworl
dandsomeoft heMusl i
msfoll
owthetrend.

29:
Car
s

Thi
shadit
hcanbeinterpr
etedast hetr
ansportati
onofcar s.I
nahadithbyAhmad,Rasul
Allah
sal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,“
Inthefutur
e,therewillbemenofmyUmmahsi tt
ingover
sur
ooj[
saddle]ont
hingsthataresimil
artocamel s,butnotexact
lycamel
s.Andtheydescend
fr
om thesevehicl
esatmasaaj idbutthei
rwivesar edressed,butnaked.Cur sethem,f
ortheyar
e
cursed.
”Inanotherhadit
h,theProphetsall
allahu‘al
ayhiwasallam describedthevehi
clesas
having“wi
deseat s.
”RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alay hi
wasallam wasdescr i
bingcars,butt
herewere
notcarsatthatti
me, sohegav ethi
sdescription.

IntheQur
’aan,All
ahsubhaanawata’
aal
arefer
stothem bysay
ing,“camels,
donkey
sandthings
youdonotknow. ”wAl
lahu‘Al
am,t
herewil
lbemoreformsoftransport
ati
onthatwedon’
tknow
about,
int
hef utur
e.

30:
TrueDr
eamsoft
heBel
i
ever
s

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am sai
dinahadi
thnar
rat
edbyAt
-Ti
rmi
dhi
,“Towar
dst
heend
ofti
me,thedr
eam ofthebel
i
everal
mostneverl
i
es.”

Oner easonthatt
heschol
arsgiv
ef ort
hisi
sthatthi
sUmmahwi l
lhav
enomor eambi
ya
(prophetsandmessenger
s).Andtheambiyarecei
vethewahi
.Al
lahwil
lsupportt
hebel
i
ever
sby
dreams.

Becar eful
,though.Dreamscannev erbeaform ofshar i
’ah.Shari
’ahwasr eveal
edt oRasul
Allah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam.Theyar ej
ustgl
adt i
dings.Anexampl eofdr eamsbei nggladti
dings
i
swhenI maam Bukhar irahimahull
ahsawadr eam ofRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasall
am
approvinghiswor k.Also, when‘Uthmaanwasgoi ngtobemar t
yred,hesawadr eam inwhich
theProphetsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam wastell
inghimt obreakhi sf
astwi t
hhim.I nanot
her
case,Imaam Suy utisawt hatRasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘alay
hi wasall
am wasr evi
ewinghiswork.
Thisisjustthegladt i
ding.

‘
Uthmaani
bn‘Af
faanwasfasti
ngandhewasgoi
ngtobemart
yredt
hatsameday.RasulAl
lah
sal
lal
l
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
dtohi
m,inadr
eam,t
hatyou[
‘
Uthmaan]wil
lbr
eakyourfastwit
h
us.

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am sai
dt hattheoneswhoseet r
uedr eamsar ethet r
uesti
n
thei
rwor ds.Truedreamscomet oat r
uthfulheart
.Themor etruthfulyouar e,themor etr
uthf
ul
youwi l
lbe.RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am says,“
Andt hedr eam oft hebelieveris1/46
partofprophethood.”Beforereceiv
ingrevel
ationfrom Ji
breel
, RasulAl
lahsal l
all
ahu‘ alay
hiwa
sall
am woul dseeadr eam atnightandthenhewoul dseeithappent henextday .Thishappened
tohimf or6mont hs.ThenRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam receivedrevelati
onf or23
years.6mont hs/23years=1/ 46.

Dreamsar
etheonlypar
tofprophet
hoodthatisl
eft
.Therear
enomorehumanbei
ngswhoare
recei
vi
ngr
evel
ati
on.Ji
breel
will
neverdescendonanyoneaft
erMuhammadsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wa
sall
am.

31:
Spr
eadofQal
am ‫ﻗ‬
‫ﻠ‬‫ﻡ‬

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am sai
d,“
Appr
oachi
ngt
hedayofj
udgement
,thepenwi
l
l
pr
evai
l
.”Any
thi
ngwr
it
teni
scal
l
edqal
am,
notj
ustt
hepen.Thi
ssi
gnhasal
readyoccur
red.

Peopledidnothav ewr it
tenmat eri
als,l
ibrari
es,booksandmagazinesi nthei
rhomesaswedo
today.Therewer esoci eti
est hathadonl yspokenlanguage–therewasn’ tevenawr it
tenform.
Until
today,therear elanguagest hathav enowr it
tenfor
m.DuringthePr ophet’s(sal
l
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am)t ime, youcoul dcountt heoneswhocoul dwrit
e.AfterIsl
am, Muslimswer e
theeducatedsoci ety.Butev ent hen, i
twasn’tverycommonf oreveryhouset ohav eamus’ haf
.
MajorMusl i
mt ownshadl i
braries( Damascus, Qurtuba,
Basra,
etc).Theschol arsandstudents
ofknowledgewer etheonewi t
hbooks.

Itwasn’
tevenunti
lthe15thcentury
,whenGut enberginvent
edthepr i
nti
ngmedia,t
hatthese
thi
ngsbegantobeav ail
abl
etopeopl e.Theacti
vemov ementofpr i
nthappenedinthe15th
centur
y.Now,every
onehasal i
brary.Inthemostruralar
easy ouwillf
indsbooksandschools.
Withthecomputernow,inf
ormationisav ai
l
abl
et oevery
one.Wi t
hthef l
ickoft
hecomputer,you
haveaccesstomill
ionsofbooks.

Thi
sdoesnotmeant hatknowledgeisprev
ail
ing.Mostpeoplerel
yonjunkmedia.Justli
kether
e
i
sjunkfood,t
her ei
sjunkmedia.Trueknowledgecanbegai nedthr
oughvali
dbooks;itcannot
begai
nedt hr
oughTV.Unf ort
unatel
y,themassesgetthei
rinfor
mat i
onthr
oughTV; i
tdoesn’t
gi
veyouknowl edge.

32:
Expansi
onoft
heCr
escent(
Hil
aal
)

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am said,“
Oneofthesi
gnsoft hedayofj udgementi st
hatthe
cr
escentwi l
lbebloated.”Thisdoesnotnecessari
lymeant hatt
hecr escentwill
li
teral
lygr
ow;it
wil
ljustappearthatway .Thecr escentwil
ll
ookbi
ggerthanbefore.RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘
alay
hi
wasal l
am sai
d,“Totheext entthatitwil
lbeoneni
ghtold,butpeoplewi l
lsayitl
ookst wodays
ol
d.”

All
ahu‘Alam [All
ahknowsbest ]whythi
shappens, buti
fyoulookatthemoonwheni t’
scl oseto
thehori
zon,itlookslargerthanwheni t
’supinthesky.Ify
oulookatthemooninSanDi ego,it
l
ooksal mostasbi gast hesun.Wheni t’
sinthecentreofthesky,
itl
ookssmall
er.Thisisn’t
becausethemooni sget t
ingfart
heraway .Whenthemooni sdowninthehori
zon,there’smore
nit
rogen,morecar bondioxide–mor epolluti
on.Theatmosphereoftheear
thmakesi tlook
l
argerthanitis.May be,All
ahu‘Alam,i
twilll
ooklargeri
nthefutur
e.

33:
LiesandFabr
icat
ioni
nRel
i
gion

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
l
am said,“
Approachi
ngtheendofti
me, therewi l
lbedajjal
oon
(peoplewhopretendtobesomethi
ngthey’r
enot–i mpost
ers)
.Theypresenty ouwithtalkthat
youdidnothearandy ourfat
her
sneverheardbef
ore.Bewareoft
hem.Don’ tletthem mislead
youandmi sgui
dey ou.”

Thesear
epeopl
ewhomi ghtcomeinthecl
oakofr el
igi
onandtheyatt
ribut
ethingstoIsl
am t
hat
don’
tbel
ongtoi
t.Theymaketheset
hingsup.Thatiswhytheyarecal
leddajj
aloon;
theyli
e.
Theli
nguist
icmeaningofdaj
jaal
isext
remeli
e.Itisi
mport
antt
overi
fyt
hingsi
nrel
i
gion.Don’
t
beablindfol
lower
.Nomat t
erhowknowledgeableorgr
eatt
heshay
khis,i
nfor
mati
onofthe
rel
i
gionmustbev er
ifi
ed.

I
maam Maal
i
ksai
d,“
Ever
yone,
yout
akeandl
eav
efr
om t
hei
rwor
ds,
exceptRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu
‘
al
ayhi
wasall
am.
”

Ver
ifi
cati
onofthereli
gionisver
yimpor
tant,
especial
l
ywhenther
eisf
abri
cat
ionofhadi
th.The
Qur’
aanisnotf
abricated.Hadi
thar
efabri
cated.Ev
enthehadi
thar
eprot
ect
ed,i
fyouputthe
ef
forti
ntoveri
fythem.

I
nanarrat
ionbyMusli
m, IbnMas’
oodsaid,
“Shaytaanwouldpr
esenthi
mselfi
nthefor
m ofa
man;
hewoul dspeakt
ot hepeopl
eandtheyleaveandtheywouldconv
ey.
”Soitisv
ery
i
mport
anttoveri
fywherewegetourinf
ormationfrom.

Ri
dicul
oust
hingsar
eci
rcul
ati
ngi
ntheMusl
i
m Ummaht
hathasnobasi
sint
her
eli
gion.

34:
Shay
ateenComi
ng?
??(
Didn’
theart
het
it
le)

InahadithbyMusl i
m,‘Abdull
ahibn‘AmribnAl ‘
Aassaid,“Therearesomedev i
l
simprisonedi n
theocean.Theywer eimpri
sonedbySul ay
maan‘ al
ayhi
ssal aam.At i
mewi l
lcomewhent heywi ll
comeoutandt heywil
lreci
tetopeopleQur’
aan[andhereRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasal lam
usedtheword" Qur'
aan"butitmeans"reci
tat
ion"here-thatisi
t'sl
ingui
sti
cmeaning]andt hey
aregoingtoclaimthatiti
sQur’aanandSacredBooks.”

All
ahsays,
“Wearegoingtoreveal
Qur’
aanandwear
egoi
ngt
opr
otect
.”Thi
sisaguar
ant
ee
fr
om All
ah(i
ntheQur
’aan)thatHewil
lprot
ecti
t.

35:
Fal
seWi
tnessi
ng

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam say
s,inahadi
thnarrat
edbyImam Ahmad,
“Appr
oachi
ng
thedayofj
udgementwi
llbefal
sewit
nessingandconceal
i
ngt het
ruewi
tness.
”

Peopl
ewi l
lgothecourtandli
e,makefalsewit
ness.Peoplewhoknowthetrut
hwillconceali
t.
Whenthishappens,i
tisthedest
ruct
ionofthesociet
y.Justi
cei
sthefabr
icofthesociet
y.The
l
essjust
icether
eisinli
fe,t
heworselif
ei s–evenifyouhavemoney!

BecauseIsl
am val
uesjusticesomuch,falsewi tnessi
ngisoneofthesevenmaj orsins.When
RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal
lam wast alkingaboutthesevenmajorsins,hewasl eani
ng,
andthenhesatupstraightandsai
d,“Falsewi tness,f
alsewit
ness.
”Hekeptr epeati
ngitunti
lthe
sahabahsaidt
hattheywi shedhewouldst op.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ay hiwasallam putso
muchemphasisoni t
.

Wheny
ouknowt
het
rut
handconceal
it,
youar
eal
sosi
nni
ng.

36:
TheWomant
oManRat
iowi
l
lIncr
ease
InahadithbyBukhar i,RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,“Oneofthesignsoftheday
ofjudgementi sthatthethenumberofwomenwoul dincr
easeandt henumberofmenwoul d
decreasesot herewoul dbe50womenf or1man. ”Intheexplanati
onfort
hehadi t
hbyAn-
Nawawi ,hesay sthatthereasonwill
beduringthet i
meoft r
ialsandtri
bul
ati
ons,themenwi l
lbe
kil
l
edi nbatt
les.Therefore,t
henumberofmenwi l
lgodownandt herat
iowil
lincr
ease.

37:
SuddenDeat
h

I
nahadi thbyAt-Tabarani
,Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am said,
“Oneoft
hesi
gnsofthe
dayofjudgementisthatsuddendeat hwouldoccurf requentl
y.”Suddendeat
hmeanstheyare
notaccident
s.Thereissomei nt
ernalreasonforthesedeat hs.

Nowaday s,somanypeopl edi efr

om hear tat
t acksandstrokes.Theset hingsmayhav e
happenedi nt hepast ,
butr arel
y.Thesearedi seasesofmoder nsoci ety;i
tisanepi demicnow.
Ourl if
estyl
enowi sverybad–wear eav erylazypeople.Wewer einof ficesandhav eav ery
stationar
ylifestyl
e.Before,thepeoplewer ev eryacti
ve.Theygotthei rexercisedonedur i
ngthei
r
dailywork.Nowwehav etoincorporat
eexer ciseinourli
vesbyr ecreation,tomakeupf orour
l
ackofact i
vity.Oneoft hebiggestbusinessesi ntheUSi sthefit
nessbusi ness,becauseofthe
l
ifestyleofthepeopl e.Inthepast ,
peoplewer enat ur
all
ystrong.Theydi dn’thavecar sand
ai
r pl
anes.

38:
Host
il
it
ybet
weent
hePeopl
e

RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am wasaskedaboutt heHour.RasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ay hi
wasal l
am said,“OnlyAll
ahknow, butIwilltellyousomeoft hesigns.Therewil
lbefit
naand
haraj.
”TheSahabahasked, “Whatisharaj?”Rasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,“I
t
means, inthelanguageofAby ssi
nia,Kil
l
ing.”Thenhesai d,“Peoplewouldnotknoweachot her.
”
Duringthattime,itwil
lbethelawoft hejungl e.Peoplewouldknoweachot her[
inthetechnical
sense],buttheywoul dactl
iketheydon’tint heirtr
eatmentofoneanot her
.Ther
ewoul dbe
hostil
i
tybet weenpeople.Peoplewoul dtr
eatot her
sasiftheyarenothing.

TheSahabahknewaboutt his,andtheywoul dadviseeachot her .Inanar r

ati
onbyAt -
Tabarani ,
Mu’aadhibnJabal andAbu‘ Ubay dahadv ised‘Umari bnAl Khattab[ whenhewaskhal if
a]ina
l
etterandtheygavehi m advice.Amongstt headv i
cet heygav ehi m,theysaid:“Weweretalking
amongstour sel
vesaboutt heendoft imef orthi
sUmmahandt hepeopl ewill
belikebrot
her sin
publi
c,butbeenemi esi npri
v at
e.”‘
Umarr espondedt ot hem andsai d,“Yousentmeal ett
er ,
warningmeofat i
mewhent hepeoplewi llactli
kebrot hersinpubl i
c,butbeenemi esinpri
v ate,
butIam tel
li
ngy out hatthi
sisnott al
kingabouty ouort hisageandt i
me.Thesepeopl ewoul d
haveinter
estsandf ear.Theyhav einterestsamongt hemsel vesonl yforbenefi
tintheworld.
Nothingwil
lbefort hesakeofAl l
ah.”

Wef
indt
hisal
otnow–i
tisr
aret
ofi
ndpeopl
ewhoknoweachot
herandl
oveeachot
herf
ort
he
sakeofAl
l
ahal
one.

Whateverisbasedont heint
erestofthi
sworldwil
lnotcont
inue.Andwhateverisbasedonthe
akhi
rahwi l
lcont
inue.Theonlyunif
ieddir
ect
ionisthedi
rect
iontowardst
heher eaf
ter.I
ndunya,
people’
sinter
est
swi l
lalsoconfl
ict
,inonepl
aceoranother;
theycannotagreeonev ery
thi
ng.
TheHer
eaf
terCD7Lastmi
norsi
gnoft
heDayofJudgment

39:
TheAr
abi
anPeni
nsul
abecomesGr
eenwi
thRi
ver
sAgai
n

Agai
nist
hekey
wor
d.

I
mam Musli
m narr
atesthatt
heProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
l
am sai
d,“
TheDayofj
udgement
wi
ll
notoccurunt
ilt
helandoftheArabsbecomesgardensandr
iver
sagai
n.”

Adaywillcomewhent heArabianPeni
nsulawil
lbecomegr een,wit
hriver
sf l
owing.Theseareas
i
ncludethelandsof‘Aadandot herpar
tsofArabia.ThePr ophetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
d
thati
twill
retur
nt ot
hatstat
e.Thisisascient
ifi
cmi racl
e.Attheendoft heIceAge, t
henorth
andsouthwer ecappedwithice.Now,sci
enti
stsaref i
ndingoutthatinsomear eas–suchas
theeast
ernpar t
sofYemen–t herewerebasi
nsandr i
vers.

Howcant hi
shappen–thatt
heArabi
anPeninsul
awil
lonceagai
nbecomegr
een?WAl
l
ahu
‘
Alam i
fit
’st
hroughcl
i
matechangeornot
.Ithasnothappenedy
et.

Somepeopl
esaythatithashappenedbecauseofthedevelopmentgoi
ngonincert
ainAr
ab
ci
ti
es,
suchasDubai.Theysaythatbecauseoftheagr
icul
tural
devel
opment
,thesel
andsare
goi
ngbackt
obeinggreen.WAllahu‘Al
am, i
thasnothappenedyet.

40:
Lot
sofRai
n,butNot
hingGr
ows

ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasall
am sai
d,“Thedayofj
udgementwi
l
lnotoccurunt
ila
widespreadrainwillf
allovert
hepeopl
e,butnothi
ngwil
lgr
ow.”

I
tisnotalackofrai
n,butal
ackofpl
ant
s.Whywoul
dthi
sbe?Maybebecausethepeopl
ewi
l
l
havecor
ruptedt
heearthsomuchandther
eisnobl
essi
ngi
nthel
and.WAllahu‘
Alam.

41:
Euphr
atesUncov
ersaMount
ainofGol
d

[
Iuset
heMSAdat
abaseofUSCt
osear
chf
orahaadi
th.
]

TheProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal
l
am sai
d,“
Soontheri
verEuphr
ateswi
l
ldi
scl
osethe
tr
easure(
themount ain)ofgold,
sowhoeverwi
llbepr
esentatt
hatti
meshoul
dnott
akeany
thi
ng
ofit
.”[
Bukhaari
,V.
9/ B.88/#235]
.

AbuHur ayrahnarr
atedt
hattheProphetsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“TheLastHourwould
notcomebef oretheEuphr
atesuncoversamountainofgol
d,f
orwhichpeoplewouldfi
ght.
Ninety-
nineoutofeachonehundredwoulddiebutever
ymanamongstt hem wouldsaythat
perhapshewoul dbetheonewhowoul dbesaved(andthuspossessthi
sgold.
)”[Musl
im
B.41/#6918]
42:
Ani
mal
sandObj
ect
sSpeaki
ng

[
Isear
chedf
ort
hehadi
thonl
i
ne,
butt
hiswast
hecl
osestIf
ound.
]

Therewasashepher dwithhi ssheep.Awol fattackedandt ookoneoft hesheep.Theshepher d

fol
loweditandt ookhissheepback.Thewol fsatback, withhislegsint heair–l ikeaper son–
andsaid,“I
ti
qil
lah( f
earAllah).Youar et
akingawayf oodf rom met hatwassentt omebyAl l
ah.
”
Theshepher dsaid,“Whatanamazi ngthing!Awol fsitti
ngl i
keamanandspeaki ngt ome! ”The
wolfsaid,“
Iwillt
ellyousomet hingmoreamazi ng.ThePr ophetsallal
l
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam isin
Yathri
b[whatMadi nahwascal ledatthetime],andhei st eachingthepeopl eaboutt henat ions
before.
”Theshepher d,whowasnotMusl im atthetime, wentt oMadi nahandwentt o
RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhi wasal l
am andtoldhi m whathappened.Rasul Allahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhi
wasal l
am gatheredalloftheSahabahandt oldt heshepher d,“Tel
lthem whaty ouhear d.”The
shepherdtoldthem andt hent heProphetsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am sai d,
“Thedayof
j
udgementwi l
lnotoccurunt ilthebeastswill
speakt oy ou…. .
andyourl egswoul dspeakt oy ou.
”

All
ahuAl
am, weusual
l
yt aket
heli
ter
almeaningunl
esst
her
eisev
idenceot
her
wise.Fort
he
ani
malsspeaki
ng,wetakethel
it
eral
meaning.

43:
Desi
reofDy
ing

[
Inahadit
hnarrat
edbyBukhaari,t
hatIfoundher
e,t
hePr
ophetsal
l
allahu‘
al
ayhi
wasall
am said
t
hatt
heHourwi llnotbeest
abl
ished“t
il
lamanwhenpassingbyagraveofsomeonewi
llsay
,
‘
WouldthatIwereinhispl
ace.
’
”]

ThesaidPr
ophetsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am,“
TheHourwil
lnotbeestabl
ishedti
llaman
passesbyagr
aveofsomebodyandsays,‘
Woul
dthatIwer
einhispl
ace.’
”[Bukhaari
,9/
88/
231]

I
nahadi t
hnarratedbyMusl i
m, theProphetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“Ati
mewi l
lcome
whenamanwi llpassnexttoagr av
eandputhi sfaceinitandsay,‘
Iwi
shIwer einhi
splace.”
TheProphetsall
allahu‘
alay
hi wasall
am saidthatthi
sisnotbecauseofdebt.Peopl
ewantt okil
l
themsel
vesiftheyar ei
nseriousdebt.

I
bnMas’
udsai
d,“
Ati
mewi
l
lcome,
wheni
fdeat
hwer
esol
d,peopl
ewoul
dbuyi
t.
”

Al-Haafi
dhal-I
raaqi hasaninterest
ingcommentaryonthis.Hesaysthatitisnotunusualtofi
nd
peopledesiri
ngdeat hinanytime, butwhenpeopleseedeath,andcemet er
iesandagr ave,t
hey
don’tfeell
i
kedy i
ngany mor
e.Wheny ouseedeathinyourface,wenaturall
yhatedeath.Al-
Ir
aaqi
say st
hatiftheyseedeat hi
nf rontofthei
reyesandstil
ldesi
redeath.Thatreal
lytel
l
sy outhat
theyaregoingt hroughmiserabletime.WeaskAllahforsecuri
tyf
rom thi
s.

Theset
ri
alsandt
ri
bul
ati
onsar
eei
therat
estorapuni
shmentf
ort
hepeopl
e.

44:
Popul
ati
onoft
heRomansI
ncr
eases
I
nahadithnarr
atedbyMusli
m,theProphetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am said,
“Thedayof
j
udgementwill
occurandt
heRomansar et
helargestnat
ion,
int
ermsofnumber .
”Whoarethe
Romans?TheyaretheEur
opeans,whichext
endst oLati
nAmeri
ca,Canada,t
heUS,etc–the
Caucasi
ans.

Whatdoest
hishadi
thmean?I
sitanegat
iveoraposi
ti
vesi
gn?Al
l
ahu‘
Alam.Ar
etheyMusl
i
m or
nonMusl
im?All
ahu‘
Alam.

Nowwef i
ndthatther
eisagreatdecl
inei
nthepopul
ati
onofEur
ope.Thegr
owt
hinsome
count
ri
esofEuropethati
snegati
ve.

SubhanAl
l
ah,
thi
sisachanget
hathasnothappenedy
et.

Ar
-Room doesnotmeant
hatt
heyar
enon-
Musl
i
m.Al
l
ahu‘
Alam,
theycanbeMusl
i
ms.

46:
Openi
ngoft
heConst
ant
inopl
e

AbuHur air
ar eportedAllah’
sApost l
e(maypeaceheuponhi m)say ing,“
Youhav ehear dabouta
cityt heonesi deofwhi chisint hel andandt heotherisint hesea( Const anti
nople).
”Theysai d:
“Allah’ sMessenger ,
yes.”Ther euponhesai d:“
TheLastHourwoul dnotcomeunl esssev enty
thousandper sonsf r
om Bani lsra`eel [
descendantsofI shaaq]woul dat t
acki t.Whent heywoul d
l
andt here,
theywi l
lneit
herfightwi t
hweaponsnorwoul dshowerar rowsbutwoul donl ysay :
“Ther ei snogodbutAl l
ahandAl lahistheGr eatest
,”(Lailaahai l
lal
lahwal l
aahuAkbar )thatone
sideofi twoul dfall
.Thaur(oneoft henarrator
s)said:Ithinkt hathesaid: “Thepartbyt hesi de
oft heocean. ”Thent heywoul dsayf orthesecondt i
me: “
Ther eisnogodbutAl l
ahandAl l
ahi s
theGr eatest”thatthesecondsi dewoul dalsofall
.Andt heywoul dsay:“Ther ei
snogodbut
AllahandAl lahi stheGr eat
est”t hent hegateswoul dbeopenedf orthem andt heywoul dent er
ther einand, t
heywoul dbecol lectingspoil
sofwaranddi stri
butingthem amongstt hemsel v
es
thatanoi sewoul dbehear dandI twouldbesai d:“Veril
y,Dajjalhascome. ”Andthust heywoul d
l
eav eev eryt
hingt hereandwoul dt urntohim.[Musl i
m, B.41,#6979]

Whoar et hese70,000descendantsofIshaaq?TheJewsar edescendant sofI shaaq.The

scholarsofhadith,l
ikeIbnKatheerandNawawi andother
s,sayt hatthisistalkingabout
Romanst hatareMuslims.Theear l
yMuslim hist
ori
anssayt hattheRomansar et he
descendant sofAl ‘
EesibnIshaaq.TheycouldbeRomanspar tofthegeneral Musl i
m ar
my .
Theycoul dalsobeJewswhobecameMusl i
m.Theyar egoingt oopenConst ant i
noplewit
h
dhikr,
sot heyareMusl i
m.Theycoul dal
sobeMusl i
mswhoar eli
vi
ngint hatar ea.Aswesai d,
thelandofTur key(AsiaMinor)usedtobepar toftheByzantineEmpi re;may bet heywil
lopen
Ist
anbul again.Wall
ahu‘Alam.

Whenwear etal
kingaboutsi
gnsoftheDOJ,wearetal
ki
ngaboutghayb–t heunknown.The
schol
ars’
int
erpr
etati
oncouldber
ightorwr
ong.Thepurposeoft
heseahaaditharenott
odrawa
mapandshowexact lywhat’
sgoi
ngtohappen.Thepur
poseoftheseahaadit
his:
 1.Toshowt
hemi
racl
eofI
slam;
themi
racl
eoft
hehadeet
hoft
hePr
ophetsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wa
sal
l
am.

2.Theyserveasbishaaraatforthebel
ievers.Theyaregoodnewsf orus.Theygiv
eus
confi
denceandstrengt
h.Thi ngswil
lgettoughanddi ff
icul
t;theref
oret
heseahaadithwill
ser
ve
asguidanceforusduri
ngt hatti
me.Wecannev erknowexact l
ywhattheymeanunt i
lthey
happen–f orexample,
thef i
rethatwouldcomeoutofMadi nah.Wedi dn’tknowwhatitmeant,
butwhenithappened,wef oundoutforsuret hatitwastal
kingaboutav olcano.

47:
Rei
gnofQaht
aan

AbuHur ay r
ahr eportedthatthePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai
d,“TheHourwillnotbe
establ
ishedunt ilamanf r
om Qaht aanappears,driv
ingt hepeopl
ewithhissti
ck.
”[BukhaariV.
9,
B.88,#233]Thehadi thmaysoundasi fthemani sevil
becauseheisdescr i
bedas“dri
vingthe
peoplewithhi sstick”,butanotherhadithexplai
nsthathei sri
ght
eousandoneoft hekhulafaa`
.
Sohei srighteous, butstri
ctandtough.I bnAbbaascomment edandsaid,“….
all
ofthem are
ri
ghteous.”

Qahtaanistheancest
oroftheAr
absofYemen.Hewi l
lbeakhaal
ifa.Hei
sveryri
ghteous,but
he’
sstrictandt
ough.Thatmeanshewil
lbeverysever
einhi
spunishmentasevi
l.Thatiswhyhe
i
sdescr i
bedas“pushi
ngthepeopl
ewit
hastick.”Al
l
ahu‘Al
am,thi
scouldbebeforeMehdi,but
mostlikelyi
twi
llbeaf
ter.

49:
Madi
nahExpel
l
ingt
heEv
il

RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘ alayhiwasal lam said,inahadi t
hbyBukhaar i
,thatat imewoul dcome
whenamanwoul dcal lhiscousinandhi sr elati
ve,tell
inghim, “Comet ot heluxuriouslif
e.Come
totheluxuri
ouslife.”Thi sistalki
ngaboutpeopl ef rom Madi nah,whowoul dgot oot herlands
wherelif
eismor el uxuriousandt heywoul dcal ltheirrel
ativestoleaveMadi nahandcomeand
enj
oyl i
fewheret herei sa‘ bett
erstandar d.’Prophetsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am said,“Madinah
i
sbet t
erforthem, iftheyknow. ”Thent hePr ophetsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal lam said,“I
nthename
oftheOnei nWhoseHandi smysoul All
ah],any onewhol eavesMadi nahandgi vesitup, Al
lah
subhaanawat a’alawi llreplaceinMadi nahsomeonebet terthanhim. ”Thent hePr ophet
sal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi wasal lam said,“Al Madinahi slikeaf ur
nacet hatsepar atestheimpur it
iesand
Madinahwi l
lexpel alloft heimpur i
tiesout.”

Imagi
nei tl
ikethepeoplewhocomef r
om othercountri
esi
nt hewor l
dandcomet oAmerica.
Thentheycallthei
rfamilybecauseoft hebett
erstandardofli
ving.Si
milar
ly,
thesepeoplewill
l
eaveMadi nahandcal lt
heirr
elati
vestoamor el
uxuriousl
if
e.ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwa
sal
lam saidthatMadinahisbetterforthem.

[
Also,
ify
ouwoul
dli
ke,
seeBukhar
i,chapt
er30:
Vir
tuesofMadi
nah]

I
sthi
shadi
tht
alki
ngaboutal
lti
mesoraspeci
fi
cti
me?Ther
ear
etwoopi
nions,
andeachof
t
hem hast
hei
revi
dence:
1. AlQaadi
Iyaadsay
sthatt
hishadi
thi
sspeci
fi
ctot
het
imeoft
hePr
ophetsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am.

2. Al
Imaam AnNawawi
say
sthatt
hishadi
thi
sspeci
fi
cfort
het
imeofad-
Daj
j
aal
.

AlQaadi’sevidencei st
hishadit
hinBukhar i[3/30/107]
: Jaabi
ribn‘Abdill
ahnar r
atesthata
bedouincamet ot heProphetsal
lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am andgav eapl edgeofal l
egiancefor
embr acingIslam.Thenextdayhecamewi t
hf everandsaid(tothePr ophet),“
Pleasecancel my
pledge( ofembr acingI
slam andofimmi grati
ngt oMedi na).
”ThePr ophetrefused(thatrequest
)
threetimesandsai d,“
Medinaisli
keaf urnace, i
texpelsouttheimpur i
ties(badpersons)and
selectsthegoodonesandmakest hem per fect.
”

Madi nahhasar oughenv i

ronment ,ev enwiththest andar doft hear ea.It
’sver
yhotanddr y
.
Whent heSahabahwentf rom Makkaht oMadi nah, theycoul dn’ thandlei
t.Themuhaj ireen[ t
he
oneswhomi grated]hadal otoff ev eranddifferentt y pesofdi seases.TheAnsaarhandl edi t;
theywer eusedt oi t.Thenewsgotbackt otheQur ay sht hattheMusl imshadl osttheirheal t
h
andbecomeweak.ThePr ophetsal lall
ahu‘alayhi wasal lam want edthesahabaht oshowt he
Qur aysht hattheywer estrongandt hatthefev erdidn’ thar mt hem, sohet ol
dthem t orunt he
fi
rst3t i
meswhent heymadeUmr ahanddi dt het awaaf .That’swhyi tissunnaht odot hef ir
st
threer oundsoft awaafr unni ng.ThePr ophetsallall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam madedu’ aa`topush
thef everoutofMadi nah.Sot hefev erwaspushedoutofMadi nahbyt hebarakah/blessingof
thedu’ aa`ofRasul All
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am.

Whatistheev i
denceofAnNawawi ?Hi
sev i
dencei sthehadithinBukhaar i
[3/30/ 105]
:nar r
ated
byAnasibnMaal ikthattheProphetsallall
ahu‘alayhi wasall
am said:“Therewi l
lbenot own
whichAd-Dajj
alwillnotenterexceptMeccaandMedi na,andtherewillbenoent rance(road)(of
bothMeccaandMedi na)butt heangelswi l
lbest andinginrowsguar dingitagainsthim, and
thenMedinawi l
lshakewi t
hi t
sinhabit
ant sthr
ice( i
.e.thr
eeear t
h-quakeswi l
ltakeplace)and
All
ahwil
l expelal
lthenonbel i
eversandt hehypocr i
tesf r
om it
.”

3. I bnHajaral
-Askal
aani
saysthatthi
shadi
thi
stal
ki
ngaboutt
het
imeofRasul
All
ah
sal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
aam andAd-Dajj
aal
both.

4. Someoft hescholarsofhadit
hsayt hatitisgeneral
andappl iestoallt
imes.Butt
henone
wouldaskt hequesti
on:Whydi dmanyoft hegr eatSahabahl eav
eMadi nah?Weknowmany
greatSahabahleftMadinah,suchasMu’ aadhibnJabl,Abu‘ UbaydahibnAlJarr
ahand‘Ali
ibn
AbiTaali
bl ef
tMadinah.‘Al
imadehi scapital
out si
deofMadi nah,inIr
aaq.Ifi
tappli
estoal
lti
me,
howdi dthesegreatSahabahleaveMadinaht ogoot herplaces?

Dur
ingtheset imes,t
heev i
lpeoplewoul dleaveMadinah,buttherewouldcomeat i
mewhen
Madinahwillbedeser t
ed.Thisistowardst heendoftime–af terMehdi,aft
ertheblessedt i
me
of‘
Isa[Jesus].RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai
d, i
nahadi thbyBukhaari[
3/ 30/98]:
nar
ratedbyAbuHur ayrah:
IheardAllah’sApostlesayi
ng,“Thepeoplewilll
eaveMedi nainspite
oft
hebestst ateitwill
have,andnoneexceptt hewi l
dbir
dsandt hebeastsofpreywilll
iv
ei nit
,
andthel
astpersonswhowilldi
ewil
l betwoshepherdsfr
om thet
ri
beofMuzaina,
whowil
lbe
dri
vi
ngthei
rsheeptowardsMedina,butwil
lfi
ndnobodyinit
,andwhentheyr
eachthev
all
eyof
Thani
yat
-al
-Wadaa`,t
heywil
lfal
ldownont hei
rfacesdead.
”

Yahyar el
atedtomef r
om Mal i
kfrom IbnHi masf r
om hispat er
nalunclefr
om AbuHur ayrathat
theMessengerofAl l
ah,mayAl l
ahblesshi m andgr anthim peace,
said,“Madi
nawi l
lbeleftin
thebestwayt hati
tisunti
ladogorwol fentersitandurinatesononeoft hepil
l
arsoft he
mosqueoront hemimbar .
”Theyasked, “MessengerofAl lah!Whowi l
lhavethefrui
tatthat
ti
me? ”Her epl
i
ed,“Ani
malsseekingf ood,birdsandwi l
dbeast s.
”[Mali
k’sMuwatta,Book45,
#45.2.8]“
Whowi ll
harvestthecrop?”Madi nahwasknownf orit
sdatesandfrui
ts.Thi
sshows
thatMadinahisdesert
ed.

I
bnKat heersaysthatAlMadinahwouldber evi
vedandali
veandst
rongdur
ingtheti
meofAd-
Dajj
aalandinthetimeof‘Isa,unt
il‘
Isadies.Hewil
ldi
eandbeburi
edinMadinah.Af
tert
hat
,
Madinahwi l
lbedesertedanddestroyed.Butthi
sisatt
heendofti
me,whentherearenomore
ri
ghteouspeopleanymor e.

Howlongwi l
lMadinahbedesert
ed?For40year
s.Ther
easonitwil
lbeempt yi
sbecausether
e
wil
lbeno‘ibaadahdur
ingt
hatti
me.Whati smaki
ngMadinahali
vetoday?I
tisnotcommerceor
busi
ness–i ti
stheworshi
pofAllahandtheUmmahestabli
shi
ngtherit
ual
sofIsl
am int
hese
twoplaces[MakkahandMadinah].

50:
ABl
essedWi
ndTaki
ngt
heSoul
soft
heBel
i
ever
s

I
tisnarr
atedontheauthori
tyofAbuHurai
rat
hatRasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘
alay
hiwasallam sai
d:
“Veri
l
yAll
ahwouldmakeawi ndtobl
owf r
om t
hesideoft
heYemenmoredeli
catethansil
kand
wouldsparenonebutcausehimtodiewhohasfai
thequalt
othewei
ghtofagrai
n.[Musli
m,
1/212]

Aft
erthat,
theonl
ypeopl
elef
twil
lbethosewhohav
enoimaan.Sot
hehol
ypl
aceswi
l
lbe
deser
ted.Thatwi
l
lleadt
othedest
ructi
onoft
heKa’
bah.

51:
Dest
ruct
ionoft
heKa’
bah

RasulAllahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,“Theoneswhowi lltransgressagainstthesanctit
y
ofAl-Ka’bahwi ll
beitspeople(meaningtheUmmah) .”Noenemycandest roytheKa’ bah.The
onlytransgressionagainsti
twill
bewhent hi
sUmmaht ransgressesi t
.Rasul
Allahsallal
lahu
‘
alayhi wasallam says,“Whenthathappens,don’taskaboutt heper ishi
ngoftheAr abs.”Then
RasulAllahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am says,“Abyssiniawouldcomeandt heywoul ddest r
oyal-
Ka’bahandt heywoul dtakeoutthetreasuresoftheKa’ bah.”

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am tol
dusexactlywhowoul ddestroyt
heKa’bahinahadi
th
i
nBukhaar i
.AbuHur ayr
ahnarrat
edthatRasul
All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,
“DhusSuwaiqat
ain(t
het hi
nleggedman)from Et
hiopiawilldemol
ishtheKa’
bah.”[
2/26/
666]
I
bnAbbaasnarr
atedtheProphetsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am sai
d,“
AsifIwerelookingathi
m,a
bl
ackpersonwi
ththi
nlegsplucki
ngthest
onesoftheKa’
baoneaft
eranother
.”[Bukhaar
i,
2/
26/665]

52:
AlMehdi

Mehdi
comesbefor
ethedest
ruct
ionoft
heKa’
bah,
butwe’r
elist
inghim af
terbecauseher
elat
es
t
hemajorsi
gnsoft
hedayofJudgement
,li
ke‘
I
saandAd-Daj
jaal
, et
c.

Theahadi t
hl eavenodoubtaboutt hetruthoft hecomi ngofAlMehdi.We, astheUmmahof
Muhammad, bel
ievethatt
hereissomeonewhoi scal
ledAlMehdi,whowi l
l comeattheendof
ti
meandr ulethi
sUmmahwi t
hjustice,
af t
eri twasrul
edwi t
hoppression.Andhei sfrom AhlAl
-
Bay t
,thehouseofRasul All
ahsall
allahu‘alayhiwasall
am.Hi snamewi llbeMuhammadi bn
‘
Abdi l
lah,
orAhmadi bn‘Abdil
l
ah.Hewi llbeadescendantofHasani bnAbi Taal
ibandFaatimah
az-Zahra,t
hedaught erofRasulAl
lahsallallahu‘al
ayhiwasallam.Hewi l
lruleoverthi
sUmmah
for7or8y ears.

Somehadi
thaboutAl
Mehdi
:

[
Muslim]Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam sai
d,“
Ther
ewi
l
lbeagr
oupoft
hisUmmah,
f
ight
ingontrut
h,pr
evai
l
ingunt
ilt
hedayofj
udgement.
”

ThisUmmahwi ll
alwayshav eagr oupthati
sfighti
ngfortr
uth.Ev enduri
ngthel owesttimes,
RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasallam sai
dthattherewil
lbepeopl efi
ghti
ngfort r
uth,f
orthe
sakeoft hisrel
igi
on.Therefore,t
herewi l
lal
way sbegoodinhisUmmah.Whathappenedt o
othernationsbeforewillnothappent othi
sUmmah.Whathappenedt otheot hernati
onsisthat
theyreceivedthemessagef r
om themessenger sandstayedoni tforawhil
e,andt hentheykept
decli
ninganddecl ini
ngunt i
ltheywereabsolutel
ygoneandast r
ayf rom t
hereligi
on.Thereisno
goodi nthem any more,
andt hatiswhyAl l
ahsentanotherProphet.ButwiththisUmmah, t
here
i
sn’tanyot herProphetafterRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam.

Therefor
e,t
heoneswhowill
revi
vethi
sUmmahar emembersofthi
sUmmah.Theywillsur
viv
e
unti
ltheendoft
imebecauseoftheQur’
aant
hatAll
ahhaspr
otect
edandbecauseoft
hegoodi n
thi
sUmmah.

Rasul Allahsallall
ahu‘alay hiwasallam says,MyUmmahi slikerain,youdon’tknowwheret he
benef i
ti s.Whent herai
nf al
lsdown, youhav esuddenburstsofrainwher ealotofwaterf
all
s.(I
n
areaswher ealotofwat erfal
ls,youdon’thavethesameamountal loftheti
me.Youhav e
diff
erentbur st
sofamount .
)Therefore,y
oudon’ tknowiftheblessingisgoingtobeinthe
beginningort heend.Rasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasall
am saidthatmyUmmahi sli
kethi
s–
yout hinkt heUmmahi sgoi ngdown, andt henyouseeabi gwav eofr ight
eousnessthatshows
upagai n.Yout hinkthatt heUmmahi sdeadandcannotbear r
ived,butAllahsubhaanawa
ta’
aalar evi
vesi tagai
n.

Anot
herhadi
th:
Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am say
sthatt
her
ewi
l
lbeoneofy
our
khulaf
aa`thatwil
lgiv
eoutmoneywit
houtcount
ing.Andthi
skhal
if
awil
lbeAl
Mehdi.He’
snot
goingtocountmoneyandgiveyouaspeci
fi
camount .Ther
ewil
lbesomuchblessi
ngdur
inghi
s
ti
met hathewill
justhandi
tout
.

Thenexthadi t
hisinMusl im andI mam Ahmad.AbuSa’ eedAl Khudr ir
eportedt hatthePr ophet
sallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam sai d,“Iam givi
ngy out hegoodnewsofAl Mehdi ,whowi l
lbesentt o
Ummahdur i
ngt i
mesofdi sputes.Andt herewi l
lbeal otofear t
hpr obl
ems( t
heycoul dbe
earthquakesorot hercat ast r
ophes) .Hewi ll
replacetheoppr essionandi nj
usticeoft hewor l
d
wi t
hj ustice.
”RasulAllahsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal lam issayingt hatthewor ldwill befil
l
edwi th
oppr essionandi njusti
ce, andhewi llcomeandf ill
thewor l
dwi thjusti
ce.“Thedwel l
ersoft his
earthwi l
lbepleasedwi thhi m andthedwel l
ersoft heheavenwi llbepleasedwi thhi
m. ”Sonot
onlywi llthehumansbepl easedwi thhim, buttheangel swillbepl easedwi thhim aswel l.“He
wi l
ldividemoneysi haahan. ”Oneoft hecompani onsasked, “Whatdoessi haahanmean? ”
Rasul Allahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ay hi wasal l
am said, “
Hewi l
lgiveoutmoneyequal l
yt ot hepeopl e.”One
oft hebi ggestinj
usticest hatexisttodayi ntheMusl i
m wor l
di sthewaymoneyi shandl ed–i f
youhav et heri
ghtconnect ions,yougetwhaty ouwant .Ify
ouar esomeonewhoi sr
ighteous,
trustwor thyandhonest ,y ougett hrownasi de.Andwef i
ndt hatt hewealthoft heUmmahi s
plunder edandabusedandusedf orr easonsagai nstwhatAl lahsubhaanawat a’aal
ahaswi l
led
fort heweal thtobespent .

Oneofthemostimpor t
antrol
esofagov er
nmentist
ohandov ermoneyi ntherightway.When
we’r
etalki
ngabouti
njusti
ceinmoney,i
t’
snotasimplet
hing.Whenpeopl ei
nhi ghpositi
onstake
themoneyanduseitast heywantandwish,t
hati
soneofthegreatestabusesofpowerand
oneofthegreat
esti
njusti
ces.Thi
sisnotsomethi
ngwecanov erl
ook;iti
sagr eatsin.

[Acont inuationoft hehadi th?]“ Andhewi l

lfil
lthehear tsoft heUmmahofMuhmmadsal lal
lahu
‘
al ayhi wasal lam wi thsatisfactionandcont ent.”Itisnotonl yt hebodiespleased.SubhanAl l
ah,
youwi l
lfi
ndpeopl ewhoar e‘ boughtof f’wit
hmoney ,butt heirheartsandmi ndsar enothappy .
“Andhi sjust i
cewi llencompassal lofthem.Andhewi l
lannouncet ot hepubli
c, ‘
Whoneeds
money ?’andnoonewoul dr espond, exceptonemanwoul dstandupandsay ,‘I
.’AlMehdiwilltel
l
him, ‘
Got ot het r
easur erandt el
l hi
mt hatAlMehdi i
st el
linghimt ogiv
ey oumoney .(Theorderof
AlMehdi wast ot hrowmoneyonhi m andnotcount .
)Themangoesandconv ey sthattothe
treasur er,sohef il
l
sal lofhiscl otheswi thmoney .Whent hatmanseesal lofthatmoneyand
l
eav es,her egr et
si t
.Hesay s, ‘
Iwast hemostgr eedyoft heUmmahofMuhammad.Whywasn’ tI
cont entast heywer e?’Sohewoul dgobackandt rytor eturnthemoney .Thetreasurerwould
say ,‘Ther earenor eturns.
’”SubhaanAl l
ah, y
oubegt het reasurertotaket hemoneybackandhe
tellsy out hattherei snor eturnpol i
cy!“Itwill
bel i
ket hatf orsev enoreightorniney earsand
thent herewi llbenogoodi nlivi
ngaf terthat.
”

Inanotherhadi
thbyAhmad,‘Ali
ibnAbiTaali
bsai
dthatRasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam
sai
d,“AlMehdibel
ongstous,thehousehol
dofRasul
Al l
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am, andAllah
wouldguidehiminonenight.
”Whensomet hingi
sbrokenandyoufi
xit
,it
’scall
edisl
aah.When
somethingisboughtt
oitsbestcondi
ti
on,i
t’
scall
edisl
aah.Whensomethingisimproved,
it’
s
cal
ledisl
aah.Whatismeansby[ Arabi
cofhadit
h:usl
ihawal
l
ahufil
ayl
a]Allahu‘
Alam.Itcould
meant hatAl
lahwouldgivehi
mt hestrengt
handthepoweri
nonenight
.Itcouldmeant hatAll
ah
wouldguidehim andgiv
ehim underst
andingofr
eli
gioni
noneni
ght.Whateverthecase,i
t
happensinonenight.

I
nt henexthadithbyAbuDawood, Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,“
Ifther
ewasonly
onedaylefti
nt heworld,
Allahwoul
dmakei tlongerunti
lhesendsamanf r
om myhousehol d,
hisnameislikemynameandt henameofhi sfatherisl
i
ket henameofmyf ather.Hewouldfi
ll
theworldwit
hj ust
icel
ikeitwasfi
ll
edwithi
njusti
ceandoppr ession.
”Therefore,t
henameof
AlMehdiwouldbeei t
herMuhammadorAhmadandhi sfat
her’snamewoul dbe‘ Abdull
ah.

Thesear
ethedescr
ipt
ionsofAl
Mehdi
,andnowwear
edonewi
tht
hemi
norsi
gnsoft
hedayof
j
udgement.
TheHer
eaf
terSer
iesCD8

TheMaj
orSi
gnsoft
heDayofJudgment

Ther
earetenmajorsi
gnsoftheDayofJudgment.Themi
norsi
gnsoccurov
eraper
iodof
cent
uri
es;
thefi
rstoft
hem wasthecomingofRasulAl
l
ah.

Themajorsi
gnsar
ever
yclosetotheDayofJudgmenti
tsel
f.Whenev
eroneoft
hem happens,
ther
estaregoi
ngt
ofol
lowverysoon.

Themi
norsi
gnscanbedecadesapar
t.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam say
s, “
Themajorsi
gnsar
edeedsinastri
ng.Whenthe
st
ringiscut,
allofthem woul
dfal
ldown.”[Ahmad]I
fyouhavebeadsonastr
ingandyoucutthe
st
ring,al
lofthebeadswouldfal
l.

Whatar
ethet
ensi
gns?Thi
shadi
thi
sinMusl
i
m.Thesesi
gnsar
enoti
nchr
onol
ogi
cal
order
.

HudhaifaibnUsai dGhi f
arir
epor t
ed:All
ah’sMessenger( maypeacebeuponhi m)camet ousall
ofasuddenaswewer e(busyi nadiscussion).Hesai d:
“Whatdoy oudi
scussabout ?
”They(the
Compani ons)said,“Wear ediscussingaboutt heLastHour .”Thereuponhesai d:“
Itwil
lnot
comeunt i
lyouseet ensignsbef oreand(int hi
sconnect i
on)hemadeament i
onoft hesmoke,
Dajjal
,thebeast,therisi
ngoft hesunf r
om t hewest ,t
hedescentofJesussonofMar y(All
ahbe
pleasedwi t
hhim) ,theGogandMagog, andl and-
sli
dings[earthquakesorearthsli
dings]i
nthree
places,oneintheeast ,oneinthewestandonei nArabiaatt heendofwhi chfi
r ewouldburn
fort
hf r
om Yemen, andwoulddr ivepeopletot heplaceofthei rassembly[
thelandofmahshar ].
”
[Muslim 41,6931]

There’sahadi t
hthatsaysthatthef i
rstsi
gnistheriseoft
hesunf rom thewest.Thescholars
sti
ll
sayt hatad-Daj
jaali
sthef i
rst
.Howcant heysaythisi
fther
eisahadi t
h?Theysaythatthere
aresignsoftheDayofJudgmentt hatrel
atetochangesintheuniverse,andt
hef i
rstf
rom these
si
gnsi stheriseofthesunf r
om thewest .Therisi
ngofthesunfrom t hewesti
sacosmol ogical
change.Theot hersigns–ad-Dajjaal,t
hesmoke, t
hebeast–ar ethingshappeningontheear t
h.

Ad-
Daj
j
aal

Li
ngui
sti
cMeani
ng

We’l
lj
ustt
alkaboutthemeani
ngofad-
Daj
jaal
fir
st.Hi
snamei
sal
-Maseehad-
Daj
j
aal
.Iti
sa
namemadeoutoft wowords:
Al-
MaseehandAd-Dajj
aal
.

Oneoft
heschol
ars[
didn'
tcat
cht
hename]say
sthewor
dal
-Maseehcanhav
e50meani
ngs.I
t
i
sawordri
chinmeaning.
· Someoft hemeani
ngsofal
-Maseeharesomethi
ngthati
swipedout
.Ad-
Daj
j
aal
iscal
l
ed
al
-Maseehbecauseoneofhi
seyesi
swi pedout–t
here’
snoeye.

· Maseehcouldmeansomeonewhotr
avelsall
ov ert
heeart
h.Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am saysthatad-
Daj
j
aalwoul
dtr
avel
allovertheworldi
n40day s.

· Interesti
nglyenough, thewor ldAl -Maseehcoul dhav etwoopposi temeani ngs:as-Siddeeq
(thetruthful)andAl -Khadhaab( t
hel i
ar).TheArabi clanguagei slikethat–itcanhav eonewor d
thatcanhav et woopposi temeani ngs.Thewor dAdam hast womeani ngsaswel l–oneoft hem
i
st heor i
ginal andt heothercamel ater.Theor i
ginal meani ngi sdar kandtheot hermeani ngi s
somet hingt hatisfair.Adam canbeusedt odescr i
besomeonewhoi sdark-skinned,andi tcan
beusedt odescr i
besomeonewhoi sf air
-ski
nned.Wheni ti susedt odescri
beAdam ‘ alayhis
salaam, itisbeingusedt odescribeadar k-ski
nnedper son.Wheni tusedtodescr ibe‘Eesa,it
meansf air-
skinned.SoAl -Maseehmeanst rut
hful andl i
ar.Allahsubhaanawat a’aal
ahas
createdt woMaseehs–onei sAl-MaseehAd- Dajjaalandt heot herisAl-
Maseeh‘ Eesaibn
Mar yam.‘ Eesai bnMar yam i
st het ruthfulmessiahandt head- dajjaal
istheliarmessiah.

· Al
-Maseehmeansanoi
nted(
andt
hiswoul
dappl
yto‘
Eesai
bnMar
yam ‘
al
ayhi
ssal
aam)
.

Nowwear
egoi
ngt
otakeal
ookatt
hewor
dAd-
daj
j
aal
.

· Therearesomewor dsinArabict
hatdescri
bedsomet hingphy si
cal,andthentheyst art
ed
picki
ngupot herconnot at
ionsandmeanings.Daj
alalBaleegh[ Idi
dn’thearthewor dpr operl
y]
meanspai nti
ngthecol ourofthecamelwit
hqataraan.Qat araanisady e;blackpaint.Forsome
reason,someoft heAr absusedtodiethecamelwitht hatcolor.Al
lahu‘Alam why–t oheal i
tor
somet hi
ng.Thecamel wouldbecomecoloured;t
hereforeitisconcealingsomet hi
ng–t he
colourofit
.Andt hatmeani ngappl
iest
oad-dajj
aalbecausehei snottell
ingthetruth.Hei s
coveri
ngupsomet hing.

· Wheny ouuset hewordasdaj j

alalhadeet,forexampl e,i
tmeanscoat i
ngsomet hi
ngwi t
h
gold.Wheny oucoatsomet hi
ngwi thgold, i
t’
scalleddajj
al.Thosewat chesthatareelectroplated,
forexample.Ifsomet hi
ngischeapandt heny oucoati twithgold,t
hatiscall
eddaj j
al.Soi tl
ooks
l
ikegold–beaut ifulf
rom t
heoutside–buti nsi
dei t
’snothing.Thati
sad- daj
jaal
.He’sshowi ng
onet hi
ng,butinreali
tyhe’
sevil
.He’sclaimingt hathe’
sGod.Hei sclaimingthatheisbringing
peacet ot
hewor ld,buthe’
sevil
.Hei sadi sbeli
ever.

· I
tal
someansdecept
ion,
lyi
ng,
impost
er,
etc.Al
loft
hesemeani
ngsappl
ytoad-
daj
j
aal
.

Phy
sical
Descr
ipt
ion

Narr atedibn‘Umarradiy
all
ahu‘anhu: OnceAll
ah’
sApost lest
oodamongstt hepeople,glori
fi
ed
andpr ai
sedAl l
ahasHedeser v
edandt henmentionedtheDajjalsaying,“
lwarny ouagainsthim
(i
.e.t heDajj
al)andt
herewasnopr ophetbutwarnedhi snati
onagai nsthi
m.Nodoubt ,
Noah
war nedhisnat i
onagainsthi
m butItellyouabouthim somethingofwhi chnopr ophettoldhis
nationbef oreme.Youshouldknowt hatheisone-eyed,andAllahisnotone-eyed.”[
Bukhari,
4/
55/
553]

RasulAl
lahsal
l
allahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
l
am say
sthatther
eisnofit
na,f
rom thecr
eati
onofAdam
unti
lthedayofjudgementt
hati
sgreat
ert
hanthetri
alandt
hetri
bulat
ionofad-
dajj
aal
.

Narr
ated‘UbadahibnAs-Samit:TheProphetsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said:“
Ihav
et ol
dyouso
muchaboutt heDajj
al(Ant
ichr
ist)t
hatIam afraidy oumaynotunderstand.TheAnt
ichri
sti
s
shor
t,hen-t
oed,wooll
y-hai
red,
one-eyed,aneye-sightl
ess,andneit
herprot
rudi
ngnordeep-
seat
ed.Ifyouareconfusedabouthim, knowthaty ourLor
di snotone-
eyed.”[
AbuDawood,B.37,
#4306]

WhydidRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am saythatAl
lahisnotone-ey
ed?Because,
event
ual
lyad-daj
jaal
will
clai
m heisgod.RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am i
ssayi
ngthat
heisnotyourGod.Thisi
sav eryi
mportantdescr
ipti
onofad-dajj
aal–heisone-
eyed.

I
nahadithbyBukhaari
,Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasall
am saysthatever
yprophethas
warnedhi
speoplefr
om theone-
eyedl
iar
.Hei
sone-ey
edandyourLordisnotone-
eyed.And
bet
weenhiseyesiswri
tten‘
kaafi
r.
’

I
nanot herhadithinMuslim,RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam sayst hat‘kaafi
r’i
swri
tten
betweenhisey esanditcanber eadbyt hel
iterat
eandthei
ll
it
erate.Therefore,i
tcrossesthe
boundariesoflanguageandlit
eracy.Ifapersonisamu’min(beli
ever)
,theywi llbeablet
o
recogni
zet hesign,t
hatthismanisadi sbel
iever.

Nowwear egoi ngt ot

alkaboutahadit
hinMuslim.Thesear enotthewordsofRasulAll
ah
sal
l
allahu‘
al
ay hi wasall
am,butheapprovedofthem.[ Ithi
nkIsuccessful
l
ylocatedthehadit
h
her
e.]Tamim ad- Daar
i,aSahaabahofRasul
All
ahsallallahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am, sawad-Daj
jaal
.He
sai
dthatwenev ersawamant hatwasbi
gger/
largerthanhim.Ad- daj
j
aalisveryhuge.

Keepinmi ndthatintheot herhadit

hbyAbuDawood, itsaidthatad-Daj
jaalwasshort
.Thiscan
beproblemati
catt i
mewhenwer eadabouthi
sdescri
ption;i
tgetsveryconfusi
ng.Thehadithof
Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am aresuf
fi
cientf
orusf orwhenhedoesappear .Wemi ght
notbeabletohav eanexactper ceptionofwhatheisnow, butwhenhedoescomeout ,we’l
l
underst
and.Lookingatt heseahaadith,t
heymayseem cont radi
ctor
y,buttheyar
enot;theyare
descr
ibi
ngdi f
ferentt
hingsaboutad- dajj
aal
.

AbuSa’ eedreported:IaccompaniedI bnSayyadtoMeccaandhesai dtome: “

WhatIhav e
gatheredfrom peopleisthattheythinkthatIam Dajj
al.Havey ounothear dAll
ah’sMessenger
(maypeaceuponhi m)assay i
ng:‘
Hewi ll
havenochildren?’
”Isaid:
“Yes, ofcourse.
”Thereupon
hesai d:“
ButIhav echil
dren.Havey ounotheardAllah’sMessenger( maypeacebeuponhi m)as
saying:‘
Hewoul dnotent erMeccaandMedi na?’
”Isaid: “
Yes,ofcourse.”Thereuponhesaid,“I
havebeenoncei nMedi naandnowIi nt
endt ogotoMecca. ”Andhesai dtomeatt heendofhis
tal
k: “
ByAl l
ah:Iknowhi splaceofbirthhisabodewher eheisjustnow. ”He( AbuSa’eed)sai
d:
“Thiscausedconf usi
oni nmymi nd( i
nr egar
dtohisidentit
y).
”[Musli
m, B.41,#6994]Thisis
anot
herdescr
ipt
ionofad-
daj
j
aal
–hewi
l
lhav
enochi
l
dren.

Ad-
Daj
j
aal
:Al
i
ve?

Let’
saskaquesti
on:I
sad-Daj
jaalal
i
venow?Washeali
veatt
heti
meofRasul
Allahsal
lal
l
ahu
‘
alayhi
wasall
am; i
sheali
venow?Theansweri
syes.Heisal
i
ve.Wher
eisheexactl
y?Thi
sis
whatwearegoingtot
alkaboutnext.

TherestofCD8–t hemajori
tyofit–tal
ksaboutamancal
ledIbnSay
yaadandwhetherornot
hewasact ual
l
yad-Daj
j
aal.Somecompani onsswor
ebyAll
ahthathewas.Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu
‘
alay
hiwasal l
am hi
mselfneversaidcl
ear
lywhet
herI
bnSayyaadwasad-Daj
jaal
ornot
.

[Ifel
tthatthi
sfoll
owinghadi
thwasv eryr
elev
anttotalki
ngaboutad-Dajj
aal
,soIhav
ei ncluded
i
t .
]Thishadit
hislong.Fat
imabintQaissays,
[..
..
]Iheardthev
oiceofanannouncermaki ngan
announcementt hatthepr
ayerwouldbeobservedinthemosque( where)congr
egat
ional pr
ayer
(isobserved)
.

SoIsetouttowar
dsthatmosqueandobservedprayeralongwithAll
ah’sMessenger(may
peacebeuponhim)andIwasintherowofthewomenwhi chwasneart herowofmen.When
All
ah’
sMessenger(maypeacebeuponhim)hadf i
nishedhi spr
ayer,hesatonthepulpi
tsmi
l
ing
andsai
d:“Ever
yworshi
ppershoul
dkeepsit
tingathi
spl ace.”Hethensaid:“
Doy ouknowwhyI
hadaskedyoutoassemble?
”Theysaid:
“Al
lahandHi sMessengerknowbest .
”

Hesai d: “ByAllah.Ihav enotmadey ouassembl ef orexhor tat i

onorf orawar ning, butIhav e
detainedy ouher e,forTami m Dar i
,aChr istian, whocameandaccept edI sl am, toldme
somet hing, whichagr eeswi thwhatIwas- tell
ing,y ouaboutt heDaj jal.Henar rat edt omet hathe
hadsai ledi nashi pal ongwi tht hi
rtymenofBani Lakhm andBani Judham andhadbeent ossed
bywav esi ntheoceanf oramont h.Thent hese( wav es)tookt hem ( near )t hel andwi thinthe
ocean( island)att het imeofsunset .Theysati nasmal lsi
de- boatandent eredt hatI sland.Ther e
wasabeastwi t
hl ongt hickhai r(andbecauseoft his)theycoul dnotdi stingui shhi sf acef rom
hisback.Theysai d:Woet oy ou, whocany oube?Ther euponi tsai d:Iam al -
Jassasa.Theysai d:
Whati sal -Jassasa?Andi tsaid: Opeopl e!Got ot hisper soni nt hemonast er yashei sv erymuch
eagert oknowabouty ou.He( thenar r
ator)sai d:Wheni tnamedaper sonf oruswewer eaf rai
d
ofitlesti tshouldbeaDev i
l.Thenwehur ri
edl ywentont il
lwecamet ot hatmonast er yand
foundawel l
-buil
tper sont herewi thhi shandst i
edt ohi sneckandhav i
ngi ronshackl esbet ween
histwol egsupt ot heankl es.Wesai d:Woebeupont hee,whoar ey ou?Andhesai d: Youwoul d
sooncomet oknowaboutme.Butt ellmewhoar ey ou.Wesai d: Wear epeopl ef rom Ar abiaand
weembar keduponaboatbutt hesea- waveshadbeendr i
vingusf oronemont handt hey
broughtasneart hisisl and.Wegoti ntot hesi de-boat sandent er edt hisi slandandher eabeast
metuswi thprofusel yt hi
ckhai randbecauseoft het hicknessofhi shai rhi sf acecoul dnotbe
disti
ngui shedf r
om hi sback.Wesai d:Woebet othee, whoar ey ou?I tsai d: Iam al -Jassasa.We
said:Whati sal-Jassasa?Andi tsaid: Yougot ot hi sv eryper soni nthemonast er yforhei s
eager
lywait
ingf
oryout
oknowabouty
ou.Sowecamet
oyoui
nhothast
efear
ingt
hatt
hat
mightbetheDevi
l.

He( thatchai nedper son)sai d: Tel lmeaboutt hedat e-palmt reesofBai san.Wesai d: About
whataspectoft hei rsdoy ouseeki nformat i
on?Hesai d:Iasky ouwhet hert heset reesbearf r
uit
ornot .Wesai d: YesTher euponhesai d:Ithi
nkt hesewoul dnotbearf r
uits.Hesai d: I
nform me
aboutt hel akeofTabar iyya[al akei nPal esti
ne]wesai d:Whi chaspectofi tdoy ouwantt oknow?
Hesai d: Isther ewat eri ni t?Theysai d:Therei sabundanceofwat eri nit.Ther euponhesai d:I
thi
nki twoul dsoonbecomedr y.Heagai nsai d: Infor m meaboutt hespr i
ngofZughar .Theysai d:
Whi chaspectofi tdoy ouwantt oknow?He( thechai nedper son)sai d:Ist herewat erinitand
doesi tirri
gat e( thel and) ?Wesai dt ohim: Yes, ther ei sabundanceofwat eri nitandt he
i
nhabi tants( ofMedi na)i rrigate( l
and)wi ththehel pofi t
,Hesai d: I
nf orm meaboutt he
unletteredPr ophet ;whathashedone?Wesai d: Hehascomeoutf rom Meccaandhasset tl
ed
InYat hrib(Medi na) .Hesai d:Dot heAr absf i
ghtagai nsthim?Wesai d:Yes.Hesai d: Howdi dhe
deal withhi m?Wei nf ormedhi mt hathehadov er comet hosei nhisnei ghbour hoodandt heyhad
submi ttedt hemsel v esbef orehi m.Ther euponhesai dt ous: Hadi tact uallyhappened?Wesai d:
Yes.Ther euponhesai d:Ifitissot hati sbetterf ort hem t hattheyshoul dshowobedi encet ohi m.
Iam goi ngt ot ell youaboutmy sel fandIam Daj jal andwoul dbesoonper mi t
tedt ogetoutand
soIshal lgetoutandt ravel i
nt hel and, andwi l
l notspar eanyt ownwher eIwoul dnotst ayfor
fort
yni ght sexceptMeccaandMedi naast heset wo( places)ar epr ohibited( areas)f ormeandI
woul dnotmakeanat temptt oent eranyoneoft heset wo.Anangel withaswor dinhi shand
woul dconf rontmeandwoul dbarmywayandt her ewoul dbeangel stoguar dev erypassage
l
eadi ngt oit;”thenAl l
ah’ sMessenger( maypeacebeuponhi m)st rikingt hepul pitwi ththehelp
oftheendofhi sst af fsai d: “
Thi simpl i
esTai bameani ngMedi na.Hav eInot ,tol
dy ouanaccount
(oftheDaj j
al)l iket hi s? ”Thepeopl esai d:“Yes, andt hi
saccountnar ratedbyTami m Dar iwas
l
ikedbymef ori tcor robor atest heaccountwhi chIgav et oyoui nr egar dt ohim( Dajjal)at
Medi naandMecca.Behol dhe( Daj j
al)isintheSy riansea( Medi terranian)ort heYemensea
(RedSeaor Ar abi ansea) .Nay , ont hecont rary, hei si nt heeast ,hei sint heeast ,hei sinthe
east,”andhepoi ntedwi t
hhi shandt owar dst heeast .I(Fatimabi ntQai s)sai d:Ipreser vedItIn
mymi nd( thisnar rationf rom Al l
ah’ sMessenger( maypeacebeuponhi m) .[Musl im, B.41,#7028]
Wher eexact lyi seastofMadi nah?Onl yAllahknows.

Welear
nfrom thi
sthatad-
daj
jaal
isal
i
ve.Heisgoi
ngtotr
avelal
lovert
heworl
din40days.He
i
sgoingtoconquerall
oftheworl
dwit
htheexcept
ionofMakkah,
MadinahandJer
usal
em.
TheHer
eaf
terser
iesCD9AdDaj
j
aal
andComi
ngof'
EesaAS

Wher
edoesAd-
Daj
j
aal
AppearFr
om?

There’
sahadt hinAt-Ti
rmidhiandAhmadthatt
hescholar
shaveauthenti
cated.Rasul
All
ah
sal
lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
dthatt
heDajj
aalwi
llcomeoutofalandintheeastcalled
Khurasaan.Khurasaan,Al
lahu‘Al
am,i
saplaceinI
ranorCent
ralAsia.Ther
e’scurrent
lyast
ate
i
nIrancalledKhurasaan.

Wher
ewi
l
lheReach?

Al
lov
ert
hewor
ldexceptMakkahandMadi
nah.

Hi
sFi
tna

RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam saidt hatnothingfrom t
hetimeAdam wascr eat
eduntil
akhi
rahisagreaterf i
tnathanad-dajj
aal.Hudhai f
aandI bnMas’udmett ogether.Hudhaifasai
d:I
knowmor et
hany ouast owhatt herewoul dbeal ongwi ththeDaj
jal.Therewoul dbealongwith
himtwocanals(onef lowingwithwat er)andt heotherone( havi
ng)f i
re(wit
hinit),
andwhaty ou
wouldseeasfir
ewoul dbewat erandwhaty ouwoul dseeaswat erwoul dbef i
re.Sohewho
amongstyouisabl etoseet hatandi sdesirousofwat ershoul
ddrinkoutoft hatwhichhesees
asfi
re.[
Musli
m, B. 41,#7013]

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
allahu‘alayhiwasal
lam sai
dtheywouldbetwori
ver
s.Hesayst
hatoneofthe
ri
ver
shaswhit
ewat erf l
owingandtheotherhasfi
re.I
fyouev
erli
vetohi
sti
me,cl
oseyoureyes
andthr
owyourselfi
nt heriv
eroffi
re,
foriti
sreal
l
ycoldwater
.

Oneday,RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam t
alkedaboutthead-
dajj
aal
somuch, wethought
thathewasjustoutsideofMadinah.Whenwewentt ogomeetRasul Al
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hi wa
sall
am,heknewt hat.Hefeltt
hatwewereworri
ed.RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam said,
“What ’
swrongwithyou?”Theysaid,“
Youhav et al
kedabouthim somuch–upanddown-t hat
het houghtt
hathe’snextt
ot hepal
mt reesofMadi nah.”Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam
said,“I
fhecomesoutandIam wi t
hyou, t
henI ’
l
l t
akecareofhimf oryou.IfhecomesoutandI
am notwi t
hyou,thenevery
bodyisresponsibleforhimself
.AndIaskAl lahtoprot
ectev
ery
Musl i
m.He’sayoungmanandoneofhi seyesisbulgingout.I
fy oueverli
vetohisti
meandsee
him, r
eadonhimt hefi
rstayahofsurahal-Kahf.
”Thatistheprotecti
on.

AbuDarda’repor
tedAll
ah’
sApostl
e(maypeacebeuponhim)assayi
ng:“
Ifany
onelear
nsby
hear
tthefi
rsttenver
sesoftheSur
ahal-
Kahf,
hewil
lbeprotect
edf
rom t
heDajj
al.
”[Musl
im,
B.4,
#1766]

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saidt
hathewi l
l comeoutbet weenash-
Shaam andI
raq,
andhewill
cor
ruptt
hewhol eworl
d,ri
ghtandlef
t.ThenRasul Al
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am
sai
d,hewil
lst
ayonearthfor40days.Onedayislikeay ear;onedayi
slikeamonth;
onedayis
l
ikeaweekandthentherestofhi
sdaysareli
key ourregulardays.

RasulAl l
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhi wasallam sai
d….“ Hewoul dappearont hewaybet weenSy r
iaand
I
raqandwoul dspr eadmi schiefri
ghtandl ef
t.Oser v
antofAl l
ah!Adher e(tot hepathofTr uth).”
Wesai d:“All
ah’ sMessenger ,howlongwoul dhest ayont heearth?”Hesai d,“Forfortydays, one
daylikeay earandonedayl ikeamont handonedayl i
keaweekandt herestoft heday swoul d
belikey ourday s.
”[ SubhanAl l
ah.Lookatwhatt heSahabahasknext–Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu
‘
alayhi wasal lam ist alkingaboutad- dajj
aal;l
ookatt heirconcernforSal ah!]Wesai d:“All
ah’s
Messenger ,woul doneday ’sprayersuffi
cefort heprayersofdayequal t
ooney ear?”Thereupon
hesai d:“No, buty oumustmakeanest imateoft i
me( andt henobser vepr ayer)
.”Wesai d:
“Al
lah’sMessenger ,howqui ckl
ywoul dhewal kupont heear th?”Thereuponhesai d:“Li
kecl oud
dri
venbyt hewi nd.[Thi sisanexpr essionthatmeanshewoul dt r
avelv er
yf ast.
]

“Hewoul dcomet othepeopl eandi nv

itethem (t
oawr ongr eligi
on)andt heywoul daffi
rmtheir
faithinhim andr espondt ohim.Hewoul dthengi vecommandt ot heskyandt herewouldbe
rainfallupontheear t
handi twouldgr owcr ops.Theni ntheev ening,theirpost ur
inganimals
woul dcomet othem wi t
ht heirhumpsv eryhighandt heirudder sf ullofmi lkandt hei
rfl
anks
stretched.Hewoul dthencomet oanotherpeopl eandi nvi
tet hem.[ Ad- dajjaal
woul dhave
cont rolovert
hesewor l
dlythings, andpeopl elov
et hewor l
d, sot hatist hegat ethroughwhi chad
-dajj
aal wil
lcomet hrough; thatishowhewi l
ldeceivepeople.]Butt heywoul drej
ecthim andhe
woul dgoawayf rom them andt herewouldbedr oughtforthem andnot hingwoul dbeleftwit
h
them i ntheform ofweal t
h.
“Hewoul dthenwalkt hr
oughthewast e,l
andandsayt oit
: Bri
ngforthyourt r
easures,andt he
treasureswoul dcomeoutandcol l
ect(t
hemselv es)beforehimliketheswar m ofbees.He
woul dthencal lapersonbri
mmi ngwithyouthandst ri
kehi m wit
ht heswor dandcuthi minto
twopi ecesand( maket hesepiecesli
eatadi st
ancewhi chi sgeneral
lybetweent hear cherand
histarget).Hewoul dthencall(t
hatyoungman)andhewi llcomef or
war dlaughi
ngwi thhisface
gleami ng(withhappiness)[
Thisisthefit
naofdaj j
aal–hehassuper naturalpower s]…..[Not
e:
thereismor et othi
shadith,i
fyouwantt olookituponl i
ne][Muslim,B.41,#7015]

Ifel
tt hatt hi
scomment aryreall
yhi thome; majorey eopener:Weshoul dnev erunder est
imate
thef i
tnaofad- dajj
aal.Theonl ywaywewoul dbeabl et orecogni
zeitisifwet hinkaboutitinour
terms.Thi nkaboutsal atul -j
ama’ ah( pr
ayerincongr egati
on).Wemi ssal otofthem.I magineif
yougot$50f orev erysal ahy oucamet o.Woul dthe$50at t
ractyoutothemasj i
dornot ?Here,
we’ret alkingaboutonl y$50; ad-dajjaalwil
lhavet hegoldandsi l
verofthewor ld.Ifyoufoll
ow
him, he’llgiv
eev erythingy ouwant .Ifyoudon’t,he’l
ltakeitfr
om you.Whati skeepi ngusf r
om
j
ama’ ah?I ti
stheduny a.Al l
ahu‘ Alam, i
tmaybemi nimum wage, oreven10or20.I fthatsmall
amounti ssuf f
icienttot akeusawayf r
om ibaadah, t
hinkaboutthetimeofad- dajjaal.Ad-
dajj
aal
willattractallofthei gnor antandt heoneswi t
hweakf ait
h.

All
ah’sApost l
et ol
dusal ongnarrat
iveaboutAd-Dajj
al,andamongt hemanyt hingshe
ment i
oned,washi ssaying,“
Ad-Dajj
alwil
lcomeandi twi l
l bef or
biddenforhi mt opasst hr
ough
theentrancesofMedi na.Hewi l
ll
andi nsomeoft hesaltybar renareasout si
deMedi na;onthat
daythebestmanoroneoft hebestmenwi l
lcomeupt ohi m andsay ,‘
Itesti
fyt haty ouarethe
sameDaj jalwhosedescr i
pti
onwasgi ventousbyAl l
ah’sApost l
e.’Ad-Dajj
al willsayt othe
people,‘
IfIki
llthismanandbr i
nghim backt oli
feagain,wi l
lyoudoubtmycl ai m? ’Theywillsay,
‘
No. ’
ThenAd- Daj j
alwillki
llt
hatmanandbr inghim backt olife.Thatmanwi llsay ,
‘NowIknow
yourreali
tybetterthanbef or
e.’[
Thishasonlymadememor eassur edthaty ouar ead- dajj
aal.
]
Ad-Dajj
alwillsay,‘Iwanttokill
him butIcannot.
’”[
Ad-dajjaalwi l
ltr
yt oki
llhim butwi l
lnotbe
ableto.
][Bukhaar i3/30/106]

Thishadi t
hisinIbnMaj ah.Ad- dajj
aal wi
llbri
ngasi mpleBedouin,
andhewi l
ltel
lhi
m,“I
fI
resurrectyourf
atherandmot her
, wil
lyoubel i
eveinme? ”TheBedoui
nwillsay,“
Yes.
”Twodevi
l
s
willassumet hepersonali
t yandf orm ofhisfatherandmot her
.Theywil
lsaytohim,“Omyson,
foll
owhi m.Hei syourLor d!”Lookatt hisfit
na.Whatappear st
obehisfatherandmotherar
e
goingt ocomeandt el
ltheirsont his!Thisisagreatfi
tna.
Howt
oPr
otectYour
sel
ffr
om Ad-
daj
j
aal

1. I maan–don’twaitunti
lad-daj
jaalcomestobui
ldyourimaan.Becauseyouwil
lnotbe
ableto.Onehadi
ththatwhent hr
eet hi
ngsappearandapersondoesn’thavei
maan,thenno
i
maanwoul ddot hem anygoodaf t
erthat.Oneoft
hosethi
ngsisad-dajj
aal
.Imaanneedstobe
preparedpr
iort
oad-dajj
aal.

2. Al I
sti
’
aadah–SeekrefugeinAll
ahfr
om hi
m.Oneoft hedu’
aathatRasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu
‘
al
ayhi
wasal l
am woul
dsayafterSal
ahver
yfr
equent
ly,
thatsomescholar
sev ensayi
tiswaaj
ib:

‘
OAl l
aah,It
aker ef
ugeinYoufr
om thepuni
shmentofthegrav
e,from t
hetor
mentoftheFir
e,
fr
om thetri
alsandtri
bul
ati
onsofl
i
feanddeathandfrom t
heev i
laff
li
cti
onoftheAl
-MaseehAd-
Dajj
aal.
’

Du'
aa`atendofTashahud

3. Readt heopeni ngofSur ahal -Kahfort helastpar tofSur ahal-Kahf.Thehadi thhasbeen

ment i
onedbef ore.Whydoy outhinkt heopeni ngofal -Kahf?Al l
ahu‘Alam, oneoft her easons
thespeakert hi
nksi sbecausei ttalksaboutt hestor yoft hepeopl eoft hecav e.Theyl eftthe
fi
tna,theydi dn’tconfronti
t.AsMusl i
ms, weareor der edt oconf r
ontev i
l.Thepeopl eoft hecav e
l
efttheirsoci et
ybecauset hef i
tna/ev ilwastoohuge.I ftheev i
listoogr eat,youhav et oprotect
yourselffi
rst.Theki ngandev eryonewer enonbel iev ersandwer en’tacceptingda’wah.Lookat
thesimi l
ari
ties.Rasul Al
lahsallall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam say sthatifeveranyofy ouli
v esdur i
ng
thetimeofad- dajjal
,nevergot omeethi m.Because, y ougoi ngandmeet inghim, t
hinkingy ou
areabel i
ev er,mayl eavethemeet inganonbel i
ever, becauseoft hedoubt sthatheput siny our
hearts.Thepeopl earegoingt or unf rom himf rom thet opsofmount ains.Thewhol ewor ldwill
bewi thad-daj j
aal.Youmaysay ,whataboutt hey oungmanwhowi llconfronthim?Thati san
exalt
edexampl e.Notev er
y onehast histypeofi maan.Rasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am
saidthathei sTHEBESTofhi st i
me.I fyoufearfory oursaf ety,
leave.Inanot herhadith,the
ayahsoft heendofal -
kahfar ement i
oned.

4. Av oi
dinghim.RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai
d:“Lethi
m whohearsoft
heDajjal
(Anti
chri
st)gof
arfrom hi
mf orIswearbyAl l
ahthatamanwi l
lcomet ohi
mt hi
nki
ngheisa
beli
everandfol
lowhim becauseofconf usedideasrousedi
nhim byhim.[AbuDawoodB.37,
#4305]
Deat
hofad-
Daj
j
aal

Event houghad- dajj

aalhasal l
ofthi
sfitna,nomat t
erhowl ongali
econt i
nues, i
tcannotlast
forever.Ad-dajj
aalisallaboutlyi
nganddecept ionandhisdecepti
onwi l
lcarryhim,butonlyso
far,thenhewi ll
collapse.Intheend,hewi l
lcol
lapse,andthatwil
lbetheendofhi m.Hewi llnot
collapseunt i
lhehascauseddamageal lovertheworld,somuchsot hatalmostt heentir
ewor l
d
willbef oll
owinghim.Hewi l
lbeunstoppable.Noonewi l
lbeabl
etof i
ghthim.Al Mehdi wil
lhave
nowayofcompet ingwi thhi
m.Hewi l
lbewi t
ht hebeli
eversi
nJerusalem,hidingwiththem in
theirforts.

Therewillbenowayf ort hem toconfrontad-daj

jaal,
unti
l‘EesaibnMar yam (Jesus,sonof
Mary),descends.Then‘ Eesai
bnMar yam,justli
keAllahhasgivenad-dajjaal
thesesupernatural
abi
li
ti
es, Al
lahwillgi
ve‘Eesaami r
acleandt hatis:
hewi l
lhavethepowerofki l
li
ngad-daj
jaalby
hi
sv i
sion.Inonehadith, hi
svi
sion,andinanot her,hi
sbreath.Thev i
sionandbr eat
hof‘Eesawi l
l
beenought omakead- dajj
aalmeltli
keapi eceoficemel t
s.Andt hatisami r
aclethatAll
ah
subhaanawat a’aalawillgi
ve‘Eesa.

InahadithbyMuslim:TheDajjal
wouldappearinmyUmmahandhewoul dst ay(i
nthewor l
d)
forfor
ty-
Icannotsaywhetherhemeantfortydays,f
ortymonthsorfort
yyears.AndAllahwould
thensendJesussonofMar ywhowoul dresemble‘UrwahibnMas’ud.He(JesusChrist)would
chasehim andkil
lhi
m.[partofhadi
thMuslim,B.41,#7023]

I
nahadithnar
rat
edbyAhmad,
‘Eesai
bnMar
yam wi
l
lki
l
lad-
daj
j
aal
atBaab-
lud–andt
hisi
sin
Pal
est
ine.

2:
TheDescendi
ngof‘
Eesa‘
al
ayhi
ssal
aam

Locat
ion

Thesecondsign,
inter
msoforder,
isthedescendingof‘
Eesa‘
alay
hissal
aam.Thelocat
ionof
thedescendi
ngwil
lbeDamascus.Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal l
am pi
npoi
ntedDamascus
andsaid,nexttotheeast ernwhiteminaret.Attheti
me,whenRasulAl
l
ahsallal
l
ahu‘alayhiwa
sal
lam saidthi
s,therewasn’ tanymasji
di nDamascus; i
twaspartoft
heRomanEmpi re;i
twas
Chri
sti
an.Nev er
theless,RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
dhe[‘
Eesa]wil
ldescendnext
tot
heeast ernwhitemi naretinDamascus.

AlMasj i
dAl Amawi isthebi ggestoft hemasaaj idofDamascus.I twasav er yimportantmasj id
i
nt hehistoryoft heMusl i
m wor ld,
becauset hecapi taloft hekhil
aaf amov edt oDamascusf or
quiteawhi l
e–about100y ears.Thegr andmasj i
dwaswhatwenowcal ltheAmawi masj i
d.The
colouroft hemasj idwasn’ twhite.IbnKat heersayst hataf ewcenturieslater ,
themi naretsof
themasj idwer erebuiltandt hemoneyt hatwasusedi nrebuildi
ngt hem wasChr ist
ianmoney .
All
ahuAl am, IbnKat heerdidn’tsaywhy ,buthesay st hatitwast heChr ist
ianswhopai dforthe
renovati
onoft hemi narets.Andi nthisrenov at
ion,thecol ourwasmadewhi t
e.Themi nareti
s
sti
llwhit
e.[ Thespeakeraskedaper sonf r
om Dimi shqi ntheaudi enceifitwasst i
ll
whi t
e.]When
i
twasf i
rstbuilt,i
twasn’ twhite,butitiswhi t
enow–i tiswhi temar bl
e.SubhanAl l
ahI bnKat heer
saysitisami racl
et hatChr i
sti
ansar etheoneswhof i
nancedandpai dfort herenovationoft he
masj i
dwher e‘Eesa[Jesus]wi lldescend.

Byt heway ,there’

sanotheramazi ngexampl ehereofcol our
s.MasjidAnNabawi wasf i
rstbuilt
from mud/ clay,soitwasbeigeorbr own.Itremai nedt hatwayunti
litwasr enovateddur i
ngt he
ti
meof‘ Uthmaan, andthenthroughoutMusl im hi
st oryitwasrenovated.Itnev ercarr
iedt he
colourwhi teuntil
thelatestr
enov at
ionthathappenedundert heSaudi r
egime.Theymadet he
mi naret
swhi temar bl
e.It’
sdif
ferentcolours,butitlooksquitewhit
ei nMadi nah.Idon’tthink
thatthishadithwaskepti nmi ndwhent her enovationwasdone–engi neersdi dit–andt he
i
nt enti
onwast omakei tlookgood.Butt hereisahadi thofRasulAl
lahsal lall
ahu‘alayhiwa
sallam thatad-Dajj
aalwouldst andoverthemount ainofUhudandhewi l
l t
ellhisarmy ,“
Doy ou
seet hatwhi t
epalace?Thatist hepalaceofMuhammad. ”Andhewi llpointtowar dsMasj id
AnNabawi .

Ashor
tlessoni
nthest
rengt
hofhadi
th

Mowdoo’
-Fabr
icat
ed

Da’
eef-Weaknar
rat
ion
Hasan-Agr
eeabl
e

Sahi
h-Aut
hent
ic

Mut
awaat
ir-St
rongestt
ypeofsahi
h;nor
oom f
ordoubt

AnAr
ti
cleofFai
th

Theev i
denceofthedescendi ngof‘Eesai smut awaatir
.Mut awaati
rmeansf r equentl
ynar r
ated
andleav esnodoubti nmi nd.Mowdoo’ i
sfabricatedandda’eefisweaknar ration.Thehigher
degreei sHasan( agreeable).Thehigherdegreei sSahih(whi chi
sauthentic.)Andt hestrongest
typeofSahi hismut awaatir.Mutawaat iri
ssomet hi
ngthatcamef rom somanydi r
ecti
onst hati
t
i
si mpossibleforittohav eanydoubt .Thedescendi ngof‘Eesa–Jesus, sonofMar y–i scertai
n
knowl edgeforMusl i
ms.Meani ng,wedon’ tsay ,“
There’
sa60or70per centchance. ”Itisan
arti
cleoffait
hf orust obelievethat‘Eesawilldescend.Ther eisnotadif
ferenceofopi ni
on.Itis
CERTAI NKNOWLEDGEaccor di
ngt osomeay aatofQur ’
aanandanabundanceofHadi th.

Theay
aatdonotexpl
i
cit
lyment
ionhi
sname,
butt
hemeani
ngoft
heay
ahi
stal
ki
ngabout‘
Eesa.
Oneexampl
e:

“
He[
‘
Eesa]i
stheknowl
edgeoft
heHour
…”(
43:
61)

I
nanot
herQi
ra’
aa`(
var
iantr
eadi
ngofQur
’aan)
:

“
Andhe[‘
Eesa(Jesus)
,sonofMaryam (
Mary)]shal
lbeaknownsi
gnfor(
thecomi
ngof
)the
Hour(
DayofResurr
ecti
on)[
i.
e.'
I
esa's(
Jesus)descentont
heeart
h]…”
Soi
nanot
herv
ari
antr
eadi
ng,
‘Eesa’
sdescendi
ngonear
thi
sasi
gnoft
hedayofj
udgment
.

I
nanauthent
icnarr
ati
oninMusnadImam Ahmad,I
bnAbbaassay
sinthet
afsi
roft
hisayah:
“
Thisay
ahistal
kingaboutt
hedescendi
ngof‘
Eesa,sonofMar
y(Mar
yam)befor
ethedayof
j
udgment.
”

Ther
e’sanot
heray
ahi
ntheQur
’aan:

Andt hereisnoneoft hepeopl

eoftheScripture(JewsandChri
stians)
,butmustbel
ieveinhim
[
‘Eesa( Jesus),sonofMaryam (
Mary),asonlyaMessengerofAllahandahumanbei ng]
,befor
e
his[‘
Eesa( Jesus)oraJew’soraChristi
an’s]death(att
heti
meoft heappear
anceoft heangel
ofdeath).Andont heDayofResur
recti
on,he[ ‘
Eesa(Jesus)
]wi
llbeawi t
nessovert
hem (4:159)

I
bnJar i
rAtTabarihasachainofnarr
ati
onthatgoesallthewaytoIbnAbbaas.I
bnAbbaassay s,
i
nt hetaf
sirofthi
sayah,t
hatthepeopleofthebookwi l
lbel
iev
ebeforehi
sdeath,befor
ethe
deathof‘Eesa‘al
ayhi
ssalaam.AlHasanAlBasri
says,thi
sisbefor
ethedeathof‘
Eesa.Inthe
nameofAl lah,
heisnowal i
veandthenhewi l
ldescend.Whenhedescends,al
lofthem wil
l
bel
ieveinthem.

ThenRasul
All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saysthatmoneywillbewidespread.Peopl
ewi l
l
passnextt
oitandnottakeanythi
ng.Peopl
ewillbever
ycontent.Al
so,iti
ssocl osetotheDay
ofJudgmentthatt
hismoneydoesn’thol
dthevaluetothem.Thatiswhy ,
“onesajdahtothem
wil
lbemorev al
uabl
ethantheworldandevery
thi
ngi ni
t.
”(Thespeakeraddst hi
spartattheend
ofthehadi
th)
.

WhenHeDescends

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam saysinanotherhadit
h,mutafakh‘alay,“Whatwi
llyour
sit
uationbewhent hesonofMarywi l
ldescendamongsty ouandy ourImam i sfr
om wi
thin
yourselv
es?”Becausewhen‘Eesaarri
ves,hewill
walkinandt heMuslimsar eabouttopray–
the‘i
qaamahwasmadei nthemasjid.WhenAl Mehdisees‘Eesa,
hewi l
l r
etreatandhewillask
him( ‘
Eesa)t oleadtheprayer.But‘Eesa‘alay
hissalaam wil
ltellAl
Mehdithatthe‘
i
qaamahwas
madef oryou,theref
oreyoul eadthesalah.Thisisagreathonorf ort
hisUmmah–t hat‘Eesa
willpraybehindoneoft hef oll
owersofMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am.Obv i
ously,af
ter
that‘Eesawi l
lresumet heresponsibi
li
ty,butatthatti
meAl Mehdi wil
ll
edbecausethe‘iqaamah
wasmadef orhim.IbnKatheersay sthatthesehadithar
emut awaati
r.

Thi
shadi
thisi
nAtTirmi
dhi
.Rasul
Allahsal
lall
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am say
s‘Eesai
bnMaryam
woul
ddescendnexttot
heeaster
nwhi t
emi naretofthemasjid.Hehastwoyel
l
owgarments,
andhewi
llbepl
acinghi
stwohandsont hewi ngsofangels.Thati
showhewi l
lcomedown–
pl
aci
nghi
shandsont hewi
ngsoft woangels.

Whi
chLawWoul
dHeAppl
y?

When‘ Eesa‘alayhissal
aam assumest heleader
shipamongstMusl i
ms, whatl awwoul dhe
apply?Becausewhen‘ Eesawassentt oBaniIsr
ael,hefoll
owedt heLawofMoses( Musa)–t he
Torah.‘Eesawoul dapplythelawofMuhammadsal lall
ahu‘al
ayhi wasallam.Al lofiti
sIslaam –
themessageofMusa, ‘EesaandMuhammad.Ther ewer edif
ferencesinpar t
iculardetai
l
soft he
l
aw, appropri
atef ort
heirpeople.When‘Eesadescends,hewi l
lfoll
owt helawofMuhammad
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am.Thi si
salsoanhonorforRasul Al
lahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ay hiwasallam t
hat
‘
Eesawoul dfoll
owhi slaw.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasal
l
am saidinanot
herhadi
tht
o‘Umari
bnAl
Khat
taabt
hati
f
Musawasaliv
etoday
, hewoul
dhavet
of oll
owme.

Howwoul
dthathappen?AlQurt
ubisayst
hatAl
lahwi
l
lteach‘
Eesa,
int
heheav
ens,
thel
awof
Muhammadsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am,t
helawofQur’
aan.

Youmi ghtsayt hatpartofthelawifji

zya,whywon’ theacceptt
hatanymore?Theanswerto
thatisthatRasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam saidt
hatji
zyawouldconti
nueunti
ltheti
meof
‘
Eesa; after‘Eesatherewillbenomor ejizy
a.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasallam st
atedthat
thelawofj izyaonlyappliestil
ltheti
meof‘ Eesa.

When‘
Eesadescendsonear
th,
hewil
lperf
orm Haj
jwi
ththeMusl
i
ms.Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu
‘
al
ayhi
wasall
am saidi
nahadit
hnar
ratedbyMusli
m:“ByHimi
nWhoseHandismylif
e.Ibn
Mary
am (JesusChr
ist
)wouldcert
ainl
ypronounceTalbi
yaforHaj
jorforUmr
aorf
orbot
h
(
simult
aneousl
yasaQiran)i
nthevall
eyofRauha.”[
Muslim,B.
7,#2877]

TheEnd

Whatwi llbetheconditi
onoft hewor l
ddur inghist i
me?Ther ei sahadi thinMusl im whi chsay s
thatafterYa` j
ujandMa` juj
: [
..
.]ThenAl l
ahwoul dsendr ainwhi chnohouseofcl ayor( thet entof)
camel s’hairswouldkeepoutandi twoul dwashawayt heear thunt i
litcouldappeart obea
mirror.[Thespeakersay s: All
ahuAl am thiscouldmeant hattherewoul dbesomuchwat erthat
i
tlooksl ikeami rr
orortheear thwoul dbecomesocl eanandast r
anspar entasami r r
or.]Then
[All
ahwoul dgiveorderto]theear thwoul dbet oldtobr ingforthitsfruitandrest oreitsbl essing
[Thebl essingsareonear th,butwear ether easont heydon’ tappear .Al l
ahsay st hatcor rupti
on
appear edonear th–why ?Becauseofwhatt hehandsofpeopl ehaver eaped.]and, asar esult
thereof,therewouldgrowsuchabi gpomegr anatet hatagr oupofper sonswoul dbeabl et oeat
that,andseekshel terunderi tsskinandacowwoul dgi vesomuchmi l
kthatawhol epar ty
woul dbeabl etodrinkit.Andt hecamel woul dgivesuchal argequant i
tyofmi l
kt hatt hewhol e
tri
bewoul dbeablet odrinkoutoft hatandt hesheepwoul dgi vesomuchmi lkthatt hewhol e
familywoul dbeabl etodr i
nkoutoft hatandatt hatt i
meAl l
ahwoul dsendapl easantwi nd
whichwoul dsoothepeopl eev enundert heirarmpi ts, andwoul dtaket heli
feofev er
yMusl i
m
andonl yt hewickedwoul dsur vivewhowoul dcommi tadul t
eryl i
keassesandt heLastHour
woul dcomet othem.[Musl i
m B.41,#7015]

Inanot herhadithbyI mam Ahmad, “ThePr ophetsar ehalfbr others.Thei rr eli

gi onisone,but
theirmot hersar ediff
erent .”Inotherwor ds,allofthepr ophet sar ebr ot hers, ev enthoughthei r
l
awi sdi ffer
ent.Ther eligioni sthesameandt heyar ebrother s.“And‘ Eesai st heclosestonet o
mebecauset her ei
snopr ophetbet weenmeandhi m.Andhewoul ddescend.Whenhecomes
down, knowhi m.Hei sav eragehei ghtandhehasf airski
nandhewi l
l bewr appedi ntwo
garment swhi chhav eay ellowishcol our.Hishairlooksasi fi tiswetanddr i
ppi ngwi t
hdropl ets
ofwat er,event houghi t’
sdr y
.”Somet i
mespeopl ehav esuchbeaut if
ul hai r–i tmi ghtbesodar k
andbl ack–t hati tl
ookswet .Inthet i
meofI slam, alloftherel i
gionswi ll
di sappearexceptI slam.
Thiswi llonl
yhappendur ingt hetimeofI slam.Anot herhonort o‘Eesa‘ al
ay hissal aam isthat
duringhi st i
me, ad-dajjaal willbeeliminated,andpeacewoul ddescendonear th.Peaceisn’t
hangi ngupt here–i twi ll
bewi ththepeopl e.RasulAllahsallallahu‘ alay hiwasal l
am said,l
ions
woul daccompanycamel sandt igerswoul daccompanycowsandwol veswoul daccompany
goat sandchi l
dr enwoul dpl aywi thsnakes.Ther ewoul dbesomuchpeaceonear t
h;noone
want st ohar m any one.Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasallam say s, hewoul dst ayfor40y ear s
andt henhewoul ddieandt heMusl i
mswoul dprayonhi m.Hehast ocomedownt oeart
h,
becauseAl l
ahcr eatedusf rom thisear t
h.Wewoul dl iv
eont hi sear thanddi eont hiseart
h.‘ Eesa
[Jesus]di dnotdi eyet.Allahwoul dbr i
nghim downt oachiev et hef inal victor yofIslam.
SubhanAl
l
ah,
thi
sisabl
essedUmmah–i
tbegi
nswi
thapr
ophetandendswi
thapr
ophet
.

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am say si
nthehadiththathewoul
dstayf or40years,buti
n
anotherhadi
thitsaysthathewouldstayfor7years.Bothhadit
hareaut
henticandinMusl im.
Thescholarsfoundawayt oexplai
nthis.40yearsi
shistotalti
meonearth.Healreadyli
ved33
year
sonear thandhehas7y ear
slefti
nhi sl
i
fe,andhewi l
lspendt
he7y earswiththi
sUmmah.

RasulAl
l
ahsal l
allahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am says,duri
ngt hose7y ear
s,therewil
lbe7y ear
swhenno
twopeoplewi l
lhav eanyanimosit
ybet weeneachot her.Therewill
besomuchpeacedur i
ngthat
ti
me.Andt hen,[RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am says]awindwoul dblowfrom Ash-
Shaam anditwoul dtakethesoul ofeverybeli
ever.Eventheoneswi thasinglegr
ainofimaanin
hishear
twilldi
e.Thati stheendoft hestoryofthi
swor l
d.I
tstart
edwi thAdam andendswi t
h
I
slam.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam say
s,“
Therewil
lbesomuchbl
essi
ngt
hati
fyout
hrowa
seedandthr
owt hem onasoli
drock,i
twil
lgr
ow.”Andthent
hat
’st
heend.

Thesoul softhebeliever
swill
betakenaway .Fol
l
owingthat,
themunaf iqeenandt heworstof
peopl
ewi l
lremain.RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saystheywoul dbecor r
uptandwould
haveintercourseamongsteachotherli
kedonkeys–l i
keanimals.RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘
al
ayhi
wasallam say s,t
hesearetheoneswhom theHourwoul doccuron.AllahuAlam, t
hatwould
conti
nuef or40y ear
s.Therewouldbeperversi
onandcorrupt
ionandal ltypesofevil.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD10,
Ya'
j
ooj
andMa'
j
ooj

3.Ya’
j
ooj
andMa’
j
ooj

Ya’
joojandMa’jooj
[GogandMagog]ar
etwotri
bes.Ar
etheyhumanbei ngs,
orar
etheya
di
ffer
entcreat
ion?Aret
heysonsofAdam?Theyaredefi
nit
elysonsofAdam.Theevi
dencei
sin
Bukhaari
:

ThePr ophetsaid,“Ont hedayofResur recti

onAl l
ahwi l
lsay,‘OAdam! ’Adam wi llr
eply ,
‘Labbaik
ourLor d,andSa’daik.’Thent herewi llbeal oudcal l(saying),All
ahor dersy out ot akef r
om
amongy ouroffspr
ingami ssi onf orthe( Hel l
)Fire.’Adam wi llsay,‘OLor d!Whoar et hemi ssion
forthe( Hell
)Fir
e?’Allahwi ll say,‘Outofeacht housand, takeout999. ’Atthatt imeev ery
pregnantf emaleshal ldropherl oad( hav eami scar r
iage)andachi ldwillhav egr eyhai r
.Andy ou
shallseemanki ndasi nadr unkenst ate,yetnotdr unk,butsev erewi l
lbet het ormentofAl lah.”
(22.2)(Whent heProphetment i
onedt his),thepeopl ewer esodi stressed( andaf raid)thatt hei
r
facesgotchanged( incol our )wher eupont hePr ophetsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam sai d,“Fr
om
GogandMagogni ne- hundr edni nety-ninewi l
lbet akenoutandonef r
om y ou.YouMusl i
ms
(compar edtothelar genumberofot herpeopl e)wi llbelikeabl ackhai ront hesi deofawhi teox,
orawhi t
ehaironthesi deofabl ackox, andIhopet hatyouwi l
lbeone- f
our thoft hepeopl eof
Paradise.”Onthat,wesai d, “All
ahu- Akbar !
”Thenhesai d, “
Ihopet haty ouwi llbe)one- t
hirdof
thepeopl eofParadise. ”Weagai nsai d,“All
ahu- Akbar !
”Thenhesai d, “
(Ihopet haty ouwi llbe)
one-halfofthepeopl eofPar adi
se. ”Sowesai d,“AllahuAkbar .”[Bukhaar i
,6/ 60/ 265]

Ya’
j
uj andMa’j
uj mult
ipl
ysomucht hatther
eisanar r
ati
onthatwhenoneoft
hem di
es,t
hey
l
eavebehind1,000descendents.Thisisanarrati
onanditcoul
dbeweak.Anyways,
they
mult
iplysomuch.Al l
ahhasment i
onedi ntheQur’an:
“Andwheny a’
j
ujandma’
juj
comeout,t
hey
woul
dpourf r
om ev er
ydirect
ion.
”Theirnumber sarehuge.

Someot
herhadi
tht
hatt
alkabouty
a’j
ujandma’
j
uj:

[.
..
]He[ '
Eesa]wouldthensear chforhim( Dajjal
)unt i
lhewoul dcatchhol dofhim atthegateof
Luddandwoul dkillhi
m.Thenapeopl ewhom Al lahhadpr otect
edwoul dcomet oJesus, sonof
Mary,andhewoul dwi petheirfacesandwoul dinformthem oft heirranksinParadiseandi t
wouldbeundersuchcondi t
ionst hatAll
ahwoul dr evealt
oJesust hesewor ds:“
Ihav ebrought
fort
hfrom amongstMyser vantssuchpeopl eagai nstwhom nonewoul dbeabletof i
ght;you
takethesepeoplesafelytoTur ”
,andt henAllahwoul dsendGogandMagogandt heywoul d
swarm downf rom everysl
ope.Thef i
rstofthem woul dpasst helakeofTi beri
nganddr i
nkout
ofit
.Andwhent helastofthem woul dpass, hewoul dsay:“Therewasoncewat erther
e.”Jesus
andhiscompani onswoul dthenbebesi egedhere( atTur
,andt heywoul dbesomuchhar d
pressed)thattheheadoft heoxwoul dbedear ertothem thanonehundreddi nirsandAl l
ah’
s
Apost l
e,Jesus,andhiscompanionswoul dsuppli
cateAllah,Whowouldsendt othem i nsects
(whichwoul dattackthei
rnecks)andint hemor ni
ngt heywouldperi
shli
keonesi ngleper son.
All
ah’sApost l
e,Jesus,andhiscompani onswoul dthencomedownt otheear t
handt heywoul d
notfindintheear t
hasmuchspaceasasi ngl
espanwhi chisnotfi
ll
edwi t
ht heirputrefacti
on
andst ench.All
ah’sApostl
e,Jesus,andhi scompanionswoul dthenagainbeseechAl lah,Who
wouldsendbi rdswhoseneckswoul dbel i
kethoseofbact ri
ncamelsandt heywoul dcar r
ythem
andt hrowthem whereGodwoul dwill
.

[Thespeakersai dthatAll
ahsubhaanawat a'
aalawouldsendwor msupony a'
jujandma'j
ujand
i
twoul dentertheirnecksandki l
lthem.Itwouldbeanepi demic.Thesetwot r
ibeswouldbe
exterminat
ed.Thi sdoesnotsol v
et heprobl
em, however.'
Eesaandhi sfol
l
ower swouldcome
outfrom Jerusalem,butthereisn'
taspotont heearththatisn'
tcoveredwiththedecomposed
bodiesofya'jujandma'juj
.'Eesaandt heMusli
mswoul dmakedu' aa`toAl
lahagain.]

ThenAll
ahwoul
dsendrai
nwhichnohouseofcl
ayor(t
het
entof
)camel
s’hai
rswoul
dkeepout
anditwoul
dwashawaytheear
thunt
ili
tcoul
dappeart
obeamir
ror
.…[Musli
m B.
41,
#7015]

Qur’
ant el
l
sust hestoryofdhul
-Qarnayn.Hewasaki ngwhol ivedthousandsofyearsago.Heis
noteveninthebooksofhi st
ory.Theseareveryearl
ytimes.Dhul Qarnayni
sakingwhor uled
theinhabi
tedpartoftheworldatthatti
me;thati
showhehast hatname.DhulQarnaynmeans
“twohorns”andsomemuf assi
reensaythatmeansher ulest
heeastandt hewest.All
ahtell
sus
thestoryi
ntheQur ’
aanofwhenhev i
sit
edthreeplaces:theeast,t
hewest ,
andanar eabetween
twomount ai
ns.

Unt i
l
,whenher eachedbet weent womount ai
ns, hefound, before(near )them ( thoset wo
mount ains) ,apeoplewhoscar celyunder st
oodawor d.Theysai d:“ODhul -
Qar nai
n!Verily!Ya’ j
uj
andMa’ juj (GogandMagog)ar edoi nggreatmi schi efintheland.Shal lwet henpayy ouat ribute
i
nor dert haty oumi ghterectabar ri
erbetweenusandt hem? ”Hesai d:“That( wealth,author i
ty
andpower )inwhichmyLor dhadest abl
ishedmei sbet ter(thanyourt r
ibut e).Sohel pmewi th
str
engt h( ofmen) ,Iwill
erectbet weeny ouandt hem abar r
ier.Givemepi eces( bl
ocks)ofi ron,”
Then, whenhehadf i
l
ledupt hegapbet weent het womount ain-cl
iff
s,hesai d:“ Bl
ow,”ti
llwhen
hehadmadei t(r
edas)f ire,hesaid:“Bri
ngmemol tencoppert opourov erit .
”Sot hey[Ya' j
uj and
Ma'juj(GogandMagog) ]wer emadepower lesst oscal eitordigthroughi t
.Dhul -
Qarnain)sai d:
“Thi
si samer cyfr
om myLor d,butwhent hePr omi seofmyLor dcomes, Heshal llev
elitdown
tothegr ound.Andt hePr omi seofmyLor disev ertrue.”Andont hatDay[ i
.e.theDayYa' jujand
Ma'juj(GogandMagog)wi l
lcomeout ]
,Weshal ll
eav ethem t osurgel i
kewav esononeanot her,
andt heTr umpetwi l
lbebl own, andWeshal lcoll
ectt hem alltogether.[
18: 93-99]

Someoft hespeaker’
scommentaryonthi
sayah:(
Aboutt hemat
eri
alpouredontopoft he
damn/ bar
rier
).Hepouredoni
tQit
ra.Nowqit
raisexplai
nedasei
therleadorcopper.I
fyoumix
steelwit
hleadorcopper,y
ougeteit
herbr
assorbronzeandbothofthem arebett
erthanifhe
l
ef ti
tassteelal
one.
All
ahsay st hathedidn’
tonlybuildthesadd( damn) ,buthebuildradam –somet hi
ngthatseal
s
offcompl etely
.Asaddi sahorizontalbarri
er,sotheycouldclimbov er.ThepeopleaskedDhul
Qarnaynt obui l
dasadd.Dhul Qarnay nwentf ur
ther–hedi dihsaan( per
fect
ion)
.Hebui l
ta
radam thatseal edt
hem offcompl etely
.Therefore,wecannotr eal
lyseethem now.Theyare
sealedoffsomewher eunderground.Theyar esomewher ei
nt heeastbecauseRasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal
lam tol
dus.Dhul Qarnayndidsuchagoodj ob.

DhulQar
nay
nsay
sthatev
ent
houghi
twast
hebesthecoul
ddo,
onedayt
heywoul
dbet
orn
down.

We’l
lcontinuewiththehadi t
h:RasulAll
ahsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam saysthateverydayy a’j
uj
andma’ j
ujarepierci
ngt hr
ought hi
sbar r
ier.Oneni ght,whent heyhavejustalit
tlebitlef
t,t
heir
l
eaderwoul dsay,“Let’
scomebackandf inishittomor row.”Theywillcomebackt of i
ndoutt hat
i
thasbeenseal edagai n.Sotheywi l
lcomebackanddi gitallt
hewayunt i
lthey’r
eal mostthere.
Theyleave.Thecomet henextdayandt hey ’
l
l f
inditsealedasi fi
t’
snew.Rasul All
ahsallal
lahu
‘
alay
hi wasallam says,until
whent hei
rter mi sappointed.Theywoul ddigthroughitandt heir
l
eaderwoul dsay,“Tomor rowwe’ r
egoingt ocomebackandi nshaAl
lahwe’regoingt ocompl ete
di
ggingit.
”Sot heywillsayinshaAll
ahandt heywi l
lopenupt hesealthenextdayandcomeout .

Duri
ngt heti
meofRasulAll
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am, asmallopeningoccuredinthatseal
.
BecauseRasul Al
l
ahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am wassmi l
i
ngandsuddenl yhisfacechanged.He
sai
d,“Todayanopeningwasmadei ntheseal ofya’
jujandma’juj
.”Therefor
e,t
here’
salreadya
smallopening.Oneday
,theywill
openi tcompletely
.[Youcansear chitontheMSAsi t
eand
you'
llf
indloadsofhadi
thtalki
ngaboutt hesmallopening.Justsearch"gogandmagog" .]

RasulAl
lahsallall
ahu‘ alayhi wasall
am say s,
theywi l
lcomeoutanddr i
nkt hewateroft heeart
h.
Peoplewillr
unawayf rom t hen.Then,wheny a’
jujandma’ j
ujthi
nkt hattheyhav ekil
ledev er
yone,
theywouldpoi nttheirweaponst owar dstheskyandt heywoul dshoot .Theirarr
owswoul d
comebackwi thbloodont hem andt heywouldsay ,“
Wehav ekill
edev eryoneonear thandnow
wehav ekil
ledev eryonei nt heheavens.”Lookattheirarrogance!ThenAl l
ahsubhaanawa
ta’
aalawouldsendont hem wor msthatwoul dkil
lthem all
.RasulAl l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwa
sall
am says,theani mal soft heearthwoul deatsomuchf rom theirbodiesthattheywoul dbe
fatandgratef
ul .

Int
ermsofya’
j
ujandma’
juj
’
slocat
ion–wedon’
tknowwher
etheyar
e.Theyarenotany
popul
ati
ononear
thandt
heyarepeopl
ewedonotknowof
.Peopl
eli
ketolabel
cert
ainpeopl
es
asya’
juj
andma’j
uj.

Ya’
juj
andma’juj
arealsoknownamongstt
hepeopleofthebook–t
heyar
ecall
edgogand
magog.Ther
ehav ebeennonMusl
imswhoalsolabel
ledMusli
msasgogandmagogandvi
ce
ver
sa.Thi
sisnotcorr
ect.
4.Si
nki
ngoft
heEar
th

Thesinkingoftheearthcouldbeanear thquakethati
ssoviol
entt
hatpartoft
heeart
his
swall
owed.InthishadithinMuslim,whichment i
onsthetensi
gnsoftheDayofJudgment,
Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasall
am say s,
“Thr
eesinki
ngsoftheeart
h.Oneint
heeast,
onei
n
thewestandonei ntheAr abianPeni
nsula.”

Thesearemajorearthquakes.I
tcoul dtakeenti
repart
softheworl
dof fofthefaceoftheear t
h.
Forexample,t
hecont i
nentaldi
videisav erydanger
ous/unst
abl
eplace.Theseev entsdon’
tjust
happenli
kethat,l
ikemostpeopl ethink.Theyarepr
edesti
nedbyAll
ah.Allahistesti
ngthe
peopl
e;i
tispunishmentf ort
heirsins.

Oncet her
ewasanear t
hquakeinMadi nah.Thent herewasasecondandt hird.Theywer
every
smal learthquakes.’UmaribnAlKhattabstoodont hemi mbarandsai dtothepeopl eofMadi
nah,
“Eitheryoust opsinningorIwil
lleaveMadi nah.
”‘Umarunder stoodthatthi
swasbecauseoft he
sinsoft hepeopl e.I
fithappenednow, peoplewoul dsayt hatthesecondandt hi
rdwere
aftershocks.‘Umarwassay i
ngitwasbecauseoft hei
rsins.Oncet hemount ainofUhudshook,
Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasal l
am said,“Don’
tmov ebecauseont opofy ouisanabi
y,a
siddiqandt woshuhadaa` .”

5.TheSmoke

Therei
sanenti
resurahint
heQur’
an–Surahad-Dukhaan.Al
lahsays:“Wai
tunt
ilsmokecomes
downfrom t
heheavens.
”Thi
ssmokeispuni
shmentforthenonbeliev
ers.Wedon’tknowmore
aboutt
hesmoke.Itwil
lcomedownontheeart
hasapuni shmentforthenonbel
iever
s.

6.Ri
seoft
heSunf
rom t
heWest

All
ahsays,“Whensomeoft hesi
gnsofAll
ahapproach,t
henasoul
thatdi
dnotbel
ieve,t
hei
r
bel
iefwi
l
l notdothem anygood.
”Thetaf
siroft
hisayahist
heri
seofthesunf
rom thewest
.

Dotheythenwai
tforanythingotherthanthattheangelsshoul
dcomet ot hem, ort
hatyour
Lordshouldcome,ort
hatsomeoft heSignsofy ourLordshoul
dcome( i
.e.portentsoftheHour
e.
g.,ar
isi
ngofthesunfrom thewest )
!Thedayt hatsomeoft heSignsofy ourLorddocome, no
goodwi l
li
tdotoapersontobel i
evethen,ifhebeli
evednotbefore,norearnedgood( by
perf
ormingdeedsofri
ghteousness)throughhisFaith.Say:
“Waityou!We( too)arewai t
ing.
”

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam say
s,theDayofJudgmentwil
lnotoccurunt
ilt
hesun
ri
sesupfrom t
hewest .Whenthathappens,ever
yonewouldbel
i
eve.Thati
swhenbel i
efwoul
d
notgi
vethem anygood.[Bukhaari
]

IfsomeonebecomesaMusli
minthatmoment,
thei
rimaanwi
llnotdoanygood.Thatmeans,if
someonewhocl ai
mstobeabel
i
everbutwasnotdoi
nggood,
theirgoodwi
llnotdothem any
goodaftert
hesunrisesfrom t
hewest .Ther
efore,
aft
erthesunrisesfr
om t
hewest,y
ourrecor
d
ofdeedswill
remainthesame.Ify ouweredoingri
ghteousdeeds,ther
ewar
dofthosedeeds
wouldconti
nueevenifthesunrisesfr
om thewest.

AlQurt
ubiexplainsthi
s.Hesay sthatwhent hesunri
sesfr
om thewest,peoplewouldknowitis
theend.Therefore,i
tisjustli
kedeath.Whenpeoplearedyi
ngandtheyseet heangelofdeath-
cantheymaket awbah( r
epentence)
?I ti
stoolat
e,t
hesamet hi
nghere.Whent hesunrisesf
rom
thewest,peoplewillknowi ti
stheendoft heworl
d.Thedooroftawbahisclosed.Nomor e
tawbahwillbeaccept ed.

7.TheBeast

All
ahsay s:
“Andwhent hedecreeofAllah(ortheWordofAll
ah)bef
all
sthem,wewoul dsend
outtothem abeastfrom t
heearth.Itwoul
dt al
ktothem.Thepeopl
edonotbeliev
einOur
si
gns.”Tukall
imuhum canbeexplainedastalktothem ormar
kthem.IbnAbbaassaysthatbot
h
meaningsarecorrect
.Thisbeastwouldcomeoutandt al
ktopeopl
e:“
Youareabel i
ever
”“You
areanonbeliever
”anditwouldstampt hem.

Whatdoesi tmean‘t
hewor dofAll
ahwouldbefal
lthem’?AlQurtubisay
s,“ThewordofAl
lah
befall
asthem meansiti
stimeforthepuni
shmentofAllah.Becauseoftheirext
remi
sm i
n
corrupt
ionandevi
landarrogance,
andbecausetheyignoredtheSignsofAllahanddi
dnot
contemplatei
nthem.”

IbnMas’
oodsay
s,“
ThewordofAll
ahcomesont
hem i
swhent
heschol
arsdi
eandt
he
knowl
edgedi
esandtheQur
’ani
sli
ft
ed.
”

AbuHur ay
rahsaysthatRasulAllahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am says,
“Threethi
ngs,
whent hey
occur,
nosoul wouldbenefi
tfrom imaanaft
erthat.1)Riseofthesunfrom t
hewest.2)ad-
dajj
aal
.3)Thebeast .
”Duri
ngthet imeofad-
dajjaal,
becausetherewi
llbesomuchf i
tna.I
nthe
ti
meoft hebeast,
youwi l
lbest ampedasabel i
everoranonbel i
ever
.

Therearemor edetai
lsinthefoll
owinghadit
h,whichcanbef oundinAhmadandAt Tir
midhi,
RasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ay hi
wasal l
am said,
“Thebeastwoul dcomeoutcar ry
ingthesealof
Sulay
man[ Solomon]andt hesti
ckofMusa[ Moses] .I
twouldmarkthef aceofthebeli
everwit
h
Musaandwoul dstampt hefaceofthenonbeli
everwiththesealofSulayman.Peoplewouldbe
eati
ngtogetherandtheywoul dsay,‘Gi
vemet hi
s,beli
ever’
or‘Handmet hi
snon-bel
iev
er.’
”
Every
bodyhasi twrit
tenont hei
rface.Peopl
ewoul dcall
eachother,“
yakaaf i
r”or“y
amu’ min.
”

ShaykhAhmadShaakirsay st
hatthehadit
hisauthenti
c.Shay
khAlbaanisay
sthatthehadi
thi
s
da’
eefbecauseAl
baani consi
der
soneoft henarr
atorsofthehadi
thtobeweak,butShaaki
r
consider
shimtobestrongandhesay sthatAt
TirmidhiandAhmadhav enar
rat
edfrom thi
sman.
Wallahu‘Al
am.

8.TheFi
re
Thef i
nal si
gnoftheDayofJudgmenti sthef i
re.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am says,
“Andi ntheend,af i
rewoul dcomeoutf r
om Yemen, sendi
ngthepeopl et
owardsalmahshar.
”
Thisisaf ir
ethatwillpushallofthepeoplet
owar dst heholyl
and.Thisfi
rewill
conti
nuousl
y
fol
lowt hem unti
ltheygot oalmahshar.Peoplewillberunningfrom i
t.Whoeverisl
eftbehi
nd,i
t
wil
l burnthem.Itfol
lowst hem dayandnight.I
twi l
lcomeoutf rom Yemen.

Rasul
All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am pi
npointedtheareaandsai
ditwil
lcomefrom t
hebasin
of‘
Adan.‘Adanislay
ingi
nacraterofavolcano.Therearemanycrat
ersofvol
canoesi
n‘Adan.
‘
Adanisaci t
yofYemenont hesea.Ther
ear ealotofcrater
sini
t.

AlMahsharisinshaam.Rasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am pointedtowardsashShaam and
said,“
Thisiswher ey
ouwoul dbeassembl ed.”InanotherhadithinAbuDawood, RasulAl
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasall
am said,“
Ther ewillbehij
raafterhijr
a.Thebestofpeopleoft hewor l
d
willbei
nt heplaceofthehij
raofIbraheem. ”Whereist hat?Jerusalem,theholyl
and.Whati sthe
fi
rsthij
ra?From Makkaht oMadinah.Ther ewi l
lbeanot herhij
ra,whichi
softhebestpeopl eof
thewor l
d,toJerusal
em.Theot herpeopl ewhol i
veduringt hatti
mewi ll
bethewor seofthe
people,andthatiswhenthefirewillgatherthem i
nAshShaam.

AshShaam i
sthear
eaofJer
usalem,Sy
ria,
Pal
esti
ne,Jor
danandLebanon.Themostholyofi
tis
Jer
usalem.Ther
earemanyahaadi
thwhereRasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am pr
aisedt
hat
pl
ace.

Inonehadit
hinMusnadI mam Ahmad,AbuDar daa`report
sthatRasulAl
lahsal
lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwa
sal
lam say
s,“Iwassl
eepingandIsawadr eam wheret hepil
l
aroftheBook[Qur’an]wastaken
awayfrom me.Andithoughti
twouldbetakenawayf r
om me.SoIf ol
loweditandsawi tpl
aced
i
nAshShaam.I nthet
imeoft r
ial
sandtr
ibulat
ions(fi
tan),t
hatiswhereImaanwillbe.
”

Inanot
herhadithinTabarani,
RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam says,“
WhenIwasi nthe
tri
pofalI
sraa`,
Isawawhi tepil
l
arli
keabannerofwartakenawayfrom meandIaskedt he
angel
s,‘
Wher eareyoutakingit?
’Theysaid,
‘Wearegoi
ngt ot
akeitandplacei
tinAshShaam.’
”

IsthisassemblyofpeopleinAshShaam t heassembl yofthedayofj udgmentori si tadif

ferent
assembl y?Someofthescholar s,l
ikeAlGhazaali,saythatthisistheassembl eoft heDayof
Judgment .Mostofthescholars,howev er,saythattherearet woassembl i
es:onet hatwil
lbei n
thi
sduny aandthentheassembl yinakhirah.Theysayt hatthisassembl yisinduny a.The
peoplewillbeassembledinashShaam, thenthatwi l
lbetheendoft hewor ld.Thent hepeopl e
wil
l beassembledintheakhirah.Theyuset heayahaspr oof: “
Whent heearthwill
ber epl
aced.”
Ont heDayofJudgment ,theear t
handsunandev eryt
hingwi llbereplaced.

Thi
sist
heendoft
hesi
gnsoft
heDayofJudgment
.
TheHer
eaf
terSer
iesCD11-TheComi
ngoft
heHour

TheComi
ngoft
heHourI
sSudden

Amomentwi l
lcomewhenever
yliv
ingthi
ngwil
lceasetoexi
st.Al
lfor
msofli
fewi
llend.Al
lah
subhaanawata’
aal
asay
s,“
every
thingonitwi
l
lperi
sh.”Ev
ery
thingonthef
aceoft
heear t
hwill
die.

AndAll
ahsays:
“Theyawai
tonlybutasingleshoutwhichwil
lseizethem whil
etheyare
di
sputi
ng.
”Itwi
llcomesosuddenl
ythatwhilepeoplearedi
scussinganddisputi
ng,ever
ythi
ng
wil
lst
op.Nowthere’
snoti
met oadvi
sey ourfamil
yortakecareofunfini
shedbusiness.

Al
l
ahsay
s,“
Thent
heywi
l
lnotbeabl
etomakebequest
,norwi
l
ltheyr
etur
ntot
hei
rfami
l
y.”

Itcomessosuddenl ythatRasul
All
ahsal
lall
ahu‘alayhi
wasall
am saysinthehadith,“
TheHour
willarr
ivewhent womenar edi
scussi
ngadeal .Onemanwi l
lbesel
li
ngapi eceofclothtothe
other,buttheHourwill
arri
veandtheywil
lnotev enhavet
imetowrapupt hatpieceofclot
hor
sellit
.TheHourwi l
lcomewhenamani sgoingbackhomewi thfr
eshmi l
kf r
om hiscamel,but
hewi llnotbeablet
otasteit
.AndtheHourwi l
larri
vewhenonewillr
aiset
hef oodt ohi
smout h,
buthewi l
lnotbeabl
etoputitinhi
smout h.
”

AsSoor

Howwi
ll
ithappen?Itwil
lbebl
ownwit
has-soor
.Whati
sas-soor
?Iti
sment
ionedi
ntheQur
’aan
i
nmanyplaces.I
tisatr
umpetorahor
n.TheAngel
Isr
afeel
ishol
dingi
t.

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sawIsraf
eel
.Andt hi
siswhatRasul All
ahsal l
allahu
‘
alayhiwasallam hadt osay ,“
Theeyesoftheangelar
efixedont het hroneofAl l
ah,becausehe
i
saf rai
dthecommandwi l
lcomeandhewi ll
nothaveti
met oturnhissi ght
.Sohehasf i
xedhis
eyesont hearsh,wai t
ingforthecommandt ocome.Hisey esareliket wobr i
ghtstars.”When
RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sawthiswit
hhisowney es,helostanyappet itef ort
his
world.Sohesai d,“HowcanIenj oymy sel
f?HowcanIhav eanyent ertainmentinthiswor l
d
whent heangel hasputt hehorninhismouthandhehasl eanedhisheadf orwards,andhehas
openeduphi sear s,waiti
ngforthemomentwhent hecommandwi ll
come, sohewi l
l blowinthe
horn?”

Whenwi
l
ltheHor
nbeBl
own?

Onwhatdaywi l
lt hehornbeblown?OnAl -Jum’ah.RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am says,
“Thegreat
estandt hebestdaythesunhasr i
senoveristhedayofjum’ ah(Fri
day).I
nthatday
,
Adam wascreated.Inthatday,heenter
edi ntoJannah.Andinthatday, hewasdr i
venoutof
Jannah.Andont hatdaytheHourwi l
loccur.”TheHouristhedayofj udgement .
Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal l
am saysi
nanotherhadi
th,
“All
ofthedayswerepr
esent
edto
me.SoIsawthedayofFri
day,i
tlookedli
keawhit
emi r
ror–verybri
ghtandcl
ean–butinthe
middl
ether
ewasadarkspot.SoIaskedwhatthedarkspotwasandIwast ol
dthati
twasthe
Hour.
”

Rasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasallam saysi nanotherhadith,“Thebestdaythesunhasr i
sen
overi sFri
day.Onthatday ,Adam wascr eated.Ont hatday ,hecamedownt oearth.Onthatday,
Allahacceptedhisrepentance.Ont hatday ,hedied.Ont hatdayt heHourwilloccur.
”What’s
newi nthi
shadit
h?Ther estoft hehadithtel
lst heresponseoft heanimals.RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu
‘
alay hiwasall
am says,“Ev er
yanimal i
swor riedont hedayofj um’ah–f r
om thet i
meoff aj
r
becauset heyknowt hatiswhent heHourwi lloccur,exceptJinnandhumans. ”Wear etheonly
creationthati
sasleepandunawar e.Wear eheedl essandcont i
nuetodoev eryt
hingonJum’ ah
asi fthi
sHourissomet hingt hatwi
llneveroccur .

TheExcept
ions

All
ahsays,“Andthet rumpetwil
lbeblown,andallwhoar eont heeart
hwi l
lswoonaway ,except
hi
m whom Al lahwil
ls.Thenitwil
lbeblownasecondt imeandbehol d,theywil
lbestanding,
l
ookingon.”Theay ahgivesanexcepti
on–ev eryonewoul ddie–sowhoar etheexcepti
ons?
Someschol arssayhooral-ayn;
somesayt heservantsinjannah;somesayj i
bra’
eel
,mika’eel
andisr
afeel;somesayt heangelswhoar ecar
ryi
ngt hethr
one; somesayt heshuhadaa`;
andon
andon.

AlQurt
ubisays,
“Theri
ghtopi
nionist
hattherei
snoevi
dencetosupportanyofthi
s.Alloft
hem
arepossi
ble.
”Wedon’tneedtodwellt
oomuchont hi
s.Whatweneedt oknow,weal r
eadyknow
–wear enotoneofthosewhoar eex
cluded.Wedon’
tneedtotheor
izeandhypothesi
ze,
becausewedon’tneedtoknow.

Thisi
sav er
y,ver
yimpor t
antpr i
nci
pleinIslam –weshoul dalway sbepr acti
calandknowt he
i
nformationthatwil
lhel
pus.WhenaBedoui ncamei ntothemasj i
dandaskedt hePr ophet
sal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam, “Wheni stheHour?”Hecamei nandi nterr
uptedthePr ophet
sal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam whenhewasgi vi
ngaspeech.Rasul Allahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ay hi wa
sal
lam keptongoinganddi dn’tgiv
ehi m anyattenti
on.Themani nsist
edandaskedasecond
andat hi
rdtime.Bynow, thesahabahar eupsetandwanthi mt ocalm down.Theyt houghtt hat
Rasul
Al l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasallam isnotrespondingbecausehedoesn’ tli
kethequest i
on.
WhenRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am wasdonewi thhisspeech, hesaid,“Wher ei
st he
onewhowasaski ngaboutt heHour ?”Hethenaskedt heBedoui n,“Whathav eyoupr eparedfor
i
t?”Whydoy ouwanttoknow?Youshoul dknowt hei
nformati
ont hatwi l
lhel
py ou.Al otoftimes,
wewast eourtimesonissuest hatwi l
lnotbenef i
tusoraddt oourgooddeeds.Thati s
knowledgethatdoesnotbenef it
.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“OAll
ah,
wewantfrom Youknowl
edgethatwi
l
l
benef
itusandweseekref
ugeinYoufrom theknowl
edget
hatdoesnotbenef
itus.
”
Themanthensai
d,“Idi
dnotpr
eparef
oritalotoff
ast
ingandprayer
,butIhav
eprepar
edf
orit
wit
hlovef
orAl
lahandHisMessenger
.”Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“
Youwi
ll
be
wit
htheonest
hatyoulove.
”

HowmanyTi
meswi
l
ltheHor
nbebl
own?

Somescholar
s,suchasIbnHajarandQurt
ubi
,sayt
hatt
herewillbetwoshout
s.Oneshoutthat
wil
ldest
royever
ythi
ngthati
sli
ving(assa’
aq)
,andt
henanothershoutt
hatwil
lrev
iveev
eryt
hing
agai
n(alba’
ath)
.

Somescholarssayt
hatther
earethreeblowi
ngs.Oneisalfaza–itwil
lst
ri
kefearinal
lofthe
hear
ts.Thesecondi
ssa’aqandthethir
disalba’
ath.Thi
sistheopini
onofIbnKatheer
,Ibn
Taymiyyahandsomeotherschol
ars.

Al
Ba’
athwaAn-
Nushur(
Resur
rect
ion)

All
ahdescri
beditandsaid,“Andthetrumpetwi l
lbeblownandbehold,fr
om thegrav
estheywill
comeoutquickl
yt othei
rLord.Theywi l
lsay,
‘Woet ous!Whohasr ai
sedusupf r
om ourplaceof
sl
eep?ThisiswhattheMostGr acioushaspr omisedusandt heMessenger
sspoket het
ruth.
’I
t
wil
lbebutasingleshout,andbehold,theywil
lal
l beboughtbefor
eus.”

Noti
cehere–theysaid,“Whohaswokeusupf rom oursl
eep?”Wheny ouaresl
eeping,t
he
worstt
hingt
hatcanhappeni sthatyouwakeupi nastateofsurpr
ise.Wheny ou’r
esleeping,y
ou
wanttowakeupslowlyandcalml y
.You’
ll
findthatwheny ousuddenlywakesomeoneup, t
hat
per
sonwakesupdi sori
ented.I
maginewakingupf r
om thegravesafteralongstateofsleep…

Theywi
llcomeoutfrom thegraves.Whatwillt
heysee?Mount ainsexploding;theoceansi
n
fl
ames;
theplanetsknockedoutoft hei
ror
bits;t
hesunwi l
lbejustabovet heirheads;t
hepeople
wil
lber
unningaroundthem asiftheyaredrunk.Theyarenotdrunk,butthepuni shmentofAl
lah
i
ssever
e.Thatiswhyt heywil
lsay,“Woebet ous!”Al
lahistel
l
ingust heirresponse.

First
,imagi
nethatachil
discomingoutofthegr
ave.Thi
schil
ddiedwhenhewasoney earol
d.
Ont hedayofresur
rect
ion,hecomesoutandseesthenat
ionsoftheworl
dsonthei
rknees;
somecov eredupinsweat.Heseesever
ythi
ngelsementi
onedabove.Whatdoy
out hi
nkthe
responseofthi
schil
dwi l
lbe?

Al
l
ahsaysi
ntheQur’
an,“Howwi
l
lyousav
eyour
sel
vesf
rom aday[
ify
oudi
sbel
i
eve]t
hatwi
l
l
makeachi
l
dgray
-headed?”

Thehorr
orsoft
hatdaywil
ltur
nthatchi
l
d’sheadgray.Thatchi
l
dhasn’
tev
ensi
nned!Whatwi
l
l
happent
ous–whoar einsi
sti
ngonsinsandnotrepenti
ng?

Thati
stheday–y
awm al
adheem.

Howwi
l
ltheResur
rect
ionOccur
?
All
ahwill
senddownar ainafterev ery
thingisdest r
oyedanddead.Wewi l
lgrowfrom ourseeds.
Whatareourseeds?RasulAll
ahsal lal
lahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am t
oldusinahadiththatever
ypar tof
ourbodywil
ldecomposeexceptf orasmal lpartofourbody–att hebott
om ofourspines.That
smallpar
twil
lremai
nintactandt hatwi llbetheseedwear egoingtogrowfrom.All
ahwi l
lsend
downal i
qui
dfrom t
hesky( di
fferentfrom wat er)andwewill
growupf rom t
hatsmallseed.

RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am say sinahadi t
hi nBukhaari,
“Betweenthetwoshoutsi
s
fort
y.”Rasul
Allahwasasked, “For
tydays?”Hedi dnotr espond.“Fort
ymont hs?
”Hedidnot
respond.Hewasasked, “For
tyyears?
”St i
l
l,RasulAl
lahdi dnotrespond.Sowedonotknow.
RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saidt hataflui
dwi ll
fal
lfrom theskyandthenwewould
growupl i
keplant swouldgrow.Everyt
hingint hehumanbei ngwi l
ldecomposeexceptforaj
ab
udh-dhanab,andt hati
swhatt hehumanbodywoul dgr owoutofi t.

Thati
swhyy ouwi l
lfi
ndwhenAl
l
aht
alksaboutt
heResur
rect
ion,
Het
iesi
tupwi
tht
hegr
owi
ng
ofpl
ants.SubhaanAll
ah!

Allahsay
s, “
Anditi
sAll
ahwhosendst hewindssothattheyr ai
seupt hecloudsandwedr iv
e
them toadeadlandandrevivet
heear
ththerewi
thaft
eritsdeat h.Assuchwi l
lbethe
resurr
ect
ion.”Al
l
ahistell
i
ngustolookatthedeadearth,andhowHer ev
ivesthepl
ants.Thisi
s
theexactthi
ngthatwi
llhappenwit
husont hedayofresurrecti
on.

Whoi
sthef
ir
stonewhosegr
avewi
l
lopen?

Muhammadsal
lall
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal
l
am,
whosegr
avei
sinAl
Madi
nah,
wil
lbet
hef
ir
stone
whosegr
avewi
l
l openup.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am say
s,“Iam thel
eaderofmanki
ndonthedayof
j
udgementandIam t
hefirstonewhosegrav
ewillopenonthedayofj
udgement.
”

Inanotherauthenti
chadi th, aMusli
m hadadi sputewithaJew.TheJewsai d,“
Inthenameof
theOnewhor evealedthet awr ahonMusa”sot hisMuslim hithi
m andst art
edpr ai
sing
Muhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alay hiwasallam.Sot heJewcameandcompl ainedtoRasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam.Rasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am said,“Donotprefermeov er
Musa, becauseIwi l
lbet hef ir
stonet ocomeoutofhi sgrave,butIwil
l f
indthatMusai salr
eady
holdi
ngont othethroneofAl lahsubhaanawat a’
aala.SoIdonotknowwhet herhewasi ncl
uded
i
nt heoneswhower edeadi nt hefi
rstblowornot .
”

Whatdoest hishadithmean–‘ donotsaythatIam bett

erthanMusa’ ?Obviousl
y,RasulAl
lah
sal
lal
lahu‘alay
hi wasallam didsayi nmanyahaadit
ht hatheisthel eaderofmanki nd.We
bel
ievethatRasul Al
lahsall
allahu‘al
ay hi
wasall
am isthegreatestofal l
oftheambi y
a,but
RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am doesnotwantust osayt hatwhenwear eina
conversati
onwi t
hanonbel i
ev erbecausewear ej
ustputti
ngdownt heambiyajusttomaket he
nonbel i
everupset.Theambi y aofAllahbel
ongtothisUmmah, nottoany bodyelse.Musa
bel
ongst otheUmmahofI slam.That ’swhywhenRasulAll
ahsal lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am went
toMadinahandsawtheJewsfast
ing,
heaskedwhytheywerefast
ing, andtheysaid,
“Thi
sis
thedayinwhi
chAll
ahhassavedMusaf r
om Fi
r’
awn.
”Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am
said,
“Musabel
ongstousmorethanhedoestothem,soweshouldf astthi
sday .
”

Weshoul dnotgot ot
heJewandsay ,“
Muhammadi sbetterthanyourProphet!
”Weshouldnot
gotheChr i
sti
anandsay,“
Muhammadi sbet
terthanyourPr ophet!
”Wear eputt
ingt
he
Messenger sofAl
lahdown;weneedtoshowt herespectwehav eforal
lMessenger
s,even
thoughwebel i
eveMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam istheoneAllahchoseoutofal
lof
hiscreat
ion.

Al
l
ahwi
l
lAssembl
eAl
l

All
ahwillassembl eevery
one, whetherthi
shumanwasl osti nt
hedepthsoftheoceanort his
humanbei ngwasi nthedungeonsoft heearth.All
ahwillbri
ngthem al
ltogether
.Allahsays:“[
..
.]
Wheresoev eryoumaybe, Allahwillbri
ngyout ogether(
ont heDayofResurrecti
on).Trul
y,Al
lah
i
sAbl etodoal lt
hings.”(
2:148)Wher everyoumaybe–ev eninout
erspace–Al l
ahwi l
lbri
ng
youtogether,becauseallofthisuniver
sebelongst oAll
ahsubhaanawat a’
aala.

Al
lahsays,“
Weboughtthem t
ogether
,wedidnotl
eav
eanyoneofthem.”Event
heani
mal
swi
l
l
beincl
uded.Al
l
ahsays,
“Whent hewil
dbeastsar
eher
dedt
ogether
.”(81:
5)

AbuHur ayr
ahradi yall
ahu‘anhusay s,“Ont heDayofJudgment ,Allahsubhaanawat a’
aalawi l
l
assembl eallofthecr eati
on:thebeast s, t
hebi r
ds, event heinsects;ever
ything.AndAllah
subhaanawat a’aalawi l
lbeJustont hatday, becauseHi sNamei stheJust( al‘
Adl)
.Andoft he
j
usticeofAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’aala,Allahwilltakerevengef orthegoatthatdidnothav ehorns
from thegoatthatdi dhav ehorns.”Int heduny a,itcould’vebeent hatthegoatwi thhornst ook
advant ageofthegoatwi t
houthor nsandhur tit.AbuHur ayr
ahsai dthatAllahwillt
aker evenge
forthatgoatwi thouthorns.Afterev erydisputei ssettl
ed, t
henAl lahwill
tellthebeastsand
animalst obetur aab–di rt
;andt heywoul dtur nintodirt.Andt hatiswhent henonbel i
ev er
wouldsay ,“Iwisht hatIwasdi r
t.”

All
ahsubhaanawat a’aalasaysi
ntheQur’
an,“Andthenonbeli
everwil
lsay,‘
Iwi
shthatIam
dir
t.’
”Thenonbeliev
erwi l
lwisht
heyneverl
iv
edorexisted.Thi
snonbeliev
erwhowassocar ef
ul
tosavemoneyandl iveinthi
smoneyandenjoyhimself
; hewil
lwi
shhewer edir
t.[
Justa
personalnot
e..
..
weasMusl i
mscaretoomuchf ort
heduny aaswell
.
]

Whati
stheCondi
ti
ont
hePeopl
ewi
l
lbeResur
rect
edi
n?

RasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam say
s,“ Youwil
lber esur
rect
edbaref
oot,nakedand
unci
rcumcised.”ThenRasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam r
ecit
edtheayah,whereAll
ahsays,
“[
..
.]
asWebegant hefir
stcr
eati
on,
Weshal lrepeatit
,(i
tis)apromisebi
ndinguponUs.Trul
y,We
shal
ldoit.
”(21:104)

SoAllahi
sgoi ngt
or et
urnyoui
ntheexactf
orm whenyouwerebor
n–naked,
bar
efootand
unci
rcumcised.Al
lahwill
bri
ngyouonceagai
ninyournat
ural
stat
e.
When‘Aa`
ishahear
dthis,
shewasconcernedthatmenandwomenar egoingt
obei nthesame
pl
ace,
naked.[Her
eisthehadi
thf
rom Bukhaar
i ofherconv
ersat
ionwi
tht
heProphetsall
all
ahu
‘
al
ayhiwasall
am:]

All
ah’
sApost
lesaid,
“Thepeoplewil
lbegatheredbaref
oot
ed,naked,andunci
rcumci
sed.”Isai
d,
“OAll
ah’
sApostl
e!Will
themenandt hewomenl ookateachother?
”Hesaid,“Thesi
tuat
ionwil
l
betoohar
dforthem t
opayattent
iontothat.
”[Bukhaar
i8/
76/534]

WhoWi
l
lbeDr
essedFi
rst
?

Weknowthatpeoplearegoingtost
artoutnaked,butthenAll
ahsubhaanawat a’aal
awil
ldr
ess
t
hem.Rasul
All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam say
st hatthef
ir
stonetobedr essedonthedayof
j
udgementi
sIbraheem [
Abraham],t
hefri
endofAllahsubhaanawat a’
aala.

[
Youcanr
efert
othehadi
thofMusl
i
m her
e.]

RasulAl
lahsall
allahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam sai
dthathewi l
lbedressedinadressfr
om Jannah.Then
RasulAl
lahsall
allahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam say
s,“AndthenIwillbedressednextwi
thadressfrom
Jannahthatnoonewoul dhavesimil
arto.
”RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wil
lbegiven
thebestdress,butthefir
sttobedressedwil
lbeIbraheem ‘
alayhi
ssalaam.Andthi
sisa
blessi
nganduni quenessthatAl
lahhasgiventoIbr
aheem.

‘
Ardal
-Mahshar
,theLandofAssembl
y

“
Ont heDaywhent heear
thwil
lbechangedt
oanothereart
handsowi l
lbet
heheav
ensandt
hey
(
all
cr eat
ures)wi
l
lappearbef
oreAl
lah,t
heOne,
theIrr
esist
ibl
e.”(
14:
48)

Theeart
hwil
lchange.I
twi
l
lnotbei
nthesamest
ate.Someoft
hechangest
hatwi
l
lhappent
o
theear
th:

1.It’
sgoingtobespread.Itwon’ tbeaspher eanymor e.Muddatmeanst hatiti
sflattenedand
thenspr ead.Onasidetr
ack–whati sgravit
y?Gravi
tyi
st heattachmentofobject
stot hecentre
ofmass.Wheny ouhaveaspher e,itattr
actsthi
ngstoitduet oitsmass.Gravi
tyhasaposi ti
ve
relati
onshiptomass.Wheny ouflattenthissphere–thi
sear th–wi l
li
tsti
ll
hav ei
tsgrav i
tat
ional
force?No; itwil
ll
oseit
.SoAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal
asay s:“Andwhent heearthi
sstretched
forth,Andhascastoutallthatwasi ni tandbecameempt y
.”(84:3-
4)Whent heeart
hisspr ead,
ever y
thingwill
berel
easedoni t;
itdoesn’ thaveit
smassanymor e.

2.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam says,
“Thepeoplewil
lbeassembledonthedayof
j
udgmentonawi delandthati
safraa`
.”Afraa`meansitispal
e;i
t’
snotbri
ghtwhit
e,butpal
e
whit
e.Naqi’[awordthatRasul
All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am usedt
odescr i
bet
helandinthe
hadi
th]i
sv er
yfine,
puresand.Thesoilont heeart
hwillbever
ypureandfi
ne.

3.Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am say
sinanot
herhadit
hthatt
heeart
hwill
bepressed
andfl
att
enedout(
imagi
nehowhugeitwil
lbe)
,nev
ert
heless,
thesonofAdam wi
l
lnothavea
positi
onexceptthespotheisstandingon.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalawil
lassembletheenti
re
creati
on–t hehumans, t
heji
nns,theanimalsandinsects–itwi
llbesocrowdedthatyouwill
onlyhavethespottostandwhichi scover
edbyy ourfeet
.Peopl
ewi l
lbecrowdedandpressi
ng
againsteachotheronthatdi
ff
icul
tday .

Descr
ipt
ionsoft
heDayofJudgment

TheDayofJudgmenti
sv er
yter
ri
fyi
ngandf i
l
ledwit
hterr
or.We’l
lmenti
onsomesi
gnsoft
he
ter
roroft
hatday
;si
gnsforustocomprehendthedi
ffi
cul
tyofthatday
.

1:
ADay‘
Adheem,
Thaqeel
wa‘
Aseer
a

All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalahasdescr i
bedthedayofjudgmentasagr eatdayandaheavyday
andadiffi
cultday.Thesear edescr
ipti
onsthatAll
ahhasgiventotheDayofJudgment.Al
lah
says:
“Thinktheynotthatt heywil
lberesurr
ected(f
orreckoni
ng),OnaGreatDay(l
iyowmin
‘
adheem), TheDaywhen( all
)mankindwill
standbefor
et heLordofthe‘
Alamin(manki
nd,j
inns
andallt
hatexists)?
”(83:
4- 6)Iti
sagreatday.

Al
lahhasdescr
ibedi
tasthaqeel–heavy
.All
ahsays,“
Ver
il
y!These(di
sbel
iev
ers)l
ovethe
pr
esentl
if
eofthisworl
d,andputbehi
ndthem aheav
yDay(thaqeel
a)(
thatwil
lbehar
d).”(
76:
27)

Al
l
ahdescr
ibeditasdif
fi
cult–‘
aseera.Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Trul
y,t
hatDaywi
l
lbeaHar
dDay
.”(
74:
9)I
t
wi
llbef
arf
rom easyforthedi
sbel
iev
ers.

2:
TheFeart
hatDay

Allahsay s:“
Omanki nd!FearyourLordandbedut i
fultoHim!Veri
ly,
theearthquakeoftheHour
(ofJudgement )isaterri
blething.TheDayyoushallseeit
,ever
ynursingmot herwil
lfor
gether
nur sli
ng,andeverypregnantonewi l
ldropherl
oad,andyoushallseemanki ndasinadrunken
stat e,y
ettheywil
lnotbedr unken,butsever
ewill
bet heTormentofAllah.
”(22:1-
2)

I
magineamot herbr
east
feedi
ngherchil
d–shewoul
dthrowhi m.[
SubhaanAll
ah,
younever
r
eal
lyappr
eciatewhatst
ateofmindshewoul
dbeinunlessyouareamot her
.Amotherdoesn’
t
wor
ryorst
ressorobsessaboutanyt
hingmor
ethanherchil
d.]

There’
ssomuchf earont heDayofJudgmentthattheoppressorswoul dbest ar
ingup,not
mov i
ngt heireyesdown, andnotevenbli
nki
ng.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalasay s:“
Considernot
thatAll
ahi sunawar eoft hatwhichtheZal
imun(polyt
heist
s,wrong-doers,etc.
)do,butHegives
them respiteupt oaDaywhent heey eswi
llst
arei
nhor r
or.(Theywillbe)hasteni
ngforwardwith
necksout stret
ched, t
heirheadsr ai
sedup(t
owardsthesky),thei
rgazer eturni
ngnottowards
them andt heirheartsempt y(f
rom thi
nki
ngbecauseofextremef ear)
.”(14:42-
43)

WeaskAl
l
aht
ogi
veuspeaceandsecur
it
yont
hatday
.Ameen.

3:
Ever
yManf
orHi
msel
f
Allt
hestr
ongbondst hatwehavewi thourfamil
yandf r
iendswil
ldisappearontheDayof
Judgmentbecauseofthesituat
ion.All
ahsays:“Then,
whent heTrumpetisblown,t
herewil
lbe
nokinshi
pamongt hem thatDay,norwil
ltheyaskofoneanother.
”(23:101)

All
ahsays:“
Then,whentherecomesAs-Saakhah(theDayofResurr
ecti
on’ssecondblowingof
Trumpet)
,ThatDayshal
lamanf leef
rom hi
sbrother,Andf
rom hi
smot herandhisfather,
And
fr
om hiswif
eandhischi
ldren.Ev
eryman,thatDay,will
hav
eenought omakehi m car
elessof
other
s.”(
80:
33-37)

4:
TheWi
l
li
ngnesst
oSacr
if
iceAny
thi
ng

Akaafirwillsacr
if
iceanythingfort hesakeoffreeinghimself.Thatkaafirwhowasn’ twill
ingto
gi
v eAll
ahint hi
swor l
dwi l
lbewi lli
ngtogivethewor l
dandev eryt
hinginit.Al
lahsays: “
Andi f
everypersonwhohadwr onged( bydisbel
ievi
nginAllahandbywor shippingothersbesides
All
ah),possessedallthatisonear th,andsoughttor ansom himselftherewit
h( i
twil
l notbe
accepted),andtheywouldf eelintheirheart
sregretwhent heyseet hetorment ,
andt heywillbe
j
udgedwi thjusti
ce,andnowr ongwi llbedoneuntot hem.”(10:54)

Notonlyaretheywil
li
ngtogivet
heenti
reeart
h,buttheywil
lbewi l
l
ingtogiv
etwicethatmuch.
All
ahsay s:
“[.
..
]Butt
hosewhoanswerednotHisCall(di
sbel
ievedintheOnenessofAllahand
fol
lowednotHi sMessengerMuhammadSAW) ,ift
heyhadall t
hatisi
ntheearthtoget
herwit
h
i
tslike,
theywouldoff
eriti
nordert
osavethemselves(fr
om thetorment,
itwil
lbeinvain)
…”
(13:18)

“Veri
l
y,t
hosewhodi sbel
ieved,anddiedwhi l
etheywer edisbel
iever
s,the(whole)ear
thful
lof
goldwil
lnotbeacceptedf r
om anyoneoft hem eveniftheyoff
ereditasar ansom….”(3:
91)I
f
youhadthatmuchgol d,
y oucouldbewi l
l
ingt ogivei
tforransom.Imagi nethatwehadthat
muchgoldinthi
swor ld–woul dwegi veitforsadaqa?

Whatwillhappenwhenweseet hereal
it
yontheDayofJudgment?Thatisthepr
oblem:wedo
notseethereali
ty.Weareli
vinginadream.Asoneofthesal
afsaid,
“Peopl
earesleepi
ng,
and
theywakeupwhent heydi
e.”Weareinastateofsl
eep,ev
enthoughoureyesarewideawake,
becausewear eunaware.

All
ahisnotaskingusf oralloft
hegoldinthewor l
d.Rasul
Allahsallal
lahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am says,
“Adisbel
ieverwi
llbebroughtont heDayofResur r
ecti
onandwi l
lbeasked,‘
Supposeyouhadas
muchgol dastofil
ltheearth,wouldyouofferi
ttoransom yourself
? ’
Hewillr
epl
y,‘
Yes.’
Thenit
wil
lbesaidt ohi
m, ‘
Youwer easkedforsomet hi
ngeasierthanthat( t
ojoi
nnoneinworshipwit
h
All
ah(i.
e.toacceptIsl
am, butyourefused)
.’
”[Bukhaar
i,8/
76/ 546]

Thati
stheproblem –weprocr
ast
inat
e.I
fyoureadt
heQur’
an,y
ouwi l
lseet
hatmostoft
he
cr
yingandscreamingoft
hepeopl
eofhell
fi
rei
sduetopr
ocrast
inat
ion.

Thenonbel
iev
erwillnotonl
ybewi l
l
ingtosacri
fi
cemat er
ial
thi
ngs.All
ahsays,“
[.
..
]theMuj
rim,
(cr
imi
nal
,si
nner,
disbeli
ever
,et
c.)woulddesi
retoransom hi
mselffr
om thepuni
shmentofthat
Daybyhi schildren.Andhi swi f
eandhi sbrother,Andhi ski
ndredwhoshel teredhim,Andallthat
arei ntheear t
h,sot hatitmightsav ehi m.”(70:11-14)Wer eadtheseay aatandarenotaf f
ected
byt hem.I maginey ourchildren.Imagi nethereisabur ningbuil
dingwi t
hblazingfl
ames,andy ou
throwy ourchil
drenandwat cht hem bur ninfrontofy oureyes.Idon’tt
hinkanyonecanev en
i
magi nedoingt hat,nevermindany t
hingelse.Thehor r
oroftheDayofJudgmentwi l
lbesuch
thatwewi llbewi l
li
ngtodoev ent hat–andmor e.Wewoul dbewi l
l
ingtogiveupourpar ents
andev eryt
hingthatwehav e.Byj ustseeinghel l
fir
ef oronemoment–i twillchangeourstateof
mind.

Thati
swhyt
heProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
l
am said,
“Ofoll
owersofMuhammad!ByAl
l
ah,
i
fyouknewwhatIknow,y
ouwouldweepmuchandlaughli
tt
le.
”[Bukhaar
i,8/
78/
627]

AlHasanAlBasrioncepassedbyamanwhowasopeni nghi
smout handl aughi
ng;enj
oying
himself
.AlHasanAlBasrisai
d,“Omybr other/nephew[t
hemanwasy oungerthanhim],
Di dAl
lah
subhaanawat a’
aalapromiseyouthatHewi l
lfreeyouf
rom Hel
l
fire?”Hesai d,“
No.”AlHasan
said,
“DidAll
ahpr omiseyouthatHewillgiveyouJannah?”Hesaid,“No.”ThenAl Hasansaid,
“Thenwhyar eyoulaughi
ngandenjoyingy ourself
?”

Weneedt otaket hi
sissueser i
ously.I
fwewi l
lbewil
li
ngt osacrifi
ceourf ami l
iest
hatday ,
we
needtogiv ethatdaysomeef fortwhil
ewear einthi
sduny a.Nomat terwhatwegi ve,i
twon’ tbe
alot.I
t’
sgoi ngtobeal it
tle.That’swhyRasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam saysinan
authent
ichadi t
h,“Ifoneofy ouisbeingdraggedonhisf acef rom thedayt hatheisbor nuntilt
he
daythathedi es,andhei sdoingt hatfort
hesakeofAllah, hewoul dviewt hatasinsigni
fi
cant
andnothingont hedayofj udgment .
”Notjustsuj
oodordhi kr–butbei ngdr aggedony ourface.

Thewor
ldal
-haqq–whatwasitusedwit
h?Deat
hist
rue;
hel
l
fir
eist
rue;
par
adi
sei
str
ue;
Muhammadsallal
l
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal l
am i
str
ue.

5:
TheLengt
hoft
hatDay

All
ahsay s,
“…aDaythemeasur ewhereofi
sfi
ft
ythousandyears.
”(70:
4)I
tisasingl
eday,buti
ts
equiv
alentis50,
000years.That
’swhyweaskAllahi
nt hedu’
aa`:“
Makethebestdayofourdays,
thedaythatwemeety ou.”

Thatdayi
sthemostimport
antofal
ldays.Al
l
ahsay
s,“
Whent
heyseei
t.
”Wedon’
tseei
tnow,
soweunderest
imat
eitanddon’
tappreci
atei
t.

All
ahtel
l
susint heQur’
anofwhathappenedi
nthepast
,andHealsotel
lsusofthi
ngsthatar
e
seti
nthefut
ure.Whenweseet heDayofJudgment
,whatwil
lhappen?All
ahconveyst
ous
someoftheconv er
sat
ioni
njannahandinhel
l.

All
ahsay s,
“TheDaytheyseei t,
(itwi
l
lbe)asift
heyhadnott arr
ied(inthi
swor l
d)exceptan
aft
ernoonoramor ni
ng.”(79:46)Whenweseet hedayofjudgment ,wewi l
lreal
i
zehowshor tt
he
dunyais.Justthemorni
ngt hatdaywil
lbeli
keamillenni
um.Wear etal
kingabout50,000y ear
s
–50mi ll
ennia!Whenweseet heDayofJudgment,wewi l
lthi
nkoft hi
sduny aasanaf t
ernoonor
acoffeebr eak.Wearegiv
ingthi
sdunyamor et
hanitdeserv
es.Whet herwelikei
tornot–t
hat
’s
thereali
ty.Wecl ai
mthatwearegivi
ngakhir
ahwhatitdeservesandgivingdunyawhati
t
deserves.Itistr
uethatweaskAll
ahtogiveusgoodinthisl
ifeandinthehereaft
er,
butmakea
rat
ioandgi veeachwhatitdeser
ves!

LookattheadvicethatLuqmanal
-Hakim gi
veshisson:“
Ser
v etheworl
daccordi
ngtothet
ime
youaregoingtospendinitandworkforakhi
rahaccordi
ngtothetimeyou’
regoi
ngtospendin
i
t.”Wearenotsay i
ngnottoworki
nt hi
swor l
d,j
ustgiv
eitwhatitdeser
vesandgiv
etheakhi
rah
whati
tdeserves.

“AndontheDayt hattheHourwi
llbeestabli
shed,t
heMujr
imun(cr
iminals,
disbel
i
ever
s,
poly
thei
sts,
sinners,
etc.)wi
l
lswearthattheystay
ednotbutanhour
…”( 30:
55)

Ev
ent
soft
hatDay

TheWr
appi
ngoft
heHeav
ens

Allahsubhaanawat a’aalawi l
lgr
abt heearthwit
hHi sHandandt henHewi llwrapt heskyl ikea
scr oll–t hati
showeasyi twil
lbeforAll
aht osweepupt hisearth.Remembert hatwear enot
talkingaboutt heat mospher earoundtheear t
h–wear et alki
ngaboutsomet hi
nggr eaterthan
that .Weknowt herear esev enheavensandwel iveont hel owestone.Theschol arsandpeopl e
ofast r
onomyt ellust hatthestarsarebil
li
onsoflightyear saway–t heyarealli
nt hel owest
heav en.Remembert hatthemeasur ementi sbythespeedofl i
ght.Imaginethatther ear estars
l
ighty earsaway–soi maginehowf artheyarebecauset hel i
ghtt akesyearstotrav eltous.The
closestst art
ous( afterthesun,ofcourse)is4¼l ightyear saway .Thatist
hecl osest .Thereare
somet hatarethousandsandbi l
li
onsofy earsaway .

Al
lahsay s,
“Veri
ly!Wehaveadornedthenearheavenwit
hthest
ars(forbeauty).
”(37:
6)ToAll
ah,
i
tisjustzeena.Thisv
astcreat
ion,t
hatwearestruggl
i
ngtounder
stand,isjustadornmentt
o
Al
lah,andont hatDay,i
twi
llbewrappedinHisHand.

Theschol
arssaythatthelowestheaven,i
ncompari
sontot
hesizeoft
heheav
enaboveit
,isl
i
ke
ari
nginadesert
.Allahisgoingtowrapitall
inHi
sHand.Wearenotabl
etogi
ver
ightest
imate
toAl
lah.

All
ahsays,“Theymadenotaj ustest
imateofAl
lahsuchasi
sduetoHim.AndontheDayof
Resur
recti
ont hewhol
eoftheear t
hwill
begraspedbyHisHandandt
heheavenswil
lber
oll
ed
upinHisRightHand….”(
39:67)

Whatwi
l
lhappent
otheear
th?Aswesai
d,i
twi
l
lbespr
ead–muddatal
-ar
dh.

Whatwi
l
lhappent
othemount
ains?

All
ahsubhaanawata’
aalaal
sosays,
“Andtheear
thandthemountainsshal
lberemov
edfrom
thei
rpl
aces,andcr
ushedwit
hasingl
ecrushi
ng.
”(69:
14)Al
lahsubhaanawat a’
aal
aal
sosays,
“Andthemountai
nswi
l
lbel
i
kecar
dedwool
,
”(101:
5)and“
Andwhent
hemount
ainsar
ebl
own
away”(77:
10)

Whatwi
l
lhappent
otheoceans?

All
ahsubhaanawat a’aal
asay st wot hi
ngs: wai dhalbihaarufujj
irat(82:3)andidhal bihaaru
sujj
irat(81:6)
.Thefirstonemeansex pl
odi ngandbur sti
ng.Sujji
ratmeansbur ning.Sot he
oceansoft heeart
har eexplodingandal sobur ning.Howcant hathappent owat er?Nowwe
haveal itt
lebitofunderstandingoft hat.Allknowl edgebelongst oAl l
ah.Theat oms, l
ike
hydrogenorhel ium oruranium, canbebr okenupandspl it
,andt heresul twouldbeanucl ear
reactionthatwouldcauseexpl odingandf i
re.It
’sv er
ypower f
ul –i tmakesapower fulbomb.
Imagi nethishappeningtoev erysingleat om intheoceansandt hesea.[ Man,that ’
sreall
ycrazy
!]
Ont heDayofJudgment ,everythi
ngwi l
l bebl owingupandcat chingf i
rearoundy ou.

Whatwi
l
lhappent
oas-
samaa`–t
heheav
ens?

Thefirstthingthatwillhappenist hati
twil
lstar
tmov i
ngandshaki ng.Inanearthquake,whena
buil
dingst art
sshaking, t
hebuildingwill
begintocrackandform holes.Al
lahsubhaanawa
ta’
aalasay s–i t
haassamaa` unf atar
at–“Whent heheaveniscleftasunder.
”(82:1)and“When
theheav enissplitasunder”(84:1).

Theheavenswoul dbemov i
ngaboveyourhead, andyouwoul dseei
tcr acki
ngher
eandt here.
Holeswillbepoppi
ngouti nthesky;i
twil
l cr
ack.Eventuall
y,whatwi
l
l happenis“
Andt heheaven
wil
lspli
tasunder,f
orthatDayit(t
heheav enwill
bef r
ail(weak),
andtornup”(69:
16).I
twill
keep
oncrackingandfall
ingapartunt
ili
tisfr
ailandweak.Waahi yameansf rai
landweak.Anditwil
l
st
artfal
li
ngapart.

Whatwi
l
lhappent
othesun,
themoonandt
hest
ars?

Thesunwillkuwir
at(
81:
1)–itwil
lbewrappedt
oget
her;i
twil
ll
oseit
sl i
ght.Themoonwil
l
ecli
pseandfall
outofi
tsor
bit
.Thestar
swouldbeknockedoutoft
heirorbit
sandfal
l
ingdown
aroundus.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD12Gr
oup1ofpeopl
ethatday

I
mpor
tanceoft
hatDay&Out
li
ne

Ifyouwantt
oknowt heimpor t
anceofakhi r
ahcompar edt oduny
a,useasimpl emat hematical
equati
on.We’r
egoingt oli
veinduny afor60,70,100y ears?Theakhi
rahisinfi
nit
y.Ifyoudividea
hundredbyi
nfini
ty,
whatdoy ouget?0.Soi tis0impor t
ancetoakhir
ah.Thesahabahknewt hi
s
wit
houthavi
ngt odoanyequat ions.Thei
rkhut ub(l
essons)wereaboutakhirah;t
heirreminders
wereaboutakhir
ah.RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am wouldgivethem speechesabout
akhir
ah.Qur
’aanment i
onsakhi r
ahwi t
helaboratedetail
s.

Wetal
kedaboutdeat
h,l
i
feofalbar
zakh(thegrave),
andnowwear etal
ki
ngaboutqi
yamah.I
t
wi
l
ltakeaveryl
ongti
met ot
alkaboutbecauseitisaver
yimpor
tantdayandaveryl
ongday.

TherewasaBedoui n,A’
araabi
,whomadeadu’ aa`i nfrontofRasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwa
sall
am.Andhesal lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wasv eryimpr essedwi t
ht hisdu’
aa`;heli
keditalot.
Thedu’ aa`islong,butwewi l
lmenti
onthelastpartofi t
, “
….Iaskyout omaket hebestofmy
deedst helastonesandt hebestofmyl i
fe,t
heendofi t.OhAl l
ah,maket hebestofmyday s,t
he
dayImeety ou.”Whatdaydi dhechoosetobehi sbest ?Thedayofhi sgraduati
onorhi s
mar r
iagecer emony ?No!Thedaythathemeet sAllahsubhaanawat a’aal
a;t
hedayofj udgment .
There’salotofwi sdom inthi
s;i
fthatdaygoesfine, t
heny ou’r
ef i
ne.Ifthi
ngsgowel lforyou
thatday ,
you’regood.Ifthi
ngsgowr ongthatday,theni twon’tmatterhowpl easantorhappy
yourlif
eint heduny awas,thenyouhavelosteverythi
ng.

Theout l
ineoftheselectures,andt heorderthatwear egoi ngthrough–t heblueprintfori
tis–
i
sadopt edf r
om anexcellentseriesofbooksby‘ Umaral Ashqarin‘aqeedah.I
t’sdividedinto
dif
ferentsecti
ons,andhegav eawhol esect
iontoal akhir
ah.Itisdivi
dedintoAlQiyaamahas-
sughrah,alQiy
aamahal Qubr a,al
-jannahwaan- naar.Andshay kh‘ UmaralAshqarhasdugi nto
themot hersofbooks( t
het radit
ionaloldbookswecanbuyf rom scholarsonIslam) .Hebought
forusthet r
easuresfrom thosebooks.Thi sbooki sunf ort
unatelynotinEngli
sh, butwewi llbe
usinghisformatasanout l
ine.

Hedi
vi
desthesi
tuat
ionofpeopl
eint
othr
ee:
thedi
sbel
i
ever
s,t
heMusl
i
mswhoar
esi
nner
sand
t
hemutt
aqeen.

TheDi
sbel
i
ever
sthatDay

1.Adh-
dhul
wahawaan:
Disgr
ace&Degr
adat
ion

Adh-dhulwahawaaanmeansthedi
sgr
aceandt
hedegr
adat
iont
hatt
heoneswhor
eject
edt
rut
h
gothroughonthedayofj
udgment.
All
ahsay sintheQur’
an:“TheDaywhentheywillcomeoutoft hegrav
esqui
cklyasracingt
oa
goal.
”(70:43)Inr
eali
ty,
theyarenotr
unningtoapar t
icul
arpl
ace.Theyar
erunningbecauseof
theeventshappeningonthatdayandthefeari
nt heheart
.

Al
lahdescri
besi
tinanot
herayahaswamaahum bisukaarah–theyar
erunningaroundasif
dr
unk.“Youshal
lseemankindasi
nadrunkenst
ate,
yettheywi
ll
notbedrunken,butsever
ewill
betheTormentofAl
lah.
”(22:
2)

Allahsays, “Considernott hatAll

ahisunawar eofthatwhi chthedhal imun( polytheist
s, wrong-
doers,etc.)do…”( 14:42).Manyofus, whenweseeoppr essionanddhul m, wewonder ,“How
couldthishappenandhowcoul dAl l
ahal l
owi ttohappen? ”Allahcont i
nues: “butHegi v
est hem
respit
eupt oaDaywhent heey eswi l
lstareinhorror.(
Theywi l
lbe)hast eningf orwardwi th
necksout st r
etched,theirheadsraisedup( towardsthesky )
,theirgazer eturni
ngnott owar ds
them andt hei
rhear t
sempt y(f
rom thinki
ngbecauseofext r
emef ear)
.”(14:42-43)I magi nethe
scene–t hepeopl ear estari
ngandt heireyescannotbl i
nkbecausey oucannotaf fordamoment
ofunawar enessthatday .Intheduny a,all
ofi t
slif
e,theey ewasasl eep.Thati sthedaywhen
everyt
hingwi l
lber eveal
ed.Al l
ahalsosay sthatthehear tswillbel i
keairthatday–any thingthat
happenst hatdaywi l
l t
hrowaf earshocki nt hei
rbodies.

I
nanotherayah,Al
lahsubhaanawat a’
aaladescr
ibest
heirhear
tsaskadhimeen.“
Warnt
hem (
O
Muhammad)oft heDayoft heappr
oaching(doom),whentheheart
swill
bechokingt
he
t
hroat
s….”(40:
18)

Whenwet alkabouttheDayofJudgment ,wetal

kaboutitasifi
t’si
nt hefutur e–somet hi
ng
unatt
ainable.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal
atal
ksaboutitandcal
lsital
-azif
a[ see40: 18]
.Al-
Azif
ais
somethingt hati
srighthere.TheDayofJudgmentisverycl
ose.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal
asays,
“TheCommandofAl lahhascomeup; sodonotseektohastenit…”(16:1)Pr ett
ysoon,we’re
goingtobet here.All
ofthisstuf
fwearedescri
bingonpapers,we’r
egoi ngt oseewi t
hourown
eyes.

Lookbackatyourl
if
e–all
yourmemor
ies.Ify
oucombinethem andnar
ratet
hem,i
twi
l
ltake
hal
fanhour,anhour
.Pr
ett
ysoon,
wewillbely
ingonourbeds,
readytopassaway
.

Yawm al
Qiy
aamahisoneofthenamesoft
hedayofj
udgment
.Qi
yaamahmeansst
andi
ng.
Peopl
ewil
lbest
andi
ngthatday.

Miqdadb.Aswadr epor ted:IheardAllah’

sMessenger( maypeaceheuponhi m)assay i
ng: “
On
theDayofResur r
ect i
on,thesunwoul ddr awsocl osetothepeopl ethatt
herewoul dbeleftonly
adistanceofonemi l
e.”Sulaim b.Amirsaid:
ByAl lah,
Idonotknowwhet herhemeantby“ mile”
themi l
eofthe(mat eri
al)ear t
horaninstrumentusedf orapplyi
ngcol l
yri
um [al
kohl]t
otheey e.
(TheProphetis,
howev er,r
epor t
edtohav esaid)
:“Thepeopl ewouldbesubmer gedin
perspir
ati
on[sweat]accor dingtothei
rdeeds,someupt otheirknees;someupt othewaistand
somewoul dhavet hebr i
dleofper spi
rati
on”And,whi l
esayingthis,All
ah’
sApost l
e(maypeace
beuponhi m)pointedhi shandt owardshismout h.[Musli
m, 40/6852]Ther i
ghteousoneswi l
lbe
undert
heshadeoft
he‘
arshofAl
l
ah.Accor
dingt
othedeedsofpeopl
e,t
heywi
l
lsweatont
hat
day.

Alotofay aati
nt heQur ’andemandi magi nati
oni ntheQur ’an.Allahgivesimagesi ntheQur ’
an.
Especial
lywithalakhirah,Allahusesi magest oconv eythei nformati
on.Allahsay s,
“Andt heDay
thewrongdoerwi llbiteonhi shands[ inregret]hewi llsay,
‘Oh, IwishIhadt akenwi t
hthe
Messengeraway !’
”( 25:27)Inast ateofext r
emer egret,y
oucoul dbit
eony ourfi
nger.All
ahdid
notsaytheyar ebiti
ngont heirfi
nger sorhands.Al lahsay st heywill
bitetheirhands;i
magi ne
them bit
ingandcr ushingt heirbones, butnotfeeli
ngt hatpai nbecauset hepai nofregretis
more.Ev enthoughr egretispsy chologicalpain,t
hephy si
cal painofbiti
ngt hehandswoul dbe
l
ess..
.andwhyt her egret?“Iwisht hatIhadf oll
owedt heMessenger .
”

All
ahsays,
“Andont heDaywhent heHourwil
lbeestabl
ished,t
heMujr
imun(di
sbel
ievers,
si
nners,
cri
minals,pol
ythei
sts,et
c.)wi
ll
beplungedintodestr
ucti
onwit
hdeepregr
ets,sorr
ows,
anddespai
r.
”(30:12)Yubli
smeanst ogiveup.Whowi l
lyouarguewi
thandwhatwil
l y
ouar gue
about
?Theyjustgiveupandl osehope.

All
ahsay s,
“Upont hatDay,(
theones)whohav edisbel
i
ev edanddisobeyedtheMessengerdo
l
ikethattheearthwerelevel
ledwiththem….”(
4:42)Thisisapersonwhowasat tachedtodunya.
Theylovedandv aluedli
fesomuch.Ont heDayofJudgment ,
theywill
askAl l
ahtolevelt
hem
withtheearth.Al
lahsaysinanotherayah,
“Whent hedisbel
iev
erwouldsay ,
‘IwishthatIwere
dir
t!’
”

2.I
hbaatul
-A’
maal
:Voi
dingt
heDeeds

Ihbaatul-a’
maalmeansv oi
dingthedeeds.“Asf orthosewhodi sbel
ieve,t
heirdeedsarelikea
mi r
ageinadeser t
…”(24:
39)Mi r
agesar eanopt i
cal i
l
lusi
onbecauseoft hefumes, theairand
thehumi dit
y.Youkeepgoingtowar dsit
,anditgoesf urt
heraway.Allahusesthisasan
i
llust
rati
onf ort
hedeedsofthedi sbeli
ever
;theyarelikeamirageinadeser t
.Thecont i
nuation
oftheay ahis:“
…Thethir
styonet hi
nksittobewat er,unti
lhecomesupt oit
,hefindsittobe
nothing,
buthef i
ndsAll
ahwi thhim, Whowillpayhim hisdue(Hell)
.AndAl l
ahisSwi f
tintaking
account.”(24:
39)

All
ahalsosay s,“Or[thest ateofadi sbeli
ever]isl ikethedar knessinav astdeepsea,
overwhel
medwi thagr eatwav etoppedbyagr eatwav e,toppedbydar kclouds,darkness,one
aboveanother,ifamanst retchesouthishand, hecanhar dlyseeit!Andhef orwhom Al l
ahhas
notappointedlight,forhimt her eisnoli
ght.”(24: 40)Thedeedsar elikedar knesses; t
hemor e
theydothem, themor edar knessaccumul atest ot heextentt hatoneoft hem extendst hei
r
handsinfrontoft hem andt heycan’tseeit.Thi swi l
ll
it
erallyhappent ot hem ontheDayof
Judgment ;
theywi l
ll
oset helightonthesiraat.Weknowt hatt hesiraati sverydark.The
beli
ever
swi ll
begi v
enl ight.Theoneswhor eject edf ait
hinAl l
ah,i
twoul dbepi t
chbl ackdark
andtheycouldn’ tseethei rownhandsi nfr
ontoft hem.

Al
l
ahgi
vesanot
heranal
ogy
,inwhi
chHet
alksaboutt
hemoneyt
hatt
heyspend.Al
l
ahsay
s,“
The
l
ikenessofwhatt heyspendinthiswor ldi stheli
kenessofawi ndwhichisextremelycol d;it
str
uckt hehar v
estofapeoplewhodi dwr ongagai nstthemsel vesanddestroyedi t
,(i.
e.thegood
deedofaper sonisonl
yacceptedifhei samonot heistandbel ievesi
nall
thePr ophetsofAl lah,
i
ncludingChr i
standMuhammadSAW) .Al l
ahwr ongedt hem not ,
butt
heywr ongedt hemsel ves.
”
(3:
117)I notherwords,
it’
sli
kefrostbit
et hatdest r
oy sthepl ant.Theynour
ishedt hi
spl ant,
and
whent hetimehascomet oharvestthef ruitandtheyar eingr eatneedofit,
theyf i
ndnot hing.
Thismoneyi sspentnowi nthesakeoft heirobjecti
ves, butont heDayofJudgment ,itwil
lallbe
waste.

Whenwet alkaboutt
heay aatthattal
ksaboutthei
rdeedsbeinguseless,wemi ghtwonder,“
Isn’
t
All
ahJust?Won’tHerewar dthepeopleaccordi
ngtothei
rdeeds?”Tocl ar
ifyt
hat,Al
lahsays,
“…I
twasnotAl l
ahWhowr ongedt hem, butt
heywrongedthemselves.”(
29:40)All
ahwillhol
dy ou
account
abletoyourdeeds.

At hirdanal
ogygi vent otheirdeeds: “Thepar ableofthosewhodi sbelieveint heirLordisthat
theirworksareasashes, onwhi chthewi ndblowsf uri
ouslyonast ormyday ,theyshallnotbe
ablet ogetaughtofwhatt heyhav eear ned.Thati st
hest r
aying,faraway( from t heRightPath).”
(14:18)Imagineamount ainofashesi sy ourdeeds.Itappearst obehuge; youhav edoneal ot
ofdeeds.Yougot heretocol lectyourrewar d,butast or
m comesandbl owsi tal laway.You’re
try
ingt oholdit–butwhatcany ouhol d?Theyar eashes.Therei snosubst ancet oanydeeds
thatar enotdonef orthesakeofAl l
ah.Lookatt heeloquenceoft hei l
lustr
ationoft heQur ’
an.
Theashesar eal ot,butarenot hingbecauseofoneoft wor easons: 1)thesedeedsar emi ssing
i
khl aas(si
ncer i
ty)or2)they ’r
emi ssingt hequalityof‘i
tt
ibaa`(foll
owingRasul Allahsall
all
ahu
‘
alay hiwasallam) .

Foranydeedt
obeaccept
abl
e,i
tmustf
ulf
il
ltwor
equi
rement
s:

1) I khlaas:sinceri
tyofdoi
ngitf orAllahalone.Just i
cesaysthatyoushouldn’ texpectAl l
ahto
rewardy ouforit.I
fyoudidn’
tdoi tforAl l
ah,thenhowcany ouexpectAl l
ahtor ewar dyouf orit
?
Thatisexactlywhatwi l
lhappenont heDayofJudgment .Al
lahsubhaanawat a’aalawi l
ltel
lthe
people,whoev erusedtowor shi
pt heidols,got heidolsandletthem r
ewar dyou!Whoev erused
towor shiphumanbei ngs,gothehumanbei ngsandl etthem r
ewardy ou.Whoev erusedt o
worshipt heangels,goangelsandl etthem rewar dyou.Whoev erusedtoworshi pMe, Ishall
rewardy ou.

2) Al -
‘I
tt
ibaa`:t
heacthastobedonetheri
ghtway.Youcannoti
nventt
hewayyouwantto
worshi
pAllahsubhaanawat a’
aal
a.Youhav
etodoitthewaythatpl
easesAl
lah,
becauseAl
l
ah
knowsbetterthanyou.Ther
efor
e,l
eavei
tuptoAll
ah.

All
ahgiv esanotheranalogy.Hesays,“
AndWeshallturntowhat ev
erdeedst hey(di
sbel
ievers,
polyt
heists,si
nners,et
c.)di
d, andWeshall
makesuchdeedsasscat ter
edf l
oati
ngparti
clesof
dust.
”(25:23)AllahsaysthatHewi l
lmakethei
ract
shabaa` .Whatishabaa`?‘Ali
ibnAbi Taali
b
descri
best oushabaa` .I
fyouar ei
nadarkorasemi darkroom andthereissomel i
ghtcomi ng
i
nt hr
oughawi ndow, y
oucanseesmal lpart
icl
esi
nthelight.Habaa`arethosesmallparti
cles.
Theyexi
sti
ntheai
r,buty
oucanespeci
all
yseei
tify
ou’
rei
nadar
kroom andt
her
e’ssomel
i
ght
comingi
n.

I
slam hasaconceptf orhappiness,loss,etc.Weshoul dalignourconceptsandunder standings
totheIslamicdefi
nition,becausesomet i
meswet hinkthathappinessissomet hingdiff
erent.
Forexampl e,i
fyout hinkofloss,youmayt hinkofbusiness,butthati
sn’ttheI slamicdef i
nit
ion
ofloss.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalasay s,“
Say :Shal
lWei nformy ouwhowi llbet hegreatest
l
osersbyt heirworks?Thosewhoseef fortgoastrayinthel i
feoftheworld, andy ettheyreckon
thattheydogoodwor k.Thosearetheywhodi sbeli
eveinther evel
ati
onsoft heirLordandi nthe
meet i
ngwi t
hHi m.Ther eforet
heirwor ksarev ai
n,andont heDayofResur rectionWeassi gnno
weightt ot
hem.Thati sthei
rreward:hell,becausetheydisbeliev
ed,andmadeaj estofOur
revel
ationsandOurmessenger s.
”(18:103-106)

3.At
-t
akhaasa:
Argument
s&Di
sput
es

Theaut
horhasdi
vi
dedt
hem i
ntof
our
:

1.Wor
shi
ppedandt
heWor
shi
pper
s

Wecoul
dtalkaboutargumentst
hathappenbetweenthewor
shipper
sofi
dolsandthei
dols;
the
wor
shi
ppersofangelsandtheangel
s;andtheworshi
pper
sof‘Eesaand‘
Eesa‘
alay
hissal
aam.

Allahsubhaanawat a’aalasay sinreferencet ot hewor shi

ppi ngofidols:“Andt heDaywher eon
Weshal lgatherthem al l
t ogether,
thenWeshal lsayt ot hosewhodi dsetpar t
nersinwor shi p
withUs: ‘
Stopaty ourplace!Youandy ourpar tner s(whom y ouhadwor shippedi nthewor l
dl y
l
ife).
’ ThenWeshal lsepar atethem, andt heir(
Al lah’sso-called)partnersshal lsay:‘
Itwasnotus
thaty ouusedt owor ship.’”(10:28)Therear etwoi nterpretationstothe“ partners”ortheones
thatwer ewor shi
ppedi nthisay ah.Onesay sthatt hesear et heidols;t
heot herinter
pretat
ioni s
thatt hesearetheshay ateen.Theywi l
lstrai
ghtoutdenyi t.Theay ahcont i
nues: “
Sosuf fi
cientis
Allahf orawi t
nessbet weenusandy ou,thatWei ndeedknewnot hingofy ourwor shipofus. ”
(10:29)Thesear epi ecesofr ock;t
heydi dn’tknowwhatwasgoi ngon.Thi si ssomet hingthat
willreall
yupsetsomeonewhospentt hei
rwhol el i
fewor shippingthesei dols.

Someoft hecr eationsofAl l

ahwer ewor shippedandt heydidn’tevenwanti t.Forexampl e,t
he
angelsnev erwant edt obewor shipped.Someoft hemushr ikeenofAr abiausedt owor ship
them andi not herplacesaswel l
.“And( r
emember )theDaywhenHewi ll
gat herthem all
together
, andt henwi ll
sayt otheangel s:‘
Wasi tyout hatthesepeopl eusedt owor ship?’”(
34:40)
Allahwil
l bri
ngt heangel sandHewi l
laskt heangel s,Isityout hesepeopleusedt owor shi
p?
DoesAl l
ahknowt heanswer ?Yes.Whati st hepur poseofaski ng?All
ahisaski ngtheangel sin
frontofthepeopl ewhousedt owor shiptheangel ssot hatthepeopl ewillheartheanswerf r
om
themout hsoft heangel s;
itisshahaada–wi tness.They( angel s)wil
lsay:‘Glor
if
iedbeYou!You
areourWal i
( Lord)insteadofthem.Nay ,butt heyusedt owor shiptheji
nns; mostoft hem were
believ
ersi nthem. ’Theangel swillsaysubhaanak–whi chmeanst anzialhaqq.Thewor d
subhaanmeansy ouar enegatinganydef iciencyorbadat tr
ibut esf
rom Allahandy ouare
af
fi
rmingeverycomplet
eatt
ri
butetoAll
ah.Alotoft
hestori
eswherepeopl
eclai
mt ohav
eseen
anangelorspoketooneorseenoneinadream –theyareal
li
nter
acti
onswit
hjinn.

Therearemanyhumanbei ngswhoar ewor shi

ppedbesi desAl l
ah,butt hehumanbei ngthatwas
worshi
ppedmostwas‘ Eesa.‘ Eesa‘al
ayhissalaam [ Jesus,peacebeuponhi m]wasusedf orone
ofthebiggestformsofshi rkthateverexistedonear t
h.Ther efore,All
ahsubhaanawat a’aala
si
ngledoutt hewor shippingof‘ Eesaint heseay ah.Ev enthoughmanyot herswerewor shipped,
All
ahdidnotspeci fythei rnames, butAllahspeci fi
call
yment i
oned‘ EesaibnMar yum [Jesus,son
ofMary].Alotofassoci ati
ngot hergodsi sdonei nthenameof‘ Eesa, eventhough‘Eesahas
nothi
ngt odowi t
hi t.All
ahsay s,“And(remember )whenAl l
ahwi llsay(ont heDayof
Resurr
ection):‘
O‘Iesa( Jesus) ,sonofMar yam (Mary )
!Didy ousayunt omen: ‘
Wor shi
pmeand
mymot herast wogodsbesi desAll
ah? ’
Hewi l
lsay :
‘Glorybet oYou!I twasnotf ormet osay
whatIhadnor i
ght( tosay ).HadIsai dsuchat hing,Youwoul dsurelyhav eknowni t
.Youknow
whatisinmyi nnersel fthoughIdonotknowwhati si nYours, tr
uly,You,onlyYou,aretheAl l
­Knowerofal lt
hati shi ddenandunseen. ’
”(5:116)

All
ahisspeaki ngt owhenMuhammadandev eryonewhor eadsQur ’
anwhenHesay s,‘
And
remember .
’HowcanAl lahsayt orememberwhenAl lahwi l
lask‘Eesaont heDayofJudgment ?
Oneoft hemuf assi r
eensay sthataccordingt othehumanbei ng, t
imei sdivi
dedi ntot hree:past,
presentandf ut ure.Ashumanbei ngs,wehav enocont rolwhat soev erofthef uture.Ther efore,
wedon’ tknowt hef utur e.Ifyoumaket heintentiont ost andupandwal koutoft her oom, you
don’thav econt roloft heout come.Wecanpl anf orit,butwedon’ tcontrolit
.ForAl lah,thepast ,
thepresentandt hefut ureist hesame.Heknowsev erything;Hecr eatedusandouract ions.The
futur
ei sknownt oAllahandHecant al
kabouti tasi fitispast .SinceAllahdecr eedi t,Hecan
affi
rmi tasifithasal readyhappened.Mar yam isal soment ionedher e,event houghshewasnot
dir
ectlywor shipped.Howev er,shewascal led“themot herofgod” ,
andt hatisadi v
ineat tr
ibute
thatwasgi vent oher .Al lahsay sasi ft
heywer ewor shi ppingher .Whatar ethef irstwor dst hat
‘
Eesasay swhenAl l
ahaskshi mi fheaskedpeopl et owor shiphi m?Gl orybet oYou….
Subhaanaka!Agai n,whyi sAllahasking‘Eesai fAllahal readyknowst heanswer ?He’ sasking
‘
Eesasot hathecansayi ti
nf rontofeveryone.

“NeverdidIsayt othem aughtexceptwhatYou( Allah)didcommandmet osay: ‘

Wor shipAll
ah,
myLor dandy ourLor d.
’AndIwasawi tnessov ert hem whi l
eIdweltamongstthem, butwhen
Youtookmeup, Youwer etheWat cherov ert
hem, andYouar eaWi t
nesstoallthi
ngs.I fYou
puni
sht hem, theyar eYoursl aves,andi fYouf or givethem, veri
l
yYou, onl
yYouar etheAl l
­Mi ghty,t
heAl l­Wi se.”(5:
117- 118)‘Eesai sannounci ngthisinfr
ontofevery
one.Andhei s
sayi
ngt hatthej udgmentt hisdaybel ongst oAllah; i
tdoesnotbel ongtome.“Allahwi llsay:‘
Thi
s
i
saDayonwhi chthet r
uthful wi
llprofitfrom theirtruth:thei
rsareGardensunderwhi chr iv
ers
fl
ow( i
nPar adise)–t heyshal labidet hereinforev er.All
ahispleasedwi t
hthem andt hem wi t
h
Him.Thati sthegr eatsuccess( Par adise).’”(
5:119)

2.Fol
l
ower
sandt
heFol
l
owed
Allahsay s:“Andt heyallshal l
appearbef oreAllah( ont heDayofResur recti
on)t hent heweak
wi l
lsaytot hosewhower ear rogant(chiefs):‘
Ver i
ly,wewer ef ol
lowingy ou;cany ouav ai
lus
any thi
ngf rom Al lah’
sTor ment ?’Theywi llsay:‘HadAl lahguidedus, wewoul dhav egui dedy ou.
Itmakesnodi fferencetous( now)whet herwer age, orbear( thesetorment s)wi t
hpat ience,
thereisnopl aceofr efugef orus. ’
”(14:21)Af amousschol arhassomei nsight fulwor dsont his
ay ah;t
hesear et afsi
rthathehasgi vent heseay aat.Hesay sthattheweakpeopl earet heones
whogav euponeoft heuni quechar acterist
icsoft hehumanbei ng,andt hati st heper sonal
freedom oft houghtandbel ief.Whatist heuni quequal it
yoft hehumanbei ng/ insaan?Al l
ahhas
givent hehumanbei ngthequal it
ytochoose.Ev erythingintheuni verseiswor shippingAl lahina
form oft asleem –submi ssion.Everythingissubdued–t hemov ement soft hesun, stars,
planets,moon, thet r
ees–al larewor shippingAl l
ahandt heirmov ement sar ewor ship.

Thehumanbei ngi
st heonlycr
eati
on,andal
sojinn,
whohav ether
ightt
ochoosewhethert
hey
wanttobel
ieveornot.Theonlykaafi
raret
heji
nnsorhumans.Oneoft hemostuni
quequali
ti
es
All
ahsubhaanawat a’aal
ahasgivenusist
hefreedom oft
hinki
ng.

Theschol arissayingthatthosepeopl
ehav ebecomeweakbecausetheyar
egivi
ngupthe
freedom ofchoice, whi
chAl l
ahhasgiventhem.He[t
heschol
ar]say
s:thi
sweaknessisnotan
excusefort hem;itisacrime,becauseAll
ahdoesnotwantanyonetobeweak.Theycannotuse
theirweaknessasanexcusebef oreAll
ah.

Al
l
ahhasequi
ppeduswi
tht
het
ool
swhi
chwi
l
lgui
deust
othet
rut
h,i
fweuset
hem.

All
ahsay sint heayah:“AndAl lahhasbr oughty ououtf r
om t hewombsofy ourmot herswhile
youknownot hing…”(16:78)Youknewnot hing!Andhowdi dy ougett ot hest atethaty ouarein
now?[ Theay ahcont i
nues:]“AndHegav ey ouhear ing, si
ght, andhear tst haty oumi ghtgive
thanks(toAllah).”Ourey esandear sgathert hei nformat i
on, andt hemi ndpr ocessesit.Howdo
youlearn?Byhear i
ng,readingandseei ng–t hatishowachi l
dl ear ns.Wel earnthroughot her
sensesaswel l,
butstudiesshow( andit’
scommonsense)t hatmostoft heknowl edget hatwe
gainisthrought heeyesandt heears.Thent hemi ndpr ocessest hatinfor mat i
on.ThenAl l
ah
tel
lsuswhyHegav eust hoset hings–sot hatwemaybegr at eful.Allahgi vesust hetoolsof
knowledget obegr atefultoHi m andtowor shiphi m.Unf ort
unat ely,manki ndusest hesetools
foreverythi
ngr el
atedtoduny aandlearnnot hingr elatedt oakhi rah.Compar ehumani t
ytodayt o
100or1, 000y earsago.Technol ogyhasadv ancedsomuch; thehumanmi ndachiev esendlessl
y.
Wheni tcomest oakhirah,howev er,wehav edi sabledt hismi nd.

Thisweaknessisnotanexcuseont heDayofJudgment–i tisacr i

me!He[ t
heschol ar ]says:
“Al
lahsubhaanawat a’
aaladoesnotwantany onet ogiv
eupt hei
rfreedom andmat er
ial f
orce
andpower ,
howeverstrongi tis,cannotenslaveapersonwhowant sf r
eedom.Themostt hi
s
worldl
ypowercandoi st oinfli
ctpainont hebody,byhurti
ngthebodyori mprisoningt hebody ,
ortormenti
ngorpunishingt hatbody .Butthesoulisfr
ee.Themi ndisf r
ee,andnobodycan
enslavei
t.
”Theworldar oundy oucani mpri
sonyouandt ort
ureyou, butifyouhav eaf reemi nd,
nobodycanmaket hatmi ndi nasl aveform –unlessyoumakei tasl aveyourself
.“Whocan
maket hoseweakpeopl efoll
owt hest r
ong, thear r
ogant,i
nbeli
efandi nbehav iourwhenAl lahi
s
theOnewhocr eatedt hem andAl lahist heOnewhoi ssustaini
ngt hem andpr ovidingthem.No
onecandot hat;onlytheirweakspi ri
ts.”Noonecanmakeaper sonaf oll
oweroff alsehood,
exceptifyouhav eaweakspi r
it
.Thenhesay s:“Theyarenotweakbecauset heyhav eless
powert hanthest r
ong; theyareweakbecauset heywantedtobeweak.Theyar eweakbecause
theweaknessi sint heirheartsandint heirspirit
s.Howmanyar etheweak?Many !Andhow
manyar ethet y
rants?Af ew!Whogav et hosef ewt yr
antsoverauthori
tyov erthemanymasses?
Thetyrantscannotmaket hemassessl aves, exceptforwhenthemassesaccepti t
.Iti
sthe
weakwi llt
hatismi ssingf r
om theseher ds[Thespeakeradds: becauset heyar eli
kesheep] .
”

“Andthosewhodi sbeli
ev esaytothosewhobel i
eve:‘Foll
owourwayandwewi l
lver
il
ybeary our
sins,
’neverwi l
ltheybearany t
hingofthei
rsins.Surel
y,theyareliars.”(
29:12)Thedisbel
ievers
wouldsayt histot hefollowersofMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am.Thesamet hing
happenst oday–t heleaderswi l
lsay,‘
Fol
lowus; we’l
ltakecareofy ou.
’Therearemanyr eli
gious
andpol i
ti
calleader swhoar ealway spromisi
ngtruthandsal vati
on.Whatwi llhappenont heDay
ofJudgment ?Theywi llnotbearany one’
ssins.All
ahsay s:“Andv eri
ly,
theyshallbeart
heirown
l
oads, andotherl oadsbesi destheirown,andveri
ly,t
heyshal lbequest i
onedont heDayof
Resurrecti
onaboutt hatwhi chtheyusedtofabri
cate.”(29:
13)

InahadithinBukhaar i
,thePr ophetsallall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am says,
whoev ercal l
speopl etoa
ri
ghteousactwoul dber ewardedt hesamer ewar dasany onewhoadopt sthatactunt i
ltheday
ofjudgment.Andwhoev ercal l
speopl etof al
sehoodwoul dcarr
ythesinsoft hatfalsehoodand
thesinsofanyonewhocommi tsthatfalsehoodunt ilt
heDayofJudgment .I fyougui deone
persontothetruth,youwi l
lreceivether ewar df oreveryt
hingthatper
sondoes, withoutr educing
therewardoftheper son.Andi fthatper sonconv eysthet r
uthtoanotherfivepeopl e, t
heny ou
wouldreceiveall
oft herewar dsoft hosepeopl e,andsoon.Youar ereceiv
ingal loft heprofit
s,
withoutr
educingt hei
rprofi
tsandt hatist hegener osit
yofAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’aala.Al so,
on
theothersi
de,ifyoucall t
hef alsehood, youwoul dcarrythepunishmentoft hatev il actand
anyonewhof oll
owsi tuntilt
heDayofJudgment .

All
ahsay s:“[.
..]butifyoucoul dseewhent heZalimun( polyt
heistsandwr ongdoer s, etc.)willbe
madet ost andbef oret hei
rLor d, howt heywi l
lcastthe( bl
ami ng)wordonet oanot her !Those
whower edeemedweakwi llsayt othosewhower ear r
ogant :‘
Hadi tnotbeenf oryou, weshoul d
certainl
yhav ebeenbel i
evers!’”(34:31)Al lahwillbri
ngt hefoll
ower sandt hefoll
owedont heDay
ofJudgment ,andt hisistheirconv er
sat i
on.Whoar ethel eaders?Theycoul dber eligious
l
eader s,ort hemedi a,orwhoev er.Theay ahcont i
nues: “Andthosewhower earrogantwi llsayto
thosewhower edeemedweak: ‘Didwekeepy oubackf rom guidanceafterithadcomet oy ou?
Nay ,buty ouwer eMuj ri
mun( polytheists,sinners,cr
iminals,disobedienttoAllah,etc. )
.’
”( 34:32)
Manyt i
mes, t
heoneswhodogoandat temptt ov er
ifythet r
uth,theywill
comet ot het ruth.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD13-Themosl
i
mst
hatday

TheMusl
i
m Si
nner
s

All
ahsubhaanawata’
aal
amentionsint
heQur’anthataf
ewsinshavespeci
fi
cpuni
shment
son
thedayofj
udgment.We’
renott
alki
ngaboutj
annahandnaaryet.Wearetal
ki
ngaboutt
he
sit
uati
onofpeopl
eontheDayofJudgmentit
self
.Wehav eni
nepoint
s.

1.ThosewhodonotpayZakah

Thei rpunishmentv ar i
es.Inonehadi th,RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am says,“Whoev eris
madeweal thybyAl l
ahanddoesnotpayt heZakatofhi sweal t
h, t
henont heDayofResur rection
hisweal thwi l
lbemadel ikeabal d-headedpoi sonousmal esnakewi tht woblackspot sovert he
ey es.Thesnakewi llencircl
ehisneckandbi tehi scheeksandsay ,‘
Iam y ourwealth,Iam y our
treasure.’
”Thent hePr ophetr ecit
edt heholyv erses: “
Andl etnott hosewhocov et
ousl ywithhold
oft hatwhi chAll
ahhasbest owedont hem ofHisBount y(Weal th)t hinkthatiti
sgoodf orthem
(andsot heydonotpayt heobligatoryZakat).Nay ,itwil
lbewor sefort hem;thethingswhi ch
theycov etouslywi t
hheldshal lbetiedt othei
rnecksl i
keacol l
aront heDayofResur recti
on.And
toAl lahbelongst heher i
tageoft heheav ensandt heear t
h; andAl lahi sWell­ Acquai nt
edwi t
h
all t
hatyoudo. ”(3:180)[Bukhaar i
,2/24/ 486]Thisi sonef orm ofpuni shment .

Andt hen, Rasul All

ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alay hiwasal lam ment ionsi nanot herhadi th,“I
fanyownerof
goldorsi lverdoesnotpaywhati sdueonhi m, whent heDayofResur r
ect i
onwoul dcome,
platesoff irewoul dbebeat enoutf orhim; thesewoul dt henbeheat edi nthef i
reofHel l andhis
sides,hisf oreheadandhi sbackwoul dbecaut erizedwi tht hem.Whenev erthesecool down,
(theprocessi s)repeat eddur ingadayt heext entofwhi chwoul dbef i
ftythousandy ears, unt
il
j
udgmenti spr onouncedamongser vants,andheseeswhet herhispat hi st otakehimt o
Paradiseort oHel l
.”Itwassai d: “MessengerofAl lah, whataboutt hecamel ?”He(thePr ophet)
said:“Ifanyowneroft hecamel doesnotpaywhati sdueonhi m,andofhi sdueint hat( camel)
i
s( also)tomi lkitont hedaywheni tcomesdownt owat er .Whent heDayofResur rection
comesasof tsandypl ainwoul dbesetf orhim, asext ensi v easpossi ble,(hewi l
lfi
nd)t hatnota
singley oungonei smi ssi
ng, andt heywi llt
rampl ehi m wi t
ht heirhoof sandbi tehim witht heir
mout hs.Asof tenast hef i
rstoft hem passeshi m, thel astoft hem woul dbemadet oret urn
duringadayt heext entofwhi chwoul dbef i
ftythousandy ears,unt i
ljudgmenti spronounced
amongser vantsandheseeswhet herhi spat histot akehi mt oPar adiseort oHell
.”Itwas
(again)sai d:“MessengerofAl l
ah, whataboutcows( cat tl
e)andsheep? ”Hesai d:“
Ifanyowner
ofthecat t
leandsheepdoesnotpaywhati sdueont hem, whent heDayofResur rectioncomes
asof tsandypl ainwoul dbespr eadf orthem, hewi llf
indnoneoft hem mi ssing,withtwi sted
horns, withouthor nsorwi thabr okenhor n,andt heywi llgor ehim wi tht heirhornsandt rample
him witht heirhoof s.Asof t
enast hef i
rstoft hem passeshi m, t
hel astoft hem woul dbemade
tor
eturnt
ohim duringadaytheextentofwhichwouldbefif
tythousandyears,
unti
lj
udgment
woul
dbepr onouncedamongt heservant
s.Andhewouldbeshownhi spath-
pathl
eadi
nghimto
Par
adiseortoHell
.”[.
..
][Andt
hehadithismuchlongerthanthi
s.][
Musli
m, B.
5,#2161]

Tobemi serl
yov erasmal lamountofmoneyandt hensufferfor50,000y earsisnotwort
hitat
all
.Youwon’ thav ebarakah[blessing]inthatmoneyinthef i
rstpl
ace, andt henontopofthat
,
youpayt hepr i
cef ori
tinakhirah.Themoneyt hatwaswithheldinduny aandspentov erashort
periodoftime,youwi l
l payforitsomuchl ongeri
ntheakhirah–becausey ouwon’tl
ive50,
000
years.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalawi l
lgive.Youweren’
tcreatedwi thany t
hing,andAll
ahprovi
ded
youwi thwhaty ouhav etoday.Hegav eitandHecant akeitaway .Soy ouhav eyourr
izq
[sustenance]al
readywr i
tt
enfory ou.

2.Ar
rogance

Thissini
sv er
ydanger
ousanditist
hecauseofAl
l
ah’sWrat
honHi sworsecr
eat
ion–iblees.
Thissini
swhatcausedibl
eestogofrom t
hehi
ghlev
elandrankt
obeingthel
owest.I
bleeshad
the“Iam bett
ert
hanhim”att
it
ude.

Thissinissodanger
ousthatRasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘
alay
hi wasallam says“whoev erhast he
equiv
alentofevenasmallgrainofarr
ogancei nhi
sheartwil
l notevensmel lparadi
se.”Ifeven
theamountofadharra(anat om)ofarrogancecouldgetintheheart,thatpersonwillnoteven
smellparadi
se.Hewon’
tev engetclose,nevermindgetin.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lallahu‘
alayhiwasall
am saidthatonthedayofjudgment ,thearrogantwillbe
assembl
edont hedayofj udgmentintheformsofmen, buti
nt hesizesofant s;humili
ati
onwill
cometothem from ev
er ydir
ect
ion.Dharraretheant
sthatar
ev er
ysmal l.Theywillbestepped
onbyevery
one.Peoplewi ll
berunningont heDayofJudgmentandst eppingoni t
.

Whoeverhasar
roganceisactuall
ylyi
ng.Why ?Becauseasacr eat
ion,wearehumbl e.Al
lahis
theOnewhogivesusvalue.Otherwi
se,wewoul dbewor t
hless.Al
lahsays:“
Hast herenotbeen
overmanaperi
odoft i
me, whenhewasnot hi
ngtobement ioned?
”(76:1)Whenev erweare
arr
ogant,
weareclai
mingsomet hingthatdoesn’
tbelongtous.Thatiswhyit’
salie.Thisli
ewill
beexposedontheDayofJudgment ,andAllahwil
lbringt
hem intheformthattheydeserve.

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am saidthatt
hemostbeli
ttl
edandhumi l
i
atednameont he
dayofjudgmenti sthenameofaman, whocall
edhimsel
final-
dunya,“t
heki
ngofki ngs.”Al
lahu
‘
Alam whot hisrefer
st o,butther
ewasat i
mei nPer
siawhenthekingwouldcallhi
msel fShan
an-Shah,whichmeanst hekingofkings.OntheDayofJudgment ,
thiski
ngwill
comei ntheform
ofanant .

3.ThoseAl
l
ahwi
l
lNotLookat

Therearesomesi
ns,
ifcommi
tt
ed,
wil
lresul
tinAl
l
ahnotl
ooki
ngaty
ouont
hedayof
resur
rect
ion.
All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalasays:“
Ver i
ly
,thosewhoconcealwhatAl l
ahhassentdownoft he
Book,andpur chaseasmal l
gaintherewith(ofwor
ldl
ythi
ngs),
theyeatintotheirbelli
esnothi
ng
butfi
re.Allahwi ll
notspeakt othem ont heDayofResurr
ecti
on,norpurif
ythem, andt hei
rswil
l
beapai nfultorment .Thosearetheywhohav epur
chasederr
oratt hepr
iceofGui dance,and
tor
mentatt hepr i
ceofFor gi
veness.Sohowbol dt
heyare(f
orevildeedswhichwi llpushthem)
totheFire.”(2:174-175)Thosearet heoneswhohadt heknowledgeandt hetruth,but
concealedi t
.

Inanotherhadi t
h, RasulAll
ahsall
allahu‘alayhiwasal l
am saysthattheonewhoi sgiven
knowledgeandt henconceal sit
,Allahsubhaanawat a’
aalawillconcealtheirmout hswithfir
eon
thedayofj udgment .Knowledgehasbeenr evealedbyAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’aalaforthe
purposeofconv eyingit.Sowhatusei st heknowl edgeifoneconceal sitanddoesn’ tconveyit?
Thereisapr inci
plei nfi
qhwhi chsay s:“
Itisnotal lowedt odelayconv eyi
ngt hemessagepasti t
s
ti
me.”Forexampl e, i
fyouseeapar ti
cul
arsi ninf rontofyourey es,youneedt obr i
ngawar eness
tothepeopl ethatt hisi
sami stake.Ifyoudonot ,thenyoumusthav ejusti
fi
cat i
onofdel ayi
ngit
.
Anaccept ableexcusewoul dbet hatyouar eaf raidifyoutel
lthem thet r
uth,theirr
ev ol
tagainst
i
twi l
lcauseagr eatermunkar–ev il
.Other wise,thegeneralruleisthatyoucannotdel aythe
messagepasti t
st ime.

There’sanot heray ah: “

Ver ily,
thosewhopur chaseasmal l gainatt hecostofAl lah’sCov enant
andt heiroat hs, theyshal lhav enopor ti
oni nt heHer eaf t
er( Paradi se) .Neitherwi l
lAll
ahspeakt o
them, norl ookatt hem ont heDayofResur r
ect ion,norwi llHepur i
fyt hem, andt heyshal l havea
painfultorment .
”( 3:77)Thi sist het alkingaboutt hosewhosel ltheirr el
igionf orawor ldly
benef i
t,return.Thati s, theycompr omi set heirreligiont ogetsomet hingi nr eturn.Anexampl eof
thi
swoul dbet heschol arsoft hesul tan( aki ngorpr esident ).Thesewoul dbeschol arswho
wouldgi veaf at wat opl easet heki ngorpr esi dent.Theyar eusi ngt hei rr
eligiont ojustifyt he
fal
sehoodandev i
l
.Thepuni shmentf ort hisi sthatAl l
ahwi llnotl ookatt hem ont heDayof
JudgmentandHewi llnotpur ifyt hem.Al soi ncl udedi nt hisar et hosewhomakeanoat hi nthe
nameofAl lahandt heyl ie.Forexampl e, “Int henameofAl lah,Idi dsuchandsuch”andi ti sali
e.
Therear emanyhadi tht hatIbnKat hirment i
onsi nthet afsiroft hisay ah.Inahadi threcor dedby
Musl i
m, AbuDhar rsaidt hathehear dthePr ophetsal lall
ahu‘ alay hiwasal lam say ,“Ther ear e
threeper sonswhom Al lahwi l
l notspeakt o,lookatont heDayofResur rectionorpur ify, and
theyshal ltast eapai nful torment .
”Isai d, “OMessengerofAl lah!Whoar et hey,mayt heygai n
fai
lureandl oss. ”Hesai d,repeat i
ngt hisst atementt hrice,“TheMusbi l(manwhosecl othes
reachbel owt heankl es) ,hewhoswear swhi lelyingsoast osel lhismer chandi zeandt heone
whogi v eschar ityandr emi ndspeopl eofi t).
”Ther ei sanot herhadi thwhi chspeci fi
est hatt he
punishmenti sf orthosewhodr agt heircl othesf orpr i
deandar rogance.Thesecondper soni s
theonewhol iest osel l
, forexampl e, hesay s, “wAl l
ahi [
ByAl l
ah], thiscostme$10! ”wheni t
actuallycosty ou$5.Al lahwi l
l notspeakt ot hisper son.Thet hirdper soni sal -mannaanwho
alway sremi ndspeopl eofhi sf avour s.Forexampl e, “Remember ,ay earagoIdi dsuchandsuch
foryou. ”Thi sshowst hatt hisper soni snotdoi ngi tforAl lah; r
at hert heyar edoi ngi tforar et
urn.

[
Inpar
tofahadi
thnar
rat
edbyBukhaar
iandMusl
i
m]:
[..
.]Upont
hist
heMessengerofAl
l
ah
sal
lal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam r
emarked:
“Hewhoperjur
edforappropri
ati
ngtheweal
thofa
Musli
m,wher easheisali
ar,woul
dmeetAll
ahwhil
eHewoul dbeangr ywit
hhim.
”Thisverse
wasthenrevealed:
‘Ver
il
ythosewhobart
erAll
ah’
scovenantandthei
roathsatasmallpr
ice…’
[Musl
im,B.1,#254]

I
nanot herhadithnarratedbyAhmad, AbuDawudandat -
Tirmi
dhi:
AbuHur ayrahsaysthat
RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am says,“Therearethreewhom All
ahwi l
lnotspeaktoon
thedayofj udgment ,andwillnotl
ookat,andwi l
lnotpurif
yandwillpuni
shthem: amanwho
prevent
st hetravel
lerf r
om surpl
uswaterthattheyhave;someonewhomakesanoat honthei
r
merchandi seaft
er‘asr ;
someonewhogi vesbay ’
ahtot heimam [
khali
fa/
leader][
anddoesnot
ful
fi
lli
t]
.”

Asf ort
heper sonwhopr eventsthetravell
erfr
om surpluswatert
hathehas,Rasul
All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am say sinanotherhadiththatonthedayofjudgment
,All
ahwillt
ell
that
person,Howcomey oupr event
edsomet hingthatdi
dnotbelongtoyou?Waterissomethi
ng
thatbelongstoev er
yone.I fyouhavesur pluswaterwithyouandsomeoneelseisinneedofit,
thenthatsurpluswat erdoesnotbel ongt oyou.

Whatdoesi tmeant omakeanoat hony ourmer chandi

seafter‘asr
?Usuall
y,thebusinessday
usedtobeunt il‘
asr.Ify
oudidn’
tsel
lby‘asr,t
henmostl i
kelyitmeantyouwoul dtakethose
thi
ngswi t
hy oubackhome.Att heendoft heday,youarejusttryi
ngtogetridofwhaty ouhav
e.
Thispersonistryi
ngt ogetri
doftheaddit
ionalmerchandi
set heyhave,sotheymakeoat hsonit
unti
ltheygetitsold,andtheyar
elyi
ngintheiroaths.

Onasidenote,int
heoldday s,
theyusedt oworkal
lday.Now,ourdaysareshort
er,yetwesti
ll
useworkasanexcusef ornotful
fi
ll
ingourIsl
amicduti
es.Peoplebef
oredidnothaveshort
er
off
icehour
s–t heyusedtowor kfr
om fajrunt
ilmaghr
ib.Nevert
hel
ess,t
heydidallofthei
badaat.
All
ahputbarakahi
ntheirti
mebecauset heyhadtaqwaofAllah.

Asf ort
hepersonwhogivesbay ’
ah–itist
alki
ngabouttheonewhogi veshisal
l
egi
anceaslong
astheimam paysthem andtakescareofthem,buti
fhedoesnotpayandt akecar
eofthem,
theygiv
eupt hei
ral
legi
ance.Thatist
hecaseofsomeofal ‘araab,
whobecameMusl i
m.They
woul dj
ustgotowhoeverpaidthem more;
theychangeall
egianceaccor
dingtowhopaysmore.

If
oundasi
mil
arhadi
thi
nBukhaar
i:

Nar r
atedAbuHur air
a:Al
lah’sApostlesaid,“Therear ethreeper sonswhom Al l
ahwi l
lnotlookat
ont heDayofResur r
ecti
on,norwi l
lhepur i
fythem andt hei
rsshal lbeasev er
epuni shment .They
are:Amanpossessedsuper f
luouswater ,
onawayandhewi thhelditfrom travelers;Aman
whogav eapl edgeofall
egiancetoar ul
erandhegav eitonlyf orwor l
dlybenef i
ts.Iftheruler
giveshim somethinghegetssat i
sfi
ed,andi ftherulerwi t
hholdssomet hingfrom hi m,heget s
dissati
sfi
ed;Andmandi splayedhisgoodsf orsaleaftertheaAsrpr ay
erandhesai d,‘
ByAl l
ah,
exceptWhom Nonehast her i
ghttobewor shipped,Ihav ebeengi vensomuchf ormygoods, ’
andsomebodybel i
eveshim( andbuy sthem) .
”ThePr ophetthenr ecit
ed: “Veri
ly
!Thosewho
pur
chaseal
i
ttl
egai
natt
hecostofAl
l
ah’
sCov
enantandt
hei
roat
hs.
”(3:
77)[
Bukhaar
i3/
40/
547]

Iti
snar r
atedont heauthori
tyofAbuHur ay
rahthattheMessengerofAl l
ah( maypeacebeupon
him)obser v
ed:“Three(aretheper sons)wit
hwhom Al lahwoul dnei therspeak, norwouldHe
absolvethem ont heDayofResur recti
on.[
AbuMu’ awi yaadded: Hewoul dnotl ookatthem and
thereisgri
evoust or
mentf orthem] :t
heagedadulterer,t
hel i
arki ngandt hepr ouddest i
tut
e.”
[Musli
m, B.1,#195]Whati sthecommont hingamongt heset hreepeopl e?Ther eisnoneedf or
them tocommi tthesesins.Theol dmanhaspastt heageofst rongur ges,nonet hel
esshei s
commi tt
ingzina.Iti
snotamat terofshahwa–desi r
e,butit’
samat terofi
nsistingondoi ngthe
fal
sehood.Aki nghasthepower ,sohedoesnotneedt olie.Thel i
arusuall
yl i
esbecausehei na
positi
onofweaknessandwant stogetoutofit.Andt heot herper sonment ionedi sthepoor
personwhoi sarrogant.Allofthesepeopleshowtheyhav ev erylitt
lewaraa`–r i
ghteousness.

RasulAll
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am saysthatthethreeAl l
ahwi l
lnotlookatonthedayof
j
udgmentar e:
oneswhoar ecruelanddisobedientt
ot heirparent
s,themasculinewomanand
ad-
day ooth.Addayoothi
sanymanwhohasnoj eal
ousy .Forexampl e,i
famanhasamot heror
asister,
etcwhoi scommitti
ngindecenciesandhedoesn’ tmind,hewoul dbecall
edad-
dayyooth.

4.TheRi
chandt
heExt
rav
agant

Inahadithbyat -
Tir
midhiandIbnMajahandAl-Haakim,ther
ewasamansi tti
ngwit
hRasul
All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ay hi
wasallam.Thismanwasbur ping,bur
ping,
burpi
ng.Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu
‘
alayhiwasallam sai
d,“
Keepy ourbur
pingawayf r
om us!Theoneswhof i
ll
thei
rst
omachsmost
i
nduny awi l
lsuff
erhungerthemostont hedayofjudgment.”

Inanotherhadit
hnarratedbyBukhaari
andMuslim:[.
..
]He( AbuDhar r)sai
d:SoIwal kedalong
wit
hhi m[RasulAll
ah]forsometimeandhesall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am sai
d:“Theweal t
hy
personswouldhav eli
ttl
e(rewar
d)ontheDayofResurrecti
on, exceptuponwhom Al l
ah
conferr
edgoodness( wealth)
.He[t
heonewiththewealth]dispensedittohisri
ght,l
eft,i
nfront
ofhim andathisback( j
ustasthewinddi
ff
usesfragr
ance)anddi dgoodwi t
hit(r
iches).
”
[Musli
m B.5,#2175]

Anotherhadi
th,whichcomplimentst hi
sone,“Theoneswiththemostar et
heoneswhoar ethe
l
owestont hedayofj udgment,excepttheoneswhospendi thereandther
eandtheyreceiv
eit
byhalaalmeans.”Sot hewaythesepeople[theexcept
ions]ear
nt hemoneyishal
l
al,
andt he
waytheyspenditisinr i
ght
eousness.

Moneyinitsel
fdoesnotcarryatagt hatsaysi
tisev
il.I
nfact,
Al l
ahsubhaanawata’aal
acall
ed
moneyinQur ’
ankhayra/
khayr,
whi chmeansgood.Al l
ahactuall
ygaveitgoodti
tl
es–khay rand
zeena(t
heador nmentofthi
sli
fe).Itonl
ybecomesbadwheni tisusedinawrongway .I
tisa
toolt
hatcanbeusedf orgoodorev il
,j
ustli
keanyotherri
zqAllahgivesyou(
forexample,
knowledgeandhealt
h).Weneedt
okeepi
tmi
ndt
hatmoneycont
inuousl
yneedst
obepur
if
ied,
andthatisbyspendi
ngit.

Weknowt hatmanyoft heprominentsahabahwer everywealthy.‘

Uthmaanibn‘Af
faanwasone
ofthewealthiestoft
heMusl i
ms.‘AbdurRahmani bn‘Awfmi ghthavebeenthewealthi
estofthe
Musli
ms; hewasoneoft hetengiventhegladtidingsofjannahwhi l
estil
li
nthi
sduny a.‘
Umar
andAbuBakrwer ealsoprett
ywelloff
.Allofthem knewhowt ousethatmoney.Al
so, amongst
theprophets,Dawud[ Dav
id]andSulaymaan[Sol omon]wer everywealthy.

5.Al
-Ghaadi
r–t
heOnewhoBet
ray
s

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am says,“
Foreverybet
rayer(
perf
idi
ousper
son),af
lagwil
l
beraisedont heDayofResur r
ect
ion,anditwil
lbeannounced(publ
i
cly)‘
Thi
sisthebet
rayal
(per
fi
dy )ofso-and-so,t
hesonofso-and-so.
’
”[Bukhaari
,8/
73/196]

I
nanotherhadi
th,
itsaysthatt
hisf
lagwil
lbecomi
ngoutofthebackoft
hisper
sonandt
hat
per
sonwillbegoi
ngaroundwithit
.Thesi
zeandhei
ghtoft
hebannerdependsonhowbadt
he
bet
ray
alwas.

Iti
snarr
at edontheaut hori
tyofAbuSa’ i
dt hatt
heMessengerofAl lah(maypeacebeuponhi m)
sai
d:“Ont heDayofJudgmentt her
ewi l
l beaf l
agforeverypersonguil
tyoft
hebreachoffai
th.I
t
wil
lberaisedinproportiontotheextentofhisguilt
;andthereisnoguil
toftr
eacherymore
seri
ousthantheonecommi tt
edbyther ulerofmen.”[Musli
m B19,#4310]Thisbet
rayal
is
worsebecausethel eaderofthemassesi sbetray
ingofeveryone.

6.Al
-Ghal
ool

Thedirectmeani ngofal-
ghalool i
sany t
hingst ol
enf rom theboot i
esofwar .Ageneral
meani ng
ofthewor dwoul dal
soincludeany thi
ngt akenwi thoutright.Thepunishmentforthi
s,All
ahsays
i
nt heQur’an:“
ItisnotforanyPr ophettot akeill
egall
yapar tofbooty(Ghulul
),andwhosoever
deceiv
eshi scompanionsasr egar dstheboot y,heshal lbri
ngf or
thont heDayofResurrect
ion
thatwhichhet ook(i
ll
egall
y).Thenev eryper sonshall bepaidinfullwhathehasearned–and
theyshallnotbedealtwithunjustly.
”(3:
161)

RasulAllahsal l
allahu‘alayhiwasal l
am say sthatify
ouhav estolenacamel , y
ouwi l
lbecar ry
ing
thatcamel ony ourshoul dersont hedayofj udgment–t hesamegoesf orsteali
ngacowora
goat.Ithasbeennar rat
edont heaut hor i
tyofAbuHumai das-Sa’
idiwhosai d:TheMessengerof
All
ahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am appoi ntedamanf rom theAsadt r
ibewhowascal l
edIbn
Lutbiyyainchar geofSadaqa( i.e.aut hor i
sedhimt oreceiveSadaqafrom thepeopl eonbehal f
oftheSt ate.)Whenher etur
ned( wit
ht hecol l
ect
ions),hesaid:“
Thisisforyouand( t
hisismi ne
as)itwaspr esent edtomeasagi ft
.”Thenar rat
orsaid:TheMessengerofAl lahsall
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am st oodont hepul pitandpr ai
sedGodandext ol
ledHim.Thenhesai d:“What
aboutaSt ateoff i
cialwhom Igi veanassi gnmentandwho( comesand)say s:‘Thi
sisfory ou
andt hi
shasbeenpr esentedtomeasagi f
t’
?Whydi dn’theremaininthehouseofhi sfatheror
thehouseofhi smot hersothathecoul dobser vewhethergiftswer epresentedtohi m ornot ?
BytheBei nginWhoseHandi st heli
feofMuhammad, anyoneofy ouwi l
lnottakeany thingf r
om
i
tbutwi llbri
ngitont heDayofJudgment ,carryi
ngonhi sneckacamel thatwil
l begrowl ing,ora
cowt hatwillbebel l
owingoranewet hatwi l
lbebleati
ng.”Thenher ai
sedhi shandssot hatwe
couldseet hewhi tenessofhisar mpits.Thenhesai dtwice:“OGod, Ihaveconv ey ed(Your
Commandment s).”[Musli
m, B.20,#4509]Whywoul dpeopl egiv
ehi m gift
s?Sot hathewoul dbe
l
enientandov erl
ook.Thiswasgi v
enast hetitl
eofagi ft
,butinrealit
yitisabr i
be.Iwantt o
clar
if
yt hatifyouar einaposi t
ionofleader ship,i
tdoesnotmeany oucannotacceptgi f
tsper iod.
Youcanacceptgi fts,whoevery ouare,what everpositi
ony ouarein.Youcannotacceptgi fts
wheni tisgivenwi ththeint
entionofget ti
ngf avorthatdoesn’tbelongtot heperson.

7.TheOnewhoTakest
heLandI
ll
egal
l
y

ThePr
ophetsal
lall
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
l
am sai
d,“
Whoevert
akesapieceofthelandofother
s
unj
ust
ly,
hewil
lsinkdownthesev
enear
thsontheDayofResur
rect
ion.
”[Bukhaar
i,3/
43/634]

8.Dhul
-waj
hay
n/Doubl
eFai
th

Doublef
ait
hmeansyouar
ewi t
htwofaces.Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam say
s,“You
wil
lfi
ndthatt
hewor
sepeopl
eont heDayofJudgmentarethepeoplewhohav
edoubleface.
Theymeetpeopl
ewit
honefaceandother
swi t
hadiffer
entface.

I
nanotherhadit
h,theProphetsal
lal
lahu‘
alayhi
wasal l
am said,
“Whoev erusedtohav etwo
facesi
ndunyawi l
lhaveatongueoff i
reonthedayofj udgment.
”Becauset hetwofacesare
real
lyt
hetongue–i ti
sthetonguethatchanges.ThereasonisbecauseI sl
am isdescent.I
slam
doesnotli
kecrookedness.I
slaam l
i
kesbeingdirectandhonest,butal
soatt hesamet i
me, not
toberude.

9.ALeaderwhoHi
desf
rom t
hePeopl
e

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasall
am says,
“Whoev erassumesaleadershippositi
onamongst
theMuslimsandt henhidesawayfr
om theneedyandpoor ,All
ahsubhaanawat a’aalawil
lvei
l
Himselffrom t
hatpersonandtheneedsofthatpersonont hedayofjudgement.”I
fy ouassume
apositi
onofleadershipandthenr
efusetomeettheneedsoft hepeoplethatyouar e
responsi
ble,t
henont heDayofJudgment,wheny ouneedAl l
ah,Al
lahwillt
akerevengefor
thosepeopleandnothel pyou.

Withthekhul afaa`
,thei
rdoorswereopenf oreveryneed.Amancamef rom Egyptt ocomplai
n
aboutthesonoft hegovernorofEgypt–t hegovernorwas‘ AmribnAl‘
Aas[afamous
compani on].Andthemancamei ntoMadi nahandwal kedrighti
ntospeakwith‘ Umaribn
AlKhattaab.‘Umarwasnotl iv
inginapalaceoracast l
e; hewaslivi
ngi
nav erymodesthouse.
Amazingl yenough,thathousedidnotevenhav eadoor–t herewasonlyacurtainatthe
entr
ance.Al lyouhadt odowasuncov erthecurtai
n.Youj ustcal
lfr
om out
sidef or‘
Umar ,
andif
hecallsy ouin,youwalkinandspeakwi t
hhi m.
Oneoft hekingsofPersiacamet oMadinahtoconv eyamessagetot hekhali
fa.Heasked,
“Whereisthekhali
fa?”Theysaidyoumi ghtfi
ndhi mi nt
hehouseort hemasj i
d.TheKi ngwent
bothplacesanddidn’
tfindhim.Hecamet othepeopl eandaskedagai n.Oneoft hemen
poi
ntedandsai d,“
Youseet hatmansleepingunderandt r
ee?That’
sthekhal i
fa.”ThisPersian
l
eaderwentandst oodov er‘
Umar ,whowassl eepingunderthetr
eeint hedeser t
,amazed, and
sai
d,“Your ul
edwithj
ustice,soyouwerepeacef ulandy ouwereabl
et osleep!”Hei scompar i
ng
thi
ssituati
ontoPersi
a–wher eit
’simpossibl
ef orthekingtosl
eepli
ket hiswithoutroyal
guar ds
surr
oundinghim!

Hidingfrom theneedsoft hepeoplei

sacr i
me.Weneedt oredef
ineleadershi
p.Whenev
ert he
l
eader shi
pdoessomet hi
nggoodi noursociet
y,weprai
sealotwhateverwasdone.Wef orget
thatit
’stheirobl
i
gation.Theyaren’
tdoinganyoneafavour
.That’
swhatt heywereappoi
ntedto
do!Whent heydosomet hi
ngwr ong,wearequiet
,asift
heyhavear i
ghttoabusethenati
ons.

I
nIsl
am,theposi
ti
onofl
eader
shi
pisar
esponsi
bil
i
ty,
andy
ouwi
l
lbequest
ionedabouty
our
r
esponsi
bil
i
ty.

Wel ostthisconcept,
butt hesahabahwer everyawar eofitandi twasal i
veint heirhearts.One
day,‘Umari bnAlKhat
taabst oodont hemi mbaronedayt ogi veakhut bah.Hesai d, “
List
enand
obey!”Sal maanal-
Farsistoodupandsai d,“
We’ renotgoi ngt oli
stenandwe’ r
enotgoi ngto
obey!”Sal maanal-
Farsiwasamongstt herighteouscompani ons.‘
Umarsai d,“Why ?”Salmaan
said,“Becauseyouhav egiveneveryoneofusonet hawb( cloth)andy ouhav etakent wof or
yourself.
”Thisiswealththatcamet oMadi nah, piecesofcl oth,and‘Umardi str
ibut edthem to
everyone.Hegav eever y
oneonepi ece.Salmaannot icedthatwhen‘ Umarst oodupt ogivethe
khutbah, hehadtwopi eces.‘Umardidn’tspeak,sohet oldhisson, “Tellt
hem, ‘
Abdul l
ah.
”So
‘
Abdul lahstoodupandsai d,“Myfatheristall
,wi deandwel l-
buil
t.Onepi eceofcl othisnot
enoughf orhim,soIgav ehim mine.That ’
swhyhehast wopi eces.”

10.Beggar
s

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am saidinahadit
hnar
rat
edbyAbuDawudandAn-Nasaa`
i,
“Whoeverbegsandhasenough,
thatbeggingwi
llcomeasscar
sonthei
rfacesont
hedayof
j
udgment .
”

BecauseIslam want
speopletohavedigni
ty,
Isl
am all
owspeopl
ewhohav egonethrough
cat
astrophesandareingreatneedtoaskforhel
p.Isl
am gi
vest
hem t
herightt
oask, andgi
ves
ustheobligat
iontohel
p.Butifyoual
readyhaveenoughandyouask,
thatisj
ustgreed.

11.TheOnewhoLi
esAboutt
hei
rDr
eam

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ay hiwasallam says,
“Whoevercl
aimstohaveseenadream whichhe
didnotsee,wi
llbeorderedt omakeaknotbet weent
wobar l
eygr
ainswhichhewil
lnotbeabl e
todo.Andifsomebodyl istenstothetalkofsomepeoplewhodonotlikehim(t
oli
sten)orthey
runawayf r
om him,thenmol tenleadwillbepouredi
ntohi
searsontheDayofResurrecti
on;and
whoev
ermakesapi ct
ure,wi
ll
bepuni
shedontheDayofResur
rect
ionandwil
lbeor
der
edt
oput
asouli
nthatpi
ctur
e,whichhewi
ll
notbeabl
etodo.”[
Bukhaar
i,9/
87/165]

Sometimespeoplear
ever
yaffect
edbydr eams, soy oucancausepeopleagonybyl yi
ngabouta
dream.Al
so,peoplemayl
ieaboutseei
ngt heProphetsallall
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasallam becausethey
maywanttoclaim ahi
ghposi
ti
onofwi l
aya.Peoplemayt rytoj
ust
if
ytheirposit
ionorcauseby
makingupadream.Peopl
ehav ealotoftrusti
ndr eams.

12.Eav
esdr
oppi
ngandSpy
ing

Ify oulistentospyonpeopl eoreav esdroponthem whent heydon’twanty out ol

i
sten,t
hen
mol t
enmet alorcopperwill
bepour edintheearofaper sonwhodoesso.Al l
ahwill
pourhot
fluidint heearsofaper sonwhodoest hatbecauseyouar etr
ansgressingont heri
ghtsof
ot hers.Peoplehav earighttopri
vacy.ThisisoneoftheI sl
amicrights.Wear enotall
owedto
spyonot herpeopleorbackbit
eont hem orinvolv
eintheirpersonalaffai
rs,eveni
fwhattheyar
e
doi ngisasi n.

I
fpeopl ear
edrinkingal
coholintheirhouse,
wedonothavear i
ghttospyonthem.Ift
heyare
doingitint
heprivacyofthei
rhouse, t
hisisasi
nthati
sbetweenthem andAll
ah.Al
l
ahwi l
l
handleitontheDayofJudgment .I
fsomebodytakesoutt
heircanofbeeri
nthestr
eet,t
hen
punishmentisdoneont hatpersonbecausethi
sisexposi
ngthesin.

Therewer epeopleduringthetimeof‘Umarand‘Uthmaan–andmay beev enAbuBakr–who

usedt ocommi tthesesinsinthei
rhousesandtheywer eneverpuni
shedf oritbecausethey
didn’tdoiti
npubl i
c.Therewerepeoplewhower eMuslim bynameandcommi tt
ingthesesi
nsin
thepr i
vacyoftheirownhomes, andtheywerelef
talone.I
slam doesnotwantt hem tobe
exposed.May beAl l
ahwillgui
dethem tot
awbah( r
epentance).Andiftheydon’t,t
henmay be
Allahwillf
orgi
vet hem.All
ahforgi
veswhomev erHewant sandpunisheswhomev erHewants.

TheMut
taqeen–t
her
ight
eous–t
hatDay

Whoar
etheoneswhoar
esaf
eont
heDayofJudgment
?We’
l
lst
artwi
tht
heonesment
ionedi
n
t
heQur
’an.

“I
ndeed,t
hoseforwhom thebest[r
ewar d]haspr ecededfrom Us–theyarefr
om itf arremoved.
Theywil
lnotheari
tssound,whil
etheyar e,inthatwhichthei
rsoul
sdesire,
abidinget er
nall
y.
Theywil
lnotbegri
evedbythegreatestterror,
andt heangelswil
lmeetthem,[saying],‘
Thisi
s
yourDaywhichyouhavebeenpromi sed.’
”[21:101-103]

Whatisthereasonfort
hem feel
ingsosecureontheDayofJudgmentwhenev eryoneel
seis
bei
ngt er
ror
izedandafr
aid?Wehav et
heanswerforthati
nQur’
aanandSunnah.These
ri
ghteousmenandwomenusedt osaythiswhentheywerei
ndunya:“Veri
l
y,Wef earfr
om our
LordaDay ,
hardanddist
ressful
,thatwil
lmakethefacesl
ookhorr
ibl
e( f
rom ext
reme
disl
i
kenesstoit)
.”(
76:10)I
bnAbbaassay sthatqantar
eer
ameansalongdayandQat adahsays
i
tmeansadayofhar dshi
p.Youwouldseet hesorr
owanddespai
ronthefacesofpeople.These
ri
ghteouspeopleusedtosaythatt
heyfearedthatdayint
heduny
a,t
heref
oreAll
ahwillmake
them saf
eont heDayofJudgment.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saysinHadithQudsi
:All
ahsaid:“I
nMyName, Iwillnot
combineforMyservantt
womoment sofpeaceortwomoment soffear
.Ifmyserv
antdoesnot
feart
heDayofJudgmenti ndunya,
thentheywil
lfeari
tontheDayofJudgment .I
ftheyfearthe
DayofJudgmentindunya,thenIwil
lgi
vethem peaceandtranqui
ll
it
yont heDayofJudgment .
”

It
’smuchbett
ertobeafrai
doftheDayofJudgmenti nthedunya,
becauseweknowthatthe
earl
i
erthehar
dship,
theeasieri
tbecomesintheend.Ifyoucommitasin,
iti
smucheasiert
o
washawaythatsi
nwhi l
einthedunyathani
tislat
er.

Howar
ethesi
nspur
if
ied?

Ø Ther
ear
emor
ethan11way
s,butbr
ief
ly:

I
fyouhav
ecommi tt
edsi
ns,Al
lahwill
forgi
veandcompensatef
ort
hem byt
hehar
dshi
psi
n
duny
a(di
sease,
probl
ems,di
saster
s,fi
nanci
aldi
ff
icul
ty,
etc)
.

ØIfthati
snotenough,theninthemomentsofdeat
h,t
hepai
nthaty
ouwi
l
lfeel
whent
hesoul
comesout,t
hatwil
ltakecareofthesi
ns.

ØIfthati
snotenough,
ther
ewil
lbepuni
shmenti
nthegr
ave.I
fthati
snotenough,
thent
he
hor
roroft
heDayofJudgment.

ØIfthati
snotenough,
thent
heper
sonwi
l
lspendsomet
imei
nthehel
l
fir
e.Becauset
hesi
ns
hav
et obecl
ear
ed.

All
ahwi l
lnotadmi tanyoneintoJannah,
excepti
ftheyare100%pure.Ther
eisnoti
mpurit
y
all
owedi nJannah.Youmustpayf orwhatyouhavedoneinthi
sprocess.I
ndunyai
tiseasyto
puri
fythesesins–al ly
ouhav et
odoi smaketawbah.Thepaini
nthedunyaismucheasierthan
thepainofAkhirah.All
ahsay s,“
Theywil
lnothavepati
enceinHel
lf
ire.
”Noonecanhandlethe
painandsufferi
ngofHel l.I
tiseasi
ertogetoutofthesi
nstheear
li
eryoutry.

Wehav ealackofawarenessofakhi rah.Weareunaware.SubhaanAll

ah,
theissueofakhi
rah
doesnothave1%oft heaffectithadont hesahabah.WheneverRasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wa
sal
lam woul
dtalkaboutakhirah,theywouldcryandweep.Theyalwayshadthemeet i
ngwith
All
ahontheirminds.
Iti
smentionedthat‘ Umari bn‘Abdul
Azi
zhadal lofwhatdunyacouldofferunderhishands.He
couldownwhat everhewant s.Hewasr ul
i
ngt hegreat
estsuperpoweroft hetime–t heIsl
amic
khi
laaf
a.Itwast hebi ggestsuperpowerofit
st i
me.‘Umaroncewentt obed, hiswif
e,Faati
mah
i
bn‘AbdulMaali
k, said,“Myhusbandwentt osleepandsuddenlyhewasshaki ng.Hewascr y
ing
unti
lmorningbecausehewoul dn’
tsl
eep.Iaskedhim why,andhesaid,‘Ir
emembert heday
whenIwillbetoldtoei thergotoJannahorHel l
fi
re.Onthatday,
thefinaldecisi
onwillbemade.’
Whenher emember edt hatday,hewascryi
ngallnight
.”

Thefeart
hatt
hesahabah,
thesal
if
eenandtheright
eoushadini
tselfi
safor
m of‘
ibaadah.
Havi
nghopeofAl
lahandfear
ingAll
ah’
spunishmentisafor
m of‘
ibaadahi
nit
sel
f.

IbnAlQay yi
m say swehav etohavetwowi ngs:awingofr aj
aa`[hope]andawi ngofkhowf[ fear
].
Wehav eonewi ngtohav egoodexpectationsofAll
ah, t
hatHewi l
lbemer ci
ful,
andt hatwi ngwill
bebalancedbyt hefearoftheseverepunishmentofAl l
ah.I
foneout weighstheot her,
thebird
cannotf l
y.I
fy ouonl yhav egoodexpectati
ons,t
hatwi l
lmakey oulazyandprocr asti
nate.You
wil
lhav ea“ All
ahwi llfor
givemysins”atti
tude.I
fyouhav etoomuchf ear,youwi ll
giveupand
thi
nky oucannotmakei ttoJannah.Donotgot oeitherextr
eme, buthaveabal ance.Alway s
remindy ourselfofakhi r
ahandthatwilldevel
opthef earofAll
ahintheheart.

TheOneswhom Al
l
ahwi
l
lpr
ovi
dewi
thShade

Therei
snoshadeont heDayofJudgment–t herearenomountainsorbuildingsortr
ees;t
he
l
andwi l
lbefl
at.Ther
ewillbenoshade,exceptunderthethr
oneofAllah.Thisisanexclusi
ve
groupofpeopl
e,notever
yonecanjoin.Al
lahwill
admi tt
hosepeopleaccordingtothei
rquali
ti
es.

Whatar
ethei
rqual
i
ties?

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am: “Sevenar e(thepersons)whom Al lahwouldgiv
e
protecti
onwi t
hHi sShadeont heDaywhent herewoul dbenoshadebutt hatofHim(i.
e.ont he
DayofJudgment ,andt heyare):ajustruler
,ay outhwhogr ewupwi ththewor shi
pofAllah;a
personwhosehear tisattachedt othemosques; t
woper sonswhol oveandmeeteachot her
anddepar tfr
om eachot herforthesakeofAl lah;amanwhom abeaut i
ful womanofhighr ank
seduces( f
orill
ici
trelati
on),buthe( rej
ectsthisof ferbysaying)
:‘If
earAllah’;apersonwho
givescharit
yandconceal sit(tosuchanext ent )thattheri
ghthanddoesnotknowwhatt helef
t
hasgi v
en;andaper sonwhor emember edAl lahinpr iv
acyandhi seyesshedt ears.
”[Muslim,
5/2248]

1.An- Nawawi sai

dt hatt
hefirsttobement i
onedi sthejustrulerbecausehisbenefitwould
hel
pev er y
one.Everyonewouldenj oyt hejusti
ceoft her ul
er.Thet hi
ngthatwouldprov i
depeople
wit
hpeacei nal
-dunyai sj
ust
ice.Itwoul dmaket hem peacef ulandsecure.Weunder esti
mate
j
ustice.IbnTaymiyyahsay st
hatt heheav ensandt heear t
har eestabli
shedwithjust
ice.With
j
ustice,thepeoplewillbewel
l off,healthy
, peacefulandsaf e.Whent herul
erisjust,
thisjust
ice
permeat esthr
ought hewholesoci ety.Becauset hatrulermadepeopl e’
sli
vessafeandpeacef ul
,
All
ahwi llmakehisli
fepeaceful i
nt hehereaf t
er.
 2.Whenpeopl eareint heiryouthy ears,
somet imest heyarenotseri
ousaboutt herel
i
gi onof
Allah,butt heyaremor ewi ll
i
ngt oinvolveint herel
igionwhentheyareol der.Youusuall
yf ind
thatthey oungert hepersoni s,thelessserioustheyar eabouttherel
igion.Thisisnottruef or
everyone, ofcourse.Ther earemanyy out
ht hatareseriousaboutthereligi
on,andthereligionis
builtont heshouldersoft hey outh,butthey outharemor eplayf
ul.I
fay out hgrowsup
wor shippingAllahandnev ergoesint oaphaseofgr owingastr
ay,All
ahwi l
lrewardthi
sy outh
withshade.Thaty outhkepti sti
qaama( st
ay i
ngont hepathofAll
ahcont inuously
)andthaty out
h
hasnev erbeenmani pulatedbyev i
l.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD14-TheRi
ght
eousMusl
i
msont
heDayofJudgment

TheOneswhom Al
l
ahwi
l
lpr
ovi
dewi
thShade

Therei
snoshadeont heDayofJudgment–t herearenomountainsorbuildingsortr
ees;t
he
l
andwi l
lbefl
at.Therewillbenoshade,exceptunderthethr
oneofAllah.Thisisanexclusi
ve
groupofpeopl
e,notev er
yonecanjoin.Al
lahwill
admi tt
hosepeopleaccordingtothei
rquali
ti
es.
Whatarethei
rqualit
ies?

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am: “Sevenar e(thepersons)whom Al lahwouldgive
protecti
onwi t
hHi sShadeont heDaywhent herewoul dbenoshadebutt hatofHim(i.e.ont he
DayofJudgment ,andt heyare):ajustruler
,ay outhwhogr ewupwi ththewor shi
pofAl l
ah;a
personwhosehear tisattachedt othemosques; t
woper sonswhol oveandmeeteachot her
anddepar tfr
om eachot herforthesakeofAl lah;amanwhom abeaut i
ful womanofhi ghrank
seduces( f
orill
ici
trelati
on),buthe( rej
ectsthisof ferbysaying)
:‘If
earAllah’;apersonwho
givescharit
yandconceal sit(tosuchanext ent )thattheri
ghthanddoesnotknowwhatt heleft
hasgi v
en;andaper sonwhor emember edAl lahinpr iv
acyandhi seyesshedt ears.
”[Muslim,
5/2248]

1.An- Nawawi sai

dt hatt
hefirsttobement i
onedi sthejustrulerbecausehisbenefitwould
hel
pev er y
one.Everyonewouldenj oyt hejusti
ceoft her ul
er.Thet hi
ngthatwouldprov i
depeople
wit
hpeacei nal
-dunyai sj
ust
ice.Itwoul dmaket hem peacef ulandsecure.Weunder esti
mate
j
ustice.IbnTaymiyyahsay st
hatt heheav ensandt heear t
har eestabli
shedwithjust
ice.With
j
ustice,thepeoplewillbewel
l off,healthy
, peacefulandsaf e.Whent herul
erisjust,
thisjust
ice
permeat esthr
ought hewholesoci ety.Becauset hatrulermadepeopl e’
sli
vessafeandpeacef ul
,
All
ahwi llmakehisli
fepeaceful i
nt hehereaf t
er.

2.Whenpeopl eareint heiryouthy ears,

somet imest heyarenotseri
ousaboutt herel
i
gi onof
Allah,butt heyaremor ewi ll
i
ngt oinvolveint herel
igionwhentheyareol der.Youusuall
yf ind
thatthey oungert hepersoni s,thelessserioustheyar eabouttherel
igion.Thisisnottruef or
everyone, ofcourse.Ther earemanyy out
ht hatareseriousaboutthereligi
on,andthereligionis
builtont heshouldersoft hey outh,butthey outharemor eplayf
ul.I
fay out hgrowsup
wor shippingAllahandnev ergoesint oaphaseofgr owingastr
ay,All
ahwi l
lrewardthi
sy outh
withshade.Thaty outhkepti sti
qaama( st
ay i
ngont hepathofAll
ahcont inuously
)andthaty out
h
hasnev erbeenmani pulatedbyev i
l.

3.Amanwhosehear tisat
tachedtothemasjid.Wherevert
hatmanwoul dgo,youwoul
dfi
nd
hi
m aski
ngwherethemasaajidare.Whentheyaretravel
l
ing,
theywanttoknowwher et
he
near
estmasaaj
idare;whentheyareatthei
rhomes, t
heywanttogotot hemasji
dwhenpray
er
ti
mecomes;theyl
ov ethemasji
d.Theydon’tf
eelthatsomeoneisfor
cingthem t
ogoorthat
theyhavetogeti
tof
foftheirshoulders.AnNawawisaysthemeani ngoft
hisisthattheyloveto
prayjama’
ahinthemasj
id,notthattheywantt ost
ayinthemasjid.Weshouldnotmi sint
erpret
i
tassomebodyshouldjustgot othemasj i
danddonot hi
ngthere.‘
UmaribnAlKhattaabcame
i
ntot hemasj
idoneti
meandsawsomepeopl eint
hemasjid.Heaskedthem, “
Whatar ey ou
doing?”

Itwast hetimef orwor k.Theysaid, “

Wear et heoneswhohav etawakkul .
”‘UmaribnAl Khat
taab
tookhisst i
ckandhi tt hem.Hesai d,“Youknowt hattheskydoesnotr aingol dandsilver
!”I
fyou
stayinthemasj id,don’ texpectgoldandsi l
vertof al
lfr
om theskyont oy ourheads;youhaveto
goear ny ourliv
ing.Once, RasulAl
lahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am camei ntothemasj i
dandsaw
oneoft hesahabaht her e,soheasked, “
Whatar ey oudoinginthemasj id?”Ifitwasokf ora
persont ost ayinthemasj idconti
nuously ,
RasulAl l
ahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasal l
am wouldnothav e
askedhi m, butheaskedhi m becauseitwasnott hetimeforsalah.Themansai d,“Ihavealotof
dist
ress.”SoRasul Allahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasallam taughthimthedu’aa` :

RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam t
oldusahadi t
haboutthemunafiqeen[hypocri
tes]–
i
foneoft hem i
st ol
dthataharvestofdateswillbehandedoutinthemasji
df orfr
ee,theywould
havecame.Thi nkabouti
tyourself–ifyoufi
ndal ackofmot i
vat
iontogotothemasj id–ask
yourself
,“WouldIgot othemasj i
diftheyoff
ered$20f orev
erysalah?
”Imaginethat!The
masaaj i
dwoul dbepacked!Al l
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal
aisoffer
ingyoumore.Hei spromisingthat
Hewi ll
givey oushadeonadayt hati
s50,000y ear
slong.

“
OAll
aah,It
akeref
ugei
nYoufrom anxi
etyandsorr
ow,weaknessandl
azi
ness,
miser
li
ness
andcowar
dice,
thebur
denofdebt
sandf r
om beingov
erpoweredbymen.”

Somepeoplecometothemasjidasifther
eisabur denontheirshoulders.Thereareother
peoplewholov
ecomingtothemasj i
d.Despit
eli
vi
ngf araway,t
heywoul dt r
av el
longdist
ances
tocomeprayinjama’
ah.Thenther
ear esomewhol i
vei nt
hev i
cini
tyofthemasj id,butt
hey
nevercome.Why?Becausether
eisalackofloveofthemasjid.

4.Twomenwhol oveeachot herforthesakeofAl l

ahwillal
sobei nthatshade.Theydonot
l
ov eeachot herforwor l
dlybenefi
ts.Theyloveeachotherforthei
rri
ghteousnessandgood
akhlaaq.Theycamet ogetherandpar t
edf orAl
lah’
scause.Theydidn’tcomet otal
korconspir
e,
etc.Theycamet oget
herf orAll
ah.Thisisliket
hebrother
hoodofMusaandHar un.Musa
‘
alayhissalaam said:
“ Thatwemaygl ori
fyYoumuch, AndrememberYoumuch. ”(
20:33-
34)
That’swhyMusaaskedf orhisbrothertobewithhim.AnotherexampleisSalmaanal Far
siand
AbuDar daa`or‘AbdullahibnMas’ ood,whenhesai dtooneoft hesahabah:“Let
’scome
togethertohavei maanf oramoment .”

5.Thenextper
sont
obei
ntheshadei
samanwhowasseducedbyabeaut
if
ulwomanand
whoal sohadaposi tionofaut horit
ybecausehef earedAl lah.ThebestexampleofthisisYusuf
‘
alayhi
ssal aam.Hewascal l
edbyav erybeautif
ulwomanwhowast hewifeoftheownerof
Yusuf.Shehadt heulti
mat eauthorit
yov erhim.Nev ert
hel ess,hesaidno,andhesufferedalot
becauseoft hi
s.Whyi sthepersongr ant
edshadef or50, 000y earsforsayi
ngno?Becauseitisa
verydiff
icultthi
ngtodo.I ti
snotj ustawor dofsay ing,“
If earAllah.
”Iti
sextremel
ydiffi
cul
t.
All
ahwi l
l r
ewar dyouaccor di
ngt othehar dshipandmor e.Appl ythi
srulet
oanysituati
on–t he
mor ediffi
cultsomethingisfory ou,themor etherewar dwi llbe.

6.Thenextper soni ssomeonewhohasgi vensadaqah[ char it

y ]andhasmadei tsecr etsothat
evenhi sl efthanddoesnotknowwhatt her ighthandi sgi ven.Thi sistalkingaboutsecr et
char it
y.Ther ear etwot ypesofsadaqah: t
hepubl i
cchar it
yandt hepr i
vate/ secr etchar i
ty.There
arer ewar dsf orbot h.AnNawawi saysthat ,asf orzakat ,iti
sbet tert omakei tpublic.Ther eis
mor erewar di ngivingzakahi npubl i
cbecausezakahi sapi l
larofI slam andpeopl eneedt obe
remi ndedofi t.Wi t
ht hev oluntarysadaqah, hesay si ti
sbet tert ogi veitinsecr et.Thi sisnot
gener al,howev er.I
fgi vingsadaqahi npubl icwi llencour ageot hers, t
heni tisbet t
ert ogivei ti
n
publ i
c.Thati swhyt herewer esomeoccasi onswher eRasul Al l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ay hiwasal l
am
askedpeopl et ogivei tinpubl i
c.Jar i
rb.Abdul lahr epor tedt hatsomedeser tArabscl adin
wool lencl othescamet oAl lah’
sMessengersal lallahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am.Hesawt hem i nsad
plightast heyhadbeenhar dpr essedbyneed.He( thePr ophet )exhor tedpeopl etogi vechar i
ty,
butt heyshowedsomer eluctanceunt il(si
gns)ofangercoul dbeseenonhi sface.Thena
per sonfrom t heAnsaarcamewi thapur secont aini ngsi l
ver.Thencameanot herper sonand
thenot herper sonsf ollowedt hem i nsuccessi onunt i
lsignsofhappi nesscoul dbeseenonhi s
face.Ther euponAl l
ah’ sMessengersal l
all
ahu‘ alay hiwasal l
am sai d:“Hewhoi ntroducedsome
goodpr act i
cei nIslam whi chwasf oll
owedaf terhi m( bypeopl e)hewoul dbeassur edofr eward
l
ikeonewhof oll
owedi t,withoutt hei
rrewar dsbei ngdi minishedi nanyr espect .Andhewho
i
nt roducedsomeev i
lpr acti
ceinI slam whi chhadbeenf oll
owedsubsequent l
y( byot hers),he
woul dber equi r
edt obeart hebur denl i
ket hatofonewhof ollowedt his(ev i
l practi
ce)wi t
hout
theirsbei ngdi minishedi nanyr espect .
”[Musl im, 34/ 6466]

Dur
ingtheghazwaoft abook,RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am stoodont hemi mbar
andsaid,“
Whowi l
l gi
ve?Whowi l
l gi
ve?”Everyti
me, ‘
UthmaanibnAffaanwoul dcomeandgi v
e,
unti
levent
uall
yRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am said,
“ What
ever‘Ut
hmaanwi lldoaft
er
todaywil
lnotharm hi
m.”Hegav esomucht hatAll
ahhasgr ant
edhimf or
givenessatthat
momentf oranyt
hinghedoesaf t
er .

Whent her
eisnoneedf orencouragement
,youshouldgiv
esadaqahi nsecret.Thelef
thand
notknowingwhattherighthandisdoi ngi
sanArabi
cexpressi
onwhichmeanst hatiti
sdoneso
pri
vatel
ythatnooneknowsabouti t.Anexampleofthatwouldbethatscholarswouldleave
foodatthedoorsoftheneedy,andt heywoul
donlyknowwhent hescholardied!

7.Fi
nal
ly
,amanwhoi sinseclusionandremember sAll
ahandhiseyesarefi
ll
edwithtearswi
ll
al
sobeintheshadethatday.Thisisdoneinast at
eofikhl
aas[si
ncer
ity
]becausethatpersoni
s
al
oneandtheyarenotshowingof ftoanyone.Becauseofthei
rsi
ncer
it
y,Al
lahsubhaanawa
t
a’aal
awi
l
lhav
ethatper
soni
nHi
sshade.

Thesear
enottheonl
yoneswhowill
haveshadeontheDayofJudgment.Ther
eweresome
morementi
onedbyRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam andwewil
ldi
scussthem.

Inahadi
th,Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam saidifamanwhoi sinfinancialdiffi
cult
y
owesyoumoneyandy ougi
vet hatmanmor etimeorf orgivet
hedebt,All
ahwi l
lpr ovideyouwith
shadeonthedayofjudgment.Financialdi
ff
icult
iesarev erystr
essful
forpeople, especial
lyfor
thosewhohavefamili
esandther ef
oremor eresponsibil
iti
es.Noti
cethatthepeopl ear einthe
shadeei
therwentthr
oughdiff
icultyi
nt hi
swor l
dort heymadesomebodyel se’
sdi ff
icult
yeasy.

TheonewhoAssi
stsot
her
sandFul
fi
ll
sThei
rNeeds

RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasal l
am say si nahadi t
hinMusl i
m,“Whoev ereasesthedi
str
ess
ofabel ieveri
nthisworld,Al
lahwilleasethei rdi
stressont hedayofjudgment.”Thi
sis
somet hingelsethatwehav eunderestimat ed.Somet i
meswehav etheunderstandi
ngthat
rel
igi
oni saf ewrak’ahanddowhat ev eryouwantwi thothers–abuseandcheatt hem –and
thi
nky ouar eaper f
ectMuslim.Treatmentofot hershasamaj oraffectonyourdeeds.Peopl
e
enterjannahexclusivel
ybecauseoft heir[good]treatmentofothers.Therearemanyahaadith
thattalkaboutthis.

Conceal
i
ngt
heSi
nsofYourBr
other

Rasul Allahsal lall

ahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am al sosay s,“Whoev erconceal sthepr i
vaci
esofaMusl im,
Allahwi ll conceal theirprivaciesont hedayofj udgment .
”Awr ahi ssomet hingthatyoudonot
wantot her stosee.Thati swhyt hepr i
vat epartsar ealsocal l
edawr ah.Awr ahalsoincludes
whaty oudon’ twantot her stosee, forexampl e,yoursins.Someonemaycommi tasi naway
from peopl ebecauset heydon’ twantot herstoknowabouti t
.Forexampl e,ther
ear esome
peopl ewhopr ay ,butsuf ferfrom anal cohol addiction.Nev ertheless,thispersonstil
lhasal otof
l
ov ef orAl l
ah,andt heyknowt heirweakness, andt heyaskAl lahf orforgiv
eness.Theydon’ t
wantany onet oknow.Somehow, youcomet oknow.I fy ouconceal thatanddon’ tl
etany one
know, t
henAl lahwi llconceal foryouoneofy ourpr i
vaciesont heDayofJudgment .Ev er
yoneof
ushassomepr iv
aciest hatwedon’ twantot herst oknow.Youmi ghtwonder–howcany oudo
thisifdr inkingi sill
egal i
nI slam?Thi sisamaj orsinandt hereisapuni shmentforit.Thei ntent
oft hehudood( cri
minal laws)i nIslam ist okeept hesoci etycl eanfrom anysi nthatwoul d
becomepubl i
candaf fectt hepeopl e.Thedangeri swhent hesi nbecomespubl ic.Whena
per sondoesasi nprivately, i
tdoesn’ taffectthesoci et
y .Itbecomesahar m wheni tispubl i
c,
becausei tatt
ract sother st othatsin.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am says,“
Whenpeoplemakefahi
shah(adul
teryand
for
nicati
on)publi
c,t
henAllahwi
llaff
li
ctthem wi
thdi
seasest
hatdidnotexi
sti
nt hei
r
for
efathers.
”
All
ahsay s,
“Indeed,thosewholi
kethatimmor ali
tyshouldbespread[orpublici
zed]among
thosewhohav ebel
ievedwil
lhaveapainfulpunishmentinthi
swor ldandtheHer eaf t
er.And
All
ahknowsandy oudonotknow. ”(24:
19)Someoft hescholar
ssayt hatthi
sappl i
est othe
oneswhogoandspyaboutot hersandexposet heevilt
oothersinthesociety.Thisnewst hat
wouldgoar oundwoul dcorr
uptthepeople.Tal
kingaboutev i
lofotherscausescor rupti
oninthe
societ
y–especi al
lywhenitcomest othi
ngsl i
kezina,et
c.Wheni tisnotinthemi ndsofpeopl e,
don’tbr
ingitup.

Thegeneralrulei
st hatever
yonewi l
lbecall
edbef oreAl l
ahandallofthecr
eation(humanit
yand
j
inn)aresurr
oundingandwi tnessingwhatishappeni ng.Theyheartheconversati
onbetween
thepersonandAl l
ah.Allahwouldaskt hem abouttheirsins–“di
dy oudothissin?”All
ahsays,
“ThatDay,y
ouwi llbeexhibi
ted[forj
udgement ]
;nothi ddenamongy ouisanythingconceal
ed.”
(69:
18)Everythi
ngwi l
lbemadepubl i
cthatday.

Therearesomebel iev
erswhoAl lahwillcall
andRasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam say
s
thatAl
lahwi l
lcal
lthem andcomedown, unt
ilheisrightovertheshoul deroft hepersonand
thenAll
ahsubhaanawat a’aalawi l
lspeakwi t
ht hatpersonaboutt hesi nsthatpersonhasdone
i
npr i
vate.AndAll
ahwi ll
notl etanyoneknowabouti t.ThenAl l
ahwi llt
ellthatbeli
ever,“
Ihave
concealedthesesinsforyoui nduny a,andIwi l
lconcealthem fory outoday .
”

Oneoft heway stobegr ant

edwi ththi
sblessi
ngi stoconceal thepr i
vaci
esofothers.Al
l
ah
subhaanawat a’aalatoldusnottospyonot hers.Ever
yoneofushasenought obeconcerned
wit
hour sel
v es.Wheny ouseesomet hingi
npubl i
c,i
tisy ourdut ytoenfor
ceenjoini
nggoodand
for
biddingev i
l.Thisistheadv i
ceoftheearlyMuslims–i tispartoftheperf
ecti
onofone’sfai
th
toleavewhati snoty ourbusiness.ThenRasulAll
ahsallallahu‘alay
hiwasallam sai
dintheend
ofthehadith,“Allahisinyourassist
ance,aslongasy ouar eassist
ingyourbrot
her.
”

DoJust
ice

Thereisanothersahi hhadith,
inwhi chRasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am says,“Ifyougive
vi
ctorytoyourbr ot herinhisabsence,Allahwil
lgiveyouv i
ctoryont hedayofj udgment .”What
doesthismean?Youar einameet ing,andav eryri
ghteousbr otherofyoursisabsent .People
star
tsayingbadt hi ngsabouthi mthatar enottrue,
andy oust andupf orhim,Allahwi l
lgiveyou
vi
ctoryonthedayofj udgment ,
wheny ouareinneed.Weshoul dn’tal
lowourbr others,orthe
ri
ghteousscholar s, t
obebackbi tt
enwhenwear earound.Weshoul ddefendthem.Thi sshould
notbeinter
pretedast a’
assad(?)–def endingsomeonej ustfort hesakeofdef endingt hem.
Peoplemakemi st akes.Forexampl e,approvi
ngordef endingsomeonej ustbecausehei spar
t
ofyourparty
,etc.

Thejahi
li
yyahAr
abshadt
hiswr
ongr
uleof“
Iwi
l
lassi
stmyt
ri
bal
brot
her
sev
eni
fIknowhei
s
wrong.”

Rasul
All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam sai
d,“Helpyourbrot
her
,whetherhei
sanoppressororhe
i
sanoppr essedone.”Peopl
e[t
hesahabah]asked,
“OAl l
ah’
sApostl
e!Iti
sal
lri
ghtt
ohelphimi f
heisoppressed,
buthowshoul
dwehel
phimifheisanoppressor
?”ThePr
ophetsai
d,“
By
pr
eventi
nghi mfr
om oppr
essi
ngot
her
s.”[
Bukhaar
i,3/
43/
624]

Just
iceisav i
rtuethatshouldbepracti
cedbyev er
yone.Al
lofushav eresponsi
bil
i
ty,andaslong
asyouhav eresponsibi
li
ty,
thenyouhav etobejust.Wementionedthatjusti
cei
sthel awoft
he
uni
verse.All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalahasestabl
i
shedt heheavensandear t
honjusti
ce.Wherever
j
usti
ceismi ssi
ng,everythi
ngwill
gowr ong.

RasulAl
lahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam saysi
nahadithinMuslim,“Al
Muqsiteen(t
hejust
)are
sit
ti
ngorstandi ngonpul pit
sofli
ghtontheRightHandofAllahsubhaanawat a’
aala,
andboth
HandsofAl l
ahar er i
ght.Theyarej
ustinthei
rjudgmentandamongt hei
rfamili
esandamong
thei
rresponsibil
it
ies.
”Anexampl eofthesecouldbe:ajudgeoranarbit
rat
or,theoneswhoare
j
ustamongt heirfamil
ies.

Anar eawher ether

eisal otofinjusticeisinthef ami l
y–wi thchi l
dren,withwives, wi
thyounger
si
bli
ngs, etc.Weneedt or eal
izethathav i
ngjusticebr i
ngsal otofr eward, andbeingunjust
bri
ngswi thitalotofpunishment .Weknowt hatoneoft hemostsev erepunishment sisagainst
oppression–dhul m.Allahsubhaanawat a’
aalasay sthatnothingisbet weenhim andt he
supplicat
ionoftheoppr essed,eveni fthepersoni sanonbel i
ev er
.Rasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘
alayhi
wasal lam speci
fi
call
yment i
onsint hehadiththatt hepr ay
ersandsuppl i
cat i
onoft heoppressed
wil
lreachAl lahi
mmedi ately,eveniftheyarecomi ngf r
om adi sbeli
ev er
.

I
fyouhav epower,i
tisverytempt ingtoabusei t,
especi all
ywhent her
eisnoopposi t
ion.
Chil
drenandt heweakar epr onetooppr essi
onf rom t hest r
onger.Thi
swi l
lnotgounnot i
ced,
howev er,
andAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalawill
maket heoppr essorpaythepriceonthedayof
j
udgment .All
ahwi l
lnotletany t
hinggo, ot
herwise, thatisinjust
ice.OneofAl l
ah’
snamesi sThe
Just.All
ahwi l
lmakeev eryonepayf ortheiri
njustices, eventotheextentthattheani
mal swill
havetosor tt
hingsout.Wement ionedthehadi t
hear l
ieraboutt hehornedgoatthathurtthe
goatwi t
houthornsandhowAl l
ahwi l
lgetrevengef ort hehor nl
essgoats.

ThoseWhoSuppr
esst
hei
rAnger

Angerisaverystronginy ourheartthatcancausesomuchpai nify

oudon’ tr
eleaseit
.Your
physiol
ogi
calandpsy chologicalst
atechanges.Itcausesyoutodoir
rat
ionalt
hingsoreven
becomev i
olent
.Ifyouar eabletosuppr essi
t–ev enthoughit
’st
here–RasulAllahsal
lal
l
ahu
‘
alayhiwasall
am sayst hatthereisav erybi
grewardforit
.

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am says,
“Ifanyonesuppressesangerwhenhei sina
posit
iontogiv
ev enttoit,All
ah,t
heExalt
ed,will
callhi
m ontheDayofResur rect
ionoverthe
headsofallcr
eatures,andaskhi mtochooseanyoft hebri
ghtandl argeey
edmai denshe
wishes.
”[AbuDawood, 41/4759]Al
so,i
nthehadi t
h,not
icei
tsay sthatyouholdtheangerback
wheny oucanactuall
yr el
easeitoractuponit
.Insomesi t
uations,
y oucan’
tdoany t
hing.

Al
l
ahment
ionsi
ntheQur
’ant
hemut
aqeen(
theGod-
consci
ous)
:“Whospend[
int
hecauseof
All
ah]dur
ingeaseandhar dshipandwhor estr
ainangerandwhopar dont hepeople–andAl l
ah
l
ovesthedoersofgood.”(3:133)Thesahabah, wit
hthetrai
ningofRasulAll
ah,r
eachedt othe
l
evelwheretheyf
orgave.Theywoul dstandupf orthetr
uth,butwhentheyhadt heabil
i
tytotake
rev
enge,t
heywouldforgive;thi
sisav eryvirt
uoust hi
ng.InI
slam,youhavet heri
ghttotakewhat
bel
ongstoy ou–aneyef oraney e.Forgiv
ingisabov ethatandyoureceiveaspecialr
ewardf or
doingso.

ThosewhoCal
ltheAdhaan

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam say
st hatt
hemu` adhi
nswillhav
ethelongestneckson
thedayofr esurr
ecti
on.[seeMusli
m,4/750]Thatissothattheycanbeseen.Adhaanisthecal
l
toprayer,andthatiswhyitcar
ri
essuchabi grewardtoit.

RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am saidtoaBedoui n,bythenameofAbdur Rahmaani bn
Sa’Sa’,“
Iseet haty oulovesheepandgoat sandt heBedouinlife.”Thi
smanwasn’ tveryattached
tocityli
fe;hewant edtoliveasaBedouinwi thhi
ssheepandgoat sinthedesert.RasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am conti
nued,“I
fyouar eint
hewi ldernessandi ti
stimef orsalah,then
rai
sey ourv oiceinadhaanbecausewhat everhearsyou–whet herji
nnsorhumansorany thing
–wi l
l wit
nessf ory ouont hedayofjudgment .
”Themount ains, r
ocks,animal
s, humanbei ngs
andjinnswi llwitnessforyouont heDayofJudgment .Youarei nharmonywi thcreati
on;
everythi
ngi sMusl im exceptfort
hecorruptji
nnandt hecor r
uptMusl im.

TheOneswhogr
owWhi
teHai
rinI
slam

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“
Whoevergr
owswhi t
ehairi
nIsl
am,itwi
llbel
i
ght
forthem onthedayofresurr
ect
ion.
”Thishadi
thwasnarr
atedbyat-
Tir
midhi
.Someti
meswe
don’tli
kewhitehai
rbecauseiti
sasignofoldage,
butRasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am i
s
tel
li
ngusi twil
lbenoorforusontheDayofJudgment.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasall
am saysinahadit
hbyIbnHabbaan,“Don’
tpull
outyourgr
ay
hai
r,i
twil
lbeli
ghtforyouont hedayofjudgment,andAl
lahwil
lgiveyouarewardforev
ery
whit
ehairandAll
ahwi l
lraiseyouonel
ev elf
oreverywhi
tehai
rthatyouhave.
”

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“Gr
ayhai
risli
ghti
nyourf
ace,
sopul
li
touti
fyou
wantto.
”Whowouldwantt
opulloutl
i
ghtfrom t
hei
rface?

TheOneswhomakeWudhoo`

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“MyUmmahwi l
lcomeont hedayofjudgment ,
ghur
andmuhajj
il
een.”Thesear etwomarksthatcomeonhorses–ghuri sthebri
ghtspotont he
for
eheadofthehorse,andmuhajji
l
eeni sabri
ghtspotonthefeetofthehor
se.TheAr absused
toconsi
dert
hem tobesi gnsofbeauty
.Itcarr
iesameaningofbeauty.Whatcausedthesesigns
ofbeaut
y?Thewudhoo` .

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am say
s,“
Andont
hedayofj
udgment
,youwi
l
lhav
ejewel
l
ery
accor
dingt
owher
ethewat
erusedt
oreach.
”

Ther e’
sanot herhadi thinMusl i
m,inwhicht heProphetsal l
allahu‘alayhi wasal lam wentt ot he
cemet eryandsai d,“Peacebeupony ou,thedwel lingsoft hebel ievers.That ’swher ethere
dwel li
ngisnow. ”Thenhesai d,“I
nshaAllahwear esoongoi ngt ofoll
owy ou.Iwi shthatwecan
seeourbr others.”Thesahabahwer eamazedbyt hi s,andt heysaid, “
Ar en’twey ourbrothers?”
Rasul All
ahsal l
allahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai d,“Youar emycompani ons.Mybr othersaret heone
whodi dnotcomey et.
”Ther estoftheUmmahofMuhammadsal lal
lahu‘ alayhiwasal lam ar e
thebr othersofMuhammad–wear ehisbr othersi nshaAllah.Then, Rasul Al
lahsal l
all
ahu‘alay hi
wasal l
am wasaskedbyt hesahabah,“Howwi ll
y ouknowy ourbr otherswheny ounev ersaw
them? ”Rasul All
ahsal lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam said, “I
ftherei samanwhohashor seswi ththe
mar ksoft ahjeel,wouldn’tyourecognizehi m amongot herhor ses?”Thesahabahsai d,“Yes.”
Rasul All
ahsal l
allahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai d,“MyUmmahwi llcomewi tht hesesi gnsandIwi ll
recognizet hem outofal loft
hepeopl e[
from t hesi gnsofwudhu` ]
.Iwi l
l bewai tingformy
brothersont hepool (howD) .
”

WeaskAl
l
aht
ocombi
neuswi
thRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am ont
hedayofj
udgment
.

Ash-
Shaf
a’aa(
Int
ercessi
on)ont
heDOJ

Thereismajorshif
a’aaandminorshafa’
aa.Themajorshi
fa’
aaisgiventonobodybutRasul
All
ah
sal
lal
lahu‘
alayhiwasall
am wi
llhave.Thenther
earemanymi norshafa’
aathatRasul
All
ah
sal
lal
lahu‘
alayhiwasall
am wi
llhave.Ther
ewi l
lal
sobeotherminorshafa’
aathatri
ght
eous
peoplewil
lhave,suchasthei
ntercessi
onoftheshaheed.

We’l
l t
alki ndetailabouttheshaf a’aainthefuture,butfornowwewi l
ll
imititt
ot hemaj or
shafa’
aa–whi chi stheintercessionofRasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam forthe
account abil
i
tytost ar
t.Ont heDayofJudgment ,thedayt hatis50,000yearslongandt hesun
wil
lbej ustabov ethepeopl e,thepeopl ewil
lbeexhaust edf r
om st andi
ng.Theywi l
l askthe
ambiyaofAl l
aht oappeal t
oAl lahandaskf orAl l
aht ostarttheaccountabil
ity
.Ther earemany
narr
ationsoft hishadithofintercession,butherei stheonewewi llmenti
on:

Some( cooked)meatwasbr oughttoAl l

ah’
sApost l
eandt hemeatofaf orearm waspr esented
tohim asheusedt olikeit
.Heat eamor selofitandsaid,“Iwil
lbet hechiefofallt
hepeopl e[of
theear l
iergener
ationsandt helastgenerat
ions]ontheDayofResur rect
ion.Doy ouknowt he
reasonf orit
?Allahwillgat
herall t
hehumanbei ngofear l
ygener at
ionsaswel laslate
gener ati
onononepl ainsot hattheannouncerwi l
lbeabletomaket hem allhearhi
sv oiceand
thewat cherwill
beabl etoseeal lofthem.Thesunwi llcomesocl oset othepeoplethatt hey
willsuffersuchdistr
essandt roubleastheywillnotbeabletobearorst and.Thent hepeopl e
willsay,‘Don’
tyouseet owhatst ateyouhav ereached?Won’ tyoulookforsomeonewhocan
i
nter cedeforyouwi t
hy ourLord?’

Somepeoplewi
ll
saytosomeot
hers,‘
GotoAdam.
’Sot
heywi
l
lgotoAdam andsaytohim.‘
You
aret
hefat
herofmanki
nd;Al
l
ahcr
eatedyouwit
hHi
sOwnHand,andbr
eat
hedint
oy ouofHis
Spir
it(meaningthespiri
twhichhecreatedforyou);andorder
edtheangelstoprost
ratebefore
you;so( pl
ease)i
nter
cedeforuswi t
hy ourLord.Don’tyouseeinwhatstat
ewear e?Don’tyou
seewhatcondi ti
onwehav ereached?’Adam will
say ,‘
TodaymyLordhasbecomeangr yasHe
hasnev erbecomebef or
e,norwil
leverbecomet hereafter
.Hefor
bademe( toeatofthefrui
tof)
thetree,butIdi
sobeyedHim.My self
!My sel
f!Myself!(
Hasmor eneedfori
nter
cession)
.Got o
someoneel se;gotoNoah.’

Sotheywi l
lgot oNoahandsay( tohim),‘
ONoah!Youar ethefir
st(ofAl l
ah’sMessenger s)t
o
thepeopleoftheearth,andAll
ahhasnamedy ouat hankfulsl
ave;pleaseinter
cedef oruswith
yourLord.Don’tyouseei nwhatstat
ewear e?’Hewi llsay,‘
TodaymyLor dhasbecomeangr yas
Hehasnev erbecomenorwi l
leverbecomet hereaft
er.Ihad( i
nthewor ld)therighttomakeone
defi
nit
elyacceptedinvocati
on,andImadei tagainstmynat ion.Myself!My sel
f!My sel
f!Goto
someoneel se;gotoAbr aham.
’

[I
mam'scomment
ary:Lookathowthepeopl
ewill
gototheambiy
aont hedayofr
esur
rect
ion;
event
houghi
twasthepresi
dentsandki
ngstheymadesuj
oodforint
hisli
fe.
]

Theywi l
lgotoAbraham andsay,‘
OAbr aham!Youar eAl
lah’sApostleandHi sKhali
l f
rom
amongt hepeopleoftheeart
h;sopleaseinter
cedeforuswithy ourLord.Don’tyouseeinwhat
stat
ewear e?’Hewillsayt
othem, ‘
MyLor dhastodaybecomeangr yasHehasnev erbecome
befor
e,norwillev
erbecomet her
eaft
er.Ihadtoldt
hreeli
es[1](AbuHaiy an(thesub-narr
ator
)
mentionedthem i
ntheHadith)Myself
!My self
!Myself
!Gotosomeoneel se;
gotoMoses. ’

Thepeopl ewillt
hengot oMosesandsay,‘OMoses!Youar tAll
ah’sApostl
eandAl lahgaveyou
superi
or i
tyabovetheotherswi
tht
hismessageandwi thHisdi r
ectTalktoyou;(pl
ease)
i
ntercedef oruswithyourLor
dDon’tyouseeinwhatstat
ewear e?’Moseswillsay,‘
MyLordhas
todaybecomeangr yasHehasneverbecomebefore,norwillbecomet her
eaft
er,Ikil
l
eda
person[2]whom Ihadnotbeenorderedtokil
l
.Myself
!My self
!My sel
f!Gotosomeoneel se;go
toJesus.’

Sot heywi l
lgot oJesusandsay ,‘OJesus!YouareAllah’sApostl
eandHi sWordwhi chHesent
toMar y,andasuper iorsoulcreatedbyHim,andy outalkedtothepeoplewhil
estil
lyounginthe
cradle.Pleaseinter
cedef oruswithyourLord.Don’ty
ouseei nwhatstatewear e?’Jesuswil
l
say.‘MyLor dhast odaybecomeangr yasHehasnev erbecomebef orenorwillev
erbecome
thereaft
er.’Jesuswillnotment i
onanysin,butwil
lsay,‘
My sel
f!Myself
!My sel
f!
’Got osomeone
else;gotoMuhammad. ’

Sotheywil
lcometomeandsay,‘OMuhammad!Youar eAll
ah’sApostl
eandthelastofthe
pr
ophets,
andAll
ahforgavey
ourear
lyandl
atesi
ns.(
Please)int
ercedeforuswi
thy ourLor
d.
Don’
tyouseeinwhatstat
eweare?’

[
Thespeakeraddedt
hatt
hePr
ophetsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am i
stheonl
yonewhowi
l
lsay
,
“
MyUmmah!MyUmmah! ”]
TheProphetadded,“
ThenIwi
l
lgobeneathAll
ah’
sThroneandfal
li
nprost
rat
ionbef
oremyLord.
AndthenAll
ahwi l
lgui
demetosuchpr
aisesandglor
if
icat
iont
oHim asHehasnevergui
ded
anybodyel
sebeforeme.

“Thenitwil
lbesaid,‘OMuhammadRai seyourhead.Ask,anditwil
lbegrant
ed.Inter
cede;It
(youri
nter
cession)will
beaccepted.
’SoIwil
lrai
semyheadandSay ,‘
Myf ol
l
ower s,OmyLor d!
Myf ol
lowers,OmyLor d.’I
twil
lbesai
d,‘OMuhammad!Lett hoseofyourfol
lowerswhohav eno
accounts,
enterthroughsuchagateofthegatesofParadiseasli
esontheright
;andt heywil
l
sharetheothergateswiththepeopl
e.’

ThePr ophetf
urt
hersai
d,“
ByHiminWhoseHandmysoul i
s,t
hedi
stancebet
weenev er
ytwo
gate-
postsofParadi
seisl
iket
hedi
stancebet
weenMeccaandBusr
a( i
nSham).
”[Bukhaar
i,
6/60/236]

ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hi wasal
lam saidthatever
yambi yawasgiv
enoneda’
wahthatwas
guaranteedtobeaccepted,andever
ynabi exhaustedthei
rda’wah,
exceptf
ort
heProphet
sal
lall
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am, whoreserveditforthedayofjudgment.

Yahyarel
atedt
omef rom Mali
kfrom Abu’
z-
Zinadf r
om al
-Araj
from AbuHurayr
athatthe
MessengerofAll
ah,
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am, sai
d,“
Everypropheti
sgiv
enasuppl i
cat
ion
(du’
aa`
),andIwisht
opreserv
emydu’ aa`asint
ercessi
onformycommuni tyinthenextwor
ld.
”
[
Malik’
sMuwat t
a,B.
15,No.15.8.
26]

Thismajorshafa’
aaisonlythatRasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am wi
ll
beabl
etodo–the
i
ntercessi
onforallofmanki
nd.Thatiswhenthebookswill
begivendownandev
ery
bodywil
lbe
hel
daccountableforthei
racti
ons.

[1]Thesewerenotreal
lyl
ies.Wewillmentionthem inourProphetser
ies.Becauseofthe
sensit
ivi
tyoftheambiy
a,theyhavedoubtsintheiracti
ons.Theyareal
way saskingAll
ahto
forgi
vethem andassumingtheworse.Evenifyout hi
nkyouhav edonethebestprayer–
assumet heworseandmakei st
ighf
aarafterthesalah.

[
2]Heki
l
ledhi
m byacci
dent
.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD15-Rul
esoft
heDayofJudgment

Namesoft
heDayofJudgment

TheDayofJudgmentwasgi venmanynamesbecausei ti
simportant.IntheArabiclanguage,
eveninot herlanguages,somethingisgi
venmanynamesi fi
tisi
mpor t
ant.Forexampl e,i
nt he
Arabiclanguage, t
herearemanynamesgi vent
ot hehorse–byspeci es,colour
sandev enjust
horse.Similar
ly,i
nEnglishtherearesomanydifferentnamesforalcohol.Why ?Becausei t
’s
i
mpor tanttothem.I nPre-I
slamicArabi
c,khamr(alcohol
)had80names; itwasimpor t
antto
them aswel l.

Becauset
heDayofJudgmentissoimport
antt
ousasMusl i
ms,i
thasmanynames.These
namesaredescr
ipt
ionsofwhatwi
l
lhappenontheDayofJudgment
.We’
llgoov
ersomeoft he
namesoftheDayofJudgment.

1.Al
-Qi
yaamah

Thi
sisthemostcommonname.I tcomesfr
om qi
yaam.Qi
yaam meansst andi
ngup.SotheDay
ofJudgmenti
sthestandi
ngday.“
TheDaywhenmankindwil
lstandbeforetheLordoft
he
worl
ds.”(
83:
6)You’
renotsit
ti
nguporlyi
ngdown;
you’r
est
andingfor50,000years.

All
ahalsosays:“Al
lah–ther
eisnodeit
yexceptHim.Hewillsurel
yassembl
eyoufor[
account
on]theDayofResur r
ect
ion[
Yawm al
-Qi
yaamah],aboutwhi
cht her
eisnodoubt
.Andwhois
moretrut
hful
t hanAll
ahinst
atement
.”(
4:87)

2.Al
-Aakhi
rah

Thi
sisthesecondmostcommonlyusedname.Al
-y
awm al
-aakhi
rmeanst
hel
astday
.Ther
eis
nodayaft
erthat;
itwoul
dbet
helastdayi
nthi
sworld.

All
ahsay s:“
Righteousnessisnotthaty
out
urny
ourfacest
owardtheeastort
hewest ,
but[t
rue]
ri
ghteousnessis[in]onewhobel i
evesi
nAl
l
ah,t
heLastDay[al
-y
awm al-
aakhi
r]
,theangel
s,t
he
Book,andthepr ophets[.
..
]”(
2:177)

3.As-
Saa’
a

As-
saa’
ameans“
themoment
.”I
tisTHEmoment
;themosti
mpor
tantmoment
.

AlQurt
ubisays,“
InArabi
c,ifas-
saa’aisunquali
fi
ed,meansanunspeci f
iedamountoftime.It
coul
dspecifi
cal
lymeanthehour ,onepartofthetwent yfourpart
softheday.”Soitcoul
dalso
betr
anslat
edas“ t
hehour.”AlQurtubi
thensays,“As-saa’awithal
ifandlaam (
‘al
’
)wouldmean
‘
thi
smoment .’
”Sohe’ssayingthattheHourwasgi vent hi
snamebecausei tissoclosethati
tis
al
mostthismoment .
Thesecondi
nter
pret
ati
onisthatiti
scall
edt
hemomentbecausei
tist
hemosti
mpor
tant
moment,whenthemostimportantevent
swoul
doccur
.

Or
,itcoul
dbecal
l
ed“
themoment
”becausei
tsuddenl
ycomesi
namoment
.

Thesear
ethet
hreei
nter
pret
ati
onsgi
venbyAl
Qur
tubi
.

All
ahsays:“Omankind,
feary
ourLor
d.I
ndeed,
theconv
ulsi
onoft
he[
fi
nal
]Hour[
as-
saa’
a]i
sa
ter
ri
blet
hing.”(
22:
1)

4.Yawm Al
-Ba’
ath

Yawm al
-ba’
athmeansthedayofr
esur
rect
ion.I
tisgi
venthatnamebecausethati
swhenwe
wil
lbegi
venanewl i
fe,
andourbodi
esaregoingtobecreat
edagai
n.I
tisgoingtobeasecond
cr
eati
on.

All
ahsay s:“
OPeopl
e,ify
oushoul
dbei ndoubtaboutt
heResur
rect
ion[
al-
ba’
ath]
,then[
consi
der
that
]indeed,Wecr
eatedyouf
rom dust[
..
.]
”(22:
5)

5.Yawm Al
-Khur
ooj

Al
-khur
oojmeansemergence.I
tiscal
l
edt
hedayofemer
gence,
becauset
hati
swhenwewi
l
l
emergefr
om ourgr
aves.

Al
lahsays:
“TheDayt heywil
lheart
hebl ast[
oft
heHor
n]i
ntr
uth.Thati
stheDayofEmer
gence
[
fr
om thegraves][
yawm al-
khurooj
].
”(50:42)

6.Al
-Qaar
i’
ah

Thi
scanbet
ransl
atedas“
thecal
ami
ty.
”Iti
ssomet
hingt
hathi
tst
hehear
ts.

Al
l
ahsays:
“TheSt
ri
ki
ngCal
amity[al
-qaari
’
ah]-WhatistheSt
ri
ki
ngCal
ami
ty?Andwhatcan
makey
ouknowwhatist
heStr
iki
ngCal amit
y?”(101:
1-3)

7.Yawm al
-Fasl

Yawm al
-f
asl
meanstheDayofJudgment
.Al
-Fasli
swhenalldi
sputeswill
besol
ved.Thati
s
whenAll
ahwil
lj
udgebet
weenhumanit
y–inevery
thingt
heydidorsaid.

All
ahsays:
“Thi
sist
heDayofJudgement
;Wewi
l
lhav
eassembl
edy
ouandt
hef
ormerpeopl
es.
”
(77:
38)

8.Yawm al
-Hasr
a

Yawm al-
hasr
ameanst hedayofregr
et.Therei
salotofregrett
hathappensontheDayof
Judgment.Al
-kuf
faarr
egrett
hatt
heywer enotMusl
im andtheMuslimsregrett
hatt
heydi
dn’
t
dobett
er.
All
ahsays:“
Andt heDaythewr ongdoerwil
lbi
teonhi
shands[inr
egr
et]hewil
lsay
,‘Oh,
IwishI
hadtakenwit
ht heMessengeraway .’
”(25:
27)Ther
egretoft
henonbeli
ever
sandhowt heywi
l
l
bi
te–nottheirnail
s–buttheirhandsthatday.

All
ahalsosays:“
Andwar nthem,[
OMuhammad],oftheDayofRegret[y
awm al-
hasrat
i]
,when
thematterwi
llbeconcl
uded;and[
yet
],t
heyar
ein[astat
eof]heedl
essnessandtheydonot
beli
eve.
”(19:
39)

9.Yawm al
-Hi
saab

Yawm al
-hi
saabmeanst
hedayofaccount
.

Al
lahsays:“
ButMosessaid,
‘I
ndeed,Ihavesoughtref
ugeinmyLordandy ourLordfrom every
ar
rogantonewhodoesnotbeli
eveintheDayofAccount[ y
awm al
-hisaab]
’
.”(40:
27)Ever
y t
hing
wi
llbeboughtf
ort
hthatday–ev enasingl
egrain.Nothi
ngwil
lbehiddenthatday.

10.Al
-Waaqi
yah

Al
-waaqi
yahmeanst
heev
ent
,ort
heoccur
rence.I
tist
hemosti
mpor
tantev
ent
.

11.Al
-Haaqqah

Al
-haaqqahmeanst
hei
nev
itabl
etr
uthorr
eal
i
ty.I
fyout
hinkt
hatt
hisi
sreal
,i
tisal
-haaqqah.

All
ahsays:“
TheInev
itabl
eReal
i
ty–Whati
stheReal
i
ty?Andwhatwi
l
lmakey
ouknowwhatt
he
Reali
tyi
s?”(
69:
1-3)

12.Yawm al
-Tal
aaq

Yawm al
-t
alaaqmeanst
hedayofmeet
ingort
heMeet
ingDay
.

Al
lahsays:“
[Hei
s]theExal
tedabov
e[al
l
]degr
ees,OwneroftheThrone;
Heplacest
he
i
nspir
ati
onofHiscommanduponwhom Hewi l
lsofHi
sservantst
owar noft
heDayofMeet
ing
[
yawm al-
tal
aaq]
.”(
40:15)

I
bnKathi
rsay
s:I
bn‘Abbaassaiditiscal
l
edthedayofmeeti
ngbecauset
hatisthedaywhen
Adam wi
l
lmeetwit
hhislastchi
ld.All
ofthechi
l
drenofAdam wi
l
lmeetthatday
.

AlQataadahandas-
Suddi
say:t
hati
swhenthecreat
ionoftheear
thwi
l
lmeetwi
tht
hecr
eat
ion
oftheheavensandtheCr
eat
orwil
lmeetwi
ththecreat
ion.

AndMay
mooni
bnMahr
aansay
s:t
hati
swhent
heoppr
essorwi
l
lmeetwi
tht
heoppr
essed.

13.Yawm al
-t
anaad

Yawm al
-t
anaadmeansthedayofcall
ing.All
ahsays:“
AndOmypeopl e,i
ndeedIfearfory
ou
theDayofCall
i
ng[
yawm al-
tanaad]
.”(
40:32)It
’sgi
venthatnamebecausetherei
ssomuch
call
i
nggoingon–f
irstofal
l
,everyoneofyouwi l
lbecall
edfor
th;
theoppressedwil
lbecall
i
ng
t
heoppr
essor
sandt
hewor
shi
pper
swi
l
lbecal
l
ingt
heonest
heywor
shi
pped.

Oneofthemosti mportantthingst hathappensont hedayofj udgmenti st hehi

saab.Thereare
stagesonthatday.Inthebegi nning,t
hereisthechangingoftheuni verse.Thenthereisthe
assembly–hashr.Andt heny ouhav etheshaf aa’
a–intercession.Afterthatisal
-hi
saab,which
i
st hemostimportantandpr omi nentpartoftheDayofJudgment .Thatiswhatt heDayof
Judgmentisfor;t
oexami net heaccount sofpeopleandtosendt hem toj annahornaar.

Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Andt
heywi
l
lbepr
esent
edbef
orey
ourLor
dinr
ows[
..
.]
”(18:
48)

Rul
esoft
heDayofJudgment

1.Al
‘Adl
–Just
ice

TheDayofJudgmenti
sthedayofj
ust
ice.AndoneofthenamesofAl
l
ahi
sal
‘Adl
.Al
l
ahwi
l
lnot
wrongany
one;Hewil
lgi
veever
yonewhattheydeser
ve.

All
ahsays:
“AndfearaDaywheny ouwi
llber
etur
nedtoAll
ah.Theneverysoulwi
l
lbe
compensat
edforwhatitear
ned,
andtheywil
lnotbet
reat
edunjust
ly.
”(2:281)

Thisscaleofjust
iceisverydel
icate.All
ahwil
lgi
veyouwhatbelongstoyou,
evenifiti
sone
grain.Al
lahsays:“I
ndeed,Al
lahdoesnotdoi nj
usti
ce,
[ev
en]asmuchasanat om’sweight;
whi
l
e
i
ft herei
sagooddeed, Hemultipl
i
esi tandgi
vesfr
om Himsel
fagr eatr
ewar
d.”(
4:40)

Luqmaan‘al
ayhi
ssal
aam said,
whenadvisi
nghi
sson:“[
AndLuqmansaid]
,‘
Omyson, indeedif
wrongshoul
dbetheweightofamustar
dseedandshouldbewit
hinarockor[
anywhere]inthe
heavensori
ntheear
th,
Allahwil
lbr
ingi
tfort
h.I
ndeed,
All
ahi
sSubtleandAcquai
nted.
”(31:16)

All
ahsays:“Sowhosoev erdoesgoodequal totheweightofanatom (orasmal lant)
,shallseeit.
Andwhosoev erdoesev i
lequaltothewei ghtofanatom (orasmallant)
,shallseeit.
”(99:7-8)
Thefir
stadvicethatLuqmaangav ehissonwasl atushri
kbil
lah(
don’tassociateanyonewi th
All
ah),t
henthesecondadv i
cewast hekindnesstowardstheparent
s.Immedi atelybeforethat,
evenbefor
esal ah,Luqmaan‘alayhissalaam saidwhatwej ustmenti
oned.Hewant edt o
devel
opinhissont hemur aaqabahofAl lahsubhaanawat a’
aal
a–thef actthatAllahisover
watchi
ngyou.

It
’sveryimportantt
hatwei nsti
lthisconceptinourheartsandintheheartsofourchildr
en–
thatAll
ahiswat chi
ngy ou.Asparents,wetrytowat chourparentsandseewher ethey’r
egoi ng
andwhatt hey’
redoing,etc.Nomat terhowhar dyoutry,t
herearesomet hi
ngsy ouwon’ tknow;
wear eli
mited.Thestrongestprotecti
onforthem isthattheyhavefearofAl
lah.Ift
heyhav et hat
quali
tyinthem, t
heyaregoi ngt
of earAll
ahev eni
fy ouarenotaround.[Myhusbandt ell
smet his
allt
hetime!]

Tr
yingt
oprotectourchi
l
drenbyhavi
ngthem f
earusisnott
heway–becausewhenwear enot
ar
ound,whywouldtheyfearus?I
fwecanhavethem f
earAl
lah,
thati
smor
epowerful
.Theywil
l
knowAl
l
ahi
swat
chi
ngt
hem wher
evert
heyar
e.

ItwasnarratedasasayingofLuqmaanalHakeem,thatLuqmaan‘alay
hissalaam hadtoldhis
son,“Omyson, i
fyouwanttosi
n,goaheadanddoi t,
butdoitwhereAllahcannotseey ou.
”
Theref
ore,todevelopt
heawarenessthatAl
lahiswatchi
ngevery
thingthatwedo, i
tisav er
y
powerfult
ool .

I
hsaani
sthaty
ouwor
shi
pAl
l
ahasi
fyouseeHi
m.I
fyoudon’
tseeHi
m,Al
l
ahseesy
ou.

2.I
ndi
vi
dual
Account
abi
l
ity

Youareresponsi
bleforwhatyoudi
d.Youar
enotr
esponsi
blef
orwhatsomebodyel
sedi
d.You
wil
lonl
ybequestionedforwhatyoudi
d.Youar
enotl
iabl
eforwhatsomebodyel
sedi
d.

I
nChr isti
ani
ty,thereisanor i
ginalsi
nwhichwascommi ttedbysomebodyel se;theyat t
ri
but ei
t
toAdam.Accor dingtoChristi
anit
y ,
weareheldresponsibleforwhatAdam didt ensof
thousandsofy ear sago.Thesi nwasnotcommi tt
edforus, butbyAdam, andChr i
stianit
ysay s
thatwear eresponsibleforit
.Whopai dthepri
ceforit?Notus[ accordi
ngtoChr isti
ani t
y],but
Jesus[ ‘
Eesa].Thisiscontr
aryt osimpl
e,commonsense.Whyshoul dtheinnocent( Jesus)hav e
topayf orwhathumanbei ngshav edone?ThatiscontrarytoJusti
ce.

All
ahwil
lholdusaccount abl
eforouract
ions.Al
lahsay s:“Whoev eri
sguidedisonlyguidedf or
[
thebenefi
tof]hissoul.Andwhoev ererr
sonlyerrsagainstit.Andnobear erofburdenswi l
lbear
thebur
denofanot her.Andnev erwouldWepunishunt i
l Wesentamessenger .
”(17:15)Youar e
notdoi
ngany oneaf avourbybeingMuslim;whoev eri
sgui dedisguidedforhisowngood.When
yougoprayinthemasj id,youarenotdoinganyoneaf avour.Youdon’ tdoafavourt oAll
ah
whenyouobeyhi m; i
t’
sf oryourowngood.Atthesamet ime, i
fyougoast r
ay,i
tisy ourownloss.

Themessageofaccount abi
li
tyofone’ sselfi
snotsomet hingnewt hatMuhammadsal lal
lahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am bought;i
twast hemessageofev eryprophetbefore,i
ncl
udi
ngJesus( ‘
Eesa)
andAbr aham, NuhandAdam.Al l
ahsay s:“Orhashenotbeeni nformedofwhatwasi nthe
scri
pturesofMoses.And[ of]Abraham, whof ul
fi
ll
ed[hisobli
gations]–Thatnobearerof
burdenswi l
lbeartheburdenofanot her.Andthattherei
snotf ormanexceptthat[
good]f or
whichhest ri
ves.Andthathisefforti
sgoi ngtobeseen–Thenhewi ll
berecompensedf orit
withthefull
estrecompense.”(53:36-41)

Cont
radi
cti
on?

Wheny our eadsomeay aatinQur ’

aan,youmi ghtfeelasenseofcont r
adict i
on.Forexampl e,
All
ahsay s:“Buttheywill surelycar
rytheir[own]burdensand[ other]burdensal ongwiththeir
burdens[..
.]
”Thisay ahsoundscont radictoryt
owhatwewer esay i
ngabouteachper sonbei ng
accountableonlyf ort
hemsel ves.Wegett heanswert othisconfusionint hesameay ah:“[.
..
]
andtheywi llsur
elybequest ionedontheDayofResur recti
onaboutwhatt heyusedtoi nvent.
”
(29:
13)Theymadeupf alsehoodsandot herpeoplefol
lowedt hosef al
sehoods.Ther efore,they
wouldcar r
yt hesinsofev er
y onewhof oll
owedt hei
rwor ds.I
t’
st ruethatyoucar r
yyourownsi ns,
butyouareal
sor esponsi
bleforthesi
nsyouhavecaused.Thatdoesn’
tmeanthatt
hosepeopl
e
arefr
eeofburden;theycarr
ytheirsi
nsaswell
.Ify
oucausef i
vesins,t
hepeopl
ewil
lbehel
d
account
ablef
orthosef i
vesins,andsowil
lyou.

Asment ionedbef ore,

RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasal l
am saidthattheonewhost artsa
goodt r
aditi
on( sunnah)wil
l gettherewardforev er
yonewhof oll
owsi tunti
lthedayofj udgment
,
andwhoev erstar t
sabadt raditi
onwi l
lgetthesinforitforev
er yonewhof oll
owsi tunti
l t
heday
ofjudgment .Therefor
e,theschol ar
shav esai
dt hatiti
smuchf oraper sontocommi tasinin
publi
c,sothatt hepeoplemayf oll
owit,asopposedt odoingitinprivate.Wedi scussedthis
earl
ier
.

RasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘alay
hi wasall
am sai
d:“Nohumanbeingiskil
ledunjust
ly,butapartof
responsi
bil
i
tyforthecrimei slai
donthefi
rstsonofAdam whoinventedthetradit
ionofki
ll
i
ng
(murderi
ng)ontheear t
h.(Itissai
dthathewasQabil
).
”(Bukhaar
i,9/83/6)[
AlsoseeBukhaari,
9/92/423andMusl i
m, 16,4156]

3.Pr
esent
ati
onofDeeds

Ont heDayofJudgment,yourdeedswi
ll
bepresent
edtoyouinent
ir
ety.Youwil
lseeever
ything
youdid.Al
lahsays:
“[.
..
]Theretur
nofyoual
li
st oAl
lah,
thenHewil
linf
ormy ouabout(
all
)that
whichyouusedtodo.”(5:
105)

I
twi l
lbepresentedintheform ofabook.All
ahsay s:
“[..
.]OntheDayofJudgmentWeshal l
bri
ngoutf orhi
m ascr ol
l,
whichhewi ll
seespreadopen. ”(17:
13)Ev
erysi
ngledet
ailwi
ll
bet her
e;
nothi
ngwi l
lbeleftout.Maybethat’
swhyoneoft hereasonst heDayofJudgmentissolong–
youwillbequestionedforever
ysingledet
ailofyourl
ife.

All
ahsay s:“
Andt herecord[ofdeeds]wi l
lbeplaced[open],
andy ouwill
seet hecr
iminalsfearf
ul
ofthatwithi
nit,andtheywi l
lsay,‘Oh,woetous!Whati sthi
sbookt hatl
eav esnot
hingsmal lor
greatexceptthatithasenumer atedit?
’Andtheywi l
lfi
ndwhatt heydidpresent[
beforethem].
Andy ourLorddoesi njust
icetonoone. ”(
18:49)Peoplewhocommi tt
edal otofsi
nswi l
lbeina
verydesperat
esi t
uationtoseet hishugebookpackedwi thsin.

All
ah,
toshowusHi sMer cyandFor gi
veness,wil
lnotmul ti
plyevildeeds.Thegooddeeds,Al
lah
wil
lmult
ipl
y–oneequal sten.All
ahsay s:
“Whoev ercomes[ ontheDayofJudgement ]wi
tha
gooddeedwill
havetentimest heli
kethereof[
tohiscr edit
],andwhoev ercomeswithanevil
deedwil
lnotberecompensedexceptt heliket
hereof;andt heywillnotbewronged.
”(6:
160)The
ayahmenti
onsthatthedeedsar emulti
pli
edbyt en;t
hati sthemi ni
mum.SubhaanAllah.

Deedst
hatar
eMul
ti
pli
edby10

Therear esomeactsthataremulti
pli
edevenmore.Forexample,forever
ylett
erofQur’
anthat
wer ead,weget10rewards.Thereisahadit
h(i
nAt -
Tirmidhi
)whichisnarr
atedbyIbnMas’ood
i
nwhi chRasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saysthatAli
fLaam Meem isnotalett
er;Al
ifi
sa
l
etter,Laam i
salet
terandMeem i salet
ter
.
Thereisanotherhadithi nat-Ti
rmi dhiandAn- Nasaa` i,‘
Abdullahi bn‘Amri bnAl ‘
Aassay sthat
RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam say s,“Twohabi ts,i
fy ouper si
sti nthem, y
ouwi llbe
rewardedwi t
hJannah.Theyar eeasy ,butt heoneswhodot hem ar eaf ew.Yousayaf terev er
y
salahSubhaanAl l
ahtent imes,Alhamdul i
l
laht ent i
mesandAl l
ahuAkbart ent imes[ therei s
anotherhadit
ht hatsayst hi
rtythree].
”‘ Abdullahsai d,“IsawRasul All
ahsal lal
lahu‘ al
ayhi wa
sall
am countthem wi thhisownhands.Thatcomest o150ont het ongue. ”Howdi d‘Abdul l
ah
getthe150?30f oreachpr ayer.Then‘ Abdul lahsai d,“
Butont hescal eont heDayofJudgment ,
thatwil
lcountas1, 500.”Thati s,
tenr ewar dsforeachone.Thesecondt hingi s:“Wheny ougot o
bed,youmaket asbeeh, t
ahmeedandt akbeeronehundr edtimes. ”Soy ousaysubhaanAl l
ah33
ti
mes, Alhamdulil
lah33t imesandAl lahuAkbar34t i
mes, forat otalof100.Thesecountas
1,000ont hescale.ThenRasul Allahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am sai d,“Whoofy ouwi llcommi t
2,500sinsperday ?”RasulAllahsal l
all
ahu‘ alay hiwasal l
am issay i
ngt hatthisisanadv antage
forusbecausewear er eceiv
ingsomanyr ewar dsandwepr obabl ywon’ tcommi tthatmanysi ns.
TheSahabaht hensai d,“Howcomewewoul dnotdot hem?[ Itseemst obev er yeasy .
]”
RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam sai d,“Shay taanwi l
lcomet oy ouiny oursal ahandmake
youremembersomet hingsot hatasy oumakey oursalah,youwi l
ll
eav eandnotmaket hatdhikr.
Andshay taanwi l
lcomet oy ouwheny ougot obedandmakey ougot osleepbef oreyou
remembert osayt hatdhikr.”

Weseet hishappeninthemasaajid.Ther
eareveryf
ewwhosi taf
terthei
mam fi
nishesand
reci
teadhkaar.Ther
earealsootheradhkaaraf
terpr
ayer
,suchas:ayatal
kur
si,
thequls,some
adkhaarforcert
ainpray
ers,et
c.

Thedhikraft
erpray
erisver
ysimple,
andwetendtonegl
ectthi
ngsthataresi
mplebecauset
hey
seem i
nsigni
fi
canttous.I
tisnoti
nsi
gni
fi
cant
.Justt
hesesimpleadhkaarcancountas2,
500
rewar
ds!

[
Forsomesupplicati
onsordu’
aa`toreadaf
terpray
er,
youcanpri
ntt
hem onli
nefr
om:
makedua.
com.Al so,
fort
hedu’aa`ofthemorni
ngsandeveni
ngs,
Fort
ressoftheMusl
i
m hasa
l
otofthem l
i
stedmashaAllah.
]

Thent her
eisanotherexampl
emul t
ipl
i
cat
ionofdeeds:Salah.Ori
ginal
ly,
50salawaatwere
prescri
bedonus.Musawast el
l
ingMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am toreducei
t;soi
t
wasr educedt
of i
ve.All
ahtol
dMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam t
hatwewoul dhave5
prayerstodo,
butt heywoul
dcountas50.Thi
shadithisinBukhaari.

Deedst
hatar
eMul
ti
pli
edMor
e

Gi
vi
ngf
ort
heSakeofAl
l
ah

Al
lahsubhaanawat a’aal
asays:“Theli
kenessofthosewhospendt hei
rwealthintheWayof
Al
lah,i
sast helikenessofagrain(ofcorn)
;itgr
owssev enears,
andeachearhasahundr ed
gr
ains.All
ahgivesmani f
oldi
ncreasetowhom Hepl eases.AndAll
ahisAll
-Suff
ici
entforHis
cr
eatures’needs,All
-Knower.
”(2:261)Thetotal
rewardforoneissevenhundred.All
ahsay st
hat
Hegi
vesmani
fol
dincr
easet
owhoHewi
l
ls–sot
her
eisev
enmor
erewar
d!

Ibn‘Abbaassayst hatonedirham (onedol l

ar)inhajjorji
hadwillbemulti
pli
ed700ti
mes.Thati
s
about70,000%incr easeony ourwealth.Whati nvest
menti ntheworldwil
lgiveyout
hatr
etur
n?
None.Andt hisrewar di
snotabi di
ngbyt hest ockmar ket
;itwon’tgoupordown.Iti
s
guaranteed.Whatev eryouspendi ndepressionoraneconomi cboom,itdoesn’
tmakea
dif
ference;i
tisguar ant
eedforAl l
ah.

I
nHajj,
sayyouspend$3,000.Mul
ti
plyt
hatby700,andy
ouhav
e2,
100,
000.Thati
sther
etur
n!
Over2mil
li
ondoll
ars!Thati
sthegener
osi
tyofAl
lah.

Sabr(
Pat
ience)andSi
yaam (
Fast
ing)

All
ahsays:“
[.
..
]thosewhopati
entl
yper
sev
erewi
l
ltr
ulyr
ecei
vear
ewar
dwi
thoutmeasur
e!”
(39:
10)Therewardherei
sli
mitl
ess.

Thisisalsot her ewardforpatience.AbuHur ai

ra(All
ahbepl easedwithhim)repor tedAll
ah’s
Messengersal l
allahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am assay i
ng:“Every(good)deedoft hesonofAdam woul d
bemul ti
plied,agooddeedr eceivi
ngat enfol
dtosev enhundr edf
oldreward.Allah,theExal
ted
andMaj est i
c,hassai d:Wit
ht heexcepti
onoff asti
ng,fori
tisdonef orMeandIwi llgiv
ea
rewardfori t
,foroneabandonshi spassionandf oodf orMysake.Ther earetwooccasi onsof
j
oyf oronewhof asts,j
oywhenhebr eaksit,
andjoywhenhemeet shisLord,andt hebreath(of
anobser veroff ast)issweetertoAllahthanthefragranceofmusk. ”[Musli
m, 6/2567]

Thishadit
htr ul
yshowst heGener osit
yofAl l
ah:ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am,
narrat
ingabouthisLor d,said,“
Al l
ahor der
ed(theappoi nt
edangel sov ery ou)thatt hegoodand
thebaddeedsbewr i
tt
en, andHet henshowed( theway )how( t
owr i
te).Ifsomebodyi ntendsto
doagooddeedandhedoesnotdoi t
,thenAll
ahwi ll
wr i
teforhim af ullgooddeed( i
nhis
accountwithHi m);andifhei ntendstodoagooddeedandact uall
ydi di t
,thenAl lahwillwri
te
forhim(inhisaccount )withHim( itsrewardequal)from tentosev enhundr edt i
mest omany
mor eti
mes: andifsomebodyi ntendedt odoabaddeedandhedoesnotdoi t,thenAllahwil
l
writ
eaf ul
lgooddeed( inhisaccount )withHim,andi fheintendedt odoi t(abaddeed)and
actual
lydidi
t ,t
henAl l
ahwi llwri
teonebaddeed( i
nhisaccount )
.”[Bukhaar i,8/76/498]

Repent
ance

Anotherex ampl eofthegener osit

yandmer cyofAl lahiswhatAl l
ahwi l
lgi
vetot heoneswho
repent.“Andt hosewhoi nv okenotanyot heril
ah(god)al ongwi thAll
ah,norkil
lsuchlifeasAl lah
hasfor bi
dden, exceptf orjustcause, norcommi ti
llegalsexualinter
courseandwhoev erdoes
thi
sshal lr
ecei vethepuni shment .Thet or
mentwi llbedoubl edtohim ontheDayofResur rection,
andhewi l
labidet hereinindi sgrace.”(25:68-
69)Al l
aht al
ksaboutt hreemajorsinsher eand
saystheywi llbepuni shedsev erelyinthehellfi
re,excepttheoneswhor epent.“Exceptthose
whor epentandbel i
ev e(inIslami cMonot heism),anddor i
ghteousdeeds, f
orthose,Allahwill
changet heirsinsintogooddeeds, andAllahisOft-Forgiv
ing,MostMer cif
ul.
”(25:70)Ifaper son
whohasalongr
ecordofsi
ns,butherepent
s,notonl
ywi
l
lAl
l
aher
aset
hosesi
ns,
butAl
l
ahwi
l
l
t
ransf
ert
hosesi
nsintor
ewards.SubhaanAl
lah.

AbuDhar rrepor t
edt hatAll
ah’
sMessengersal l
allahu‘al
ay hiwasal l
am said:“Iknowt helastof
theinhabit
ant sofPar adi
setoenteritandt helastoft heinhabitant sofHel l
tocomeoutofi t.He
i
samanwhowoul dbebr oughtontheDayofResur rect
ionandi twi l
lbesaid:‘Presenthisminor
sinstohim, andwi thholdfr
om him hisseriousSins.’Thent hemi norsinswoul dbepl aced
beforehim, anditwoul dbesaid:‘
Onsuchandsuchadayy oudi dsoandsoandonsuchand
suchadayy oudi dsoandso. ’Hewoul dsay:‘
Yes. ’I
twillnotbepossi bleforhimt odeny ,
while
hewoul dbeaf r
aidlestseri
oussinsshoul dbepr esentedbef orehi m.I twouldbesai dtohim: ‘
I
n
placeofever yevildeedy ouwil
lhavegooddeed. ’Hewi llsay:‘
MyLor d!Ihavedonet hingsIdo
notseeher e.’Ii
ndeedsawt heMessengerofAl l
ahl aught i
llhi
sf rontt eet
hwer eexposed.
[Musli
m, 1/365]Rasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alay
hiwasal lam wasl aughi ngbecauset hemanwas
ment i
oninghisbaddeedsbecausehesawt hegener osit
yofAl lah.

4.Pr
esent
ingt
heWi
tnesses

Al
l
ahwi l
lassemblewi t
nessesonnati
onsandonindi
vidual
s.Allahwil
lmaket
hisummah
wi
tnessonothers.Weal r
eadytal
kedi
nthepastabouthowAllahwi l
lsendwi
tnessesagai
nstus
–ourhands,feet
,tonguewill
speakaboutt
hesinswecommi tted.

Nuhwi llbet hewi t

nessagai nsthisnation.Hewi l
lsaythathepr esentedt het r
uthtothem, but
theyr ejectedit.AbuSa’ eednarratedthatAllah’
sApost l
esai d,“
Noahandhi snat i
onwil
lcome
(ont heDayofResur r
ecti
onandAl lahwi l
lask(Noah) ,
‘Di
dy ouconv ey( theMessage) ?’Hewi ll
reply,‘Yes, OmyLor d!’ThenAllahwi l
laskNoah’snat i
on,‘DidNoahconv eyMyMessaget oy ou?’
Theywi llreply
,‘No, noprophetcamet ous.’ThenAllahwillaskNoah, ‘
Whowi llst
andawi tness
fory ou? ’Hewi l
l r
eply,‘
Muhammadandhi sfoll
owers(willstandwi t
nessf orme) .
’So,
Iandmy
foll
ower swi l
lstandaswi t
nessesf orhim( t
hatheconv eyedAl l
ah’sMessage) .”Thati
s,(t
he
i
nter pretation)oftheSt atementofAl l
ah: ‘
Thuswehav emadey ouaj ustandt hebestnationt hat
youmi ghtbewi tnessesOv ermanki nd…’ (
2:143).
”[Bukhaari,4/55/555]Thespeakersay sthat
thepeopl eofNuhwi l
lsaytotheMusl i
ms, “
Howdoy ouknow?Youwer en’ tthere.
”TheMusl ims
willsay ,“Wer eceiveditinthebookofAl l
ah( t
heQur ’
an).
”

Then,
Allahwi
l
lmakeMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am awit
nessagai
nstus.“
Andt
hus
wehavemadey ouajustcommuni
tyt
hatyouwillbewi
tnessesov
erthepeopl
eandthe
Messengerwi
llbeawitnessov
ery
ou.[
..
.]
”(2:
143)

As-
Su`
aal
–TheQuest
ioni
ng

Peoplearegoi ngtobequest i
oningontheDayofJudgment–somepeopl ewill
bequesti
onedin
detail
,andsomepeopl ewill
notbequest i
onedatall
.Theoneswhowi llnotbequesti
onedatal
l
wil
l betheoneswhor eachedthepinnacl
esinfai
th.Theywil
lenteri
ntoParadisewit
houtgoi
ng
i
ntoquest i
oning.Allt
hatwi l
lhappentothem i
sthattheywil
lbepresentedwiththei
rbookof
deeds,buttheywillnotbeinterr
ogated.Thesear
esev ent
ythousandfrom thi
summahwhowi l
l
ent
erj
annahwi
thoutquest
ioni
ng.

Afterthat
, themor eapersonisquesti
oned, themor ediff
icul
tanddangerousiti
s.Rasul
Allah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“Whoev erwi l
lbeint
errogatedwil
lbepunished.
”Ifyou’
rebeing
i
nterrogated, t
hatmeanst her
eissomet hingwr ong.Thequest i
onsthatwi
llbeaskedare
everythi
ng, butther
earesomet hatspecifythequest i
oning.

Themosti mport
antquest
ioningisaboutkufr
.All
ahsay s:
“Anditwil
lbesai
dt othem, ‘
Where
arethoseyouusedtoworshipotherthanAll
ah?Cant heyhel
pyouorhelpthemsel v
es?’Sothey
will
beov er
tur
nedint
oHellfi
re,t
heyandt hedevi
ator
sandt hesoldi
ersofI
blees,
alltogether
.”
(26:
92-95)

TheFourQuest
ions

Ther
ear
efourquest
ionst
hatev
ery
onewi
l
lbeaskedabout
.

I
nahadi thnarr
atedbyat-
Tir
midhi
,Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am said,Yourf
eetwil
lnot
mov efr
om thei
rspotonthedayofjudgmentunt
ilyouareaskedf ourquest
ions.Thefi
rst
questi
onis:Yourli
fe,
howdidyouspendit
?Thisisthevalueoftime–y ouwi l
lbeaskedhow
youspentyourtime.Timei
sevenmor ewort
hythanmoney ;
witheverysecondthatpassesby,i
t
i
stakingsomeofy ou.

Thesecondquest i
on:Howdi dyouusey ourknowl edge?Di dyoupracti
ceit
,ordidyoulearnfor
thesakeoflear
ningandshowi ngoff
?Knowl edgei sanev idenceagainstusifwedon’tuseit
.It
i
sagr eatsi
nnott opract
icetheknowledgeyoudon’ tknow.Allahsays:“Oyouwhohav e
beli
eved,whydoy ousaywhaty oudonotdo?Gr eatishatredinthesightofAll
ahthatyousay
whaty oudonotdo.”(61:
2-3)Sowehav etopr acti
cewhatwesay .

Thet hi
rdquestionwi llbeabouty ourmoney .Youwillbeaskedtwoquestionsaboutyourmoney :
howdi dyougai nitandhowdi dy ouspendit?Youwi l
l bequesti
onedabouteverydoll
arthatyou
spentandev erydollarthaty ouearned.Therefor
e,suffer
ingpovert
yyourwholeli
feisbettert
han
sufferi
ngforonedol laront heDayofJudgment .Tobequest i
onedmeansy ouwi l
lbepunished.
RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘ alay
hi wasallam sai
d,“Anybodywhoseaccount(record)i
squestionedwil
l
surelybepunished.”[Bukhaar i
,8/76/543]

Thisisalsooneoft hereasonswhyt hepoorenterint oJannahbef oretherich.Ev enthough

ther
ecoul dbear i
chmanwhocoul dbebetteri
nlev elandr ankthanapoorper son; weare
tal
kingaboutthet i
mingofenteringint
oJannah.Rasul All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am sai
d,the
poorofthemuhaj ir
eenwi l
lent
eri nt
ojannah500y ear sbeforetherich.Thehadi thment i
onsthat
theywillgothegatesofjannahandt heangelswil
l ask, Howdi dyougether e?Wer en’
tyouheld
accountable?Thesefuqaraa`(poormen)wi l
lsay,
Whatwi l
l webehel daccount ablefor
?We
don’thaveanymoneyandwewer ecarr
yingourswor dsi nthesakeofAl l
ah.Att hesamet i
me,
ther
ecoul dbemanyr ichpeoplewhocoul dhaveahi gherrankthanmanyoft hepoor–f or
example, ‘
AbdurRahmaani bn‘
Auf .
Moneyi
sav er
ydanger oustool
.Itcanbeusedtoopenthedoorsofj
annahforyou,
anditcango
t
otheext
remeot heropposit
e,andthatisint
helowerr
anksofhel
lfi
re.Wehavetogiv
emoney
t
heatt
enti
onitdeserves:howweear nitandhowwespendit.

Fi
nall
y,t
helastquestionwi l
lbe:
Howdi dyouusey ourbody
?All
ahgav
ey outhest
rengt
h.You
arenott
heinventorofy ourpower;Al
l
ahgav eyouyourbodyasatr
ust
.Didyouputyourst
rong
bodytouseordidy ouconsumet hatbodyinthesakeofAll
ahandopt
imizei
ttotheext
reme?
Thisi
sani’
mah, blessing,f
rom All
ah,andwewi l
lbeaskedofhowweusedit
.

TheLuxur
yoft
hisLi
fe

All
ahsay s:“Thenyouwi l
lsurelybeaskedt hatDayaboutpl easure.
”(102:8)Ther earemany
i
nterpretati
onsforthi
say ah.Muj aahidsay s,youwillbequesti
onedaboutev er
ypl easureyou
hadint hisworl
d.Ibn‘Abbaassay sthatpar tofthepleasur
eoft hi
swor l
disy ourheal t
handbody .
Weal soknowt hatinthehadi t
h,Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasal l
am say s,“
Ther earetwo
bl
essingswhi chmanypeopl elose:(Theyar e)Healthandf r
eetimefordoi nggood. ”[Bukhaar
i,
8/76/421]Weneedt ouset heset wobl essingsforthesakeofAl l
ahortheywi llbeusedagai nst
us.

Pr
omi
sesandCov
enant
s

Themosti mportantcovenantisthecovenantofImaan–t hecov enantbetweenusandAl l

ah
subhaanawat a’
aala.Ifyoudidn’
treali
zeyousignedacov enantwithAll
ah:youdid.Whenyou
saythatyouareaMusl i
m,youaresi gni
ngacontractbet
weeny ouandAllah.Wheny oucl
aim
thatyouareaMusl i
m oramu` mi
n, t
hatmeansy ouareconsentingtoabidebyacer tai
nsetof
rul
esandl aws.Wear egoingtobequest i
onedaboutthat.All
ahsay s:“
Andf ul
fi
ll
(every
)
covenant
.Veril
y!Thecov enantwill
bequestionedabout.
”(17:34)

Si
ght
,Hear
ingandMi
nd

Thesethreeareveryimpor
tant–sight,hear
ingandmind.Thesightandheari
ngiswherewe
i
nputallofthedataint
oourmi nd.I
fyouimagineyourmindasthecentralpr
ocessi
ngoftheuni
t
ofthebody ,
wheredoesitgetitsi
nfor
mat i
on?Bythesightandheari
ng.ThatiswhyAl
lahwil
l
speci
fi
callyquest
ionusaboutthese.

Didyouusey oureyest or eadQur’

an,oruseittoseewhatisforbidden?Didyouusey ourearsto
l
istentothedhikrofAllahordidy ouuseoritforwhati
sforbidden?Howdi dy ouusey ourmind?
Didyouinvestitf
orAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’
aala,ordi
dyouusei tforthesakeofservi
ngy oursel
f
i
nt hedunyaandnegl ectingakhir
ah?Themi ndiswhatcontrolsus.Thewayweuseourmi ndsis
howourbodywi l
lfunctionandwhatwewi l
lbeheldaccountablefor.Weshoulduseall t
hreeof
theseforshukrofAllah.

Al
lahsays:“
[.
..]andHemadefory
ouhear
ingandvisi
onandint
ell
ectt
hatper
hapsy
ouwoul
dbe
gr
atef
ul.
”(16:78)WeaskAll
ahtomakeusoftheshaki
reen.
All
ahsays:“
[.
..
]Indeed,
thehear
ing,
thesi
ghtandt
hehear
t–aboutal
lthose[
one]wi
l
lbe
quest
ioned.
”(17:36)

Sal
ah

Finally,f
orthebel i
everwhobel iev
edi nAllahsubhaanawat a’
aala,willbeaboutSal ah.
Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al ayhiwasallam saidi nahadi t
hnar ratedbyAn- Nasaa`i,
Thef ir
stthing
youwi l
lbequest i
onedaboutont hedayofj udgmenti sy ourSalah.Ifitwascompl ete,i
twi l
lbe
wr i
ttendownascompl ete.Ift
hereisdeficiencyinyoursal ah, t
henAl lahwi l
ltel
ltheangel sto
l
ooki nyourbookofr ecor dstolookifyouhav eanyv oluntarypr ayer
st ocompl etethedef i
ciency
.
Thisi swhatt henawaaf ildo;t
hisistheroleofSunnahandnaf il
.Thef ivemandat oryprayer s
havet obecompl eted.Ofcour sewewi l
lhav edefi
cienciesher eandt here.Howwi l
l t
hose
deficienciesbecompl eted?Byt hesunnahandnawaaf i
l.ThenRasul Al l
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwa
sall
am sai dthatthesamewi l
lbedonewi tht herestoft hedeeds; Al
lahwi l
lsaytol ookatt he
obligatoryfasts.I
fthef ardhar enotcompl eted,t
hent hev oluntarywillbelookedat .
Her
eaf
terser
iesCD16Ev
ent
soft
heDayofJudgment

Al
-Hi
saab

Ri
yaa`

Riy
aa`isshowingoff;
doingdeedstoimpresssomeoneandnotf ort
hesakeofAll
ah.I
tisan
extr
emelydangerousdeed.RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am hascal
ledi
tminorshi
rk.
Whatisshir
k?Iti
sassociati
ngotherswit
hAllah.Ri
y aa`i
sdoingsomethi
ngwhichshoul
dbef or
All
ah,buti
t’
sforsomebodyel se,
soiti
salsoaf or
m ofshirk.

Anexampleofthiswoul
dbet hatthemunafiqeenpray,
buttheyar enotsincer
ei nthei
rprayer.
All
ahsays:“
Veril
y,t
hehypocri
tesseektodeceiveAll
ah,butiti
sHeWhodecei v esthem.And
whentheystandupforAs-Sal
at(t
heprayer)
, t
heystandwithlazinessandtobeseenofmen,
andtheydonotrememberAl l
ahbutli
tt
le.
”(4:142)They’
reprayinginthemasjid,butthehearti
s
somewhereelse.

Riyaa`woul dbeaschol art

oshowof f,
someonewhomemor i
zesQur’
antoshowt hatheisa
qari,etc.All
ahisGhaniy;Heisf
reefrom al
lneed.Hedoesnotwantsomet hingfr
om youthati
s
notpur elyforHim.ThatiswhyAll
ahdoesnotaccepthavinganyoneworshippedbesidesHim–
thatisshi r
k.Simil
arl
y,wit
hthedeeds,All
ahdoesnotwanty outodosomet hingt
hatisnotsol
ely
forHi m.Ther ei
sahadi t
hinMusli
m, whichmanyofushav eheard:

Peopl
edisper
sedfrom aroundAbuHurair
a.AndNat i
l
,whowasf r
om t heSyri
ans,sai
dtohim,
“O
Shai
kh,r
elat
e(tous)atradit
ionyouhaveheardfr
om theMessengerofAllahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasall
am.”Hesaid:Yes.IheardtheMessengerofAll
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am say:

“Thef i
rstofmen( whosecase)wi llbedeci dedont heDayofJudgmentwillbeamanwhodi ed
asamar tyr.Heshallbebr ought(beforetheJudgmentSeat )
.All
ahwil
lmakehi mr ecountHis
blessings(i.e.t
hebl essingswhichHehadbest oweduponhi m)andhewillrecountthem (
and
admi thavingenjoy
edt hem inhisli
fe).(Then)wi l
lAll
ahsay:‘
Whatdidyoudo( torequit
ethese
blessings)
? ’Hewil
l say:‘Ifoughtf
orYouunt i
lIdi
edasamar t
yr.
’Al
l
ahwillsay:‘Youhavetolda
l
ie.Youf oughtthaty oumi ghtbecal l
edabr avewarri
or.Andyouwerecal
ledso. ’(
Then)orders
willbepassedagai nsthi m andhewi llbedr aggedwithhisf
acedownwardandcasti nt
oHell.

Thenwi l
lbebroughtfor
war damanwhoacqui redknowl edgeandimpartedit(toothers)and
reci
tedtheQur’an.HewillbebroughtandAl l
ahwi llmakehi mrecountHisblessingsandhewi l
l
recountthem (
andadmi thavingenjoyedthem inhisl i
fet
ime).Thenwil
lAll
ahask: ‘
Whatdi dyou
do( t
orequit
etheseblessings)?
’Hewi llsay:
‘Iacquiredknowledgeanddissemi nateditand
reci
tedtheQur’anseeki
ngYourpl easure.’Al
lahwi l
lsay:‘
Youhav etol
dal i
e.Youacqui red
knowledgesot hatyoumightbecal l
edaschol ar,andy oureci
tedtheQur’
ansot hatitmightbe
sai
d:HeisaQari
,andsuchhasbeensai
d.’
Thenor
der
swillbepassedagai
nsthi
m andheshal
l
bedraggedwi
thhi
sfacedownwardandcasti
ntot
heFi
re.

Thenwi llbebroughtamanwhom Al lahhadmadeabundant l

yrichandhadgr antedev eryki
ndof
wealth.Hewi llbebr oughtandAllahwillmakehimr ecountHisblessingsandhewi l
lrecount
them and( admi thav i
ngenjoyedthem inhisli
fet
ime).All
ahwill(
then)ask:‘Whathavey oudone
(torequit
et hesebl essi
ngs)?’
Hewi ll
say :‘
Ispentmoneyi never
ycausei nwhichYouwi shed
thatitshouldbespent .
’All
ahwi l
lsay:‘
Youar ely
ing.Youdid(so)thatitmightbesaidabout
(You):Hei sagener ousfel
l
ow, andsoi twassaid.’
Thenwi l
lAll
ahpassor dersandhewi l
lbe
draggedwi thhisf acedownwar dandt hrownintoHell.
”[Musl
im, 20/4688]

There’
sanotherbigproblem wi t
hriyaa`:i
tishi
dden.Itcanbeverydiff
icul
ttodetect.Unlessy ou
arealwaystesti
ngyourselfandt hi
nkingabouty ouri
ntent
ions,
iti
sveryeasyt ogoal ongt he
pathofriy
aa`.Askyourself:Whyam Idoi ngthis?Wheny ouexaminey ouri
ntent
ions, shaytaan
comesandt ri
est omisl
eady ou.Shaytaancomest othem andtel
lsthem, “
You’r
edoi ngt hisfor
ri
yaa`,sodon’tdoit
.”Andt hushepr eventspeoplefr
om doinggooddeeds!

AbuHur ayrahwasonceaskedasimilarquesti
on.Amancamet oAbuHur ay
rahandsaidthathe
didnotwantt omemorizeQur’
anbecausetherei sahadit
hthatsay
si fyoumemor i
zeQur’anand
forgetit
, y
oucomewi thyourfacemutil
atedont hedayofjudgment.AbuHur ay
rahsai
d:thati
s
thebeginningoflosi
ngQur’an.Bymakingthisintent
ionofnotmemor izi
ng,y
ouareinawor se
sit
uation.

Simil
arl
y,t
heschol
arssayifshay
taani
smaki
ngy
out
hinky
ouri
ntent
ionsar
eforr
iyaa`
,dot
hat
actandtrytomakethei
ntenti
onforAl
l
ah.

Forexample,i
fther
ei sapubl
icfundrai
sing,shayt
aanmaytell
younotgiveapublicdonat
ion,
gi
veitpri
vatel
y.Then,asyouareleavi
ng, shayt
aanmaymakey ouforget
,andi
nt hatway,
y ou
di
dnotdonat eatall
.Sothescholar
ssayt odotheactandt
rytocorr
ectyouri
ntenti
on.

TheLor
dPr
esent
ingt
heSi
nst
oHi
sSer
vant

NarratedSaf wani bnMuhr iz:Whi l

eIbnUmarwasper formi ngt heTawaf( aroundt heKa’ bah),a
mancameupt ohi m andsai d, “OAbuaAbdur Rahman! ”orsai d, “
OI bnUmar !Didy ouhear
anythingfrom thePr ophetaboutAn- Najwa? ”Ibn‘Umarsai d,“Ihear dthePr ophetsay ing,‘The
Beli
ev erwillbebroughtnearhi sLord.”(Hisham, asub- narratorsai d,reportingt hePr ophet’s
words) ,“
Thebel i
ev erwi l
lcomenear( hi
sLor d)ti
ll
hisLor dcov ershim wi thHi sscr eenand
makeshi m confesshi ssins.( All
ahwi ll
askhi m),‘
Doy ouknow( t
haty oudi d)‘such- and-such
sin?’Hewi l
l saytwice, ‘
Yes, Ido.’[t
hespeakeradded: Allahwi l
l keepaski nghi m unt ilhethinks
thathei sruined.
]ThenAl lahwi llsay,‘
Iconceal editinthewor ldandIf orgivei tfory out oday.’
Thent herecor dofhi sgooddeedswi llbef oldedup.Asf ortheot hers,orthedi sbel i
ev er
s,itwil
l
beannouncedpubl iclybeforet hewitnesses: ‘
Thesear eoneswhol i
edagai nstt heirLor d[Behol
d,
thecur seofAl l
ahi supont hewr ongdoer s]
.’”[Bukhaari
, 6/60/207]
Al
l
ah’
sRepr
imandofHi
sSer
vant
sShor
tcomi
ngs

AbuHur air
ar eport
edAllah’
sMessengersal lal
l
ahu‘
alayhiwasallam assayi
ng:“Veri
ly,Al
lah,the
Exalt
edandGl ori
ous,wouldsayont heDayofResurrecti
on:‘OsonofAdam, Iwassi ckbuty ou
didnotvisi
tMe. ’Hewoul dsay:‘
OmyLor d;howcoul
dIv isi
tTheewher easThouarttheLor dof
theworlds?’ThereuponHewoul dsay:‘
Didn’ty
ouknowt hatsuchandsuchser vantofMinewas
sickbutyoudi dnotvisi
thim andwer eyounotawareoft hi
sthatify
ouhadv isi
tedhim, y
ou
wouldhav efoundMebyhi m? ’

‘
OsonofAdam, Iaskedfoodfr
om youbuty oudidnotfeedMe.
’Hewouldsay:‘
MyLord,how
coul
dIf eedTheewher easThouarttheLordoftheworlds?’
Hesai
d:‘
Didn’
tyouknowthatsuch
andsuchser v
antofMi neaskedfoodfrom youbutyoudidnotf
eedhim,andwereyounot
awarethatifyouhadf edhimyouwouldhav efoundhim byMysi
de?’

(TheLordwouldagai
nsay):‘
OsonofAdam,Iaskeddri
nkfrom y
oubuty oudidnotpr
ov i
deMe.
’
Hewoul dsay
:‘MyLord,
howcouldIprov
ideTheewhereasThouarttheLordoftheworl
ds?’
ThereuponHewouldsay:‘
Suchandsuchofserv
antofMineaskedyouforadr i
nkbutyoudi
d
notprovi
dehim,andhadyouprovi
dedhi
m dri
nkyouwouldhavefoundhim nearMe.’
”[Musl
i
m,
32/6232]

Di
str
ibut
ionoft
heBookofDeeds

Thebooksofdeedswill
bethrowni ntheairf
rom ahighelevati
on,andmani sbel
ow.The
momentwhent hebooksar
et hr ownisoneofthemoment swher eRasulAl
l
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhi
wasall
am say
st hatt
hehai
rtur nsgray–becausey oudon’tknowwhichhandy ouwillgett
he
booki
n.Ift
hebookcomesiny ourri
ghthand,you’
refi
ne.Ifthebooklandsinthel
eft,t
heny ou’
re
doomed.

Allahsays:“
Thenasf orhim whowi l
lbegivenhisRecordinhisr i
ghthandwi llsay:
‘Take,r
ead
myRecor d!Surel
y,Idi
dbelievethatIshallmeetmyAccount!’Soheshal lbeinalif
e,well-
pleasi
ng.Inaloft
yPar adi
se,thefr
uitsinbuncheswhereofwillbelowandnearathand.Eatand
drinkateaseforthatwhichyouhav esentonbeforeyouinday spast !
”(69:19-
24)Not i
cehere
thatAll
ahistalki
ngaboutfruitst
hatar el
owandt henHesay s,‘eatanddrink.’
Thisisav ery
appropri
ateplacetosaysobecauset hati
sthedaywhenhungerandt hi
rstwillbeatthei
rli
mit
s.

Whataboutt heonewhor ecei

v esthebooki nhislefthand?“Butasf orhim whowi llbegivenhis
Recor di nhislefthand,willsay: ‘
IwishthatIhadnotbeengi venmyRecor d!AndthatIhadnev er
knownhowmyAccounti s.Iwi sh,wouldthatithadbeenmyend( death)!Myweal thhasnot
avai
ledme, Mypowerandar gument s( t
odef endmy self
)havegonef r
om me! ’
”(69:25-29)The
twothi ngst hatwest rugglefori nthi
slif
e–powerandweal th–wi l
ldonot hi
ngforust hatday.
What ev eryouwanti nduny a,youcanbuyi twi thmoney ;i
tful
fil
sy ourdesir
es.Ont heDayof
Judgment ,moneyi swor thless.Whatwasweal thonedayi snownot hing.Powerist hesame
way–i tgivesy oudomi nanceandopensf ory oudoorsofoppor tunit
y.Ont heDayofJudgment ,
youwi llbesopower lesst hatyouwi ll
notev enhav epowerov eryourownl imbs;yourlimbswi l
l
testi
fyagai
nstyou.Therefore,powerandweal
thareofnoval
ueontheDayofJudgment
.Ifwe
stri
veforei
therofthosethings,itshoul
dbef
orthesakeofAl
lah.

Qi
saas–Set
tl
ementofAccount
sbet
weenCr
eat
ion

OntheDayofJudgment ,ther
ewi l
lbemanyaccountsthatwil
lbeopened.Peopl
ealwaysask–
“Whyistheresomuchdisease,famineandinj
ust
iceintheworld?WhereisGod?”Whatthey
don’
treal
izeisthatev
ery
thingwill
besettl
edontheDayofJudgment .Thi
ssettl
ementis
comprehensive,ev
enamongt heanimal
s.All
ahwill
notletanyt
hinggounnoti
ced.

AbuHurai
rareport
edAll
ah’
sMessengersal
lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhi
wasall
am assayi
ng:“
Theclai
mant
s
woul
dgettheircl
aimsontheDayofResur
rect
ionsomuchsot hatt
hehornl
esssheepwoul
dget
i
tscl
aimfrom thehor
nedsheep.
”[Musl
im,32/6252]

Oppr
essi
on

Howar etheaccount sset

tl
edbetweent wohumans?Al l
ah’sApostl
esaid,“Whoeverhas
oppressedanot herpersonconcer
ninghisreputat
ionoranythi
ngelse,heshouldbeghimt o
forgi
vehim beforet heDayofResurrect
ionwhentherewill
benomoney( tocompensatefor
wrongdeeds) ,butifhehasgooddeeds, thosegooddeedswi l
lbetakenfrom hi
m accordi
ngto
hisoppressionwhi chhehasdone,andi fhehasnogooddeeds, thesinsoftheoppressed
personwillbeloadedonhi m.”[
Bukhaari,3/43/
629]

OntheDayofJudgment
,theonl
ycurr
encythati
saccept
edishasanaat
.Ont
hatday
,youwi
l
lbe
wi
ll
i
ngtogivethewor
ldandever
ythi
nginitf
oronehasanah.

Whywoul dyoubackbiteagainstsomeoneordosomet hi
ngelseagainstthem?Becauseyou
hatethem;theyareyourenemy .I
fyouthinkaboutit–thelastt
hingyouwantt odoforyour
enemyi sgi
vethem yourgooddeeds.Soi fyoudon’tl
ikesomeone: f
ir
staskAllaht
otaket hat
hatr
edf r
om yourheartandthendon’tputyoursel
finapositi
onthatwill
endupharmingy ou
more.It’
scommonsense!

ItwaseitherShafi
’
eeorHasanal -
Basr
i,butsomeonecamet othem andsai
d,“Soandsoi s
speakingagainstyou.”TheImaam boughtsomef rui
tsandwenttothedoorofthatper
sonand
said,
“Iheardthatyouhav egivenmesomeofy ourgooddeedsandIhavenowayofpay ingyou
backbutgi v
ingyout hi
sgift
.”

TheProphetsai
d,“
Oppr
essi
onwi
l
lbeadar
knessont
heDayofResur
rect
ion.
”[Bukhaar
i,
3/43/
627]

Mur
der

Av er
yimportantthi
ngt
obeset t
ledi
sbl
ood–wheny ouharm orki
ll
someone.Thatisoneof
thefi
rstt
hingstobesettl
edontheDayofJudgment.Inahadi
thinAt-Ti
rmidhi
,Rasul
All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,ont
hedayofjudgment,t
hemur der
edwi l
lbeholdi
ngthehead
ofthemurderer
,andbloodwi
llbeflowi
ngf
rom hi
m.All
ahwil
lbr
ingthatper
soninf
rontofHim
andthatper
sonwi l
lsay,‘
OAl
l
ah, askhi
m,whydidheki
llme?
’Anditwil
lbeset
tl
edont heDayof
Judgment.

AndRasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasal
l
am says,“
Thefi
rstcasest
obedeci
dedamongt
he
peopl
eonthedayofresur
rect
ionwi
l
lbethoseofbl
oodshed.
”

AbuMusl im AlKhursaani wast heonewhom t heAbbaseenusedt oest abl

isht hekhilaaf afor
themselv es,andi nthepr ocessheki l
ledt housands.Al l
ahu‘ Alam howt hest oryis,buthewas
hear dstandingont hemount ainofAr afahsay ing,“OAllah,Iasky out oforgi
v emef or
somet hingt hatIthinky ouwi l
l notfor
gi veforme. ”Amansai dt ohi
m, “Whatar eyout alking
about ?Allahfor gi
vesev erything.”AbuMusl im said,“
Doy ouseeal lofthesepeopl ei n‘araf ah?
(ItwasthedayofHaj j
.)Everyoneoft hesewant ssomet hingf rom me–I ’
vekilledoneoft heir
fami l
ymember s.Howdoy out hinkAllahcanf orgivemei ft
hesepeopl ewillal
l comet oAl lahon
thedayofr esurrection,askingf orrevenge? ”Sot heoppr essorsofal l
time, t
hroughouthi stor y
,
hav eav eryheft ypri
cet opayont heDayofJudgment .

AbuHur air
ar eport
edAl l
ah’sMessengersal l
allahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am assay i
ng:‘Doyouknow
whoi spoor[bankrupt ]?
’They( t
heCompani onsoft hePr ophet)said:‘
Apoormanamongstusi s
onewhohasnei t
herdi r
ham wi t
hhim norweal th.’ He( thePr ophet)said:‘
Thepoorofmy
Ummahwoul dbehewhowoul dcomeont heDayofResur r
ectionwithpray ersandfastsand
Zakatbuthewoul dfindhi mselfbankruptont hatdayashewoul dhaveexhaust edhisfundsof
vir
tuessincehehur ledabusesuponot hers,broughtcal umnyagai nstother sandunlawf ull
y
consumedt heweal thofot hersandshedt hebl oodofot hersandbeatot her s,
andhisv irt
ues
wouldbecr editedtot heaccountofone( whosuf feredathi shand) .Andi fhisgooddeedsf all
shorttocleartheaccount ,thenhissinswoul dbeent eredi n(hi
saccount )andhewoul dbe
thrownintheHel l-
Fire.’[
Muslim,32/6251]I neconomi cal si
tuat
ions,abankr uptpersoni s
someonewhohadmoney ,
butthenlosti t
.Ther e’
sadi fferencebet weenabankr uptper
sonand
apoorper son–t hepoorwaspoorf oral ongt i
me.SubhaanAl l
ah,theanal ogyissoappr opriat
e.
Thispersonlostsomuch–andmayev engai nsi ns–becauseoft hei
rtreatmentofot hers.

Therecouldbeacor ruptMuslim( whodri

nks,etc)andthenanotherMusli
m whof ast
sandprays.
Theprayingandfasti
ngMusl i
m mayabuset heMusl i
m whowascor rupt
,butontheDayof
Judgment ,
thefasti
ngMusl im wouldhavetocarrythesinsoft
hecorruptpersonbecauseoft
he
abusehedi dt
ohi m.Nev erunderest
imatethegoodt r
eatmentofothersanddeali
ngswith
other
s;youcouldloseev ery
thingbecauseofthat.

Ther el
igi
onofI slam needstobet akencomprehensively–y ouhavetobalance‘i
baadahAND
deali
ngwi thothers.Aswesai d,everyt
hingwil
lbesettled,evenbetweenanimals.I
nahadithby
At-Tabari
,All
ahwi l
lsett
lethecl
aimsamongstt heanimal s.Aft
erallofthei
rcl
aimsaresettl
ed,
All
ahwi ll
tell
theani malstoturnintodir
t;t
heywill
ceaset oexist.Thefateofal
lanimalsi
sthat
theyareturnedt odirt.“
[.
..
]Thedisbeli
everwi
llsay:‘
Woet ome!Woul dthatIweredust
!’(
78:40)

AbuDhar
rsai
dthathewaswi
thRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am andt
her
ewer
etwo
sheepwhi chwereknocki ngeachot heront hehead.RasulAllahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam sai
d
toAbuDhar r,
Doy ouseet hosetwosheep?Doy ouknowwhyt heyar efighti
ngeachot her ?Abu
Dharrsaidno.Rasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am sai
dt hatAllahknowsandHewi l
ljudge
betweenthem ont heDayofJudgment .Also,somethi
ngtonot i
ceher eisthatt wosheep
fi
ghti
ngwoul dseem l ikesomet hingsot r
ivial
tous.RasulAllahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam
wouldconv er
tanyi nfor mati
onintoacer tainwayandv i
ewi tf r
om acer tai
nper cept
ion.Ev en
somethingsot r
ivi
al remi ndedRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam ofakhi rah.Ev
erything
aroundusshouldr emi ndusofakhi rah.

Al
-Mi
zaan–t
heScal
e

Al-Qurt
ubi says,af
terthereckoning,t
hedeedswi l
lbewei ghedbecausewei ghingofdeedsi sfor
reward,soi tneedstobeaf terr
eckoning.Reckoningistocal culat
et hedeeds.Togivean
i
llustr
ati
on–sayy ouhav eabi gsackf i
ll
edwithal otofthings.Al-
hisaabsortsoutthosethings.
Allahwil
l questi
ony ourdeedssot hatthegoodwi llbesepar atedfr
om thebad; t
heacceptedwi l
l
besepar atedfrom whatisnotaccept ed.Thehisaab( r
eckoni ng)i
st oseparat
ewhaty ouwil
lbe
rewardedf orandwhaty ouwi ll
bepuni shedfor.Theref
ore, al-
mizaancomesaf terhisaab.

Al
lahsays:
“AndWeshall
setupbal ancesofjust
iceontheDayofResur
rect
ion,
thennonewil
l
bedeal
twithunj
ust
lyi
nanyt
hing.Andi ft
herebet hewei
ghtofamustar
dseed,Wewi l
lbr
ingi
t.
AndSuff
ici
entar
eWeasReckoner s.”(
21:47)

There’sadif
ferenceofopi ni
onofthescholarsonwhatwil
lactual
lybeweighed.I
tisourbel
ief
thatthedeedswi l
l comeinaphy si
calf
orm andbeweighed,butarethedeedsgoingtobe
weighedoristhei ndivi
dualgoi
ngtobewei ghed?Somescholarssayboth.Somesayitisj
ust
thedeeds.Thisisadi ff
erenceofopini
onthatisi
nshaAl
lahtr
ivi
al.

Inahadi t
hnar r
atedbyAhmad, AbuDar daa`saysthattheProphetsal
l
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasal l
am
said,“
Thereisnot hingheavi
erthangoodcharacterputint
hescaleofabeli
everontheDayof
Resurrecti
on.”[
If ounditi
nAbuDawood, 41/4781]Neverunderesti
mategoodbehaviour
!Iti
s
trut
h,kindness,fulf
il
li
ngtheri
ghtsofothers.

ThePr ophetsal
lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“
(Therear
e)twowordswhi char
edeart othe
Beneficent(
All
ah)andv eryl
ight(
easy)f
orthetongue(t
osay)
,butveryheavyinweighti
nthe
balance.Theyare:SubhanAllahwa-
bihamdihiandSubhanAl
lahAl-
‘Adheem.”[Bukhaar
i,
9/93/652]

Inahadit
hinBukhaar i,t
hePr ophetsallall
ahu‘al
ayhi wasallam said,“[
..
.]Asf ortheonef or
whom it[
ahor se]isasour ceofreward, heistheonewhokeepshi shor sefort hesakeofJihad
i
nAl l
ah’
sCause; het i
esitwithalongr opeonapast ureorinagar den.Sowhat everit
srope
all
owsittoeat,willberegardedasgoodr ewar
dabledeeds( forit
sowner )
.Andi fitbr
eaksoffi
ts
ropeandjumpsov eroneort wohil
locks, evenit
sdungwi llbeconsi deredamongsthi sgood
deeds.Andifi
tpassesbyar i
veranddr inkswaterfrom it
,thatwillbeconsi deredasgooddeeds
forhi
sbenefit
)ev enifhehashadnoi nt enti
onofwat er
ingit[..
.]
”[Bukhaar i
,4/56/ 839]
RasulAll
ahsal l
allahu‘alayhiwasal lam said,inahadi t
hbyAt -
Tir
midhi,thatont hedayof
j
udgmentAl l
ahwi l
lbringamani nf rontofallofcr eation.All
ahwi l
lpresentt ohim 99scr oll
s.
Everyscrolli
sasf arasy oucansee, fil
l
edwi thbaddeeds.ThenAl lahwi l
ltellhim,“Ar eyou
denyingany t
hingi nthesescr ol l
s?”Themanwi l
lsay ,“No.”All
ahwi l
lsay ,“
Didt heangel s
recordi
ngy ourdeedsmakeanymi stakesoroppr essy ou?”Hewi llsay,“No.”ThenAl lah
subhaanawat a’aalawi ll
say, “Doy ouhav eanyexcuse?( Forallofthesesi nsy ouhav edone) ?”
Themanwi llsay, “
No. ”ThenAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’aalawi l
lsay,“
Yes, youdohav esomet hi
ng
thatcouldbecr editedt oyou.Youhav eahasanahwi t
husandt herewillbenooppr essionon
youtoday .
”Thenacar dwi l
lbepr esent edt ohimt hatsay sAshhaduAl lahilaahaill
allah,waash
haduMuhammadar -
Rasool Allah.AndAl l
ahwi llt
el lhi
m, “Goandwi t
nesst hewei ghingofy our
deeds.”The99scr ollswi l
lbepl acedononesi deandt hecar dwil
lplacedont heother .Whent he
cardwillbeplaced, the99scr oll
swi l
lgoflyingupi nt heair,becausenot hi
ngi sheav ierthanthe
nameofAl l
ah.Thi sist hevalueoft hekalima.

RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam saidt
hatwhoev
ersaysthekal
i
mawi thsincer
it
y,Al
l
ah
wil
lrewardt
hem wit
hJannah.WeaskAllaht
omakeusoft hosewholi
veaccordingt
olail
aaha
i
lAll
ah.

Al
-Howd:
ThePool

All
ahhasgivenRasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
l
am al-
howd–thepool.Thi
showdwil
lbet
he
onl
ysourceofwater/dr
inkontheDayofJudgment.Thewat
erofal
-howdiscomi
ngfr
om
Jannah,
from t
heriv
erofal-kawthar
.

RasulAl
lahsallal
lahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
lam says,Mypoolisthewalki
ngdist
anceofamonth.Iti
s
wateriswhiterthanmil
k,i
tssmell
isbettert
hanmi l
k,andthecupsar
emor ethant
hestarsfr
om
thesky.Whoev erdri
nksfr
om i
twil
lneverfeelt
hir
staftert
hat.WeaskAll
ahtomakeust hose
whodr i
nkfrom thepool.

I
nahadithnarrat
edbyMusl im,Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasall
am saidthathewil
lbe
pushi
ngawaypeopl ewithasti
ckont heDayofJudgmentsothatt
hepeopleofYemencoul d
dri
nkfr
om Al-
Hawd.Thi sshowshislovefort
hepeopleofYemen.Hewasasked, “Whatisthe
widt
hofit?
”Hesai d,I
tisfr
om heretoOman.Hewasaskedabouti tst
aste,i
tiswhit
erthanmilk.
ThenRasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
dther
earetwocanalsthatcomedowncome
downintoi
t–onei sgoldandonei ssil
ver–andthewaterfr
om i
tisfr
om theriv
erofal
-kawthar.

Ev
eryNat
ionwoul
dFol
l
owt
hei
rgod

Somepeopl esaid,
“OAllah’
sApost l
e!ShallweseeourLor dont heDayofResurrect i
on?”He
sai
d,“Doyoucrowdandsqueezeeachot heronlookingatt hesunwheni tisnothiddenby
cl
ouds?”Theyrepli
ed,“No,Al
lah’sApostl
e.”Hesai d,“Doy oucrowdandsqueezeeachot heron
l
ookingatthemoonwheni ti
sf ul
landnothi ddenbycl ouds?”Theyrepl
ied,“No,OAl l
ah’s
Apostl
e!”Hesaid,“
Soy ouwillseeHim( y
ourLor d)ont heDayofResur r
ect i
onsimilarl
yAllahwil
l
gat
herallthepeopleandsay,‘
Whoev erusedt owor shipanythi
ngshouldf ol
lowthatt hi
ng.’So,
hewhousedt oworshi
pt hesunwi l
lfol
lowi t
, andhewhousedt owor shi
pthemoonwi l
l f
oll
owit,
andhewhousedt owor shi
pf al
sedeiti
eswi l
l fol
l
owt hem; andt
henonl ythi
snati
on(i.
e.,
Muslims)willr
emain,i
ncludingthei
rhypocr i
tes.All
ahwi l
lcomet othem inashapeotherthan
theyknowandwi l
lsay,‘
Iam y ourLord.
’ Theywi l
lsay,‘
Weseekr efugewithAll
ahfrom you.Thi
s
i
sourpl ace;(
wewillnotfol
lowy ou)ti
llourLor dcomest ous,andwhenourLor dcomest ous,
wewi l
lrecogni
zeHim.’

“ThenAll
ahwi l
lcometotheninashapetheyknowandwillsay,‘
Iam y
ourLor d.’
Theywi l
lsay
,
‘
(Nodoubt )YouareourLord,
’andtheywi
l
lfoll
owHim.Thenabr i
dgewillbelaidoverthe(Hel
l)
Fir
e.”Al
l
ah’ sApostl
eadded,“
Iwil
lbethef
irstt
ocrossi
t.[
..
.]
”[Bukhaar
i,9/93/532][
Alsosee
Bukhaar
i,6/60/105]

Thishadit
hi snott heonequot ed, becausehecont inues: Themunaf i
qeenar estillmixingwi th
theMuslim,tryingtosneaki ntojannah.Theywi l
lnotbeabl eto,becauseAl l
ahwi llgi
vet his
Ummahl i
ght.Thesi r
aatist
hinnert hanahai r
,sharpert hanabl ade.Itcrossesov erhellf
ire,and
i
tistheonlywayt ogett oJannah.As- sir
aatisv er
ydar k.Al l
ahwi l
lgivethebel i
ev ersli
ghtand
wouldgivethem speedaccor dingt othei
rdeeds.Whent heycomeonas- siraat,someoft he
peoplewil
lbel ikelightni
ng,somewoul dtakeonest ep,somewoul dbel ikeaf asthor se,some
ofthem arewal king,somer unning,somet akingast epf orwardandt henback.Somewoul dbe
fal
li
ngintohel l
.Whent hemunaf iqeenwoul dtrytocr oss,theywoul dloset heirlight.Theywoul d
tel
lthebeli
ev er
s“ Giveussomeofy ourli
ght!”ThenAl l
ahsay sthatabar rierwoul dbeer ected
betweenthebel ieversandthemunaf iqeen.From thesi deoft hebelievers,itisbl essi
ngand
rahma,forthemunaf iqeen,
itisapuni shment .

All
ahsay s:Ont heDayy oushal lseet hebel i
evingmenandt hebel i
ev i
ngwoment heirli
ght
runningf orwar dbef oret hem andbyt heirr i
ghthands.Gl adt i
di ngsf ory outhisDay !Gardens
underwhi chr i
versf l
ow( Par adise),todwel lthereinforev er!Tr uly,thisisthegr eatsuccess!On
theDaywhent hehy pocr it
es, menandwomen, wi l
lsayt ot hebel ievers:“Waitforus!Letusget
somet hingf rom y ourlight!”Itwi l
l besai d:“Gobackt oy ourr ear !Thenseekal i
ght !
”Soawal lwill
beputupbet weent hem, withagat ether ein.Insideitwi llbemer cy,andout sidei twil
lbe
torment .(Thehy pocrites)wi llcallthebel i
ev ers:“Wer ewenotwi t
hy ou?”Thebel ieverswi l
lreply
:
“Yes!Buty ouledy ourselvesi ntot empt ations, youlookedf or war df orourdest ructi
on; you
doubt ed( i
nFai th);andy ouwer edecei vedbyf alsedesi res, t
illtheCommandofAl l
ahcamet o
pass.Andt hechi efdecei ver(Sat an)decei v edy ouinr espectofAl l
ah.Sot hisDaynor ansom
shallbet akenf rom y ou( hy pocr i
tes),noroft hosewhodi sbel i
ev ed, (i
nt heOnenessofAl l
ah
Isl
ami cMonot hei sm).Yourabodei stheFi r
e, t
hati sthepr operpl acef oryou,andwor stindeed
i
st hatdest ination.”(57:12- 15)
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD17Par
adi
seandHel
l

Par
adi
seandHel
l

Rememberwhat‘ Aa` i
shasaid:“Ifthefi
rstthingr evealedinQur ’
anwas‘ donotdr ink’,t
hepeopl e
wouldhav esaid‘wear enevergoi ngtostopdr inking.’Andi fthef ir
stthingt hatwasr ev ealedin
theQur’anwast el
lingthepeopl etonotcommi tf ornicati
onandadul t
er ythepeopl ewoul dhave
said‘we’r
enev ergoi ngtostopcommi tti
ngf orni cationandadul tery!
’Thef irstthi
ngst hatwer e
reveal
edi ntheQur ’anweretheSur ahAl-Mufassal [1]thattalkedaboutandment i
onedhel lfi
re
andpar adise.Untiltheheart
swer eatt
achedt oAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’aala,THENt heor dersfor
hall
alandhar aam camedown. ”‘Aa`i
shasai dt hati fyouf i
rsttellpeoplet hisisharaam, that’
s
haraam, theywon’ tli
stentoyou.Thef ir
stt hi
ngst hatwer erev ealedwer eaboutpar adiseand
hell
.Whent hehear tswereattachedt oAllaht hedosanddon’ tswer er evealed.

Wecant el
lfr
om ‘Aa`i
sharadiy
all
ahuanhat hatthewayt oattachtheheart
stoAllahistoremind
oursel
vesaboutparadi
seandhel l
.Wear eimmer sedi
nt hiswor l
dtoomuchanddet achedfrom
real
it
y.Wearenotget t
ingenoughdoseofakhi r
ah.Unlesswer emindour
selv
esofitconstantl
y,
i
t’snotgoi
ngtobeonourmi nd.Wear everyatt
achedtot heoneswel oveinthi
sduny a,
the
thi
ngsthatwehav eandthepleasuresthi
slif
ecanof f
er.

Askoursel
ves,i
fwewer ef
acedwit
htheangel
ofdeat
hint
hismoment–ev ent
houghhe
doesn’
thavetoseekpermi
ssionf
rom usaswi
tht
heambiy
a–“ Ar
eyoureadytoleav
eri
ght
now?”wouldweber eadyt
ogo?

Idon’
tthi
nkanyofuswoul
dber
eadyt
ogo.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am wouldt alkabouthellf
ir
eandjannahsomuch.Hewoul d
especial
lyt
alkabouthell
alot.Infact,
oneoft hesahaabiyy
ahsaidthatshememor izedSur ah
Qaaffrom themouthofRasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal
lam onthemi mbarofj
um’ ah,
becauseheusedt oment i
onitsomuch.Sur ahQaafi stal
kingaboutParadi
seandHel l,andalso
death.ThereasonwhyRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am tal
kedaboutitsomuchwast hat
aft
erAl l
ah,
noonehadasmuchMer cyonthi sUmmahasRasul All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi wasal l
am.
Hecar edsomuchaboutt hisUmmah, hedidn’twantt hi
sUmmaht obeharmed.

Once,RasulAl
lahsal l
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am stoodont hemi mbar ,prai
sedAl l
ah, makingSalah
onthemessengerofAl lah,hesai d,“
I’
m warni
ngy ou,Hellfir
e.”Hewasr epeatingitagainand
againandhisv oicewasget tinglouderandlouder.Oneoft hesahabahsai dthatifsomeone
wereinthemar ketplace,theywoul dhaveheardhi m.That’sallt
hathewassay ing.Thenarrator
ofthehadithsaidthaty oucoul dheartheweepingoft hesahabahi nt hemasj i
d.Thatist he
sensit
ivi
tyoftheirhearts.SubhaanAl l
ah,wehav esuchr i
gidhearts.Irememberoncet hatwe
wereinacemet ery,
bury i
ngasi ster,
andonebr otherstar
tedtot el
ljokes–r ightthereinthe
cemet
ery
.

‘
Ut hmaan,whenheusedtoatt
endtheburi
al,hewouldsitnexttothegraveandcry,unabl
eto
standup.Thesahabahwouldcomeandtellhim,“
Whati swrongwi t
hy ou?”Hesaid,“
Thegrav
e
i
st hefi
rstst
epofakhir
ah.I
fyoumakeitthroughi
t,whatevercomesaf terwi
llbeeasi
er.Andi
f
youdonotmakei tthr
oughthegrav
e,whateverwi
llhappenafteri
tis.AndthatiswhyIcry
wheneverIrememberthegrave.
”

Thereisnoot herr
eli
gionthathasgi
v ensomuchdescr ipt
iontotheafter-
li
fe,l
ikeIslam.It
’sv
ery
rar
etogot hr
oughapageoft heQur
’anwi thoutf
indi
ngareminderaboutal-akhirah.Whywould
All
ahr epeatt
ousconst antl
yabouti
t?I tshowsthatiti
sverynecessar
yf orust oknow.[In
general,t
hemor eoft
ensomet hi
ngi
sr epeated,t
hemor ei
mpor t
antiti
s.]Ourhear tschangevey
easi
ly.

Qalbcomesf
rom t
hewordtaqal
lab,
whi
chi
swaterboi
li
nginapot.Ourheart
schangever
y
easi
ly
.Ify
ouwantanexampleofthi
s–l
ookatani
nfant
.Theycanbecryingoneminut
eand
l
aughingt
henext
.

ThePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am usedtomaket hedu’
aa`:“
TheOneWhoOv ert
urns
hearts,weaskYout omakeourheart
ssteadfastonIsl
am.”Yamuqall
ibul
qul
oobt habbit
qulooboona‘ al
adeen.I
twassaidt
hatRasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am usedtorepeatt
his
du’
aa`f requent
ly.Weshoul
dalsor
epeatitf
requent
ly.

RasulAllahsallall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam sayst hattheanal ogyofhi m andusi slikeaman
standingnextt oaf i
reint hedeser tatnightt i
me.Whenev eryouhav esomel ightinthedeser t
,it
willattr
actinsectst oit.Sot hesemot hsandi nsect swillgatheraroundt hefi
re.Similar
ly,t
his
happensar oundal ightatni ght.RasulAllahsal l
all
ahu‘alay hiwasallam saidthatheislikethat
man, tryi
ngt okeept heinsects[ us]awayf rom t hefir
e.Rasul Al
lahsall
allahu‘alayhi
wasal lam
say sthatwear ej umpi ngt owardst hefir
eandhei sdraggi ngusawayf rom it,never
theless,
someofusi nsistonj umpi ngintoit.RasulAllahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am isaguar df r
om it,
tr
y i
ngt oguar dusf rom t hehellfir
e.Nev ertheless,somepeopl einsi
stont hrowi ngt
hemsel ves
i
nt othef i
re,event hought her eminderist here.

Jibreelcoul
dn’tunderstandhowt herecoul
dbesomepeoplewhowoul
dgiveupPar
adi
seand
optf orHell
Fire.Ji
breelsays,“Iam amazed.Howcouldt
her
ebesomeonewhocoul
dsleep
safelywhent heyknowhel lfi
reiswaiti
ngforthem?Howcoul
dther
ebesomeonewhocoul
d
sl
eepwhenheknowst hereisParadisewait
ingforhi
m?”

Oursoul
swerecreat
edforet
erni
ty.Ther
ewill
notbeamomentwhenyoursoulwil
lceaset
o
exi
st.Wewi
ll
liv
ef or
ever
.Thi
sisthetest
ingground,
andt
heni
twi
llbeei
therheav
enorhell
.

All
ahsays:
“Forthi
s,theoneswhowantt
ocompeteshoul
dcompet
e.”Thi
siswhatweshoul
d
competeon–t heakhir
ah,notont
hewor
ldl
ythi
ngs.

Al
l
ahandRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am gav
eusel
abor
atedescr
ipt
ionsofheav
enand
hel
l.Ashumanbeings,t
hestr
ongestmotiv
ati
onforusi
sthemot
ivat
ionofr
ewardor
punishment
.All
ahsubhaanawata’
aalahaspl
acedusonthi
sear
thforanopenbookt
est–we
havetheQur’
anandSunnahtohelpus.

Nomat t
erhowmuchwei magi neheav
enorhell,
wecannotreal
l
yimaginethem.Itisj
ustto
drawthei nf
ormati
onclosetous.Ifthi
swor l
dwasgoodenoughasar eward,All
ahwouldhave
givenitasarewardtothebeliever
.Andifitwasbadenoughasapunishment,All
ahwouldhave
givenitasapunishmentforthedisbel
iev
er.Ther
efor
e,wearenother
ef orpuni
shmentor
reward.

Wehav etohavehopeforAl
lah’
sMer cyandf earofhi
spuni
shment .Rememberthebi
rdwi t
h
thesetwowings.Wehavetobeactiv
ei npursuingJannahwithboth.Li
veabal
ancedl
ife.The
OldTestamentport
ray
sGodasangr yandsomeonet obefearedtoomuch.TheNewTest ament
portr
aysHim asaGodofMer cyandLov e.Bothlackt
hebalance.

Al
l
ahsay sHeist
heForgiv
ingandMerci
ful
,butatt
hesamet
ime,Hi
sPunishmenti
ssev
ere.
Al
l
ahsay sHi
spunishmentissev
ere,
butOneofHisNamesi
stheFor
giv
ingandoneist
he
Merci
ful
.

TheDescr
ipt
ionofHel
l

TheSi
zeofHel
l

Al
l
ahcreat
edhel
lasapuni
shmentfort
hedisbel
iev
er,hypocri
teandbeli
everswhoaccumul
ated
al
otofsi
n.Wedon’
tknowexact
lyt
hesizeofit
,butther
ear ei
ndicat
ionsthati
tishuge.

Oneindi
cationisthathellfi
rewil
lal
waysaskformorepeopl
e.Hellwoul
dcont i
nuetosay:I
s
t
hereanythi
ngmor e,unti
lAll
ah,t
heExalt
edandHigh,woul
dplaceHisfootther
einandthat
woul
dsay :Enough, enough,byYourHonour
,andsomepartsofitwoul
ddr awclosetot
heother
.
[
Muslim,40/ 6823][
AlsoseeBukhaari,
ChapterBook6]

Anot herindi
cationi sthedept hofhellfi
re.Thishadi thisami r
acle.Wecannotexpl ai
ni tina
scientif
icfashion; i
tisami racle.AbuHur ai
rareported: Wewer einthecompanyofAl lah’s
Messengersal l
allahu‘alayhi wasal l
am t henwehear dat erri
blesound.Ther euponAl l
ah’s
Apost l
esal l
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am said: “Doyouknowwhat( sound)ist hi
s? ”Wesai d:“All
ah
andHi sMessengerknowbest .”Thereuponhesai d: “Thatisast onewhi chwast hrownsev ent
y
yearsbef oreinHel landi thasbeenconst antl
ysli
ppi ngdownandnowi thasr eacheditsbase.
”
[Musl i
m, 40/6813]Howt hisexact l
yhappened–whoal lhear
di t,howdidt heyheari t,etc–we
donotknow.Thi sisami racle.Butthef actthatthisr ocktook70y earstof alltothebot t
om of
hellshowst hathel lisverydeep.

Thethi
rdindi
cati
onisthenumberofangel
si nvol
vedinpul
li
ngit.AbuHurair
ar epor
tedAll
ah’s
Messengersal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am assay i
ng:“Hel
lwouldhebroughtont hatday(t
heDayof
j
udgment)withsevent
ybridl
esandever
ybr i
dlewouldbecontrol
ledbyseventyangels.
”[Musli
m,
40/
6180][Imam commented]:t
hetr
anslat
ionofthehadit
hisincorr
ecthere;i
tshouldbe70,000
br
idl
esand70,
000angel
swi
l
lbepul
l
ingt
hem.

Thefourthi ndicati
onist hatt
hesunandt hemoonwi l
lbethr
owni nt
ohellf
ir
e.Obvi
ously,
thi
sis
theclearestindicati
ont ousbecauseweknowt hesizeofthesunandmoon.Rasul Al
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am saysthatont heDayofJudgment ,boththesunandthemoonwi l
l
bethrowni ntothehellfi
re.Youmi ghtwonderwhyspeci fi
cal
lythesunandthemoonar ethr
own
i
nhel l–ist hatapuni shment?Thehadi thisinBukhaariandMuslim –anygodthatwas
worshippedot hert
hanAl l
ahwil
lbet hr
owni ntohel
l.

[
SomeProphet
s,suchasJesus/
EesaandEzr
awer
ewor
shi
pped,
butofcour
set
heywi
l
lnotbe
i
nhel
l
.]

Lev
elsofHel
l

Thelev
elsofJannah(par
adise)getbet
terasyougoup.Wi t
hhel
l,t
heloweryougotheworse.
All
ahsays:“
Veri
ly,
thehypocri
teswil
lbeinthelowestdept
hs(gr
ade)oftheFi
re[
..
.]
”(4:
145)

Therearelevelsabovethat–f orexampl e,thel

eveli
nwhichRasulAll
ah’s(sal
lal
lahu‘alayhiwa
sal
lam)uncl ewillbei
n.Sa’
eedal -
Khudr ireport
ed:Amentionwasmadeofhi suncleAbuTal i
b
befor
etheMessengerofAl lahsall
allahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am.Hesai d:
“Myi nter
cessionmay
benefi
thim ont heDayofResur r
ectionandhemaybepl acedintheshallowpartoft heFire
whichwoul dreachhisanklesandhi sbrainwouldbeboili
ng.”[
Musli
m, 1/411]Andt hisisthe
l
eastpunishmenti nhell
–y oucani magi nehowbadt heworsewouldbe.

Gat
esofHel
l

Hel
lhassev
engat
es;
Par
adi
sehasei
ghtgat
es.

Allahsays: “Andt hosewhodi sbeli

evedwil
lbedriv
ent oHelli
ngroups,t
il
l,
whentheyr
eachi
t,
thegatest her eofwi l
lbeopened.Anditskeeperswil
lsay,‘
DidnottheMessenger
scometoyou
from yourselv es,reci
ti
ngt oyoutheVersesofyourLord,
andwar ni
ngyouoftheMeeti
ngoft
his
Dayofy our s?’ Theywi l
lsay:
‘Yes,butt
heWor doftor
menthasbeenj usti
fi
edagai
nstt
he
disbel
ievers!’”(39:71)

Fuel
ofHel
l

Thefuelofhel
list
hepeopleofhell
andst ones.“
[.
..
]feart
heFi
re(
Hel
l
)whosef
uel
ismenand
st
ones,prepar
edfort
hedisbel
iever
s.”(
2:24)

HeatofHel
l

All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal
asays:
“Andthoseont
heLeftHandWhowi l
lbethoseontheLeftHand?
I
nf i
ercehotwindandboi
li
ngwater
,Andshadowofblacksmoke,
(Thatshadow)neit
hercool
,
nor(even)good.
”(56:
41-
44)Water
,br
eezeandshadearethr
eewaystocooloursel
vesfr
om
heat.Thepeopl eofhel lhav
et heset hr
eeoptions.Hameem i sai
rt hati
sv erydryandscorching
hot;thati
sthebr eezet heywillget.I
nsteadofacoolingwi nd,i
t’
sabur ningwind.Riyaahas-
samoom i sawi ndt hatcomesi nAr abi
af r
om thenorth,anditcrossesthedeser tandlosesall
ofthehumi dit
y.Allahsay sthepeopl eofhell
wi l
lhavethesameki ndofwi nd–dr y,
scorchi
ng
wind.Hameem i sboi li
ngwat er.Shadewi l
lbeindarkcloudsofbl acksmoke; itwil
lchokethem
fr
om t hedrynessandt hesmel l.

All
ahsays:“
Andwhatwi
llmakeyouknowexactl
ywhatHell
-f
ir
eis?Itspar
esnot(
anysi
nner
),
nordoesitl
eav
e(any
thi
ngunbur
nt)!Bur
ningt
heski
ns!
”(74:
27-29)

AbuHur air
ar eport
edAll
ah’
sApost l
esallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam assayi
ng: “
Thef i
rewhichsons
ofAdam bur nisonlyone-
sevent
iethpartoftheFi
reofHell.
”HisCompani onssaid:“ByAll
ah,
evenordinaryfir
ewouldhavebeenenough( t
oburnpeople)
.”Thereuponhesaid:“Iti
ssixty
-nine
part
sinexcessof( t
heheatof)f
ireint
hiswor l
deachofthem beingequiv
alenttotheirheat.
”
[Musli
m, 40/6811]

Thewor stnewsthatthepeopleofhel l
fir
ewi l
lheari smentionedintheQur ’
an.All
ahsays:“So
tast
eyou( ther
esultsofyourevilact
ions);noincreaseshallWegi vey ou,exceptintor
ment .
”
(78:
30)Thepeopleofhel lwi
llcomplainaboutt heirpuni
shmentandt heanswerwi l
lbethat
ever
ydayt hepunishmentwillbecomemor esev ere.Sotheyarenotget tingaccustomedt oit
;
thei
rsi
tuationi
snoti mprovi
ng.Imaginethishappeni ngforeterni
ty.Ithinkthatthi
sayahis
suff
ici
entforustofeartheriskoftheconsequencesofhel l
.

Weknowt
hatHel
lFi
reSees,
Hear
sandBr
eat
hes

Al
lahsays:
“ Whenit(Hel
l)seesthem fr
om af
arpl
ace,
theywi
l
lheari
tsr
agi
ngandi
tsr
oar
ing[
in
ot
hertr
anslati
ons:
r agi
ngsigh]
.”(25:
12)

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sayst
hatontheDayofJudgmentacol umnoffir
ewi l
l
comeoutf rom hell.I
thastwoey esthatsee,
twoearsthathearandatonguethatcanspeak.
Anditwillsay,“Iam her
etocaptureany onewhoisastubborntyr
ant
,andtheoneswho
associat
eot hergodswithAllahandtheoneswhomakest at
uestobewor shi
pped.”

I
tisEt
ernal

Hel
liset
ernal
.Itwi
llexi
stf
orever
.At
-Tahaawisay
s,inhi
sbookofaqeedah,t
hathell
fir
eand
j
annahwil
lexi
stforeter
nit
y.I
bnHazm saysthatt
hisist
heconsensusoft
hescholar
softhi
s
ummah.

Si
zeoft
hePeopl
e

Thesizesoft hepeoplewill
belargerinparadiseandhel
l.Theywillbegr eatl
yexagger
ated.Ina
hadit
hinat-Tirmidhi
,AbuHur ay
rahnarrat
est hatRasul
All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasall
am says
thatt
hethicknessoft heski
noft hepeopleofhellfi
rei
s42di r
aa’(whi chisalmostonemet er–
aboutthr
eef eet.Thi
si sanesti
mate).That’
sabout126f eet
!Youmi ghtwonderwhyspeci f
ical
l
y
theskinismenti
oned.Theskinisthecent
reofthenervesandthat’swherethepainisf
elt
.Then
RasulAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasallam sai
dthatonetoothwil
lbelikethemount ai
nofUhud–
whichishuge.Theareaoccupiedbythem whentheysi
tdowni sthedistancebetweenMakkah
andMadi nah.

Whyisthesizeexpanded?Sot
herewouldbemor
esurf
acef
orpuni
shment
.Thepeopl
eof
Jannahwil
lnotbethesamesize,
buttheywi
ll
bel
arger
.

FoodandDr
inkofHel
l

All
ahsays:“Nofoodwil
lther
ebef
orthem butabi
tt
erDhar
i’
.Whichwil
lneit
hernour
ishnor
sati
sfyhunger
.”(
88:6-
7)Wedonotknowwhatexactl
ydhar
i’i
s,buti
tdoesn’
tgiv
enourishment
orsati
sfyhunger
.

Themaindishforthepeopl
eofhell
arethefr
uit
sofatr
eeinhel
l.Al
l
ahsays:“Lo!thetr
eeof
Zaqqum wi
llbethefoodofthesi
nners,
Likemolt
enbr
ass;
itwil
lboi
lint
hei
rinsides.Li
ket
he
boi
li
ngofscaldi
ngwat er
.”(
44:
43-
46)

All
ahsays:“I
sthat( Paradise)betterent er
tainmentort hetreeofZaqqum ( ahorri
bletr
eei nHell
)?
Trul
yWehav emadei t(as)at rai
lfort heZalimun( polyt
heists,di
sbeli
ever
s,wrong-doers,etc.
).
Veri
ly,
iti
sat r
eet hatspringsoutoft hebot tom ofHell-
fi
re,theshootsofitsfr
uit-
stal
ksar eli
ke
theheadsofShay ati
n( devil
s).Truly,theywi l
leatthereofandf i
llt
heirbel
l
iestherewit
h.Thenon
thetopofthattheywi l
lbegi venboi l
i
ngwat ertodrinksot hatitbecomesami xture(ofboili
ng
waterandZaqqum i ntheirbelli
es).”(37:62-67)

Thetr
eecomesoutfrom t
hebot t
om ofhell–itget
si t
snouri
shmentf
rom t
heworstpartofhel
l
.
Themorethatt
heyeatfr
om thesef r
uit
s,t
hehungri
ert heywi
l
lfeel
andthet
hir
sti
ertheywil
l
become.Theywi
ll
got odri
nkandt heywil
ldr
inkboil
ingwater
.

All
ahsay s: “
Thenwi l
l y
out rul
y–Oy outhatgowr ong, andtr
eat(Truth)asFalsehood!–Youwi ll
surelytasteoftheTr eeofZaqqum.Thenwi l
lyefil
lyourinsi
destherewi t
h.Anddr i
nkBoil
ing
Wat eront opofit:
Indeedy eshalldr
inkl
ikediseasedcamel sragi
ngwi ththir
st!
”(56:51-
55)
Somet i
mescamel sar einfl
ict
edwithadiseasethatcausest hem t
odr inkanddrinkunti
ltheykil
l
themsel ves.Theyfeelthir
st,butt
heyneverquencht heirt
hir
steventhought heykeepdrinking.

All
ahsays: “
Her eisaboili
ngandani ce-colddraught,soletthem tast
eit,Andother( t
orment )of
theki
ndi npairs(t
het woext remes)!”(38:
57-58)Thisay ahtalksabouthameem waghassaaq.
Hameem i sboili
ngwat er
.Ghassaaqhasbeent r
anslatedhereasi ce-
col
dwat er,butAlQurtubi
saysthatghassaaqandghi sleen(anotherwor dusedi ntheQur ’
an)bothmeant hej ui
cesoft he
fl
eshofthepeopl eofhellfi
r e.[SeeMuhsi nKhan’stranslati
onoftheseay aat
.]Fi
rebur nstheir
fl
esh.Thegr easeandt hesweatwi l
lcomeoutoft hebodi esandthiswil
lbedr i
nkf orthepeople
ofhell
.Whenev ery oucookmeatont opoff i
re,y
ou’l
l noti
cethatthegreasefall
sout .Thatis
ghassaaqandghi sleen.

Al
l
ahal
sosay
s:“
[.
..
]Andi
ftheyaskf
orhel
p(r
eli
ef,
wat
er,
etc.
)theywi
l
lbegr
ant
edwat
erl
i
ke
boi
li
ngoil
,thatwil
lscal
dthei
rfaces.Ter
ri
blet
hedr
ink,
andanev
ilMur
taf
aqa(
dwel
l
ing,
rest
ing
pl
ace,et
c.)
!”(18:
29)

Thefi
rstt
wodr i
nksofhel
lthatwementi
onedwerehameem andghassaaqorghi
sleen.The
thi
rdi
sas-sadeed,
whichi
st hepusst
hatcomesoutfr
om i
njur
ies.

RasulAl
l
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam says,“Everyi
ntoxi
cantisforbi
dden.Veril
yAll
ahthe
Exalt
edandMaj esti
c,madeacov enanttot hosewhodr ankintoxi
cantstomaket hei
rdri
nkTinat
al-
Khabal.
”Theysaid:“All
ah’
sMessenger ,whati sTi
natal-
Khabal?”Hesaid:“Iti
sthesweatof
thedeni
zensofHel lorthedi
schargeoft hedenizensofHell.
”[Muslim,23/4962]

Al-Muhli
sboili
ngoil
.RasulAl
lahsal
lall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam say
st heywouldbringthi
sdrink
fort
h,andassoonasi tcomesclosetot hei
rfaces,thefl
eshoft heirf
aceswouldmel tandf al
l
down.Nev er
thel
ess,t
heywoul ddri
nkit.Thattell
syouhowmuchpai nandsufferi
ngofthi
r st
theyarefeel
i
ng.Theywoul dbri
ngthisboili
ngoilthatcausesthefleshofthei
rfacestomel t.
Thishadi
thisinat-
Tir
mi dhi
.

Cl
othesoft
hePeopl
eofHel
l

All
ahsays:“Theset
woopponents(beli
eversanddisbel
i
ever
s)di
sput
ewitheachot
herabout
thei
rLor
d;thenasforthosewhodisbel
ieve,gar
mentsoffi
rewi
ll
becutoutfort
hem,boi
li
ng
waterwi
llbepoureddownov ert
hei
rheads.”(22:
19)

All
ahalsosay
s:“
Andyouwil
lseethecri
minal
sthatDayboundtoget
heri
nshackl
es,
thei
r
garmentsofl
i
qui
dpit
chandthei
rfacescover
edbytheFir
e.”(
14:49-
50)

Puni
shmentofHel
l

All
ahwillaskthepersonwi ththeleastpuni
shmentofhel l,
supposey ouhadasmuchasgol dt o
fi
ll
theearth.Wouldyouof ferittoransom yourself
?Hewi l
lsay,yes.Al
lahwill
tel
lhim,Iasked
youforsomet hi
nglessthant hat.Youwereaskedf orl
essthanthat–t ojoi
nnoneinwor shi
p
wit
hAl l
ah,butyourefused.Manypeopl ei
nt hewor l
darewill
ingtogiveuptheirr
eli
gionforafew
doll
ars,
nev ermindawhol eear t
hf ul
lofgol
d!Thi shadi
thisinBukhaari.

Nu’mannarrat
ed:IheardthePr
ophetsayi
ng,“
Thepersonwhowillhav
et heleastpuni
shment
fr
om amongsttheHellFir
epeopleontheDayofResurr
ect
ion,wi
l
lbeamanunderwhosear ch
ofthefeetasmol
der i
ngemberwillbepl
acedsothathi
sbrai
nwil
lboilbecauseofit.
”[Bukhaar
i,
8/76/566]

Also,asweprevi
ousl
ymentioned,therei
sthepunishmentofAbuTaal
ib,
inwhicht
heProphet
sall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasall
am saidthatthefi
rewouldreachAbuTaal
ib’
sankles,
buti
twoul
dcause
hisbrai
nstoboil
.

Themostpuni
shmentofhell
willbef
orthehy
pocrit
es.“
Veri
l
y,t
hehypocri
teswi
l
lbei
nthe
l
owestdept
hs(gr
ade)oftheFir
e;nohel
perwil
lyoufi
ndfort
hem.”(
4:145)
Roast
ingoft
heSki
ns

Anotherpuni shmenti st heroastingoftheski ns.“Surel

y !Thosewhodi sbeli
evedi nOurAy at
(pr
oof s,evi
dences, verses, l
essons,signs,rev el
ati
ons,et c.)Weshal lbur nthem inFir
e.Asof ten
astheirskinsar eroastedt hrough,Weshal lchangethem f orotherskinst hattheymayt astethe
punishment .Truly,
Allahi sEv erMostPower ful,
All­ Wise. ”(4:56)Ther eisascienti
ficmiraclei
n
thi
say ah.Weknowt hatt heconcent r
ationsofner vesthatf eelthepainofheatar eint heskin.
Themuscl eandf attissuehav el
essner ves.Thati swhyy ouf eelaneedl egoingthroughy our
ski
n, butitgoingthrought hemuscl edoesn’tcauseasmuchpai n.Therefore,assoonast he
ski
ni sroasted,thenAl lahwi l
l gi
vethem newski n.Wet alkedabouthowt hi
ckthisskinis.

TheMel
ti
ng

Ther ei
sanot herpunishment ,
whichiscal
ledTheMel ti
ng.All
ahsay s:“Thesetwoopponents
(beli
eversanddi sbeli
evers)disputewit
heachot herabouttheirLord;t
henasf orthosewho
disbeli
eve,garment soffir
ewi l
lbecutoutfort
hem, boi
li
ngwat erwil
lbepoureddownov ert
hei
r
heads.Wi t
hitwi l
lmel torv ani
shawaywhati swithi
ntheirbell
ies,aswellas(their
)ski
ns.
”
(22:19-
20)Theboi l
i
ngwat erwillwashoutthegutsandev ery
thingwillcomeout si
de.Weseek
refugefrom Allahfrom thi
s.

Thereisthepuni
shmentoft heface.Thef aceisthemosthonouredpart
.Thati
swhyRasul Allah
saidnottohi
ttheface.Iti
salsosensiti
ve.Allahsays:“TheFi
rewil
lbur
nthei
rfaces,
andt herein
theywil
lgri
n,wit
hdisplacedli
ps(disf
igured).
”(23:104)Thefi
reofhel
lwil
ldi
sfi
gurethei
rfaces.

Dr
aggi
ngandDar
keni
ngoft
heFaces

Thereisalsothesahr–t hedraggi
ng.Al
l
ahsay
s:“
TheDaytheywil
lbedraggedi
ntheFir
eon
thei
rfaces(itwi
llbesaidtothem):‘
Tast
eyout
hetouchofHel
l
!’
”(54:
48)Sotheywi
llbedragged
bytheirf
eetont hei
rfaces.

Thenthereisthepunishmentoft hedarkeningoft hef aces.Thisi

sahumi li
ati
onf orthem.All
ah
says:“
Andt hosewhohav eear nedev i
ldeeds, therecompenseofanev ildeedisthel i
kether
eof,
andhumi l
i
atingdi
sgracewi l
lcov erthem (theirfaces).Nodef enderwi
ll
theyhav ef r
om All
ah.
Theirf
aceswi l
lbecov ered,asi twere,withpiecesf rom thedarknessofnight.Theyar edwel
lers
oftheFir
e,theywil
labi dethereinf or
ever.
”( 10:27)Lookatt hejusti
ceofAllah–t hosewhohav e
ear
nedev i
ldeeds–Heonl yhol dsaccount ablefortheact i
ons.

Sur
roundedbyFi
re

Thepunishmenti
sf oreterni
tyanditissurr
oundingt hem from ever
yside.All
ahsay s:“
…And
ver
il
y!Hell
,ofasurety,
wi l
lencompasst hedisbeli
evers”(29:54)Whyar et
heysur r
oundedbyfir
e
fr
om everysi
de(andnotj ustoneplace)?Al
lahsay s:“Yes!Whosoev erear
nsev i
landhissinhas
surr
oundedhim,theyaredwel l
ersoftheFir
e( i
.e.Hell)
;theywi l
ldwellt
herei
nforever.
”(2:
81)
Becausetheysur
roundedthemselveswi
thsi
n,t
heyar
esurroundedbyt
hefi
re.[SubhaanAll
ah,
youwi l
lal
waysnoti
cethisi
nthejusti
ceofAl
l
ah–therecompensefort
heevili
ssimilarandin
accordancewi
ththatdeed.
]

Thefir
ewoul dgetintothei
rhear
ts.All
ahu‘
Alam i
fthisispsychol
ogical
painorphysical
.Al
l
ah
says:“
Bynomeans!Hewi l
lbesuretobethr
ownintoThatwhi chBreakstoPieces,
Andwhat
wil
lexplai
ntot heeThatwhichBreakstoPi
eces?(I
tis)theFireof(
theWr at
hof)All
ahkindl
ed
(t
oabl aze)
,thatwhichdothmount( Ri
ght
)totheHear t
s.”(
104:4-
7)

Dr
aggi
ngoft
heI
ntest
ines

Thent hereisthedraggi
ngoft heintesti
nes,whichisf ortheoneswhousedt oenjoingoodand
forbidevi
l,butnotfol
lowi tt
hemsel ves.ThePr ophetsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam said,“Aman
wi l
lbebroughtandputi nHell (Fi
re)andhewi l
lcir
cumambul at
e(goaroundandr ound)i nHel
l
(Fir
e)li
keadonkeyofa( flour)gri
ndingmi l
l
,andal lt
hepeopl eofHell(
Fire)wil
lgatheraround
him andwi l
lsaytohim, ‘
Oso- and-so!Didn’tyouuset oor derot
hersforgoodandf orbi
dthem
from evil
?’Thatmanwi l
l say,‘
Iusedt oorderotherstodogoodbutImy selfneverusedt odoit,
andIusedt ofor
bidothersfrom ev i
l whil
eImy selfusedt odoev i
l
.’
”[Bukhaari
,9/88/218]

Thesepeoplewil
lalsobechai
ned( t
heoneswhohaddoubl
estandards).Al
lahsays:
“Whenir
on
col
lar
swillberoundedovert
heirnecks,
andt
hechai
ns,t
heyshallbedraggedalong.
”(40:
71)

Regr
et

Thepeopleofhellwi
llt
rytoescape, andtherewil
lbeangelswithir
onhammer stochainand
pul
lthem down.“Andforthem arehookedr odsofiron(
topunishthem).Ever
ytimetheyseekt
o
getawaytherefr
om, f
rom anguish,theywil
lbedrivenbacktherei
n,and(i
twil
lbe)sai
dtothem:
‘
Tastethetor
mentofbur ning!
’
”(22:21-22)

Thiswil
l resultinthepainandr egretofthepeopleofHell.All
ahsay s:“
[.
..]theywoul dfeel i
n
thei
rhear tsregretwhent heyseet hetorment,andtheywillbejudgedwi thjustice,andnowr ong
will
bedoneunt othem.”(10:54)Theywoul dsuppresstheirregretthatdaybecausewhocan
theycompl aint o?Nobodywi llhel
pt hem.Theyneglectedthecal lofthepr ophet sofAllah,sothe
prophet
sofAl lahwill
negl ectt
hem ont heDayofJudgment .Theyi gnoredAl lah’scommandsi n
thi
swor ld,soAl lahwil
lignorethem.Al l
ahsays:“Anditwillbesaid: ‘
ThisDayWewi l
lforgetyou
asy ouforgott heMeetingoft hisDayofy our
s.Andy ourabodei st heFire,andt hereisnonet o
helpyou.’”(45:34)

All
ahsay s:“
Andwhent heyarecast,boundtogetheri
ntoaconst
ri
ctedpl
acet her
ein,t
heywil
l
pl
eadf ordestr
uctiont
her eandthen!Thisdaypleadnotforasi
ngledest
ruct
ion:pleadfor
destr
uctionoft
-repeat
ed!”(25:
13-14)

All
ahsay s:“
Therei
nwi l
ltheycryal
oud(forassistance):‘
OurLord!Bri
ngusout:weshall
work
ri
ghteousness,
nott he(deeds)weusedtodo!’-‘DidWenotgi vey oul
ongenoughli
fesothathe
thatwouldshouldrecei
v eadmonit
ion?And(mor eov er
)theWar nercametoyou.Sotast
eyou
(
thef
rui
tsofy
ourdeeds)
:fort
hewr
ong-
doer
sther
eisnohel
per
.’
”(35:
37)

All
ahsay s:“
Theywillsay
:‘OurLord!Ourmisf
ort
uneoverwhel
medus, andwebecameapeople
astr
ay!OurLord!bri
ngusoutoft his:i
fev
erweretur
n(toEvil
),t
henshall
webewr ong-
doer
s
i
ndeed!’”(23:
106-107)Andtherearemanysimil
arayaat
.

Fol
l
owy
ourI
dol
s!

Whatwi l
lhappent ot heirgodsthattheyassoci at
edbesidesAll
ah?Al l
ahsay s:“Cer
tainl
y!You
(di
sbelievers)andt hatwhi chyouarewor shippi ngnowbesidesAllah,are(but)fuelforHel
l!
(Sur
ely),youwi ll
ent erit
.Hadt hese(idol
s, etc.)beenali
ha(gods),theywouldnothav eent
ered
ther
e( Hell)
, andallofthem wi l
labi
det herein.”(21:98-
99)Youdidn’tworshipAllah,sodon’t
expectanyr ewardfrom Al l
ah.Expectther ewar dfrom t
hoseidol
sy ouwor shipped.Theidolswil
l
bethrowni nt ohell
,sot hepeoplewillfol
lowt heidolsi
ntohel
l.

Whatabout‘
Eesa?‘Eesa(Jesus)waswor
shi
pped.Hedi
dnotaskt
obewor
shi
pped.Hewi
l
lbe
i
noneofthehighestranksofheaven.

Shi
rk(
associ
ati
ngot
her
swi
thOneGod)i
stheonl
ysi
nthati
snotf
orgi
ven.

[1]Ir
eadinTafsi
ribnKat
hir
,Volume9,pg.215,
Tafsi
rofSurahQaaf
,thatmuf
assal
ref
erst
othe
shortsur
ahs.wAll
ahu‘Al
am i
fthat’
swhatthi
sisref
err
ingt
o.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD18-Dwel
l
ersofHel
l
,Par
adi
seandi
tspeopl
e

TheAct
sthatCauseaPer
sont
obei
nHel
l

Thebestwayt olear
nsomet hingi st
ot eachittotheothers.Oneoft heschol
arsthatbecamea
verywellknownspeakeri nArabiccount ri
es,sai
dt hathewouldr eadIsl
amicbookswhenhe
wasr eal
lyyoungandt hengot ot hegrocerystoreanddel i
verwhateverhereadtot hegr
ocery
storeownerandwhoev erel
sewassi t
tingthere.Thatishowhel earnedthematerialandthati
s
alsohowhel earnedtospeak.Ev entuall
y,hebecamev erywellknown.Hisnamei sAhmadAl -
Khattaan,ifanyofyouhav eev erheardofhim.

Theref
ore,
itwoul
dbehel
pfult
odeli
vert
hist
oot
her
s–ourf
ami
l
iesandf
ri
ends.Thi
sisour
fut
ureandweneedtoknowthis.

TheOnesWhoWi
l
lRecei
veEt
ernal
Tor
ment

Theyar
ethedi
sbel
i
ever
sandt
hehy
pocr
it
es.

All
ahsubhaanawat a’aalasay s:
“Butthosewhodi sbel i
ev eandbeli
eouray aat,sucharethe
dwell
ersofthefi
re, t
heyshal labidethereinforever.”(2:39)Athoughtusedt ocomeupi nmy
mind:Howcomet hesepeopl earepunishedf oreter ni
tywhent heyonlysinnedf or60or70
year
s?Whynotj ustpuni shthem f or60or70y earsandt hat’
sit
?Deathcamet ot hem
unannounced–buti ft heyli
vedunt i
l65, 100,forever,theywouldhavest i
l
l r
ejectedthetrut
h.
Becausetheyhadt hei ntent
ionofsinningf or
ev er,
theyar epunishedforever.Thatiswhy
i
ntenti
onissoimpor tant.

Theonest hatr eceivethewor sepuni shmenti nhellar ethehy pocrit

es.Al l
ahsay s:“The
hypocriteswi llbeinthel owestdept hsoft hef i
re[.
..
]”( 4:
145)Thesi tuationoft hehy pocri
tesis
wor sethant hedi sbeli
ev ersbecauset hereisdecept ion,lyingandot herbadqual i
ti
esasidef rom
disbeli
ef .Theyar eclosert othetrut h–t heyknowi t
, theyar ear oundit,buttheyar epretending
theyaref oll
owi ngt hetruth,andst i
lltheyr ej
ectit.Also, t
hehar m ofthehy pocritesiswor sefor
thebeliev erst hanthehar m ofthedi sbelieversbecauseoft heirunderground, decept i
ve
conspiraci esagai nsttheUmmah.I fwel ookedatt heear lydi sputesoft heMusl i
msandbi ggest
fi
tan[ t
rials],theywer ecausedbyt hehy pocr i
tes.Lookatt het i
meofRasul Al
lahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhi
wasal lam –t hegr eatesthar mt ohi m wascausedbyhy pocr it
eswhower eli
v i
ngwi thhimi n
Madi nah.

TheOnesWhowi
l
lRecei
veTempor
aryTor
ment

Thesear
ethebel
i
ever
s;t
hosewhobel
i
evei
nAl
l
ahandt
heMessenger
s,buthav
eaccumul
ated
toomanysins.Thesuff
eri
nginthisworl
d,thegr
ave,andtheaff
lict
ionsoft
heDayofJudgment
werenotenoughtowashawayt hosesins,
sotheysti
llhavet
ospendsomet i
meinhell
.There
aremanysinsthatcoul
dcausethisfat
e,wewill
justmenti
onaf ew.Asment i
onedbef
ore,t
hese
examplesarefr
om ‘Umaral
-Ashqar’
sbook.

1.TheDev
iantSect
s

RasulAll
ahsall
all
all
ahu‘al
ay hi
wasal l
am saysthattheJewshav edivi
dedint
o71sect s;t
he
Christ
ianshavedivi
dedinto72sectsandt hisUmmah( t
heMusl i
ms)wi l
ldi
vi
dei nto73sect
s.
Everyoneofthem wi l
lbeinhellf
ir
eexceptone.Av eryimportantthi
ngtoment i
onwhenwet al
k
aboutthis–thisi
snott al
kingaboutdiff
erentschoolsofthought.Thi
sisnottal
kingabout
di
fferentI
slamicgroupsthatservethesamepur pose.

Thisistal
kingaboutsect sthatseparat
edonf ixedpr
inci
plesofshar
i’
ah.Theyhavemadeupf or
themselvesf oundati
onsthatarediff
erentthanthefi
xedfoundati
onsofIsl
am; f
orexample,
a
sectthatbelievesinanewpr ophet.Thisi
sani ssueofaqi
dah–I sl
am saysthatRasul
All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam isthesealoftheprophet
s.

Anotherclar
if
icati
on–i tdoesnotmeant hatthemajor
ityofthem areinhellfi
re.Mostofthe
l
ay men(commonper son)oft heUmmahdonotpar ti
cipat
einsects.Theyj ustbel
ieveinAll
ah
andtheMessengerandgoandpr ay.Theycannotbecount edaspar tofthesesect s,
even
thoughtheycarrythelabel.Theypr
ay,fast,payzakah,
etc,andbelieveintheseprinci
plesof
Isl
am.Theydonotgeti ntothedevi
anceoft hecreed.

Thi
shadit
hdoesnotsayt
hatt
hese72sect
sar
einhel
lfor
ever
.Someoft
hem coul
dbei
nhel
l
for
ever
,somecoul
dnot.

2.TheUnj
ustJudge

Thereisahadi t
hi nAt-Tir
mi dhithatRasulAllahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sayst
hatthereare
threetypesofj udges,twooft hem areinhel lf
ir
e,andonei si
nJannah.Thet wothatareinhell
fi
reincludeaj udgethatr ules,knowst hathei swrong,buthesti
lldoesitforaworldl
yreason.
Theot herjudgei nhellistheonet hatrules,hasnoknowl edgeandcauseshar mt oother
s
becauseofhi si gnorance.Rasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam saysthatthi
soneisinhellf
ire
aswel l
.RasulAl l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam saysthatthethi
rdjudgethatknowsandappl i
es
hisknowl edgeinar ighteousf ashionisinjannah.

3.Fabr
icat
ionofHadi
th

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal l
am say s,
inahadi
thinBukhaar
iandMuslim,whoeverl
i
esor
fabr
icat
esal i
eaboutmewillbeguaranteedaseati
nhellf
ir
e.Evenift
hathadi
ththati
s
fabr
icat
edhasagoodmeani ngwillhaveaseatinhel
lfi
re.

I
tisal
soasin,butnott
othesamedegree,
tonar
rat
eaf
abr
icat
edhadi
th.Ther
efor
e,weshoul
d
becar
eful
inthehadit
hthatwenar
rat
ed.
4.Ar
rogance

Thisisav erydanger oussin.RasulAl

lahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am say s,i
nahadithinMusl i
m,
theonewhohasasi nglegrai
nofar r
ogance/ pri
deinthei
rhear t
swillnotenterparadise.Weare
nottalki
ngaboutahear tfi
l
ledwitharrogance–butj ustasi ngl
egrai
n.WhenRasul Allah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal l
am sai
dt hi
s,thesahabi sai
d,“Weliketohaveourcl othescleanandour
shoescl ean.”Het houghtmay bethatisaf orm ofpri
de.RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am
said,All
ahi sbeaut i
fulandHel ov
esbeaut y.Thatisnotarrogance;al
-ki
bri str
ansgressing
againstother sandr ej
ecti
ngthetruth–r ej
ectingthetrut
hbecauseofpr ide.

5.Mur
der

Kil
li
ngpeoplei
nnocentl
ywithoutareasonisamajorsi
n.Al
lahsubhaanawat a’
aalasay
s:“
And
whoeverki
ll
sabeliev
erint
entional
ly
,hisr
ecompenseisHellt
oabidetherei
n,andtheWrat
hand
theCurseofAl
lahareuponhim, andagreatpuni
shmenti
spreparedforhim.”(
4:93)

Al
lthet
hreat
sar
ether
e–hel
l
,thecur
seofAl
l
ahandagr
eatpuni
shment
.

Whataboutanonbeli
ever
?Ifther
eisacontractofpeacebet
weenaMusl
im andanonMusl
i
m,
thenRasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam says,i
fyoukil
laper
sonwhom y
ouhavegiv
en
peace,t
henyouwil
lnotsmel
lthesmell
ofpar adi
se.

6.Ri
ba–I
nter
est

Al
lahsubhaanawata’aal
asayst
hatt
heoneswhoi
nsi
stondeal
i
ngwi
thi
nter
est
,fort
hem t
her
e
i
sthepunishmentofhell
fir
e.

Al
so,
RasulAl
lahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam say
stobewar
eoft
hesev
engr
eat
estsi
ns,
andhe
ment
ionedri
baasoneofthem.Neverunder
esti
materi
ba.

All
ahsay s:“Oy ouwhobelieve!Beaf r
aidofAllahandgi veupwhatr emains(duet oyou)f
r om
Riba( usury)(fr
om nowonwar d)
,ifyouare(reall
y)beli
ev er
s.Andifyoudonotdoi t,
thentakea
noticeofwarf r
om Al l
ahandHi sMessengerbuti fyour epent,y
oushallhavey ourcapi
talsums.
Deal notunjustly(byaski
ngmor ethanyourcapitalsums) ,andyoushal
l notbedealtwith
unjustly(byrecei v
ingl
essthany ourcapit
alsums) .
”(2:278-279)All
ahsay sthatwhoeverdeals
withinterest,AllahandHisMessengerwi llwageawaragai nstyou.

Ibn‘Abbaasgivesat af
sirofthi
say ah.Hesay sthatontheDayofJudgment ,apersonwho
dealswithri
bawi l
lcomeoutofhi sgrave,l
iketheonewhoi sobsessedwiththedevil,
jumping
andshakingv i
olent
ly.Thentheangel swill
comet ohi
m andgivehim weaponsandt el
lhimt o
prepareforwar,youaregoingtof ightagai
nstAllahandHisMessenger.Iti
sav erydangerous
sin.I
thasbecomev erywidespread.Thewhol ewor l
disimmersedinawor l
dofr i
ba.

7.Eat
ingOt
herPeopl
e’
sPr
oper
ty

Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Oyewhobel
i
eve!Eatnotupy
ourpr
oper
tyamongy
our
sel
vesi
nvani
ti
es:
Butl
et
t
herebeamongstyouTraff
icandt
radebymut ualgood-wil
l:
Norki l
l(ordestr
oy)your
sel
ves:f
or
ver
il
yAl
lahhathbeentoyouMostMerci
ful
!Ifanydot hatinrancourandinjust
ice–soonshall
Wecastthem i
ntotheFi
re:
Andeasyiti
sforAllah.
”(4:29-
30)

8.I
ncl
i
ningTowar
dst
heOppr
essor
s

Ifther
eisaki
ng, pr
esi
dentorleaderwhoi satyr
antoroppressor
,andyouhaveloveandr
espect
forsuchaperson,t
henyou’r
er i
ski
ngbei ngwit
hthatpersononthedayofjudgment.Weshoul
d
stayawayfr
om thetyr
antsandoppr essorsanddisappr
oveofthei
ract
ions.

Allahsays:“
Andincli
nenott
owardt hosewhodowr ong,l
estt
heFir
eshoul
dtouchyou…”
(11:113)Theayahtal
ksaboutdhaali
meen–t hetr
ansgressor
sandoppr
essors–butitwould
alway sappl
ytosomeonewhoi sinsist
ingonsi
n.Weshouldstayawayf
rom t
hatasaf or
m of
disapprovi
ngthewrong.

I
t’sacommonmi sunderstandingt
hataslongasy ouarenotdoi
ngthewr
ongit
’sok.Thati
snot
thecase.Ev
enify ou’
renotdoingityour
self,butyouar ewit
hpeopl
ewhodothosesins,
andyou
getal
ongwi t
hthem fine,etc,t
henthati
nitselfconsti
tutesasi
n.

Onceapoli
ceof fi
cerundertheAbbasidkhal
i
facametoI
mam Ahmad–andt herewasgood
andbadinthekhilafaathen–andaskedImam Ahmad,“
Am Iconsi
deredtobeoneoft hose
whoareassist
ingt heoppressor
s?”I
mam AhmadibnHambalsaid,
“No,you’
renot.Youarean
oppr
essoryoursel
f .
”

9.Dr
essedbutNakedWomenandMenwi
thWhi
ps

Thisisalsoasignoft heDayofJudgment .ThePr ophetsal

lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am sai
dt hat
therearetwogr oupsofpeopl ewhoar egoi ngt obeinthehellfi
reandhedi dn’tseethem y et
.
Oneoft hem iswomenwhoar edressed, butnaked.Theyhav eclotheson, butt hecl
othesar eas
i
ft heyarenotthere–t i
ght,orasifstri
ngs, etc.Thesecondgroupar emenwhohav ewhi psin
theirhands.Thi
si smentioningwhatwesai dbef or
e–t hesecurit
yf orces.Thishashappened
before,becausetherewer esecur
ityforcest hatwouldgoaroundwi thbatonsandwhi ps.The
Prophetsaidthattheyarei nhel
lbecauset heyar ekeepingoppressioni nplace.

10.Cr
uel
tyt
owar
dsAni
mal
s

Thi
shadithisi
nBukhaar i
.TheProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasal
lam sai
dthatawomanent ered
hel
lbecauseof[herabuseof]acat.Wealsoknowt hatawomanent er
edparadisebecauseof
[
herkindtr
eatmenttowards]adog.Thisshowsust hatweshouldn’
ttr
eatanyt
hingas
i
nsi
gnifi
cantbecausewenev erknowwhatwi l
lbethecauseofforgi
veness.

Rasul
Allahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am sai
dthatthi
swomanhel
dthi
scatcapt
ive;
shedi
dn’
tfeed
i
t;nei
therdi
dsheleti
tgooutunt
ilt
ofeedit
self
,unti
li
tdi
ed.
Theot
herwomangav
ethedogandsav
edi
tsl
i
fe,
andshewentt
oJannah.

11.Seeki
ngRel
i
giousKnowl
edgef
orWor
ldl
yReasons

Therecouldbesomeonel earni
ngQur ’
an, f
iqhorshar i’
ah,butthatwouldtaket hem tohell
.
RasulAl
lahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam sayst hatwhoev erfol
lowsthepathofknowl edgeforthe
sakeofAllahwi l
lendupi nparadise.Nev ertheless,
therearepeoplewhowi l
ldot hesethi
ngs–
seekknowl edgeofQur ’
aanandI slam –butt heywillendupinhel l
becauset heydi dnotdoitfor
All
ah,buttheydidi tf
orworldl
yreasons: becomi ngfamous, l
eadingthepeopl e,etc.

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am say
s, i
nahadi
thi
nIbnMajah,I
fyoulear
nknowledgethat
i
susedf orthesakeofAl
lah,
butyouaredoingitt
ogai
nworl
dlybenef
it
s,youwil
lnotsmell
paradi
se.

12.Cut
ti
ngdownAs-
Sidr

As-
Sidrisatree.It
hinki
ttransl
atest
othelot
etr
eei
nEngli
sh.I
tisf
oundinArabi
a.Rasul
All
ah
sal
lal
lahu‘
alayhiwasall
am sayswhoevercut
sdownthet
reeofas-
sidr
,Al
lahwil
lthr
owhim
downonhi sfaceinhell
fir
e.

Thereasonisment ionedinthehadithbyAbuDawood: RasulAll

ahsal lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam
sai
dthatwhoev ercutsdownt hetreeofas- si
dr,All
ahwi l
lthrowhi m downonhi sfaceinhell
fir
e.
TheyaskedAbuDawood, whatdoest hi
smean?I fyoucutdownat ree,you’
ll
got ohell
?Abu
Dawoodsaidt hatthismeanswhoev ercutsdownt hetreeofas- sidrfornoreason, whi
chisused
asshadebyt hetravell
ersandisusedbyani malsforfood,thent hatpersonwi l
lbethrowninthe
hel
lfi
re.Thi
si smuchst ri
ctert
hant hefinesintheUSf orcut t
ingdownt r
ees.

Thisdoesnotmeanthatingeneralyouwill
got ohel
lforcutt
ingdowntr
ees.Ift
herei
sagood
reasonforcut
ti
ngdowntrees,theniti
sok.Forexample,forburni
ngwood,const
ruct
ion,
etc.
Thisist
alki
ngaboutcut
ti
ngt hetreefornoreason.

Especiall
y,i
nArabi
athereisascarci
tyoftr
ees.Ani
mal swoul
dhav etotrav
elfardistancesto
j
ustfindsomethingtoeat.Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam alsosaysthatthisiscutt
ing
downt reesint
hewilder
ness.It
’sdi
ffer
enti
fit’
sinthecit
y.

13.Sui
cide

Thereisahadi thi
nBukhaari
, RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam saidwhoev erthr
ows
himselff
r om amountai
ntoki llhi
mself,heinhell
fir
e, t
hrowinghimselffrom amount aininhell
fi
reforever.Andwhoeverdri
nkspoi sont oki
llhi
mselfwi l
lbedrinki
ngt hatpoisoninhellfi
re
forev
er.Andwhoev erhi
tshimsel fi
nhi sstomachtoki l
lhimselfwil
lbei nhellfi
re,
stabbing
himselfi
nt hestomachforever.Youmi ghtsay:whydoesi tsay[inthehadith]‘f
orever
’andwe
areputti
ngt hesepeopl
einthet empor ar
ycategory?Thehadi t
hmeansf oreverasinalongt i
me,
noteter
nit
y.Thewordi
susedtoshowthati
t’
ssuchalongti
methatitcancar
ryt
helabel
‘
forev
er’
,eventhought
heycanev
entual
l
ygotojannahevent
ual
l
y,i
ftheysaidl
ail
aahail
lal
l
ah.

TheDescr
ipt
ionofJannahandI
tsPeopl
e

Wepref
ertousethewordParadiseinst
eadofHeav enbecauseHeav encanbeconfusedwith
samawaat
.Sometimesthepersonmayber ef
erri
ngtotheskies,butsomeoneelseunder
stands
i
ttomeanparadi
se.Thi
sisoneoft heli
mitati
onsofthelanguage.ThatiswhyIpref
ertosay
par
adi
se.I
tisbet
tertouset
heaut henti
cterminol
ogyofJannah.

TheFi
rstt
oEnt
erJannah

Muhammadsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am

InsahihMuslim, AnasibnMaal i
knar
ratesthatt
heProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,“
I
will
hav ethegreatest
/l
argestfoll
owi
ngont hedayofjudgmentamongtheambiyaofAllah.And
Iwillbethefi
rstpersontoknockont hegatesofPar
adise.
”Hewi l
lgett
herewhi
lethe
proceedingsofthedayofj udgmentaresti
l
l goi
ngonandpeoplearesti
l
lgoingt
hroughhisaab.

AnasibnMal ikr
epor ted:TheMessengerofAl l
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am said:“
Iwill
come
tothegateofPar adiseont heDayofResur recti
onandwouldseeki t
sopening.Andthekeeper
wouldsay:‘Whoar ey ou?’Iwouldsay :
‘Muhammad. ’Hewoul dthensay :‘
I
tisforyouthatIhav
e
beenordered,andnott oopeni tforanyonebef or
e.’
”[Musl
im, 1/384]Thegatekeeperhasbeen
atthi
spostf oryearsandy earswithinstr
uctionsnottoopent hegateforanyonebut
Muhammadsal lal
lahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam andhewi l
lbethefirstt
oent er
.

ThePr
ophet
s,andt
henAbuBakr

FollowingthePr ophetsallall
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam, theambiyaofAl lahwi l
lenter–124,000.
Afteralloftheambi yahav egonei n,whowill
bet hef ir
stt
oent erthegat esofJannah?Letus
l
ookatt hi
shadi t
hfrom SunanAbuDawood.Rasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alay
hi wasallam sai
dthat
Jibreelhel
dmyhandandhet ookmet oparadise,andhepoi ntedtomet hegat ethr
oughwhich
myummahwoul dent erthroughandhet ol
dme, “Thisist
hegat ethroughwhi chy ourUmmah
willenterfrom.”AbuBakrsai d,“
ORasulAll
ah,Iwi shIwerewi thyout oseet hat.
”RasulAl
lah
sall
allahu‘alayhiwasallam said,“OAbuBakr,y ouar egoi
ngt obet hefir
stamongmyUmmaht o
enterintopar adi
se.”

RasulAl
lahsallal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam sai
dt hathewil
lbethefir
stfr
om thi
sUmmah, t
henhow
doweknowt hathewi l
lbethefi
rstfr
om alloftheUmam?I tisbecauseRasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu
‘
alayhiwasallam hasment i
onedinanotherhadit
hthatthebestamongsthumanity
,af
terthe
ambiyaofAllah,isAbuBakras-Si
ddeeq.

70,
000oft
hisUmmah

Fol
l
owi
ngAbuBakras-
Siddeeqwi
l
lbet
hef
ir
stbat
chofMusl
i
ms.I
ntheMusnadofAhmad,
RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam say
s,Allahhasgi venme70, 000ofmyummahwhowi l
l
enterint
opar adisewithoutgoingt hroughtheReckoni ng.Sot hesear eahand- pickedf
ew,
70,000throughoutt hehistor
yoft heUmmah, thatwillchosenbyAl laht oby passtheReckoni
ng.
Whi l
eeveryoneel seisgoingthroughReckoni ng,these70, 000wi l
lgot hrought hebackdoorand
enterJannah.[SeeBukhaar i
,8/76/549]Whatar etheirchar act
eri
stics?Theyt rustinAl
lahwit
h
everyt
hing.

RasulAll
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal lam wasv eryhappywi t
ht hat,butRasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hi
wasal l
am alwayswantst hebestf orUmmah, soheaskedf ormor e.Al soinMusnadofAhmad,
RasulAll
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal lam sai
dhewasgi ven70, 000t oent eri
ntoJannahwi t
hout
reckoni
ng, soheaskedformor e.Allahgavehim witheveryone, 70,000.Soi fyoumulti
plythem,
youget4mi l
li
onand900,000.ThenAl l
ahhasgi venhim mor e.All
ahsai d,
Iwillgi
veyouthree
handfulsthatwil
lent
erwi ththem.Rasul All
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal lam toldthesahabahtodo
thebestsot hatt
heywil
l beamongstt he70,
000.

ThePoorI
mmi
grant
s(Muhaj
i
reen)

Thenextgr oupt hatwi l

lenter,weknowt hroughahadi thinMusl i
m.Abu‘ Abdul-
Rahman
repor
tedt hatthreeper sonscamet o‘Abdul lahibn‘Amri bnAl ‘
Aaswhi leIwassi t
tingwithhi m
andtheysai d:“ByAllah,wehav enothingwi t husei t
herintheform ofpr ovi
sion,r
idingani
mal s
orwealth.”Thereuponhesai dt othem: “Iam pr eparedtodowhat everyoul i
ke.I
fy oucomet ous,
wewoul dgi veyouwhatAl lahwoul dmakeav ai
labl
eforyou.Andi fyoulikeIwoul dmakea
mentionofy ourcaset otheruler,andify oul ikeyoucanshowpat iencealso.ForIhav ehear d
All
ah’
sMessengersal lal
lahu‘alay
hi wasal lam assay i
ng:“Thedest i
tut
eamongstt heemigr ants
[muhaji
reen]woul dpr ecedether i
chemi grant sbyfortyyearsingettingintoParadiseontheDay
ofResurrection.”Thereupont heysaid: “
Wet hen,showpat i
enceanddonotaskf oranything.”
[Musl
im, 42/7102]

Howcomet hepooramongal -
muhaj ir
eenwer ef
ortyyearsaheadoft herich?Ther e’
sahadi th
narrat
edbyAl -Haakim.Hesay st hatthepoormuhaj ir
eenwi ll
comet ot hegat esofparadise.The
gatekeeperswi llnothavebeenexpect i
ngt hem t
hatearly
, sotheywil
l ask,“Didyoualreadygo
thr
ought her eckoning?”Thepoormuhaj ireenwill
say,“Reckoningforwhat ?Wedi dn’
thave
anythi
ngt ober eckonedfor.Wewer ecarryingourswordsonourshoul dersandwedi edinthe
sakeofAl l
ah. ”Themeani ngoft hishadithisthatoneofthet hingst
hatwi lldelaypeopleont he
dayofr esur
rect ionisthequesti
oni ngregardingwealt
h.

Weknowfrom anot
herhadi
ththatRasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal
lam say
sthatyourf
eetwil
l
notmoveunt
ilyouar
easkedforquesti
ons–andtwoofthem ar
ehowyougainedyourweal
th
andhowyouspentit
.

Thisal
lhast
odowi ththeti
mingofenter
ingJannah,notther
ank.Someonewhocomeslater
canbeinahigherr
ankinJannah.Thewealthywil
lbeheldupontheDayofJudgmentbecause
theyhavemorewealt
ht obeaskedabout
.
AbuHur air
ar epor
tedAl l
ah’sMessengersall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal lam assay i
ng:“Wearethelast
(but)wewoul dbet hefir
stontheDayofResur rect
ion,andwewoul dbet hefir
sttoenter
Paradise[.
..
]”[Musli
m, 4/1860]Al
lahhassav edthebestforlast.Inf
act,someoft heambi y
a
(prophets/
messenger s)usedtowi shthatt
heywoul dbeaf oll
owerofMuhammadsal lal
l
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am.Thisi sthehonorthatAll
ahhasgi venus,whichwear et aki
ngforgrant
ed.

TheGat
esofJannah

Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Gar
densofEt
erni
ty,
whosedoor
swi
l
l(ev
er)beopent
othem.
”(38:
50)

All
ahsays:“Andthosewhof ear edthei
rLordwillbel edtotheGardenincrowds:untilbehold,
theyarr
ivether
e;i
tsgat eswill
beopened; andit
skeeper swil
lsay:‘
Peacebeupony ou!Wel l
haveyoudone!Entery ouhere, todwellther
ein.
’
”( 39:73)Compar ethi
stotherepri
mandt hatthe
dwell
ersofhellwi
llreceivewhent heyr
eachitsgat es.ThepeopleofJannahwi l
lbegi venthis
beauti
fulgr
eeti
ngbyt heangel s.Imaginetheexcitement ,r
ushingtowardsthegatesofJannah
andhearingthewelcomi ngoft heangels.

ThereareeightgatesofJannah.TheProphetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
d,“Paradi
sehas
ei
ghtgates,andoneoft hem i
scalledAr
-Rayyaanthroughwhichnonewil
lenterbutthosewho
observ
ef asti
ng.
”[Bukhaari
,4/54/
479]

TheSahabahknewt hev alueoffasti

ng.Oneofthesahabahsaid,Ihavenodesi
reinl
ivi
ngint
his
worl
dexceptforafewt hings:t
of astthel
ongdaysofsummer ,topraythel
ongnight
sofwint
er
andtositwit
hbrother
swhochooset hebestwords,l
i
keyouwoul dchooseoutofabasketof
fr
uit
s.Therewouldbenoobsceni t
y,cursi
ngori
dletal
kinthei
rwor ds.

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ay hi wasallam saidthatthosewhoengagei nprayerwillbeinvi
tedto
enterbythegat eofpray er;thosewhot akepar tinji
hadwi l
lbeinvit
edtoent erbythegateof
j
ihad;thosewhogi vechar i
tywillbeinvi
tedtoent erbythegat eofchari
ty;andthosewho
observefastswillbeinvitedt oenterthroughthegat eofar-rayy
aan.AbuBakraskedRasul All
ah
sall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam, “MessengerofAl l
ah, i
sitnecessarythatapersonbei nvit
edthrough
oneoft hesegates,will
any onebei nvi
tedtoent erbyallofthosegates?”RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am said,“Yes, andIhopey ouwillbeoneoft hem.”

Soimaginethis–AbuBakri swal
kingtoJannah,andtheangelsfr
om everygatewill
beasking
himtocomei nthroughtheirgat
e.Youknowwheny ougot obazaars,
andtherearealotof
goodsandev ery
onei si
nvit
ingyoutothei
rshop?Wel l,
theangelsofJannahwillbeaski
ngAbu
Bakrtocomei nt
oJannaht hroughthei
rgates,
becauset heyal
lwantthathonor.Theangel
sare
cal
ledpurebyAllah,andtheywill
askAbuBakrt ojustpassbythem.

Thehumanbei nghasthepotenti
alofbei
ngtheworseofcreati
on–wor set hanani
mals.And
theyhav
et hepotent
ialofbei
ngthebest–bett
erthanangels.Al
lahsays,t
heyareli
kecattl
e;nay
,
evenworse.Someoft hem wil
lbehonour
edtoalevelt
hattheyarehigherthantheangel
s.

ToEnt
ert
hroughal
lEi
ghtGat
es
I
fyouwantt
obei
nvi
tedt
hroughal
loft
hegat
es,
her
etwomet
hods:

1.

Thishadi t
hisment i
onedinBukhaari.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasallam saysthatwhoev er
testi
fiesthatnonehastherighttobewor shippedbutAll
ahalone,Whohasnopar t
ners,andthat
Muhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasal
lam isHisslaveandHisApost l
e,andthatJesusi sAllah’
s
slaveandHi sApostleandHi sWordwhi chHebest oweduponMar ytheVi r
gin,andaspi ri
t
createdbyHi m,andthatParadiseandHel laretr
ue,Al
lahwil
linvi
tehimtoent erthroughallof
thegat es.Thi
sistal
kingaboutdeep, f
ir
mI maan.

2.

Thishadit
hisment i
onedi nMusli
m.Ifanyofy ouper
formswudhu`/ablut
ion,andthen
completeswudhu`well,andthensays“Itesti
fyt
hatther
eisnoGodbutAl l
ahandt hat
Muhammadsal lal
lahu‘alayhi
wasallam i
st heser
vantofAll
ahandHi smessenger ,
”thenthe
ei
ghtgatesofparadisewi l
lbeopenedforhim andhemayent ert
hroughwhi chev
eroft hem he
wishes.

TheDu'
aa`af
terCompl
eti
ngWudhu`

Youwil
lnot
icei
nbot
hhadit
hthatthereistheshahaada–sot
hekal
i
mahast
hisv
alue,
butt
he
per
sonhast
ohaveafi
rm,cert
ainf
aithinthem.

Howlargearethegates?Rasul Al
l
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am mentionsinahadit
hinMusl
im,
thedi
stancebetweenthet woleavesofthedoorf r
om thesuppor t
ingframes–sowe’ r
enot
tal
ki
ngaboutthewhol edistanceofthedoor–i sli
kethedistancebetweenMakkahandHajr.
Thati
sav eryl
ongdistance, l
i
ke1,000mi l
esplus.All
ahu‘Alam,thisi
sjustanesti
mate.

RasulAl
l
ahsallal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am say
sinMusnadofAhmad, Thewhol edi
stancebetween
thetwosidesofthegateis40yearswalki
ngdist
ance.Thatishowwi dethegateis.Then
RasulAl
l
ahsallal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am say
s,adaywillcomewheni twil
lbecrowded.Therewil
l
besomanypeopl eenteri
ngontheDayofJudgmentt hatitwil
lbecrowded,eventhoughitt
akes
40yearswalki
ngt ocoverthedi
stanceoft
hisgat
e.

Al
readyi
nJannah

Whoar
etheonest
hatwi
l
lent
erJannahbef
oret
heDayofJudgment
,ort
heyhav
eal
readybeen
t
her
e?

1. Ash-
shuhadaa`

2. Chi
l
drenwhodi
eatay
oungage
3. Whowast heonewhol ivedinJannah?Adam andHawwa`.Al
lahsay s:“
AndWesai d:
‘O
Adam!Dwelly ouandyourwifeintheParadi
seandeatbothofy
ouf reelywit
hpleasur
eand
deli
ghtoft
hingstherei
naswher everyouwil
l,
butcomenotnearthi
st reeoryoubothwil
lbeof
theZali
mun( wrong-
doers)
.’
”(2:35)
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD19-Howmanyoft
hisUmmahwi
l
lbei
nPar
adi
se,
andaTourofJannah

HowManyoft
hisUmmahwi
l
lEnt
erJannah?

Fi
l
li
ngt
heHor
izons

TheProphetsai
d,“Thepeopl eweredispl
ayedinfrontofmeandIsawonepr ophetpassi
ngby
wit
halargegroupofhisf ol
lower
s, andanotherprophetpassingbywithonlyasmallgroupof
peopl
e,andanotherprophetpassingbywi t
honlyt en(per
sons),andanotherpr
ophetpassingby
wit
honlyfi
ve(persons),andanotherprophetpassedbyal one.

I
mam' scommentary
:Imaginethat–apr ophetwi
thnofoll
owers.Someonewhokeptgi vi
ng
da’
wahandwor ki
ngforAll
ahandnobodyanswer edthei
rcall
.ImagineNuh–hegav eda’wahfor
950yearsandnooneresponded!Thati swhatkeepsusgoing–seei ngthefrui
tsofoureffor
t.
I
maginehowmuchdi sci
pli
nethatt akes,wit
hpeoplerej
ect
ingyouandi nsul
ti
ngy ou,
etc.The
dri
vethatt
heambiyahaveisami racleinit
self
.

“Andt henIl ookedandsawal argemul ti

tudeofpeopl e,soIaskedGabr iel,
‘Aret hesepeoplemy
foll
ower s?’Hesai d,
‘No, butlookt owar dsthehor i
zon.’Ilookedandsawav erylargemulti
tude
ofpeopl e.Gabr i
elsai
d.‘Thosear ey ourfollower s,andthosear eseventythousand( per
sons)i
n
frontoft hem whowi llneitherhaveanyr eckoni ngoft hei
raccount snorwi l
lreceiveany
punishment .
’Iasked,‘
Why ?’Hesai d,‘Fortheyusednott ot r
eatthemsel
v eswi t
hbr andi
ng
(cauteri
zat i
on)norwi t
hRuqy a(getonesel ftreatedbyt her ecit
ati
onofsomeVer sesofthe
Qur ’
an)andnott oseeev i
lomeni nt hings, andt heyusedt oputt hei
rtr
ust(onl y
)i nthei
rLord.
”

Onhear ingthat,‘UkashabinMihsangotupandsai
d(totheProphet
),“
InvokeAll
ahtomakeme
oneoft hem.”ThePr ophetsai
d,“OAll
ah,makehi
m oneofthem.”Thenanothermangotupand
said(tothePr ophet),“
InvokeAl
lahtomakemeoneoft hem.”TheProphetsai
d,“‘
Ukashahas
precededy ou.”[Bukhaari
,8/76/
549]

Thishadi thisalsoi nBukhaar i

: RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am sai
d, Iwaswi ththeangel
andhet oldmet olookatt hehor i
zon.SoIl ookedatthehor i
zonandsawIsawt hehorizon
blockedwi tht hefacesofmen.Theyt oldmetolookatt heotherside,
soIlookedatt heot her
si
deandsawt hehor i
zonbl ockedwi tht hef
acesofmen.Al l
ahsubhaanawat a’aalaaskedme, O
Muhammad, areyoupl eased?Rasul Allahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ay hi
wasal l
am sai
d,OAl l
ah, Iam pleased,
Iam pl eased.ThenAl lahsai d,Iwill
giv eyouinaddit
iontothem 70,000whowi llenterwithout
anyr eckoning.

I
nanotherhadit
h,RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am said,
IhaveseenmyUmmah, soIwas
ver
yimpressedwiththeirnumbersandt
heirl
ooks.Theyf
il
ledthepl
ainsandt
hemountains.
Wherev
erIwouldlook,IwouldseemyUmmah.Youcani maginehowhappyRasul
All
ah
sal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am wi
l
lbeont
hedayofj
udgmentwhenheseeshi
sUmmah.

RasulAl
lahsal
l
al l
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal
lam sai
d,Getmarr
iedandhav
ealotchil
drenbecauseIwant
tobeproudofy ouonthedayofj
udgment.Heisaski
ngustohavealotofchil
drensothatwe
wil
lincr
easehisummah.

Theambi y ahav eacompet i

tioningoodamongsteachot her.WhenMuhammadsal l
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal lam passedbyMusa, hewascr yi
ng.Whywashecr yi
ng?Becausehesai dthata
manaf terhim wi l
l hav ealargerfoll
owingt hanhim.Unt ilthatt
ime,Musahadt helar
gest
foll
owing.Thel argestUmmahaf tertheUmmahofMuhammadsal lal
l
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam is
thatofBani Israel.Allahsays: “
OChi ldrenofIsrael!RememberMyFav ourwhi chIbestowed
upony ouandt hatIpr efer
redy out othe‘ Al
amin( mankindandj i
nns)(ofy ourtimeper i
od,inthe
past).
”(2:47)Thi swast al
kingaboutwhenBani Israelweret hechosen–t heywer et
hecar ri
ers
ofthefoll
ower soft ruthandt heywer et hefi
rsttofightj
ihad.Noot herprophethasf oughtjihad
i
nt hepast .WithMusa( Moses) ,
Al l
ahrev eal
edjihad.

Hal
fthePeopl
eofPar
adi
se

ThePr ophetsaid, “
All
ahwi llsay(ont heDayofResur rect
ion),‘
OAdam. ’
Adam wi llrepl
y,
‘
Labbai kwaSa’ daik(andal l
thegoodi si
nYourHand) .
’All
ahwi l
l say:‘Br
ingoutt hepeopleofthe
fi
re.Adam wi l
lsay :‘
OAl lah!Howmanyar et hepeopl eoftheFire? ’All
ahwi l
lreply:‘Fr
om ever
y
onet housand, takeoutni ne-hundred-andninety-ni
ne.’Atthatti
mechi ldrenwillbecomehoar y
headed[ gr
ay-haired],
ev erypr egnantfemalewi llhaveami scarri
age, andonewi llseemankind
asdr unken, y
ett heywi l
l notbedr unken,butdr eadfulwill
bet heWr athofAllah.
”The
compani onsoft hePr ophetasked, “OAll
ah’sApost le!Whoi sthat( excepted)one? ”Hesaid,
“Rejoicewi t
hgladt idi
ngs; oneper sonwill
bef rom y ouandone- thousandwi l
lbef rom Gogand
Magog. ”

Prophetfur
thersaid, “
ByHiminWhoseHandsmyl i
feis,hopethaty ouwi l
lbeone-fourt
hofthe
peopleofParadise.”Weshouted,
‘All
ahuAkbar!
”Headded, “
Ihopet hatyouwillbeone-thi
rdof
thepeopleofPar adise.
”Weshouted,“
All
ahuAkbar
!”Hesaid,“Ihopet hatyouwillbehalfoft
he
peopleofParadise.”Weshouted,
“All
ahuAkbar!
”Hefurt
hersaid, “
You( Musli
ms)( compared
withnonMusl i
ms)ar eli
keabl
ackhairi
ntheski
nofawhi teoxorl i
keawhi tehairintheski
nof
ablackox(i.
e.yournumberi sver
ysmal l
ascomparedwiththeirs)
.”[Bukhaari
,4/55/567]

80Rows

Inahadit
hinat-
Tirmi
dhi,
Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
lam says,
Thepeopl
eofJannahar
e
div
idi
nginto120rows.80rowswil
lbef
rom t
hisUmmahand40f r
om all
oft
heotherUmam
combined.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
l
am saysinahadit
hinMusli
m,Iwouldbethefir
st
i
ntercessori
ntheparadise,
andnoapostl
eamongsttheapost
leshasbeentest
if
iedbysucha
l
argenumberofpeopl easIhavebeentest
if
ied.(
Ihavet
helar
gestUmmah).Andv eri
l
y,t
her
e
woul
dbeanapost
lef
rom amongstt
heapost
lest
hatwoul
dbet
est
if
iedbyonl
yonemanf
rom
hi
speopl
e.

I
nBukhaar i
,RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am said,“
Ev er
yPr ophetwasgivenmi racles
becauseofwhichpeoplebelieved,butwhatIhav ebeengiven,isDivi
neInspir
ati
onwhi chAll
ah
hasreveal
edtome.SoIhopet hatmyf oll
owerswi l
loutnumbert hefoll
owersoft heother
ProphetsontheDayofResur recti
on.”[Bukhaari
, 6/
61/504]Why ?Becauset hemi racl
eof
Muhammadsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasallam isdi
fferent–itistheQur ’
an.Themi r
aclesoft heother
prophet
swer eli
mi t
edtotheirera.

ATourofJannah

Imaginethatyouaret aki
ngatourofJannah–t het
ruewonder
land.Nomatterhowgreaty
ou
i
magi nej
annah, t
hatwon’ tbeafract
ionofther
ealt
hing.I
magi
ney our
sel
fintheposi
ti
onof
experi
encingeveryt
hingwewi l
ltalkabout
.Themorey ouar
eat
tachedtoparadi
se,t
hemoreyou
fearhel
l,
andt hecloseryouwill
bet oAll
ah.

Al
lahtal
ksabouttherighteousintheQur
’anandsays:
“…theycal
lonthei
rLord,
inFearand
Hope…”(32:
16)TheyfearthepunishmentofAll
ah,
andtheyareal
soexpecti
ngtheajrofAl
lah.
Al
waysrememberI bnAl Qayyi
m’stwowingsofhope/l
oveandfear.

ABr
idgeofPur
if
icat
ion

OntheDayofJudgment ,thi
sper sonwi l
lbetoabr i
dget hatleadstoJannah–t heonlyr oadthat
goesthere.Hewi ll
best opped.Al lofthebeliever
sthatheusedt oknowi ndunyaandheowes
them something–whet heri ti
sf inancialorwhetherhe’shur t
,abusedorspokenillaboutanyof
them –theywi l
lbeboughtt oget heront hisbri
dge.Everythingthathappenedbetweent hem will
beevenedout .Theywi l
lgot hroughapr ocessofpurif
icationont hi
sbridge.I
fyouslapped
someonei nduny a,you’
l
l getthatback.I fyouspokeillaboutsomeone, youwil
lhavetobepai d
backforont hatbri
dge.

All
ahispureandHeaccept snothi
ngthatisnotpure.BecauseJannahispure,noonecanenter
unti
ltheyare100%pure.Thepurif
icat
ionprocessthatapersongoesthroughbegi
nsindunya.
Anypainorsuffer
ingy
ougot hroughinthi
swor l
disapuri
fi
cati
on,andthepainofdeat
h,the
pai
nint hegrav
eandthewai t
ingofthedayofj udgment–allarepuri
fi
cati
on.

Inahadi t
hinBukhaari,
RasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam says,“Whent hebel iev er
spass
safel
yov er(t
hebr i
dgeacross)Hell
, t
heywi ll
best oppedatabr i
dgeinbet weenHel l and
Paradisewheretheywillr
etali
ateuponeachot herfortheinjusti
cesdoneamongt hem i nthe
world,andwhent heygetpurif
iedofalltheirsins,theywillbeadmi t
tedintoPar adise.ByHi min
WhoseHandst helif
eofMuhammadi sev erybodywi llr
ecogni zehisdwel l
i
ngi nPar adisebett
er
thanher ecogni
zeshisdwel l
i
ngi nthi
swor ld.”[Bukhaari,3/43/620]Inst
inctively,
youwi l
lknow
wherey oubelong.Youwillknowwher ey ourhousei sbetterthany ouknewy ourhousei ndunya.
Thisisbecausey ouareasonofAdam andAdam’ s(‘al
ayhissalaam)or igi
nal housewasJannah.
Hedidnotbel
ongtocertai
ncount
ryi
nthi
sworl
d;hedi
dnothaveanat
ional
i
ty.Hedi
dn’
thav
ea
pri
deofbel
ongingt
oacount r
y;hi
shomel
andwasJannah.Andhi
schi
l
drenwhoareri
ght
eous
thei
rhomel
andisJannah.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am say
s,bei
nthi
swor
ldasaway
far
er–at
rav
ell
er.

YourFi
rstMeal

You’v
espental otofti
mewaiti
ngont heDayofJudgment ,st
andi
ngintheheat ,wit
hnof oodor
water.You’r
ehungr yandt
hir
sty.Assoonasy ougettothegatesofJannah,youwi l
l betreat
ed.
Sowhatwi l
lbethefir
stmealofJannahandwhatwi l
lyoudr i
nk?Thi
smeal willstar
twithan
appetizer
,mov eontoamaindishandt henfol
lowi
ngthat,youwil
lhavesomet hi
ngt odrink.
Remembert hatyou’
rever
yhungryandt hi
rst
y,sot
hiswill
beoneoft hetast
iestfoodsy ouhav e
everhad.

Theappeti
zerwil
lbefishliv
er.Idon’
tknowi fthati
sy ourfavouri
tei
nli
ver–orifanyofyoulove
tohav
efishinthefi
rstplace–butkeepi nmi ndthatanythingyougeti
nJannahwi l
lbegood.
Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am call
edi tf
ishli
ver,buttr
ustme,i
t’
sgoingtobegood: )
[
seeBukhaari
,6/60/
7]

Themai ncour seisgoi

ngt obeagoodst eak.Thehadi thdoesn’tsayst eak, buti
tsay sinthe
hadit
ht hatitisanox–ast eer.Thi
ssteerisali
verightnow–i nJannah.I ti
seatinginJannah.
Asitisthet radit
ionoftheambi ya,
ift
heyev erhadanani mal t
osl aught er, t
heywoul ddot hatas
anhonor i
ngf orthei
rguest(l
ikeiti
smentionedaboutI braheem ‘alayhissal aam intheQur ’aan,
i
nwhi chhesl aughter
edthecalfforhi
sguest s)
.Sincey ouareent eringi ntoJannah, andy ouare
anewguesti npar adi
se,theangelsar
egoi ngtopreparet hi
sspeci al t
reatf oryou.Sot his
ox/st
eert hathasbeenf eedinginJannahf oraverylongt i
me,itwi ll
besl aughtered,andy ouwill
haveitsmeati nJannah.[seeBukhaari
,8/76/527andMusl i
m, 39/ 6710]

Whatwi l
lyoudr i
nk?Thedrinkthatwillbealongwi ththisfoodisfr
om aspr ingcal
ledsalsabi
l.
Wehav enoi deawhatsalsabil
is.I
tsoundsv erygoodandwi l
ltast
ev erygood.Thauban,the
fr
eedsl aveoft heMessengerofAl l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am,said: Whi
leIwasstanding
besidet heMessengerofAl l
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am, oneofther abbi
softheJewscame
andsai d:“Peacebeupony ou,OMuhammad. ”Ipushedhim backwi t
hapusht hathewasgoi ng
tofall
.Upont hi
shesaid:“Whydoy oupushme? ”Isaid:“Whydon’tyousay :‘OMessengerof
All
ah?’”TheJewsai d:“Wecallhi
m byt henamebywhi chhewasnamedbyhi sfamily
.”The
MessengerofAl lah(maypeacebeuponhi m)sai d[outofkindness]:
“ [
Yes]Mynamei s
Muhammadwi thwhichIwasnamedbymyf amily.
”

TheJewsaid:“
Ihavecomet oasky ou(somethi
ng).
”TheMessengerofAl l
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am sai
d:“Shoul
dthatthi
ngbeofanybenef i
ttoyou,i
fItel
lyouthat?”He(
theJew)said:
“Iwi
l
llendmyearstoit.[
Icannotguarant
eethatIwil
lbenef
it
,butIwil
llendmyearstoi
t].
”The
MessengerofAll
ahsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasal
l
am drewal
i
newi
tht
hehel
poft
hest
ickt
hathehad
wi
thhim andthensai
d:“Ask(what
every
ouli
ke)
.”

ThereupontheJewsaid:“
Wherewouldthehumanbei ngsbeontheDaywhent heearthwould
changeintoanot
hereart
handtheheavenstoo(wouldchangei
ntootherheavens)
?[refer
ri
ngto
thedayofjudgment]
.TheMessengerofAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam sai
d:“Theywouldbe
i
ndar knessbesi
detheBri
dge.
”

He(theJew)agai
nsaid:“
Whoamongstpeoplewoul
dbethefi
rstt
ocross(thi
sbr
idge)
?”He
sal
l
allahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d:“
Theywoul
dbethepooramongstther
efugees[
muhaji
reen]
.”

TheJewsai d:“Whatwoul dconst i

tutetheirbreakfast[
iti
str anslatedasbr eakfasthere,but
tuhf ai
sanappet izerortreat]whentheywoul denterParadise?”He( t
heHol yPr ophet)repli
ed:
“Acaul oft
hefish-l
iver.
”He( theJew)sai d.“Whatwoul dbet heirfoodaf terthi
s? ”He( t
he
Pr ophetsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am)sai d: “
Abullockwhichwasf edinthedi ff
erentquar t
ersof
Par adi
sewoul dbesl aughteredforthem. ”He( t
heJew)sai d: “Whatwoul dbet heirdri
nk?”He
(thePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am)sai d:Theywoul dbegi v endrinkfrom thef ountai
n
whi chisnamedSal sabi
l.
”[seeMusl im,3/ 614fortherestoft hehadi t
h]

Di
ff
erenceofLev
elsofJannah

Sonowy ouhavehady ourmeal

andnowy ouar
eheadi
ngstrai
ghtforyourpr
opertyi
nJannah.
Youaretr av
ell
i
ngt hr
oughyouri
nst
inct
sandyouar
eseeingall
ofthiswonderaroundyou–
breat
htakingscenes.

Weknowt hatJannahisdi vi
dedintodi ff
erentlevels.All
ahsay s:“SeehowWehav ebest owed
moreonsomet hanonot hers;
butver i
lytheHer eaf teri
smor einrankandgr adationandmor ei
n
excell
ence.”(17:
21)Allahissayingthatpeopl eint hisworldhavedi f
fer
encesi nweal thand
healt
h;peoplehav edif
ferentprovi
sions.Si mil
arl
y, thepeopleinJannahwi llhavegr eaterand
l
argerdiff
erences.InJannah, t
hedifferenceswi l
l behuge.Rasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwa
sall
am saysthatpeoplewhoar einal owerl ev
elwi llseepeopleinthelevelabovet hem asy ou
seestars–t hatisthetremendousdi fferencebetweent hem.Remembert hatJannahi shuge.

All
ahsays:“
Bequicki
ntheraceforfor
giv
enessfr
om yourLor
d,andf
oraGar denwhosewi dt
his
that(
ofthewhol
e)oftheheavensandoftheear
th,pr
eparedf
orther
ight
eous.”(
3:133)Thati
s
thewidt
hofParadi
se,
notthelengt
h.

Therearesev enheav ens.Wear eli

vingint helowestheav en,andt hisheaven,compar edt othe
oneabov eit,i
slikear i
nginadeser t.Howl argeist heheav enwear ein?Ev er
ystarthatwesee
andev er
ygal axythatisdiscoveredar eallwithinthel owestheav en.All
ahsays:“Veril
y!Wehav e
adornedthenearheav enwi t
ht hestars(forbeauty ).”(37:
6)Wear etal
kingaboutlighty earsof
di
stance–t hesunisabout8mi nutesinlightyears.Andt hecl oseststari
s4.25lighty ears.And
weknowt hespeedofl i
ght.I
magi nehowf arandv asttheuniverseis,subhanAll
ah!Andeach
heavenislikear i
nginadeser tcompar edt otheoneabov ei t
.Andt heseventhheav en,
compar
edtotheal
-Kur
siofAl
l
ahi
sli
kear
ingi
nadeser
t,andt
heKur
sicompar
edt
otheThr
one
i
sli
kearingi
nadesert
.

Al
lofhumani
tyi
sfi
ght
ingov
ert
hisear
thandi
tisnotl
i
keaspeckcompar
edt
oJannah.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
l
am sai
d,“
Astr
ongbel
iev
erisbet
terandi
smorelov
ablet
o
All
ahthanaweakbel
i
ev er
,andt
herei
sgoodinev
ery
one…”[seeMusl
im,33/
6441f
orrestof
hadi
th]

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,“
TheinmatesofParadisewouldseethei
nmatesof
theapartmentoverthem j
ustasyouseet heshi
ningpl
anetswhichr emaini
ntheeast
ernandthe
westernhori
zonbecauseoft hesuperi
ori
tysomehaveov erot
hers.
”[ seeMusli
m,40/
6790for
completehadit
h]Sosmal ldeedsi
nt hi
sworldwil
lhaveabiglever
agei nakhi
rah.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu‘
alay
hiwasal
lam sai
dt hatthosewhor eci
teQur’
anwil
lbetol
dtoreci
te
whentheyent
erJannah.Andwi
thever
yay aht hattheyr
ecit
e,theyar
egoingtogouponelevel
.
Verysmall
deedsindunyamakeabigdiff
erencei nakhi
rah.

All
ahtal
ksabouttwogr oupsofpeoplei
nsurahAr-
Rahman.Allahsays:“
Butf orsuchasfearthe
ti
mewhent heywill
standbefore(t
heJudgmentSeatof)thei
rLord,t
herewillbetwoGardens.”
(55:
46)Al
lahthensays:“Andbelowthem bot
h[i
nexcel
lence]aretwo[other
]gardens.
”(55:62)
Soyouhaveahi ghstat
usandal owerst
atusbeneat
hthem.

TheLowerandHi
gherSt
atuses

I
bnMas’
udr
epor
ted:
Ver
il
ytheMessengerofAl
l
ahsai
d:

“Thel asttoenterParadi
sewouldbeamanwhowoul dwalkonceandst umbleonceandbe
burntbyt heFireonce.Thenwhenheget sbeyondit,hewil
ltur
nt oi
tandsay :
‘Blessedi sHe
Whohassav edmef rom t
hee.All
ahhasgivenmesomet hi
ngHehasnotgi ventoanyoneof
thosei nearl
ierorlat
erti
mes.’Thenatreewouldber ai
sedupforhim andhewi l
l say:‘
OmyLor d
Ibringmeneart hi
streesothatImaytakeshelteri
nitsshadeanddrinkofi
tswat er
.’All
ah,the
ExaltedandGr eat,wouldsay:
‘OsonofAdam, i
fIgrantyouthi
s,youwil
laskMef orsomet hi
ng
else.’Hewoul dsay:‘
No.myLor d.’
Andhewoul dpromiseHimt hathewouldnotaskf or
any t
hingelse.HisLordwouldexcusehim becauseHeseeswhathecannothel pdesiring;soHe
woul dbringhim nearit
,andhewoul dt
akeshelteri
nitsshadeanddrinkofi
tswat er
.

“Aft
erwardsat r
eemor ebeautifulthanthef i
rstwouldberai
sedupbeforehi
m andhewoul dsay:
‘
OmyLor d!Br
ingmeneart hi
st reeinorderthatImaydr i
nkofit
swaterandtakeshel
teri
nits
shadeandIshal lnotaskTheef oranythingelse.’He(Al
l
ah)wouldsay:‘
OsonofAdam, i
fIbr
ing
younearityoumayaskmef orsomet hingelse.’HewouldpromiseHi
mt hathewouldnotask
foranythi
ngelse.HisLordwillexcusehi m becauseHewouldseesomet hi
nghecannothelp
desir
ing.SoHewoul dbringhim nearitandhewoul denjoyi
tsshadeanddri
nkitswater
.

“
Thenat
reewoul
dber
aisedupf
orhi
m att
hegat
eoft
hePar
adi
se,
mor
ebeaut
if
ult
hant
hef
ir
st
two.Hewoul dsay :
‘OmyLor d!Br
ingmeneart hi
s(tree)sothatImayenjoyit
sshadeanddrink
from itswat
er.IshallnotaskTheeforanythi
ngelse.’He(Allah)woul
dsay:‘
OsonofAdam!Di d
younotpr omiseMet hatyouwoul dnotaskMeany thingelse?’Hewouldsay:‘
Yes,
myLor d,
butI
shallnotaskTheef oranythi
ngelse.
’HisLordwouldexcusehi mforHeseessomethi
ngthe
tempt ati
onofwhichhecoul dnotresi
st.

“He(All
ah)woul dbr
inghim neartoit
, andwhenHewoul dbri
nghi
m nearithewoul dheart
he
voi
cesoft heinhabi
tant
soft heParadise.Hewouldsay:‘
OmyLor d!Admi
tmet oit
.’
***He(All
ah)
wouldsay: ‘
OsonofAdam, whatwi llbri
nganendt oyourr
equest
st oMe?Wi l
li
tpleaseyouifI
giv
ey outhewhol eworl
dandal ikeoneal ongwit
hit?
’Hewill
say:OmyLor d!ArtThoumocking
atme, t
houghThouar ttheLordofthewor l
ds?
’”

IbnMas’udlaughedandasked( thehearers):“
Whydon’tyouaskmewhatIam l aughi
ngat .
”
They(then)sai
d: “
Whydoy oulaugh?”Hesai d:“I
tisi
nthi
swayt hattheMessengerofAl lah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam laughed.”They( t
hecompanionsofthePr ophet
)asked:“Whydoy ou
l
augh, MessengerofAllah?
”Hesai d:“Onaccountofthel
aughoft heLordoftheuniverse,when
Hewoul dsay:“Iam notmocki ngaty ou,butIhavepowertodowhat everIwil
l
.”[Musli
m, 1/361]

***TheI
mam nar rati
onoft hehadi t
hisdi f
ferentfrom thi
splace.Hesay s:All
ahwi l
ltel
l hi
m, “Son
ofAdam, whatwi l
lpleasey ou?IfIgiveyout heequiv al
entoftheearthandev eryt
hinginitinside
Jannah,willt
hatsati
sf yyou?”Themanwi l
lsay,“Yes.”All
ahwi l
lsay,“
Iwi l
lgi
vey outhatand
si
mi l
art
oi tandsimilartoitandsi mil
artoit….”SoAl lahwil
l mult
ipl
yit5t i
mes.Sot hemanwi l
l
stopAll
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalaandsay ,
“That’senough, Al
lah!Iam pleased!Iam pleased!”
All
ahwillsay,Iwil
lgivey ouallofthatti
mes10, andIwi l
lgiveyouallthatwil
lpleasey oureyes
andsati
sfyy ourheart(inaddit
iont othat.
)Thisthel owestlevelofJannah!Thisisther ewardf or
amanbur nedinhellforyearsandt helastpersont oenterJannah–subhanAl l
ah!

Whataboutthehi
ghestl
evel
ofJannah?I
tisli
keapyramid–thepeopl
einlowerl
evel
sar
e
moreandtherear
elessandlessont
op.Atthever
ytopisonl
yoneperson.

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam says,“
Whoev eraft
erli
steningtotheAdhansays,‘OAll
ah!
Lordofthisperf
ectcall
(ofnotascribingpar
tnerstoYou)andoft heregularpr
ayerwhi
chi s
goingtobeestabli
shed!Kindl
ygiveMuhammadt heri
ghtofinter
cessionandsuperi
ori
tyand
sendhim( ontheDayofJudgment )t othebestandthehighestplaceinParadi
sewhichYou
promisedhim)’,
thenint
ercessi
onformewi l
lbepermittedforhim ontheDayofResurrecti
on.
”
[Bukhaari
,1/
11/588]

All
ahr
eser
vedt
hisplacef
orMuhammadsall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasall
am.Hisplacei
sri
ghtbeneath
t
heThr
oneofAl
lah.Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasall
am i
sri
ghtnextt
otheCreat
or–Allah.

Ther
ear
eot
herpeopl
ewhoar
ehi
gh–t
hemessenger
s.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasallam wasaskedwhoaret
hebestofshuhadaa`
.RasulAl
l
ah
sal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam sai
dthatwhentheydie,
All
ahwi
llsmi
leatt
hem.Andi fAl
lahsmil
es
atanyone,
theywi
l
lnotgot
hroughr
eckoni
ng.Theyar
egoi
ngt
obei
nthehi
ghestmansi
onsof
paradi
se.

Rasul
Allahsall
all
ahu‘
alay
hiwasal
lam al
sosays,Theonewholooksaf
tertheor
phan,whet
her
heisarelat
iveornot,
Iandhewil
lbetogetheri
nJannahli
ket
his.[
Twofinger
snextt
oeach
other
].

Also,peoplewillreal
i
zethattheyar egett
ingtoanelevat
edstatusinJannah.Theywill
askwhy
theyarebei ngelevat
edinstatus,andtheywi l
lbet
old:Becauseyourchi
ldrenusedtomake
i
stighfaarforyou.Ifyouwantt obedutif
ul t
owardsyourparent
s,makedu’aa`forthem.And
teachy ourchil
drentomakedu’ aa`foryouaswel l
.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD20-ATourofJannah

Wal
ki
ngt
oYourPal
acei
nJannah

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhi
wasall
am saysi
nthehadi
ththatwetal
kedaboutearl
iert
hatyou
wil
lknowyourplacei
nJannahmorethanyouknewyourhouseindunya.I
nst
inct
ivel
y,youwi
ll
knowwhereyourresi
denceisi
nJannah.

Soyougettothishugemansiont hatisyours.Onebri
ckisgoldandonebrickissi
l
ver
;
wonderf
ulcol
ours.Archi
tect
ureissomet hingthatwedon’tknowofinthi
swor l
d.I
nJannah,
ther
eisnoli
mitati
onofgravi
ty,t
hemat er
ialofJannahi
snotr est
ri
ctedasiti
sinduny
a;ther
e’s
noconcret
eortil
einJannah.Thepal acesareofgoldandsilver
.

You’r
egetti
ngcloserandcl
osert
oyourpalace,
andyouseesomethi
ngthatmakesyoufreezein
yourtr
acks.Youbecomeimmobileandyoucannotmoveanyfur
ther
,becauseoft
hestunning
beautyofwhatyousee–y ourwi
feinJannah.

Beforewet al
kaboutthat,l
et’stal
kabouty ourpal acei nJannah.All
ahsaysint heQur ’an:“But
thosewhof earAl
lahandkeept hei
rdutytot heirLord( Al
lah)
,forthem ar
ebuiltloftyrooms; one
aboveanot herunderwhichr i
v er
sflow(i.
e.Par adise).(Thisi
s)thePromiseofAl lah:andAl lah
doesnotf aili
n(His)Promise.”(39:20)There’sal otofemphasi sinJannahoft hingsabov eeach
other.Thingsareinalldi
recti
ons; i
tisnotli
ket hesur faceofthiseart
h.OnlyAllahknowsi f
Jannahi sli
mi t
edtothethreedi mensions.Thisi sjustspeculat
ion,butJannahi sdiff
er ent
.The
ri
versaref l
owingbeneatht hem.

Ev erythingthatwehav ei ndunya,t
hereissomethi
ngthatresemblesitinakhir
ah.Butthatisthe
onl ythingthatist hesame–t hename.ThereisFi
reindunyaandFi r
einakhirah.Butthefir
ein
akhi r
ahi sdifferent.RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saysthathellf
irewasbur nedfor
1,000y earsuntilittur
nedr ed.Thenitwasburnedfor1,
000y ear
smor euntili
tturnedwhite.And
theni twasbur nedf or1,000yearsmor eunti
li
ttur
neddark.Imagineblackfir
e.Thereisfi
rein
duny ai nfir
eandakhi rah,buttheyaredif
fer
ent.

Simil
arl
y,ther
eiswat er,
milkandwineinJannah.Theonl ythi
ngthattheyhaveincommonwi th
thethi
ngsi nt
hisduny ai
sthename.Thequal i
tyandquanti
tyiscompletel
ydif
ferent.Justas
ther
earet ent
sinthi
sduny a,t
herearetentsinJannah.All
ahsays:“Companionsr estr
ained(
as
tothei
rglances)
,in(goodly
)pavil
ions.
”(55:72)Youhavethesehugepav il
i
ons.

TheProphetsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasallam saidt
hatGabrielsaid,“
HereisKhadij
acomingtoyou
wit
hadishoff oodorat umblercontai
ningsomethingt
odr ink.Conveytoheragreet
ingfr
om
herLor
d(Allah)andgiv
ehert hegladti
dingsthatshewill
hav eapalaceinParadi
sebuil
tof
Qasabwhereintherewil
l beneit
heranynoisenoranyfati
gue( tr
oubl
e).”[
Bukhaar
i,9/
93/588]
Thei
mam sai
dofKhadi
j
a’spal
ace:
“Onepear
lthati
shol
l
owedf
rom t
hei
nsi
de.
”

I
nanot herhadit
hi nat -
TirmidhiRasul
All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ alay
hi wasall
am saidthattherearer ooms
i
nJannahwher ey oucanseet heoutsi
defrom thei nsideandf rom t
heinsi
dey oucanseet he
outsi
de.Howcant hatbepossi bl
e?Wedon’ tknow.OneBedoui naskedRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasallam whot heseroomswoul dbelongt o.Rasul All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasallam sai
d
thattheyareforthosewhospeakgoodwor ds,feedthepoor ,
theyfastandtheypr ayatnight
whenpeopl earesl eep.

RasulAl
l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am said:
“Atent(
inParadi
se)isli
keahol
l
owpear
lwhichis
thi
rt
ymi l
esi
nheightandonev er
ycor nerofthet
entthebeli
everwil
lhav
eafami
l
ythatcannot
beseenbytheothers.
”[Bukhaar
i,4/54/466]

Howcanwei
ncr
easeourpr
oper
tyi
nJannah?

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am said,“Whoev
erbui
l
tamosque,
(Bukhar
ithoughtt
hat
‘
Asim, anothersubnarrator,
added,“I
ntendingAll
ah’
sPl
easur
e”)
,Al
l
ahwouldbuil
dforhima
si
milarplaceinPar adi
se.”[Bukhaar
i,1/8/
441]

RasulAll
ahsallall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam sai
d,I
fyoupr ay12rak’
ahofsunnahonadai l
ybasis,
All
ahwi l
lgi
v ey ouapal aceinParadise.Whatarethesunnahpr ayer
s?Twobef orefajr
;four
beforedhuhr&t woafterdhuhr;t
woaf t
ermaghribandt woaft
erisha.Everyday ,
y oucouldbe
buil
dingyourselfanewhousei nJannah.Whi l
eitcouldtakeyouy ear
st obuil
dahousef or
yoursel
finthisduny a,butinakhi
rahy oucangetitfortheseprayerseveryday.Letust ake
advantageoft hisreward.

YourSpouses

Soy ouarewal ki
ngtowardsyourpal acei nParadi
seandy ouseey ourwife.Whetheritisyour
wi fefr
om duny aoryourwifefrom Jannah–buty ouwi l
lseeherfaceandj ustbefrozeni nhis
tracksbecauseofherbeaut y.[Justaqui ckcommentont heImam say i
ng‘ y
ourwifefr om dunya
orf rom Jannah’–ofcourse,thatisbecauseabel iev
er’sspousecanendupi nhellalthoughthey
mayendupi nJannah.wAllahu‘Alam] .Allahsaysaboutthem, “Companionsofequal age”
(78:33)andHesay s,“
Wehav ecr eated( t
heirCompani ons)ofspecialcr
eat i
on,
Andmadet hem
virgin–pur e(andundefi
l
ed) ,Bel
ov ed( bynature)
,equalinage.”(56:35-
37)

Oneoft hescholar
ssaidt hatt
hismanwi l
lj
uststandthereandstar
eatherfor40years.These
womenar enotbeauti
ful becausetheywer evotedinbyapanel ofmenatabeautycontest:)
All
ahsaidthattheyar
ebeaut i
ful
,anditisenoughforust hatAl
l
ahsaidtheyar
ebeautiful
.All
ah
says,
“Inthem will
befaircompani ons,goodandbeaut i
ful.
”

AnasibnMaaliknarr
atedthatRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasal l
am says,
inahadit
hi n
Bukhaari
,“I
foneofthewomenofJannahwoul djustappeartothepeopleoft
hisworl
d, t
he
di
stanceoftheheavensandt heearthwouldbefill
edwithli
ghtandherscentwill
coverthe
wholedist
ance,andthescarfthatshehasonherheadi sbetterthantheworl
dandev eryt
hingi
n
i
t.”Thissunofoursthatlightsupt hi
seart
hisver
yclosetous.Ifwegof urt
herawayinthesol
ar
system,thesunl
ightbarelypenetratesot
herpar
tsoftheuni
verse.Andwehav eawomanof
Jannah,atamuchf artherdistance,andherl
i
ghtwil
lfi
ll
theheav ensandtheeart
h.RasulAl
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am saidt hatapi
eceofcl
othonherhead( herscarf
)isbet
tert
hanthe
earthandeveryt
hinginit.

Once, Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am recei
v edapieceofclot
hasagiftandthesahabah
wer equit
eimpressedwi thit–theywerepassi ngitaroundandtouchi
ngit
.RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu
‘
alay hiwasal
lam smiledandhesai d,
“Itseemst hatyouar eimpr
essedbythequali
tyofthi
s
cloth.Thehandkerchief
sofMu’ aadhibnJabl i
nPar adisearebet
tert
hanthi
s.”Sothequali
tyof
thingsinJannahisbet t
erthananythi
ngint hi
swor ld.

All
ahsay s,aboutt heHural ‘
ayn,
t hattheyhaveaspeci
alcreati
on.Thesamegoesf ormen-t hey
wil
lhavet hehei ghtofAdam ‘al
ayhissalaam,whichisabout90y ards;t
hebeautyofYusuf
‘
alayhi
ssal aam [whowast hemostbeaut if
ulman];t
heageof‘ Eesa[Jesus]‘
al
ayhissalaam -
whichwas30y ears.Meninduny awi l
lbeimpotentcomparedtot hemenofakhirah.The
sahabahwer equiteshockedbyt hisdescri
pti
on.Rasul
All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
d,in
ahadithinat -
Tirmidhi,t
hatamani nJannahwi l
lhavet
hestrengthof100meni nt hi
swor l
d.
Everyt
hingisbet terinJannah.

Al
l
ahsay
soft
hewomenofJannah:
“(I
nbeaut
y)t
heyar
eli
ker
ubi
esandcor
al.
”(55:
58)

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am say
sinanotherhadi
ththatthewomenofJannahwi l
lbe
sobeaut
iful
thatyouwi l
lbeabletoseethemarrowinthebonef r
om behindthecl
othes.Ikeep
thi
nki
ng–Howcoul dt hisbeasignofbeauty?KeepinmindthatRasulAll
ahhasseenthisand
heist
ryi
ngtoconv eyitt ous.Ourmindsareunabl
etograspthisdiff
erentdi
mensi
oni nJannah
andwecannotunder standit.

Ent
eri
ngYourPal
ace

Nowy ou’vespental
lofthesey earsstar
ingatyourwife–t henyouwillenterint
oy ourmansi
on.
Ever
y t
hingisnewtoy ou.Every
thingisanexperience.Youlookatthefurni
t ur
einy ourmansi
on
–thequal i
ty,
thearr
angement ,etc.Yougofrom room toroom,sayingalhamdul i
ll
ah.Thi
sisan
i
nsulttocalli
tfur
nit
ure,becauset her
eisnocompar ison.

All
ahsay s:“Ther
einwil
l beThr ones(ofdi
gnity
),raisedonhi gh.Goblet
splaced(ready),and
cushionssetinrows.”(88:13-15)Theyarenotjustbeaut if
ul,butthewaythefurnitur
eis
arr
angedi sspecial
.Imaginet hatanangelthatisaspeci al
istandspeciall
ypreparesthisforyou.
Soy ouandy ourwifewillgoar oundandbeamazedbyt het asteandartoftheangels,and
compar i
ngittoyourhousei nduny aandthedi f
ference.Soy ou’
ll
goandhav easeatandt ouch
thefabri
c,impressedwithev erythi
ng.

Al
lahsays:“
Theywi
l
lr ecl
i
ne(wi
thease)onThr
ones(ofdi
gnity
)arrangedinranks;andWeshal
l
j
ointhem t
oCompanions,wi
thbeaut
if
ulbi
gandlust
rouseyes.
”(52:20)Soyou’l
lspendafew
mont hs, enjoyi
ngthepleasureofthesecushionsandthisbeauti
fulpal
ace.Don’tt
hinkthatt
his
i
sanexagger ati
on–i nJannahy oudon’thavetogoany wher
eordoany thi
ng;youhav e
unli
mi tedt i
me.Youcoul dleaveyourpalaceandseear oseandsitther
ewat chi
ngt hi
srosefora
year.Ther eisnothingrushi
ngy ou;youdon’thavework.Youcandowhat everyouwant .
Everythingcanwai t.Youcant al
ktoy ourwifeforal
ongt i
me,tal
kingaboutthetoughmoment s
ofthegr av e,t
heDayofJudgment ,etc.

Thenyourwif
ewi l
ltel
lyout ol
ookattherestofyourpr
oper
ty.Youwil
lsay,no,Ienj
oyithere,
thi
scouchisni
ce.Shewi llsay
,li
sten,
youkeptmeathomei ndunya.Let’
sgooutandt akea
l
ookatwhatAllahhasgiv enus.I
nduny ayouworkedandhadmeathome, andnowi nJannah
youwanttokeepmeher e?Thenthetwoofy ouwil
lgooutandlookatyourpropert
y.

InthelowestJannah,youwil
lhave10t
imesoft
hisduny
aandevery
thi
ngi
nit
.Thelev
elsi
n
akhir
ahinhuge–soi maginehowmuchmor eapersoni
nahigherr
ankwi
l
lhave!Sot
hisi
s
humongousr ealest
ateinJannah.

Beforeyoulookatyourpropert
ywithyourwife,youwil
lhavesomet hingtoeatanddri
nk.You
wil
lhavey out
hrunningaroundyourpal
ace,dressedinwonderfulcolours,
they’
real
lsmil
ingand
ser
v i
ngyouallofthesethingsyouhaveneverseenbefore.Justseeinghowwel comi
ngand
bri
ghttheseyouthareisanenjoymentinit
self.

IbnKathi
rsays,
thepeopleofJannahwil
lbeservedbyyout
hthatl
iveforet
erni
ty.Theynever
changeorgrowinage.Ifyouseehowmanyt heyareandhowwill
i
ngtheyaretoser v
ey ouand
howbrightandbeaut
ifult
heirf
acesar
e,smil
i
ngal lt
heti
me,andyoulookatthecoloursofthei
r
clot
hesandthejewel
lerytheyar
eweari
ng,t
heyappeartobescatt
eredpearl
s.

All
ahsay s,“Androundaboutthem wil
l (
serv
e)y outhsofperpet
ual (
freshness):I
fthouseest
them, t
houwoul dstthi
nkthem scat
teredPearls.
”(76:19)Yourwif
edoesn’ thav
etodoany thi
ng;
i
tispur eenjoymentforbothofyou.Soy ou’
resitt
ingthereandbeingser vedbythesewonderful
servants.You’
llhavesomethi
ngt oeatanddrinkandt henyou’l
ll
eave.

YourRi
ver
sofJannah–FOUR

Youwi l
lhaveaguideforyousincetheproper
tyi
ssobig.Assoonasy ouleav
ey ourmansion,
you’
llsmell
thiswonderfulsmell
.You’
ll
lookfort
hesourceanddiscoverthati
tisthesoilof
Jannah.You’l
lpi
ckitupandseet hati
tismusk.You’
l
lgoandf i
ndt hatthi
ssoil–white,
pure
musk–i sthesoilofJannah,ever
ywhere.

Theny ouwi l
lheart hesoundofwat er.You’l
laskyourguide, whatisthis?Hewi l
ltel
lyouthatit
i
sar iver
,locatedrightbeneathy ourpalace.You’llwonder,Ihavear i
verunderneathmypal ace?!
Andt henhewi llt
ell youthi
sriv
erbel ongstoy ou–i t
’sal
lyour s.You’
llgotov i
siti
t.You’l
laskthe
guide,whatist hi
s?Thegui dewi l
ltellyou,i
t’
sar iv
erofwat er.You’l
ltakeacupandkeep
dri
nking–i ti
snot hingl i
kethewat erofthisworld.Now, i
fy ou’
reJannah, you’
renotdrinki
ng
becausey ouar ethirsty
.IfyouareinJannah, youal r
eadyhadadr i
nkofal -
kawthar,andthatwill
sat
isf
yyouf
oret
erni
ty.

OntheDayofJudgment ,anextensionofal -kawt harwil

lcomet owheretheDayofJudgmenti s
bei
ngheld.Rasul
Allahsallal
lahu‘al
ay hiwasal l
am will
best andi
ngnexttothi
spool/l
ake,andhe
wil
lbepouringwaterforhisfoll
ower s.Hewi ll doitwit
hhisownhands.I fyouar
eoneoft he
Musli
msandhei smaki ngshafa’
aa`f oryou, hewi ll
invi
teyouandpr ov
ideyouwaterandf eedi
t
toyou.Thatcupofwat erthatyouwi lldr
inkf rom theProphet’shandswil
lbesuff
ici
entforyou.
SothepeopleofJannahdr i
nkforpur epleasur e.

You’
llkeepdr inkingfr
om thiswater–i tj
ustdeci
pit
ates.Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am
sai
dt hatitwillcomeoutasabur ping–butitist
hesmel l
ofmusk.Yourguidewi l
lsay,whatar
e
youdoing?You’ l
lsaythatthi
swat ertast
eswonderful
;Ijustwantt
okeepdr i
nkingfrom it
.He
wil
lsay,that’supt oyou,I’
my ourguide,I
’l
ldowhateveryouwant.Butt
ellyouwhat–y ouhave
anotherri
v erthatisbett
erthanthis.

Soyou’l
lsay,l
et’sgov isitt
hisotherri
ver.You,y ourwi f
eandy ourgui
dewill
travelabout1,
000
mil
estoy ourotherriv
er .Ofcoursethereareot herf ormsoft r
anspor
tat
ioni
nJannahandy ou
cangoasf astorslowasy ouwant .Yourguidewi ll
tellyouthi
sismil
k;i
twill
nott ast
e,l
ookor
smelll
i
ket hemi l
koft hiswor l
d.Youandy ourwi fewillt
akecupsandkeepdr i
nkinghereaswell
.
Yourguidewil
ltellyout hatther
eisat hi
rdrivert hatisbettert
hanthi
s.

Youwi l
ltr
aveltothi
sthi
rdri
ver.You’l
lask,whatisthi
s?Hewill
tell
you,thi
sist
heri
verofhoney
.
You’l
lhavesomet odri
nk.Yourguidewi l
ltakeyoutoyourl
astri
ver,t
hen.Andt
hati
stheriv
erof
wine.You’
llspendsometimedr i
nkingfrom thewinefr
om t
hatri
ver.

Theny ou’
l
lhaveatourofthesprings.Al
lahsays,“(
Hereis)aPar abl
eoftheGardenwhichthe
ri
ghteousarepromised:
initar
er i
versofwaterincorr
uptibl
e;ri
versofmi
lkofwhichthetast
e
neverchanges;
riv
ersofwine,ajoytothosewhodr i
nk;andriv
ersofhoneypureandclear…”
(47:
15)

Yourguidewi l
laskyou,doy ouwantust ov i
sityourspr i
ngs?Youwi llsay,
y es.Theguidewil
l say
,
butIhavesomet hingbett
erf oryou–howaboutwegoandv i
sitt
herivert
hatbel ongsto
Rasul
Allah?Thatistheriverofal-kawthar.Youwi l
lask,isi
tokf ormet ovisiti
t?Theguidewi l
l
sayyes.AlloftheUmmahofMuhammadsal lall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasallam haveper missiont
odrink
fr
om it
.Itisthebestriv
erinPar adise,
andi tor i
ginatesfrom undertheThroneofAl lah.I
tgoes
al
lthewaydown, penetr
atingthroughPar adise.

Theny ouwi l
lgotoal -
kawt
har.TheProphetsai
d:“Whi
leIwaswalkinginParadise(
onthenight
ofMi’raj
),Isawar iv
er,ont
het wobanksofwhichther
eweretentsmadeofhol lowpearl
s.I
asked, ‘
Whatisthis,OGabri
el?’Hesai
d,‘
ThatistheKaut
harwhichYourLor dhasgiv
entoyou.’
Behold!Itsscentoritsmudwasshar psmell
ingmusk!”[
Bukhaari
,8/76/583]

Youmaybewonderi
ng,wi
l
lIr
eall
yhaveaguide?WhenRasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am
wentt
oJannah,
Jibr
eel
(Gabr
iel
)washisgui
de.Soi
t’
sperfectl
yfinet
hatwhenyougot
oJannah,
y
ouwil
lhav
eanangel
asyourgui
de,showi
ngy
ouaround.Rememberthatev
eryoneinJannahi
s
t
her
etoser
vey
ou.Soyourgui
dewil
ltakey
out
oal
-kawtharandgi
veyouadr i
nkfrom t
here.

Thistourwasn’tforsummer,nordiditcostanythi
ng.Itt
ooky oualongtime.Nowy ougoto
yourspri
ngs.Allahsays:
“AstotheRighteous,theyshall
drinkofaCup( ofWine)mi xedwit
h
Kafur
, AFountainwheretheDevoteesofAllahdodr i
nk,makingitfl
owinunstintedabundance.
”
(76:
5-6)Soy ou’
llgoandjoi
notherbeliev
ersthereanddrinkwiththem.Theny ou’l
lhaveachat
withthem anddr i
nkandthenmov eont oother
s.

Allahsay s:“Trul
ytheRighteouswi l
l beinBliss:OnThr ones( ofDigni
ty)wil
ltheycommanda
sight( ofallt
hings)
:Thouwi l
trecogni zeintheirfacest hebeamingbr i
ghtnessofBliss.Their
thirstwillbeslakedwithPureWi neseal ed:Theseal ther eofwi
llbeMusk: Andf ort
hisletthose
aspi r
e, whohav easpir
ati
ons:Withi twillbe(given)ami xtur
eofTasnim.Aspr ing,f
rom (the
wat ers)wher eofdri
nkthoseNear estt oAll
ah.”(83:22-28)

AndAll
ahalsosay
s:“Andtheywil
lbegiventodr
inkther
eacup(
ofwi
ne)mi
xedwi
thZanj
abi
l
(gi
nger
,et
c.)Aspr
ingther
ecall
edsalsabil
.
”(76:
17-
18)

DayandNi
ght
?

Allofthesetoursaret aki
ngyouy ear
stocomplet
e.Youstar
tnoti
cingsomet hi
ng–t her
ei sno
sunormoon.Ther eisnodar kness;t
here’
snoshadow;nowint
er,
fallorspri
ng.Youstart
wonder i
nghowl ongt hedayis-istheredayandni
ght?Youfi
ndoutt hati
tisconst
antday l
ight
.
Theonl ywayy ourecognizeifit
sdayornighti
sbyabeam comingf r
om theThroneofAllah.
Otherwise,i
tisall
lightinJannah.

AlQurt
ubisay
s,“Ther
eisnonightordayinParadi
se,buti
tisconti
nuousl
ight.”I
bnTaymiy
yah
says,“
Therei
snosun, moon,ni
ghtorday,butyouknowthemor ni
ngfrom t
heaf ter
noonf
rom
nightf
rom abeam ofl
ightt
hati
scomi ngfr
om underneat
htheThroneofAllah.”

Al
l
ahsay
s:“
Andt
heywi
l
lhav
ether
eint
hei
rsust
enance,
mor
ningandev
eni
ng.
”(19:
62)

Tr
eesi
nJannah

Soy ou’resti
llf
oll
owi ngyourguide.Youseeahuget r
ee; y
ouasky ourguidewhatiti
s.Het ell
s
yout hatthi
streewasdescr ibedbyt heProphetsallal
lahu‘alay
hi wasallam (i
nBukhaari),“
Ther e
i
sat r eeinParadise(whichissobigandhuget hat)ar i
dercouldtr av
elinit
sshadef orahundr ed
years.Andi fyouwi sh,y
oucanr ecit
e:‘I
nshadel ongext ended’(56:30)andaplaceinPar adi
se
equal toanarrowbowofoneofy ou, i
sbett
erthan( thewhol eearth)onwhi chthesunrisesand
sets.”[Bukhaari
,4/54/475]

Thenyougotoot herpl
acesandseeothertr
ees.Thetr
eeslookverydif
fer
ent.Therear
etr
ees
wit
hallsi
lv
erbranches,al
lgol
dbranches,
somet hatpr
oducefrui
t,somethatproduce
cl
othes…et
cetc…
Yourgui
dewillal
soshowy ouSi dr
atul
-Muntaha.TheProphetsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam saw
thi
str
eewhenhewentt oJannah.I nahadith,[
seeMuslim,1/309] ,
thePr ophetsall
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasall
am said:“
ThenIwast akentoSidrat
-ul
-Muntahawhosel eaveswer elikeelephantears
andit
sfrui
tli
kebigear
thenwar evessel
s.Andwheni twascov eredbyt heCommandofAl lah,i
t
under
wentsuchachanget hatnoneamongstt hecreati
onhast hepowert opraiseit
sbeaut y.
”

Once,RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam wasspeakingaboutJannah.Amanasked
RasulAl
lah,“
OMessengerofAl l
ah,aretheclothesofJannahcreat
edorar etheywoven?”The
Sahabahlaughed;t
heyt houghtitwasast upidquesti
on.TheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwa
sall
am asked,Whyarey oulaughing?Arey oulaughi
ngbecauseheisignorantandheisasking
somebodywhoknows?I notherwords,RasulAll
ahwassay i
ngthatther
eisnoquest i
onthatis
stupi
d.RasulAll
ahtol
dtheman, TheclothesofJannahcomeoutf rom thetreesofJannah.

Nowy ouar
ewear i
ngthesecl
othesofJannahandy ougotot hesetr
ees.Youj
ustpointtowar
ds
afruitfr
om t
hetreeandgetanewpai rofclothes.Yougetafewnewpai rsofcl
othes.Ofcourse,
yourwi f
ewil
lgetmore,obvi
ouslyshe’
llt
akeal otofcl
othes.Youmov eonandobv i
ouslyyou
don’thavet
ocarrythem –oneoft heservant
swi l
lhaveashoppi ngcar
tandwil
lcarrythem.

You’l
lgotoanot hert
reeandi twil
lhavesomeor anges.Theserv
antwillask,doyouwantsome
oranges?You’l
lsay,no,Ijusthadorangesaf ewdaysago.Theservantwillsay
,I’
l
lgiveyou
somemor ebecauset heseor angesarediff
erent
.Soy ougr
aboneoft hesehugeor angesand
tast
eit–ittastesdif
ferent!Andeveryorangethatyouhavetast
esbetterthantheonebefore.

All
ahsays:“
Everytimet heyarefedwit
hfrui
tstheref
rom,theysay :
‘Why,
thi
siswhatwewer e
fedwit
hbefore,
’fortheyaregiventhi
ngsi
nsi mil
it
ude.
”(2:25)Youcanseehowpi ckythepeople
ofJannahbecome; theydon’twanttohav
et hesamef oodagain.Theywi
llr
eal
izethatitonl
y
getsbet
ter
.

RasulAll
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
l
am say
sinahadi
thi
nat
-Ti
rmi
dhi
,thet
reesofpar
adi
se,
the
branchesandthet
runkofit
,ar
emadeofgold.

Howcany
oui
ncr
easey
ourshar
eint
het
reesofJannah?

RasulAl l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am metwi thIbraheem ‘al
ayhi
ssalaam i nIsraa`wami raaj.
Ibraheem ist hefatheroft hi
sUmmah; hewant st hebestforthi
sUmmah.Ev ent houghhedi ed
thousandsofy earsbef oreMuhammad, andi ssodet achedfrom t
hisUmmah( i
nt er
msoft ime
span), hewasst il
lsoeagert ohelpus.Het riedt ohelpMuhammadsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam
andsohesai dtohi m: “
OMuhammad, givey ourUmmahmysal aam, andt ellt
hem t hatPardai
se
i
sbeaut i
ful–i t
’swat erispure,andit
’ssoi l
iscl ean,andtellt
hem i
tisv ast,hugepi ecesofland.
Thet reesofJannahar esubhaanAll
ah, walhamdul i
ll
ah,walaail
aahailall
ah, wAllahuAkbar.”It
’s
thateasy–j ustsay i
ngt hatmakesat reegr owi nJannahf oryou.Usey ourt i
mei ndunyato
growacr esoftheset rees.Youdon’twantt of indempt ylandwheny ougot here.

I
fyouwantt
ohav
esomet
reasur
esi
nPar
adi
se:
lahawl
awal
aquwat
tai
l
all
ahbi
l
lah.Thati
sof
t
het
reasur
eoft
het
reasur
esofPar
adi
se.

Whataboutt heani malsandt hebi r

dsofJannah?Rasul Al
lahsallall
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam was
askedaboutt her i
versofal-kawthar.Sohesaid,itisar i
verthatAllahhasgi vent ome.I tis
whitert
hanmi l
kandsweet erthanhoney.Therear esomebi rdst hatdr i
nkfrom it,andtheir
necksarelikethenecksofcamel s;t
hesebir
dsar esohugeandwel lfedfrom dri
nkingf rom al
-
kawthar.Theyar eorganic,howev er,
becausesomet i
mesweassoci atesizewi t
hgr owth
hormones.‘Umari bnAl Khattaabwasi ntheaudienceandhesai d,subhaanAl lah,theymustbe
havi
ngal otoff un!RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal lam saidthatt heoneswhowi l
leatthem
wil
lhavemor ef un[thepeopl eofJannah].

All
ahsubhaanawat a’aal
asays:“Andthefleshofbi
rds,
anythatt
heymaydesire.
”(56:
21)Say
youseeabirdthatreall
yopensupy ourappeti
te–youjustmakearequestandpointt
owardsi
t;
i
twill
bethereforyoui mmediat
elyforyoutoeat.

You’r
ewi thy ourwi fe,goi
ngf r
om onerestauranttoanother
,spendingdaysonendoutofyour
mansi on.[Forpar entsthi
sistrulybl
i
ss..
.becausewi t
hkidsthewor kj
ustseemsendl
essandas
i
fy ounev erhav eaf ewhour stospendwi t
hy ourspouseasy oudidwheny ouwer
enewl y
weds...
]
Your eali
zet hatthisisendless.Youwillgobackhomeandr esttoconti
nueyourj
ourneyl
ateron.
I
magi ne–i fthelowestJannahi s10t i
mest hiseart
h,howmucht i
mewi l
li
ttaket
olookatyour
property?!

TheWi
neofJannah

You’
ll
gobackhomeandhav eacupofwi nefr
om Jannah.‘Roundwill
bepassedt othem acup
fr
om aclear,f
lowi
ngfountai
n,baydaa`oo-cr
ystalwhit
e,ofatastedel
ici
oustothosewhodr i
nk
i
t.Nei
thertheywil
lhaveGhoul(anykindofhurt
,abdominalpain,
headache,asi
n,etc.)f
rom t
hat,
norwil
ltheysuff
erint
oxi
cati
ont her
efrom.”(
37:45-46)

I
bnKat hirsay s,itwil
lnotcauset hem headache, norwill
itmaket hem l osethei rminds.I
bn
‘
Abbaassay st hattherearef ournegati
veaspect sofalcohol:drunkenness, headaches,
i
ncr easedur inationandnauseaandv omi t
ing.Thesear ef ournegativ
esi deef fectsofdrinking.
I
bn‘ Abbaassay sthatAl l
ahhaspur if
iedthewi neofJannahf r
om allfouroft heset hi
ngs.The
peopl eofJannahwi l
ldr i
nkal otofwine,butitwi l
lnotmaket hem drunk, i
twi l
ljustgivethem
pleasure.Ev ery t
hinginduny aisami xtureofpl easureandpai n–t herei snothingcompl etely
goodorcompl etel
ybad.Thi swor l
disnotgoodenought obeJannahorbadenought obeHel l.
Alcohol comeswi thal
l ofthesesideeffects,thatiswhyi tismadehar aam inQur ’
an.All
ahsay s
thatther earesomegoodaspect sfrom it,
butt hesincomi ngfrom i
tisgr eater.InJannah, allof
thesesi deef fectswillbegoneandi twil
lbepur epleasure.

WHYdot
hepeopl
eofJannaheat
?

AlQur
tubi
says,Thepeopl
eofJannahdonoteatt
oreli
evethemsel
vesofpai
nofhunger
;theydo
notdr
inktoquenchthemsel
vesoft
hir
st;
theydonotputonperf
umetoeli
minat
ebadsmel l
.The
reasonthatt heydot hesethingsi sbecausetheywantt ohaveconti
nuouspl easur
es.Andhe
sayst olookatt het wov erseswher eAll
ahtel
lsAdam inJannah:“Thereistherei
n(enough
provisi
on)fort heenott ogohungr ynortogonaked.”(20:
118)Sowe’ renotputti
ngclothesonin
Jannaht ocov erournakedness; we’renoteati
ngtorel
ieveoursel
vesfrom hunger;norarewe
sufferi
ngf r
om t hir
st.Soev erythinginJannahisforthepurposeofpleasureandpl easureal
one.
Thenhe[ Al
Qur tubi]says,Everythingthatpeopleusedtoli
keinthi
swor l
d,si
mi l
arwil
lbegivento
them inJannah, butthenAl l
ahi shidingfrom t
hem thi
ngswedon’ tevenknowabout .

Whi
chHusbandwi
l
laWomanBeWi
th?

Ther ewasaquest ionaboutawomanwhoi sdivorcedorwidowed–whowi llshebewi t

hin
Jannah?Fi rstofall,i
famani smarri
edt oawomanandt heyarebot hgoi ngtoJannah, t
heywi l
l
bothbei nJannah, eveniftheyar
edifferenti
nJannah.Howwi llthataf fecttheirstatuses?
All
ahu‘ Alam, butthelowerl ev
elwil
lj
umpupt othehigherl
evel,becauseAl lah,outofHi sMer cy,
wil
l notlowerany onei nJannah.All
ahsay s,“Gardensofperpetual bli
ss.Theyshal lenterther
e,
aswel lasther ighteousamongt hei
rfatherst hei
rspouses,andt heiroffspring:andangel sshall
enterunt othem from everygate.
”(13:23)AndAl lahsays,“
Theyandt heirwives,inpleasant
shade, onthronesr ecli
ning.”(
36:
56)

Al
l
ahsay s:
“Entery
et heGarden,
yeandy
ourwi
ves,
in(
beaut
yand)r
ejoi
cing.
”(43:
70)Sot
hey
wi
llal
lbegreet
edintoJannah.

Now, whathappensint hesi

t uat i
onwher eamanpassesawayandhi swi f
emar r
iesafterhim?
Fort heotherscenari
o,wheret hewi fepassesawayandthemanr emar r
ies,hewill
bewi thhis
fi
rstwi f
eandhi ssecondwi fe.I nthiscase,wheret
hewomanr emarr
ies,whowillshebewi thin
Jannah?Ther eisanar rat
iont hatMu’ awiyawantedtomarrythewifeofAbuDar daa`andshe
refused.Umm Dar daa`saidthatshehear dAbuDardaa`saythatRasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwa
sallam sai
dAwomanwi l
lmar ryherl asthusbandi
ndunya.Thishadit
hisda’eef[weak],butiti
s
str
engt henedbytwoot hernar rations.

Asmaa`bi ntAbi Bakrwasmar ri

edtoAzZubay ribnAl -Awwaam –oneoft het enpr omised
Jannah.Shewentt oherfather(AbuBakr )andcompl ainedt ohim aboutherhusbandbei ngtoo
str
ictwit
hher .AzZubay ri
bnAl Awwaam wasav erystr
ongman–akni ght.Hewasamongstt he
str
ongesti ntheSahabah.Theot herMuslim soldiersoncet oldhi mthathehadsuchapower ful
sword;AzZubay rgotmadandsai dnottogivecr edittotheswor d,i
twashi sarm.Ther eare
numerousst ori
est el
li
ngaboutAzZubay r
’scour ageandhi sstrength;i
twasl egendaryev en
amongstt hesahabah.AzZubay rwasv er
yst ri
cti nhisdealingwi thhi
swi f
e, Asmaa`aswel l
.Abu
Bakrdidn’thav eapr oblem withhercompl ai
n;itwasv al
id.AzZubay rhadherdol abori
ouswor k
andwasst ri
ctwi thher.AbuBakrsai dtoher, “
Omydaught erpleasebepat i
ent,becausea
woman, ifshehasar i
ghteoushusbandandt henhedi es,andshedoesnotmar r
yaf t
erhim,
All
ahwi l
lbringt hem togetherinJannah.”AbuBakrknewshewasgoi ngthrought ought i
mes,
buthewant edhert obepat ientbecauseAbuBakrknewt hatAzZubay rwoul dhav eoneoft he
hi
ghestst atusesi nParadise,sohewant edforhert hattobei nt hesamehi ghstatusas
AzZubay
rinJannah.I
tisnotal
laboutt
hisl
i
fe.

Thi
sisal
soanadvicet
othebrot
hersandsister
s–i fyoudon’
tli
kesomet
hingi
nyourspouse,
butt
heyar
eri
ghteous,
bepati
ent.I
tisnotaboutdunya.

Awomancamet o‘UmaribnAlKhat t
abandsaid,“O‘Umar ,Idonotlovemyhusband. ”‘Umar
l
ookedatherandsai d,“Marri
agesarenotallbasedonl ove.”Iti
sacooperati
oninal -
dunya,and
thenwear egoingtopassaway .It
’snotal
lromanticlove;i
t’saboutahousethattheyar e
establ
ishi
ng,rai
singaMuslimf amil
yandbr i
ngingupchi l
dreninagoodhousehol d.Thereneeds
tobesomecompassi on.RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal lam sai
d,Don’
tbehar shwithyour
spouses,becauseifyoudon’tl
ikesomethinginthem, t
hent hereissomethi
ngelsegoodi nthem
thatyouloveinthem,anditshouldcompensate.

Wearenotgoi
ngt
ogetourpl
easur
eandr
ewar
dinduny
a;wear
egoi
ngt
ogeti
tint
heakhi
rah
i
nshaAl
l
ah.

Theothernarr
ati
oni
sfrom whenHudhayfahwasdy i
ng.Hesaidtohi
swi f
e,“Omybel ovedwi
fe,
i
fyouwantt obemywifeinakhi
rah,
inJannah,t
hendonotmar ryanyoneafterme,becauseI
hear
dRasulAll
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saythatyouwil
lbewithyourlasthusband.
”

Won’
tIbeJeal
ousoft
heHoorAl
‘Ay
n?

Dearsist
er,l
et’
sgeti
tstr
aightf
ir
stofal
lthatnobodywi
l
lhav
eanybadf
eel
i
ngs–nopai
n,
j
ealousy,et
cinJannah.

Al
l
ahknowsHi
scr
eat
ionbet
tert
hanany
oneandHeknowswhatwi
l
lmaket
hem happy
.

IbnAlQayy
im sai
dthatMuslim schol
arsareneededinbothdunyaandi
nakhi
rah.Theyare
neededindunyatoguidepeopletothestrai
ghtpat
h.Inakhi
rah,
theyar
eneededtoknowwhat
toaskAll
ahforinJannah.Wedon’ tevenknowwhat’sgoodforus!Wemayevenhav et
oaskt
he
schol
arswhattoaskAl l
ahfor.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD21-Soci
ali
zat
ioni
nPar
adi
se

OfGol
dandSi
l
ver

Sofar,we’vev i
sitedquit
eaf ewareasinJannah.Al loftheseplacesy ou’veseensofarareall
yourproperty–y ou’veseenthepalaces,
riv
ersandspr i
ngs.Nowy ounot icethefi
nedetai
ls.I
n
thebeginning,youwer enotnoti
cingthefi
nedet ail
s.Nowy ouareev enpay ingatt
ent
iontothe
fur
nit
ure,theut ensil
s,t
heleavesofthetr
ees,etc.Ev er
ythingisnewf ory ou, j
ustl
i
kewhena
babyisbor n–t heyjustkeepstar
ingateveryt
hingbecauseev eryt
hingisanewexper i
ence.
Simil
arl
y,ev er
ythinginJannahisapleasurefory ouandanexper i
encef oryou.

You’r
esit t
ingwit
hy ourwifeonthesecushionsandy ou’
represent
edwithdr
inks.Youseet hat
yourplatesandutensilsaremadeofpur egold.I
tisgoldthatismadeofnothi
nglikewhi chwas
i
nduny a.Itisapleasurejustt
olookatthem.Thenextday ,
youareserv
edwi t
hdifferentutensi
l
s.
Youexpect edthesame, butnowy ouareservedincupsofsi l
ver
.Thi
sisspecial
silverbecause
i
tistransparentsil
ver.Howdoest hi
shappen?Al l
ahu‘Alam.

All
ahsays: “
Andamongstt hem willbepassedr oundvesselsofsi
lverandcupsofcr yst
al,
Cryst
al-
clear,madeofsilver.Theywi l
ldet
erminet hemeasur et
hereofaccordi
ngtot hei
r
wishes.
”(76:15)I
tistransparent,butnotglass,it
’ssi
lv
er.Youdiscussthiswit
hy ourwife;
look
athowamazi ngitis.Oneofy ourser v
antswillsay,l
etmet akeyouandshowy ousomet hi
ng
thati
smor eimpressive.

Theywi l
ltakeyoutotwospeci algar
denst
hatbelongtoyou.Inonegarden,ever
ythi
ngi
smade
ofgold.I
nt heother
,everyt
hingismadeofsilver
.Soyougot othi
sgardenofsilv
erandyousee
thatt
het r
ees,thepalaces,
thecups, t
hepl
ates,t
hetabl
es,thefl
oor,
thetil
ing,
ALLaremadeof
puresil
ver.

Thenyoumov eontot
henextgar
denandev er
ythingisgold.May beyourwi
fewoul
dtell
you,I’
ll
taket
hisgarden(thegol
done)becausegol
dishar aam ony ou.Theguidewi
ll
say,
it’
shalaal
for
bothofyou.Ifyouwantmetogiveyouevenmor e,you’
llgetit
.

Ever
ythi
ngisacombi
nat
ionofphy
sical
andpsy
chol
ogi
cal
happi
ness.Youwi
l
lgetev
ery
thi
ng
youwant.

RasulAll
ahsal
lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam says,“
Therewoul dbetwogardens(
inParadise)t
he
vesselsandcontentsofwhichwoul dbeofsil
ver,andtwogardenswhosevessel
sandcont ents
wouldbeofgol d.Theonlythi
nginterveni
ngtohinderthepeoplef
rom l
ooki
ngattheirLordwil
l
bethemant l
eofGr andeuroverHisfaceintheGar denofEden.
”[Musli
m,1/
346]TheI mam
tr
anslatest
helastpartas:“fr
om seeingthei
rLor
d, exceptt
heCurtai
nofMajest
yov erHisFace.
”
Soci
ali
zat
ion

Meetwi
thWhomev
erYouPl
ease–Ev
enPr
ophet
s!

PartofthepleasureofJannahisthesocialaspect
.It
’snotlikeyouarealonewithyourwif
eand
youtwoev entual
lygetsi
ckofeachot her.Therei
sav eryl
ivelysoci
all
if
ei nJannah.Thepeopl
e
ofJannahmeett ogetherandspendal otoftimetogether
.Ifyouwant,youcanmaket hef
ir
st
obj
ectiv
ewheny ougettoJannaht ogettoknowev eryoneinJannah.

Therearenolimit
s–y oucanev engoRasulAl
lahsallallahu‘alayhiwasallam.Youcanspenda
yearwithhi
m!Wow! !
!Youcangot oMuhammadsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam andyoucanask
him aboutacert
ainthingthatyoureadinseerahandwhi chst orywasaut henti
c,et
c.Simi
lar
ly,
youcangochatwi thMusaandspendt imewithhi mf ory ears–orAdam ‘ al
ayhi
ssalaam.You
canaskAdam howhemadei tbyhimsel
finduny a,
wi thnoonet owelcomehi mther
e.Howdi d
hedoi tal
one?Wer etheredinosaurs?I
ntheUS, Igetaskedal otaboutdi
nosaurs.

Becausether
eisnoti
mel i
mitonany
thing,
youcanmeetwit
hwhoev
eryouwantandspendas
mucht i
mewiththem asyouwant
.All
ahsubhaanawata’
aal
atel
l
susofmanyofthese
conver
sati
onsintheQur’
an.

Fir
st,i
tisi
mpor tanttorememberthatAll
ahsays:“AndWeshal l
remov efrom thei
rheart
sany
l
urkingsenseofi nj
ury:(
theywi
llbe)br
others(
joyf
ully
)faci
ngeachot heronthrones(ofdigni
ty)
.”
(15:
47)Ther easonwhyt herei
ssomuchpl easur
ei nmeeti
ngpeopl eisbecausetherei
sno
senseofil
lfeeli
ngbet weenanytwopeople.Ever
yoneloveseveryoneelseinJannah.

RasulAl
l
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am sayst hattheirhear
tswill
bel i
ketheheartofoneman.So
j
ustmeet i
ngeachot herisajoyinitsel
f–ev enbef oretheconversati
onstar
ts.Youwill
be
rel
easedfrom al
lofthesebui l
t-
innegati
vefeelings(jeal
ousy,hat
r ed,
etc)
.Theyarenegati
ve,but
i
tishumannat ur
et ohav ethesefeeli
ngs.AsaMusl im,youhavet ofi
ghtaji
hadwi t
hinyour
self
togetri
dofthesef eel
ings.InJannah,al
lofthesei ll
feeli
ngswillbegone.

WhenRasul All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘ alayhi
wasallam wasachi l
d,Gibr
eelandanotherangelcamedown
andopeneduphi sheartandt ookoutaclot
hofbl ood, sayi
ng“Thisi
sashar eofshaytaan.
”Any
i
nfluenceofshayt
aanov erhisheartwastakenout .Everyoneofushasaqar een–ashay t
aan
thatiswit
hy ouwher
every ougo, t
ryi
ngtomisleady ou.RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
alhu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am
said,Wit
hme, myqareenbecameaMusl im.

I
nJannah,wedonothavetosuff
erfrom al
loft
his.Somet
imes,i
ndunyay
ouwil
lhavesomeill
f
eel
ingtowar
dsyourbr
other,
eventhoughyouknowy oushoul
dlovehi
m.I
nJannah,
alloft
his
wi
ll
begone.

Conv
ersat
ionswi
tht
hePeopl
eofHel
l

Al
lahsays:
“Thent
heywil
ltur
ntooneanot
her
,mutual
lyquest
ioning.Aspeakeroft
hem wil
lsay
:
‘
Veri
ly
,Ihadacompani
on(inthewor
ld)
,Whousedtosay:“
Arey ouamongt hosewhobeli
eve(i
n
r
esurrect
ionaft
erdeath)
.(That
)whenwedieandbecomedustandbones, shall
weindeed(be
r
aisedup)torecei
verewardorpuni
shment(
accordi
ngtoourdeeds)?”
’(Theman)said:‘
Wil
lyou
l
ookdown? ’Sohelookeddownandsawhimi nt
hemi dstoft
heFir
e.”(37:
50-55)

Bytheway–t hepeopleofJannahwi llhav

eaccesstothepeopleofthefir
e.Theywillbeabl
eto
seethepeopleofthefire.Thiswil
laddt ot
heirpl
easur
ebecausetheycanappr eci
atewhatAll
ah
savedthem fr
om.Sot hismanwi l
lspeaktothismaninhel
l
.Hewi ll
say:“ByAll
ah!Youhav e
nearl
yruinedme.Hadi tnotbeenf ortheGraceofmyLord,Iwouldcert
ainl
yhav ebeenamong
thosebroughtfor
th(toHell).
”(37:
56-57)

ThepeopleofJannahwi l
ll
aughatt hepeopleofHell,justasthepeopleofHel l
usedt olaughat
thepeopleofJannahinthi
sworld.TheCompani onsoft heGardenwil
lcallouttothe
Companionsoft heFi
re:“
Wehav eindeedf oundthepromi sesofourLordtoust r
ue:Havey ou
alsof
oundYourLor d’
spromisestrue?”Theyshallsay, “
Yes”;butacr
iershallproclai
m between
them:“ThecurseofAll
ahisonthewr ong-doers.
”(7:44)

Thethir
dconv er
sation:“Veril
y!(
Duringt hewor l
dlyli
fe)thosewhocommi t
tedcr imesusedt o
l
aughatt hosewhobel ieved.Andwhenev ertheypassedbyt hem, usedtowi nkonet oanot her
(i
nmocker y);
Andwhent heyr et
urnedt otheirownpeopl e,theywoul dreturnj esti
ng;Andwhen
theysawt hem,theysaid: ‘
Veri
ly
!Thesehav eindeedgoneast r
ay!’Butthey( disbeli
evers,sinners)
hadnotbeensentaswat chersoverthem (thebelievers)
.Butt hi
sDay( theDayofResur recti
on)
thosewhobel i
evewi l
ll
aughatt hedi sbeli
evers.Onhi ghthrones,l
ookingatal lthi
ngs.”(83:29-36)

NoWor
shi
pExceptTasbi
h

I
nJannah, ther
eisnoworshippi
ngofAl l
ah.Youarenotcommandedt opray,
fastorgi
vezakah
(chari
ty).Theperiodofwor
shippingofAll
ahisov
erwi t
h.Theonl
yform ofworshi
pinJannah
willbetasbih.RasulAl
l
ahsal
lall
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam saysi
nAl-
Bukhaari
,Theywouldprai
se
All
ahi nthemor ningandi
ntheev eni
ng.

Thescholarssay:thi
sisnotsomethingt hattheyarerequestedfrom them.Itissomet hi
ngt hat
theydonaturall
y.I
tisaform ofent
ertainmentandj oyforthem todo.Theywi l
lbegiventasbih
l
iketheyusedt obreat
heinthisworl
d.So, glori
fyi
ngAllahwillbetheirbreat
hing;i
tissomet hing
thati
seffor
tless.Sotheyar
enotbreat hingair;t
heyarebreathingtasbih

Any
thi
ngYouWant

Thepeopl eofJannahcanaskf orwhat evertheywant.Therear enor estr

icti
ons.RasulAllah
sall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasall
am ment i
onst ousanexampl eofthis,
andi tisinBukhaari.Oncet he
Prophetwasnar r
ati
ng(astory)
,whil
eaBedoui nwassi t
ti
ngwi thhim.“ Oneoftheinhabitant sof
Paradisewi llaskAllaht
oallowhimt oculti
vatetheland.All
ahwi l
laskhi m, ‘
Areyounotl ivi
ngin
thepleasur esy ouli
ke?’
Hewi l
lsay,‘
Yes,butIl i
ketoculti
vatetheland.’Whent heman( willbe
permittedhe)wi l
lsowtheseedsandt heplantswillgrowupandgetr i
pe,readyforreapingand
soont ill
itwi l
lbeashugeasmount ainswithinawink.Allahwillt
hensayt ohim,‘OsonofAdam!
Takehereyouare,gather(t
hey i
eld);not
hingsati
sfi
esyou.’
”Onthat,t
heBedouinsai
d,“Theman
mustbeeitherfr
om Qur ai
sh(i
.e.anemi grant
)oranAnsari,f
ortheyarefar
mers,wher
easweare
notfar
mers.”TheProphetsmiled( atthi
s).[
Bukhaari
,3/
39/538]That’
sfunnyWhattheBedoui
n
sai
d;hewassur pri
sedthatanyonewoul dwantt ofar
mi nJannah.

I
nanotherhadi
th,i
nat-
Tirmidhi
,Rasul
All
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am says,
Ifsomeonei
n
Jannahwantstohavechi
ldr
en,thepregnancyandthebir
thandthegrowthofthechi
ldwi
l
lbe
i
mmedi at
e,ashewants.Thereisadif
ferenceofopi
niononwhatthi
shadithmeans.

Therearesomeschol arsthatsayt hatobv i

ouslyinJannah, thespouseswi l
lenjoyeachot her,
buttherewillnotbeanychi l
dreni nvol
ved.Theysayt hatthemeani ngofthishadi t
hsay st hatI
F
thepersonwant st hi
stohappen, itwill
,buttheper sonwi l
lnotwantit.Thiseli
mi natesal otof
theconfusionwi t
hquest i
onssuchas–“ Ifyoucanask, cany ouasktobeel evated?Andhowf ar
cany ouelevated?”Sothishadi t
hissay i
ngI Fyouwer eto,t
houghy ouwi l
lnot.Youwi llnotask
tobeelevatedt othehighestranki nJannah, becausey ouknowy oudonotdeser veit
;someone
elsedoes.Infact,ifyouwerer equestedtogot oal owerlevel,y
ouwoul ddoso, becausey ouwi l
l
behav i
ngsomuchf un.

Inthehadi
thofthelastmantoenterJannah,t
hereisanarrat
ionthatsays,whenAllahgiv
eshim
10t i
mestheworldandevery
thingi
nit,hi
stwowi vesofhooral‘
aynwi l
lcomet ohim andsay,
“Pr
aisebetoAll
ah,Whohasboughty outous,finall
y.
”Whenhehear sthat,hewil
lsay,“Al
lah
subhaanawata’aal
ahasblessedmeandgi venmewhatHehasnotgi venanyoneelse!
”Hei sso
happywithwhatAll
ahhasgivenhim.

TheMar
ket
place

Rasul
Allahsall
alall
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am saysthatther
eisasooqi nJannah–amar ketpl
ace.
Keepinmi ndthatal otofthedescri
pti
onsofJannahwer egiv
enf orthefi
rstgenerat
ionsof
Musli
mst ounder stand.Somanyoft hedescri
ptionswereassoci at
edwi t
hwhatt heyknow.For
example,foramanwhogav eacamelforthesakeofAllah,RasulAll
ahtol
dhi m hewouldbe
giv
en700camel sinJannah.Camel swereusedasanexampl eforthem,butsayaper songave
cows–woul dhebegi vencamel s?Now,hewoul dbegivencows.

Themar ketpl
acewasal soacul t
uralcentrefortheAr abs.Thepoet r
y ,
t hecompet iti
onsin
l
anguageandi nspeeches, etcwast hemar ketpl
aceaswel l
.Theyusedt ogot heref ort
radeand
busi
ness;thepoetswoul dgivepublicspeechest here.Iti
sment ionedi nt hehadi t
ht hat
RasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hi wasallam wouldgi veda’wahint hemar ket place.Thepeopl eof
Jannahwi l
lhavesimil
arplacesinJannah.Thei ntentisnotforbusiness, butitisforpeoplet
o
meet.Si
mi l
arly
,ther
ear eplacesindownt own, etcthatarebusinessdi st r
icts,butpeoplego
ther
eatnighttohav efun,meet,got orestaurants,et
c.

RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hi wasal
lam saysinahadithinMusl i
m,“I
nPar adi
sethereisast r
eet
towhichtheywouldcomeev er
yFr
iday.Thenort
hwi ndwi l
lblowandwoul dscatt
erfragranceon
thei
rfacesandontheircl
othesandwoul daddtotheirbeautyandlovel
i
ness,andt henthey
woul dgobackt otheirf
amilyaft
erhavinganaddedlust
retotheirbeaut
yandlovel
iness,and
theirfamil
ywouldsayt othem:ByAllah,youhavebeenincr
easedinbeautyandlovel
inessaft
er
l
eav ingus,andtheywouldsay :
ByAllah,youhaveal
soincreasedinbeautyandlov
eli
nessafter
us.”[Musli
m, 40/6792]Jannahonlygetsbett
erandbett
erbyt hepassageofti
me.

Youwi llbewi thyourf amil

yi nt hepr i
v acyofy ourfami l
y,enjoy i
ngt hef ruit
sandf oodofJannah
withthem.Theny ouwi l
lhearanannouncementi nv i
tingy out ot hisci tycent re,downt own, the
sooq, orwhat everyouwantt ocall i
t.Youwi l
lrusht herewi thy ourf amilyandf i
ndt hatal lofthe
peopleofJannahar egather edi nonepl ace.Notonl ywi llyoubegat heredi nJannah, buty ouwi l
l
seeall ofthepeopl eofhell gat heredi nonepl ace.Int hear easepar ati
ngJannahandnaar , t
he
angelswi l
l bri
ngwi t
ht hem deat hint hef orm ofar am.Youwi llseedeat hinaphy sical f
orm.
Everyonewi l
lextendtheirnecksup–av eryexcit
ingmoment .Ev ery onei spay i
ngat tention.
Thent heangel swi l
ltakeakni feandsl aughterdeat h.Deat hwi llceaset oexist.Thent heywi l
l
makeanannouncementandsay ,
“Opeopl eofPar adi se,youwi l
llivef oret ernit
y, andt her eisno
death.”And“ OpeopleofHel l f
ire,et
er nityanddeat h.”Rasul Allahsai dt hatifther ewasev era
momentwher eaper sonwoul ddiebecauseofhowhappyt heyar e, itwoul dbet hismomentf or
thepeopl eofPar adise.Andi ftherewasamomenti nwhi chaper sonwoul ddief rom sor row
anddespai r ,
itwouldbet hismomentf orthepeopl eofHel l
.Thi swoul dbet hebestmomentf or
thepeopl eofJannahandt hewor sef ort hepeopleofHel l.[seeBukhaar i6/60/254andMusl im
40/6827]

All
ahsay
s:“
Norwil
ltheyt
heret
asteDeat
h,exceptthefi
rstdeat
h;andHewil
lpreservet
hem
fr
om t
hePenal
tyoft
heBlazi
ngFir
e.”(
44:
56)and“ Theywil
lleav
etheref
oret
ernit
y.”

Af
tert
hepeopl
egett
oget
hert
owi
tnesst
hedeat
hofdeat
h,t
heywi
l
lmakeaf
inal
du’
aa`
.

Upunti
lthi
smomentyouwereexcit
edandvi
sit
ingandl
ooki
ng.Nowy ouaref
inal
l
yset
tl
edand
thi
sisy
ourfinal
home.You’
vet
ouredal
lofJannahandt
hefearofdeathi
sgone.

All
ahsays:“(
Thiswillbe)theircr
yther
ein:‘
Glor
ytoThee,OAl
lah!
’And‘Peace’
wil
lbetheir
greeti
ngther
ein!Andthecl oseofthei
rcrywil
lbe:
‘Pr
aisebet
oAllah,t
heCheri
sherand
Sustai
neroftheworlds!’
”(10:10)Thefi
nalworl
dthatt
heywil
lsayisal
hamduli
ll
ah–pr ai
sebet
o
All
ah.

Imaginethaty
ouar
ether
eandnowy
ouar
esay
ingal
hamdul
i
ll
ah,
thi
siswher
eIwi
l
lbef
or
eter
nity
.

Somet
hingEv
enBet
ter
!

Theyt hi
nkthattheyhavei
tall
,thebestofJannah,butt
heydon’
treal
i
zet
hatt
her
eisasur pri
se
thatiswait
ingforthem.Theydon’tthi
nkthatt
hereisnothi
ngt
hatcanmaket
hem happi
er,but
thereissomethingevenbett
erforthem…

TheProphetsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
l
am sai
dt hatAl
lahwoul
dsaytot hei
nmatesofParadi
se:“
O,
Dwel
lersofParadi
se,
”andtheywoul
dsayinresponse:“
Atyourser
viceandpl
easur
e,ourLord,
thegoodisinYourHand.”He( theLord)woul dsay:“
Areyouwellpleasednow? ”Theywouldsay:
“Whyshouldwenotbepl eased, OLord,whenYouhav egi
venuswhatYouhav enotgiventoany
ofYourcreat
ures?
”Hewoul d,
howev er,say:“MayInotgiveyou(something)ev enmor e
excel
lentt
hanthat?
”Andt heywoul dsay :“OLord,
whatthingcanbemor eexcel lentt
hanthis?”
AndHewoul dsay:“Ishal
lcauseMypl easuretoal
ightuponyouandIshal lneverbeaf t
erwards
annoyedwithyou.
”[Muslim,40/6787]Thi swil
lbeamomenti nwhichthepsy chologi
cal
happi
nessofthepeopl eofJannahcannotbedescr i
bed.Whatisabetterthingf ort
hem?

Ify
oulovesomeonei ndunya–suchasahusbandandwi f
elovingeachother–y oucarealot
aboutwhattheothert
hinksaboutyou.Andy oualwayswantthem tobehappybecauset heyar
e
deartoyou.Yourl
oveofAllahi
nJannahwi llbesohugeandgr eatt
hatwhenAl l
ahsayst hatHe
i
shappywi thyou,y
ouwi l
lbeatalevelofhappinessy
ouhav eneverexper
iencedinJannah.

Nowy ouwillt
hinkthatther
eisnot hingbet t
er,buttherei
sSTI LLsomet hingbetterthanthat!
Jannahonlygetsbetter
.RasulAll
ahsal l
allahu‘al
ayhi wasallam saysinahadi t
hi nMusl i
m,
Whent hosedeservi
ngthePar adi
sewoul denterintoParadise,theBlessedandExal tedAllah
wouldsay,‘
Doy ouwishmet ogivey ouany thi
ngmor e?’Theywi ll
say,‘OAllah,Youhav e
bri
ghtenedourfaces;Youhav emadeusent erParadiseandsav edusf rom HellFir
e;thereis
nothi
ngelsethatwewant .’
Allahwoul dli
fttheVei lfr
om HisFace.Andoft hethingsgivent o
them,nothi
ngwoul dbedearertothem t hanAl l
ah,theMi ghtyandt heGlori
ous.Thebi ggest
depri
vati
onofthepeopleofHel li
st hattheywoul dnotseeAl l
ah.

SeeingAllahissomet hingnotpossibl
eint hi
sduny a.MusahadaskedAl lahtoseeHi m.All
ah
toldMusat hathecoul dnotseeHi m,butHet oldMusat olookatthemount ain;i
fthemountain
stoodinitsplace,All
ahwoul drevealHimselftoMusa.Al l
ahrevealedHimselftothemountain,
andt hemount aintur
nedt odust.Musa,justseeingthemount ai
n,fel
lunconscious–what
woul dhappent ohimifhesawAl l
ah?Ourbodi esaretoofragi
letosustainthebeautyandthe
gloryofseeingtheLightofAllah.InJannah,Allahsaysthatourcreati
onwillbediff
erent
.Our
bodieswillbestrongerandmor eabletoenj oythepleasureofJannah.

Thepeopl eofthel
owerlevelsofJannahwi l
lgett
oseeAl lahonceaweek–ev er
yJum’ ah,andit
wouldcoincidewit
hthetimeofJum’ ah.Jum’ahisthemostspecialday;
All
ahhasr eserv edi
tfor
theUmmahofMuhammadsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam.Andwespokeaboutt hespecialnessof
Fri
dayalready.Youcannotjustwalkintothismeetingplace–theangel
swi l
lescortyoui nand
seatyou.Theseatsarereserved.Youwi ll
hav et
hismeet i
ngwithAl
lahsubhaanawat a’aala.

Thecl
osery
ouwer
etot
hei
mam i
nduny
a,t
hecl
osery
ouwi
l
lbet
oAl
l
ahsubhaanawat
a’aal
a.

Youwil
lmeetwi
thAll
ah.I
ntheendoft
hemeeti
ng,
All
ahwill
askyouwhatyouwant;Hewil
ltel
l
you–ever
yonei
nthere–tomakeawish.Ev
ery
onewil
laskAll
ahwhatt
heywant,
thentheywil
l
gohome.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasal
l
am say
sthati
nthehi
gherl
evel
s,t
hepeopl
ewi
l
lmeetAl
l
ah
twi
ceaday!
Lat
eComer
stoJannah

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal l
am say sinBukhaar i
,“Somepeoplewil
l comeoutoft heFir
e
aft
ertheyhavereceivedat ouchoft heFire,changingtheircol
or,
andtheywi ll
enterParadi
se,
andthepeopleofPar adisewill
namet hem Al-Jahannami yint
hepeopleofHellFir
e.”[
Bukhaari
,
8/76/564]Onebrother,Iremember ,heaskedmeaboutt hisandthesti
gmat hepeopleofhell
wil
lhave.Thisi
snotdi scrimi
nation,becauset hereisnodi scr
imi
nati
oninJannah.Therear eno
secondclasscit
izensinJannah.Theywi l
l notbest r
ippedofanyoftheirr
ightsinJannah.They
wil
lhavewhatev eryoneelseishav i
ngi nJannah.

Wenowt hinkt hattheythinkitisaninsulttocall

them Al -
Jahnnami yi
n.Thatisbecausewear e
unforgi
vi
ng.I fsomebodymakesami st ake10yearsago, evenaftertawbah,wewi llsay,
“You
madeami stake. ”Webr i
ngupt hepastashumans, butAllahi
sfor gi
vingandmer ciful
.All
ah
punishedthesepeopl ei
nhel l,butnowt hepastisov erwit
handAl l
ahlovesthem; Hewi l
lbe
pl
easedwi tht hem andt heirpastisclosed.All
ahwi l
l al
somakey ou[ peopl
e]li
ket hatinJannah
–youwi llbef orgiv
ing.Youwi llknowt hatifi
tweren’tforthefor
givenessofAllah,youwoul dnot
havemadei ther e.

Wheny ouarecall
ingthem t
hepeopleofhell
fir
e,t
hatisjustawayofknowi
ngt hem.I
tisnota
degr
adingterminanyway .Ever
yoneinJannahisinthesameboat;t
heyareallhumanbeings
andtheyal
l si
nned.Therewasjustadif
fer
entvari
ati
onofhowmucht heysinned.

RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi wasal lam says,“The( permanent )inhabitant
soft heFirearethose
whoar edoomedt oi t
,andv eri
lytheywoul dnei t
herdienorl iveini t
.Butthepeopl ewhom the
Fir
ewoul daffli
ct(temporar ily
)onaccountoft heirsi
ns, Hewoul dcauset hem t odieti
ll
they
wouldbet urnedintochar coal .Then, t
heywoul dbegr antedintercessionandwoul dbebr ought
i
ngr oupsandwoul dbespr eadont heriversofPar adiseandt heni twouldbesai d:‘
Oinhabitants
ofParadise,pourwat erov erthem. ’Thent heywoul dspr outforthl i
kethespr out
ingofseedin
thesil
tcarri
edbyf lood.Amanamongt hepeopl esaid:(Itappear s)asiftheMessengerofAl lah
l
ivedinthest eppe.[Theot hernar ratorsays:Themansai dthatbecauset herewasnov egetation
i
nMakkah.Rasul Allahdidhav ethatexper t
isebecausehewasashepher d.]”[Musli
m,1/357]

I
nanot herhadith,RasulAl
lahsallall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam says,“WhenAl l
ahhasf ini
shedHis
Judgment samongt hepeople,Hewi llt
akewhomev erHewi l
loutofHel lt
hroughHi sMercy.He
wi l
lthenordertheangel stotakeoutoft heFireall t
hosewhousedt owor shi
pnonebutAl l
ah
from amongt hosewhom Al lahwant edtobemer ci f
ul toandthosewhot esti
fi
ed( i
ntheworld)
thatnonehast her i
ghttobewor shippedbutAl l
ah.Theangel swil
lrecognizethem intheFir
eby
themar ksofprostrati
on(ont heirforeheads) ,f
ort heFi r
ewi l
leatupallthehumanbodyex cept
themar kcausedbypr ostrat
ionasAl lahhasf orbiddent heFiretoeatthemar kofprostr
ati
on.
Theywi l
lcomeoutoft he(Hell)Fire,compl etel
ybur ntandt henthewat eroflif
ewi l
lbepoured
ov erthem andt heywillgr
owunderi tasdoesaseedt hatcomesint hemudoft hetorr
ent.
”[Par
t
oft hehadithBukhaar i
,9/93/532]
Theoneswhobel
i
evei
nlai
l
aahai
l
lal
l
ahwi
l
lev
ent
ual
l
ybeboughtoutofHel
l
.

Thereisani
nterest
inghinti
nthi
shadit
h–i fsomebodydoesn’tpr
ay,howwi l
ltheangelsfi
nd
them i
nHellFi
re?SoSalahisaveryser
iousmatter
.Eventhoughthepersonwillcomeoutofthe
Fir
ebecauseofsayinglail
aahai
ll
all
ah,t
heangelswil
lrecogni
zethem becauseoftheirsal
ah.

Jannahi
sSur
roundedbyObst
acl
es

WeaskAl l
aht omakeusoft hosewhodonothav etosuff
erintheFire.Howcanweendur et he
Fir
eofHel lifwecannotholdourfingeri
nthi
swor ldl
yfi
re?ThepeopleofHel l
Firewil
lsay,“
Ifwe
hadanyi ntell
i
gence,wewouldnotbeher e.
”All
ahhasshownust hetruth.Wit
hMuslims,the
si
tuati
oni sthatweknowt hetrut
h.Ifwechoosenott ofol
lowit,t
hent hat
’sev
enmor e
dangerous.Becauset hati
swhatiswhyt hehypocrit
esareinthelowestofhell–becausethey
knewthet ruthandreject
edit
.

Gett
ingtoJannahi snoteasy.Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam saidthatwehavetogo
thr
oughobstaclestoJannah.AbuHur ayr
ahnarratedt
hatRasulAl
lahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal
l
am
sai
d,“The(Hel
l)Fir
eissurroundedbyallki
ndsofdesiresandpassions,whileParadi
seis
surr
oundedbyal l
kindsofdisli
kedundesi
rabl
ethings.
”[Bukhaar
i,8/76/494]

Thest or
yoft hi
shadi thisthatwhenAl l
ahsubhaanawat a’
aal acreatedJannahandNaar,He
tol
dJi br
eel t
ovisitthem.Hepai davisi
ttoboth,andhecamebackt oAl
lahandsai
d,“Idon’
t
thi
nkany onewoul dhearaboutJannahandnotent erit.Idon’tthinkanyonewouldhearabout
Hellandav oidi
t.”SoJi breelwassayingthatt
hisissost r
aightforwardandtakescommon
sense–al lhumanswi llendupgoi ngtoJannah.Jibreel‘al
ay hissalaam wastol
dtogov i
sit
them again.Thi
st ime,Al l
ahwr appeduphelli
nshahawaat( t
hedesi rabl
ethi
ngstous;our
passions)–t hi
si swhatat tr
actsustosin.

Imagi
nehellasamagnet,
pulli
ngustowardsus.Remembert
heanalogythatRasul
All
ah
sal
lal
l
ahu‘alay
hiwasal
lam gaveofhi
m beingt
hemaninthedeser
t,tr
yingtosavei
nsect
sfr
om
goi
ngint
ot hefi
re.

Jibr
eel sawhel
laft
eritwaswr appedinthesedesir
esandpassions.ThenhesawJannahand
sawt hatyouhavetogothroughalloftheseobstacl
esanddisl
i
kedt hi
ngstogett
oJannah.
Jibr
eel camebacktoAll
ahandsai d,“
Now, Idon’
tthinkany
onewi l
lmakeitt
oJannah.It
hinkal
l
ofthem will
gotohell
.”

An- Nawawi (
whohast hebestcomment ar
yonSahi hMusli
m)comment sonthishadit
handsay s,
“Hellfi
reandPar adisear ecover
edwi t
hav ei
l,andyoucannotgettot
hev eil
edunlessyoucross
thev ei
l.Andcrossingt heveil
togettoJannahi sbygoingthr
oughthedisl
ikedanddiffi
cult
things.Forexample, beingveryacti
vein‘i
baadah;havi
ngcommi t
mentt o‘
ibaadah;bei
ngpat i
ent;
notget ti
ngangry;beingf or
givi
ng;havi
ngcompassi on;
givi
ngsadaqa;andstayi
ngawayf rom the
sins.”

ThePeopl
eofJannahwi
l
lInher
itf
rom t
hePeopl
eofHel
l
Wet al
kedear l
ieraboutt hef actt
hatthepeopleofJannahwi l
li
nheri
tthepropert
iesofthe
peopleofHel lf
ire.Ev er
yl i
vi
ngbeingont hefaceofear t
hhaspr oper
tyinJannah.Thisis
becauseourhomel andi sJannah; t
hatiswher ewear eal lf
rom.Weki ndofadoptedother
homesl ateron, butwewer eallf
rom Jannah.Wear edescendantsofJannahbecauset hatis
whereAdam ‘ alayhissalaam andHawwaa`wer eborn.Ev er
yonehasapl aceinJannah.Ift
hey
chooset ocommi tsins,thenthei
rpropertywil
l betakenbyt hefewsonsofAdam t hatwillent
er
Jannah.Therefor e,youmi ghtendupi nheri
ti
ngt hepropertyofalotofpeople.Thati
sbecause
weknowt hatthepopul ationofJannahcompar edtot hepopulati
onofHel l
isveryminuscule.

Al
lahsays:“
Thisi
stheParadi
sewhi
chyouhavebeenmadet
oinher
itbecauseofy
ourdeeds
whichyouusedtodo(i
ntheli
feoft
heworl
d.”(
43:
72)

TheMaj
ori
tyi
nPar
adi
sear
etheWeak

I
nBukhaar i
,RasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘alayhi
wasal l
am sayst hatthemaj or
ityoft hepopulati
onof
Jannahwi llbefrom du’aafaa`–theweak.Hesay s,“
Shall It
ellyouoft hepeopl eofParadise?
Theyshal lcompr i
seofev erypoor,humbleperson.Andi fheswear sbyAl laht odosomet hing,
All
ahwi llf
ulfi
lit
.Wher eas,thepeopleofthefir
ecompr i
seev eryv i
olent
, cruelperson.”Thepoor
people,ingeneral,t
endt obehumbl ebecausetheydon’thav eal otofweal t
ht odist
ractthem.
Theyt endtobemor eattachedtot hegooddeedst hanot her–i ngener al.Theyt endtomakeup
theli
on’sshar eofthepeopl eofJannah.

Moneyi nit
sel
fhasnothingtodowithwher et
hepersonwillendup.Ithastodowithwher ethey
usethemoney .I
ftheyuseitproper
ly,
theywil
lhaveahigherstat
usthant hepoorbecauseof
thataddedsacri
fi
ce.OfthetenpromisedJannah,
onecanassumet hatthemajori
tyofthem
wereconsider
edtobeamongt hewealthyoft
heSahabah–AbuBakr ,
‘Umar,‘
Uthmaan,‘Al
i,
‘
Abdur RahmanIbn‘Auf
.

Thepr oblem i
swhent heweaknessoft hehumanbei ngt akesov erandmoneyt emptsand
seducest hem.Sincethepoordon’thaveallofthesetempt ations,theyt
endtobeclosertoAll
ah.
Plus,whenaper sonhasal otofwealth,whi
chusual l
yt r
anslatest opower–youhav eaccessto
thi
ngsot hersdonothav e.Thi
spersonwouldf eelsel
f-suff
icient,andtheywoul
dfeelthatthey
don’tneedhelpfrom others–especiall
yfr
om Al l
ah.Andt hati swhatQarunsai
d.

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am saysthatAl
l
ahknowswhati sbestforHiscr
eat
ion.For
somepeople,
wealthisgoodforthem;i
ftheywerepoorthatwoul
dcorruptthem.Andvicever
sa
i
strueaswell
.Thisistr
ueforhealt
handill
nessaswell
.
Her
eaf
terSer
iesCD22-TheFi
nal
e

Whoi
sMor
einJannah–MenorWomen?

Nowwegett ot hemi ll
i
ondol l
arquest i
on: Whopopul at
est hemaj ori
tyofJannah–menor
women?AbuHur ay r
ahheardaconv ersati
onbet weenthesahabah.Someoft hemenwhower e
presentwer eboast ingthatmenar emor ethanwomeni nJannah.Muhammadr epor t
edt hat
somemanst atedwi thasenseofpr i
deandsomedi sgustwhethert heywoul dbemor emeni n
Par adi
seormor ewomen.Upont hat,AbuHur ayrahreportedthatthePr ophetsal lal
lahu‘alay
hi
wasal lam sai
d, “Themember soft hefir
stgr oupt ogetintoJannahwoul dhav et heirfacesas
brightasthef ul
l moonatni ght.Andt henextgr oupwoul dhavethei rf
acesasbr ightasashi ning
star.Andev erypersonamongt hem wi llhavet wowi ves,andthemar rowoft hei
rshankswoul d
gli
mmerbeneat htheirfl
esh.Andt herewoul dbenoneamongstt hem t hatwoul dbewi t
houta
wife.”AbuHur ay r
ahwasusi ngthishadithtor efutewhatt heywer esay ing:thatmenar emor e
thanwomeni nJannah.AbuHur ayrahwassay i
ngnobecauseev er ymanwi llbemar r
iedtotwo
wiv es,
andev erymanwi l
lbemar r
ied–t herefore,womenar edoublethenumberofmeni n
Jannah.Thi swast heresponseofAbuHur ayrah.Thisisgoodnewsf ort hesister s.

Howev er,f
orthesi
ster
sthereisasli
ghtbadnews–wedon’ tknowifthesetwowi v
esarefrom
hooral ‘
aynorift
heyarefr
om thewomenoft hedunya.Si
ncetheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwa
sal
lam saidinahadit
hinsoundhadithofBukhaar
iandMuslimthatthemajori
tyofthepeoplei
n
hel
l ar
ewomen.“ I’
veseenthattheminor
it
yofthepopulat
ionofJannaharewomen. ”

Chi
l
dren–JannahorNaar
?

Nowwhatwi l
lhappentochi
l
dren?Wil
ltheybeinJannahorNaar
?Let’
scategor
izet
hem i
nto
chil
drenofthebeli
ever
sandchil
drenofthenonbeli
ever
satayoungage.Whatwemeanby
“youngage”isbeforet
heageofpubert
y.

Chi
l
drenoft
heBel
i
ever
s

AnNawawi say sthati

tistheconsensusoftheschol ar
sthatthechil
drenoft
hebeliev
ersthat
diebeforetheageoft akl
eef(theageofresponsibi
li
ty)t
hattheywill
beinJannah.All
ahsaysin
theQur’an:
“ Andthosewhobel ievedandwhosedescendant sfol
lowedthem i
nfai
th,Weshall
j
ointhem wi tht
heirdescendantsandWewi llnotdepri
vethem ofanythi
ngofthei
rdeeds.Ever
y
personforwhatheear nedisret ai
ned.
”

[
Inregardstotheparent
soft hesechil
dren-]Al
Bukhaar
inarr
ates,
RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasallam sai
dthataMuslim whol ostt
hreechi
ldr
enbeforepuber
tywil
lbegrant
edPar adi
se
duetoHi sMercy.Sothechi
ldrenofthebeli
ever
saregoingtoJannah.Thefat
herisgoingto
Jannah.
Whataboutt hemot her?AlBukhaar inarrates,thewomenr equest edoft hePr ophetsal
lall
ahu
‘
alayhiwasallam togivethem aday .Theycamet othePr ophetsal lal
lahu‘alayhiwasal l
am and
said,“
Themenhav etakeny ouawayf rom us. ”RasulAll
ahsal lallahu‘alayhiwasal l
am said,
“ThenIwi l
ldevoteadayf oryou( exclusively)
.”Andhewoul dgoandgi vear emindertothe
womenonaweekl ybasis.Duringoneoft hosesessi ons, Rasul All
ahsal l
all
ahu‘ al
ayhiwasal l
am
said,Awomanwhoset hreechildrendie,thosechi ldr
enwi llbeascr eenf orherf r
om Hell.I
f
thr
eechi l
drendieandasi sterhaspat ienceandaccept sthat ,thent heywi l
lsav eherfr
om Hell.A
womanwhohear dthatsaid,“Whati ftwodi ed? ”Rasul
Allahsal lall
ahu‘ al
ayhi wasallam sai
d,
“Eveniftwodied.”AbuHur ayrahcomment edt hatthosetwochi l
drenshoul dbebel owtheageof
puberty.

Wesayi ngener alt

hatthechildrenoft hebeliev
erswi l
lgot oJannah, butwecannotguar antee–
pinpointandsay–t hatthi
sper soni sgoingtoJannah.Whydowesayt his?Because‘ Aa`i
sha
reportedthatachi l
ddiedandIsai d,“Thereishappinessfort hischi
ldwhoi sabirdfrom
amongstt hebi
r dsofParadise.”Rasul Al
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasal lam said,“
Don’tyouknow
thatAllahcreatedParadiseandHecr eatedHellandHecr eat edthedwel l
ersofPar adiseandthe
denizensf orHell?
”Inanotherwor ds,theProphetsall
all
ahu‘ alayhiwasallam didn’
tli
kewhat
shesai d,bysayingthatthatpar t
icularchil
dwasgoi ngtoJannah.

I
bnTay
miy
yahexpl
ainst
hisandsay
s–t
heAr
abi
cnar
rat
ionwasn’
ttr
ansl
ated.

Chi
l
drenoft
henon-
bel
i
ever
s

Whataboutthechil
drenofal
-mushri
keen?InBukhaari
,RasulAl
l
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam
wasaskedaboutthechil
drenofthenonMuslims.RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am sai
d
thatwhenAll
ahcreatedt
hem, Heknewwhatt heywoulddo.SoRasulAllahsall
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwa
sall
am l
efti
topen.Wedon’tjudgewhatwil
lhappentothem.

IbnHajarcomment edont hi
shadithandsai
d,Therewasanot herhadit
hnar rat
edbyAbuYa’ l
a,
thatRasul
All
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am askedAllahtogranthi
m allofthechildrenof
mankind–Musl im andnon-Muslim.Heismakingshaf a’
aa`(i
nter
cession)forthem.RasulAl
l
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am sai
dthatAll
ahgrantedmet hat.Thi
shadithisHasan, notSahi
h.We
canuseitasev i
dence,butiti
snotasstrongast heprevi
ous.

Thereisathir
dhadit
h,whichisnarrat
edbyAbuNa’eem andAbuYa’la,
inwhichtheProphet
sal
lall
ahu‘
alayhiwasall
am saysthatthechi
l
drenofthenon-Musl
imsareservant
sforthe
peopleofJannah.Sotheywil
lbeinJannah,butasservant
s.Theschol
arssaythatt
hishadi
thi
s
Sahih.

Howdotheschol
arscombi
neal
loft
hesehadith?Someschol
arssayt
hatallofthechil
dren–
Musl
i
m ornon-Musl
im –ar
egoi
ngtoJannah.Thisi
stheopi
nionofAl
-Jowzee,An-Nawawi and
Al
Qurt
ubi
.

Al
Qur
tubi
say
sthatt
hePr
ophet
’sknowl
edgeont
hisgr
ewov
ert
ime.I
nthebegi
nni
ng,
the
Prophetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
dt hattheyaregoingtobewi ththei
rfat
hersinHell.Lat
er
on,RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal l
am saidthatweshoul dnotjudgewhatwi l
lhappent o
them.Afterthat
,RasulAl
lahsal
lall
ahu‘alayhiwasallam sai
dthattheyaregrant
edf or
giveness
andtheywi l
lbegrantedJannah.AlQurtubisai
dt hatthati
swhytherei sconf
li
cti
ngev i
denceon
thi
s.

Theotheropinionisthatwedon’tj
udgeaboutthem.Allahwil
ltestt
hem ont
heDayof
Judgment .Wement i
onedearl
ierabouthowAllahwil
ltestt
heinsane,t
hebli
ndandthedeaf.
Thisi
stheopi nionofAbuHasanAl Ash’
ari
.AbuHasanconsidersthi
stobetheoff
ici
alposi
ti
on
ofAhlus-Sunnah.IbnTaymiyy
ahagr eeswit
hhim.

Wel eav
eitatthat
;thereisadi
ff
erenceofopi
nion.I
tisani
ssueofghay
b( t
heunseen)
.We
speakaccordi
ngtot heknowl
edgethatwehave,butwedon’
tspeakbeyondthat
.

ThoseGi
vent
heGl
adTi
dingsofJannah

Wecannotsaythatany
oneisguar
anteedJannah.Thati
sgoi
ngbeyondt
hel
imit
s.Youar
e
t
aki
ngtheposit
ionofAll
ahbysendi
ngt hi
spersontohel
lort
hatper
sont
ohel
l.

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am says,“Thegooddeedsofanypersonwil
lnotmakehim
enterParadi
se.
”Thesahabahsai d,
“Noteveny ou,OApost
leofAl
lah?
”RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasall
am said,“Notev enmysel
f,unlessAll
ahbest
owsHisFavourandMer cyonme.”If
theProphetsal
lal
lahu‘alayhiwasall
am saidthathi
sdeedsdon’
tqual
ifyhimforthat–thenwho
arewe?

OfMen

Inahadithinat -
Tirmidhi,
‘Ali
ibnAbi Taal
ibsay s,RasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘alayhiwasall
am toldhim
thatthemaster softhepeopl eofJannah–t hroughoutallofmankind,
withtheexcepti
onoft he
ambiy a–willbeAbuBakrand‘ Umar.RasulAl l
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam sai
dthattheyare
thenoblestofthepeopl eofJannahaf tertheambi ya(prophet
s/messengers).ThenRasulAll
ah
sall
all
ahu‘al
ay hiwasal l
am told‘Al
i
,“Donott el
lthem so.
”SoAbuBakrand‘ Umararethebestof
thecreati
onofAl lahaftertheambiyaofAl lah.

AlsoinAt-
Tirmi
dhi,Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,
“Themaster
soft heyouthin
JannahwillbeAlHasanandAl Hussain.
”Theyarethegrandchi
ldr
enoft
hePr ophetsal
lal
lahu
‘
alayhiwasall
am,thechil
drenof‘
AliibnAbiTaal
ib.

Whydoesitsaytheel
dersandthey out
h?Won’tever
yonebethesameagei nJannah?Yes,
but
somepeoplewil
lbeconsider
edeldersbecauset
heydiedatanol
derage.Somewi l
lbe
consi
der
edy out
hbecausetheydi
edatay oungerage.

Inanotherhadi
thinAhmad, anangelcamedowntoRasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
lam and
RasulAll
ahsaidthatt
hisangelnevercamedowntohim.Theangelcametotel
lthePr
ophet
sal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasallam t
hatAl
-HasanandAl-
Hussai
naregoingtobeamongstthenoblest
oft
hey
out
hinJannah.

Thi
sisamongstt
hemen.

OfWomen

RasulAl
lahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhi wasal l
am dr
ewf ourl
i
nesinthesand[withast i
ck].Hesaid,
“Doyou
knowwhyIdr ewt hesefourlines?”Thesahabahsaid,
“No.”Rasul
All
ahsallall
ahu‘al
ayhiwa
sall
am sai
d,“Thebestamongstt hewomeni nJannaharefour–Mar yam bint‘I
mraan,Khaadi
j
a
bintKhuwayl
id,Faati
mabi ntMuhammadandAasi y
aibnMuzaahim.”

WhydidtheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am drawt hesefourl
i
nes?Itwasaninstr
ucti
onal
methodtogettheattent
ionoftheSahabah.Usuall
yteacherswouldusethi
stogettheatt
enti
on
oft
hestudents.Heknewt hatt
heydidn’
tknowt heanswer ,
buthewantedtogett
heiratt
enti
on.
Hesall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasallam di
dthi
sfrequent
ly.

Thebestofal
l–thegr
eatestwomanthatev
erli
ved–i
sMary
am bi
nt‘
I
mran(
themot
herof
Jesus)
.Thenexti
sKhaadi
ja,t
hethi
rdi
sFaati
maandthef
our
thi
sAasi
ya.

Allahsay
saboutMaryam:“Behold,t
heangel
sai
d‘All
ahhaschosenyouandpuri
fi
edandchosen
youabovethewomenofal lnat
ions.
’”Soi
twasst
atedinQur
’anthatshewast
hebestoft
he
creati
onofAl
lahsubhaanawata’aal
a.

Wement i
onedthehadithofJibr
eel,
inwhi chJi
breel‘al
ayhi
ssalaam saidsalaam fr
om himsel
f
andAl l
aht oKhaadija,
andgav eherthegladti
dingsofapal aceforherinJannah.Therewardis
accordingt othedeed–Khaadi j
awasl i
vi
ngi nav er
ysmal lpl
aceinMakkah, soAl l
ahwil
lgi
ve
herapal aceinJannah.AndKhaadi j
awasgoi ngthroughal otofharm andsufferi
ngwhen
supportingtheProphetsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam, anditwasv er
ytir
ing,soAllahist
ell
i
ngher
thatshewi llr
estinJannah.

OfAasiy a,All
ahsay s:“
AndAl l
ahset sforthasanexampl et othosewhobel ievethewifeof
Pharaoh.Behol d!Shesaid,‘
OmyLor d,bui
ldformei nyournearnesstoYou, amansionint he
garden.Andsav emef rom Pharaohandhi sdoingsandsav emef rom thoset hatdowr ong.’”
Aasiyabi ntMuzaahim wasl i
vinginthemostext r
avagantplaceont hef aceoft heeart
h–t he
pal
aceoft hePharaoh.Shehadal loftheworldlythi
ngsthataper sonoft hiswor l
dwoul ddesire,
butshesai d,‘
OAl lah,
buil
df ormeapl aceinJannah.’SubhaanAllah,youhav eawomant hat
wasgi venallofthemat eri
althings;shesaidthatshedidn’twantanyoft his,butshewant eda
pl
acei nJannahandshewant edt obesav edfrom Pharaohandhi sdoi ngs.

Thesefourwomendi dnotgett othishi

ghst at
usbyhav ingacar eerinanypar t
icularprofession
orbywhatt hefemini
stmov ementwouldwantf ortheirfol
lowers.Not i
cethattherei ssomet hing
commonbet weenthesefourwomen–t heyareallassociatedwithPr ophet
s.Twooft hem
rai
sedProphets,andthesetwoar eMaryam andAasi ya.Mar y
am raised‘Eesa(Jesus)and
Aasiy
araisedMusa( Moses) .Soitwasthroughthei
ref f
ortoftarbiy
aht hattheypr oducedf or
theworl
d,‘EesaandMusa, thattheyweregrantedthishighlevel
.Khaadi j
awasgr antedthis
posit
ionbecauseofhersuppor
tofanabiy–Rasul
Al l
ahsallal
lahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam.She
supportedhi
m wit
hherwealthandcomfort
edhim psychologi
call
y.BecauseFaati
mawasr ai
sed
i
nsuchapur ehouseholdandbecausesheli
vedwithallofthesuff
eringofherf
ather
,Al
lah
grant
edherthisposi
ti
on.

Thi
sisal
soanhonourf
ort
heProphetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasal
l
am t
ohav
etwooft
hegr
eat
est
womenrel
atedt
ohim –hi
swi
feandhi sdaughter.

I
tisveryi
mportantf
orthewomentotaketheposi
tionupont
hemselveswhichtheydobest.
Thi
sUmmahcannotmov efor
wardunti
lthesi
ster
sproduceagenerati
onthatwil
lmoveitahead.
Thegreat
estneedfort
hisUmmahisthatthewomenr ai
seagenerati
onthatwil
ltakei
tahead.

Musaand‘ Eesaareproductsofthewomenwhoboughtt hem up.Infact,

ifyoul
ookatthestory
ofMusa, youwil
lseethathewasconsi stent
lysupportedbywomenwhosuppor tedhi
m and
madehi m whohewas.Fi r
stitwashi smother,t
henhi ssi
ster,t
henthir
dthewifeofPharaoh,
thent hetwodaughtersofShu’ayb,thenthedaughter(ofShu’ayb)whomar r
iedhi
m.Twopeopl e
weret hebackboneforRasulAll
ahsal l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasallam –hi swi
feKhaadij
aandhisuncle
AbuTaal ib.Theypassedawaywi thinweeksofeachot her,andthati
swhyi twasthemost
diff
icultyearf
orMuhammadsal l
allahu‘al
ayhiwasallam.

TheTen

I
nAt -
Tir
mi dhi,RasulAl
lahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am says,
“AbuBakrisinJannah;‘
Umarisin
Jannah;‘
Ut hmaani sinJannah;‘Al
ii
sinJannah;
Talhai
sinJannah;AzZubayrisi
nJannah;
‘
AbdurRahmani bn‘AufisinJannah;Sa’
adisi
nJannah;Sa’
eedisi
nJannah; Abu‘Ubay
dahibn
AlJar
rahisi nJannah.”

Inanot herhadithinBukhaar i
, AbuMusaAl Ash’ ari
narrates:Iperformedabl uti
oni nmyhouse
andt henwentoutandsai d, “TodayIshal l
stickt oAll
ah’sApost leandst aywi t
hhi m allt
hisday
ofmi ne( i
nhisser vice).Iwentt othemasjidandaskedaboutt hePr ophet.Theysai d,“Hehad
gonei nthisdirection.”SoIf ollowedhisway ,askingabouthi mt illheenteredapl acecalledBir
‘
Arees[ thewel lof‘Ar ees].Isatati tsgatethatwasmadeofdat e-palmleav esti
ll
t heProphet
fi
nishedanswer ingt hecal lofnat ureandperf ormedabl uti
on.ThenIwentupt ohi mt oseehim
sit
tingatt hewel lof‘Ar eesatt hemi ddleofitsedgewi thhi slegsuncov ered,hangi nginthewell
.
Igreetedhi m andwentbackandsatatt hegat e.

Isai
d, “
TodayIwillbet hegatekeeperoftheProphet.
”AbuBakrcameandpushedt hegate.I
asked,“Whoisit?”Hesai d,“AbuBakr.
”Itoldhimt owait
,wentinandsai d,
“OAl l
ah’
sApost l
e!
AbuBakrasksf orper missiontoenter
.”Hesaid, “
Admithi
m andgi vehimthegladtidi
ngsthat
hewillbeinParadise.”SoIwentoutandsai dt oAbuBakr,“Comei n,andAll
ah’sApostl
egives
youthegladti
dingst hatyouwi l
lbeinParadise.”AbuBakrenteredandsatont heri
ghtsideof
All
ah’sApostl
eont hebuiltedgeofthewellandhunghi sl
egsi nthewellastheProphetdidand
uncoveredhi
slegs.
Ithenr etur
nedandsat( atthegate) .Ihadleftmybr otherper f
or mi
ngabl utionandhei ntended
tof ol
lowme.SoIsai d(t
omy self).“IfAll
ahwant sgoodf orso-and-so(i
.e.mybr other
)Hewi ll
bringhim here.”Suddenl ysomebodymov edt hedoor .Iasked, “Whoi si
t? ”Hesai d,“’
Umarbi nAl
-Khattab.”Iaskedhi mtowai t,
wentt oAllah’sApost l
e, greet
edhi m andsai d, ‘
Umarbi nAl -
Khat t
abaskst heper mi
ssiontoent er .
”Hesai d,“Admi thim, andgivehimt hegladt i
dingst hathe
willbeinPar adise.”Iwentto‘Umarandsai d,“Comei n, andAl l
ah’sApost l
e, gi
vesy out heglad
ti
dingst hatyouwi llbei
nPar adise.”Soheent eredandsatbesi deAll
ah’
sApost l
eont hebui lt
edgeoft hewell ontheleftsi
deandhunghi slegsi nthewel l
.

Ireturnedandsat( att
hegat e)andsai d,(tomy self
),“I
fAll
ahwant sgoodf orso-and-so,Hewi l
l
bringhi m here.”Somebodycameandmov edthedoor .Iasked“ Whoi sit
?”Her epli
ed, “
’Uthman
bi
nAf fan.”Iaskedhimt owai tandwentt othePr ophetandinformedhi m.Hesai d,“Admithim,
andgi v ehimt hegladti
dingsofent er
ingPar adiseaf t
eracalami tythatwil
l bef
allhi
m. ”SoIwent
upt ohi m andsai dtohi
m, “Comei n;Allah’sApost l
egivesyout hegl adti
dingsofent eri
ng
Par adiseafteracalamitythatwi l
lbef
al lyou.
”‘Uthmant hencamei nandf oundt hatthebui l
t
edgeoft hewel lwasoccupied, sohesatopposi t
et otheProphetont heotherside.”[Bukhaari
,
5/57/ 23]

Rasul Al
lahsallall
ahu‘alay
hi wasall
am t old‘ Uthmaan, “All
ahsubhaanawat a’
aalawil
lgivey oua
cloak( t
owear ).Thepeopl ewil
ltr
ytof ighty outot akeitawayf r
om you;don’tgiv
eittothem. ”
‘
Ut hmaandi dn’tknowwhatt hi
smeant[ att het i
me] .Thecloakwaskhilafaa.‘
Uthmaani bn
‘
Af faanreal
izedt hattheProphetwast al kingaboutt hi
s;herefusedtogiveupt hekhi
lafaa,but
hesai dhedi dn’twantadr opofbloodt obespi l
tforhissake.Al otoftheyouthamongstt he
sahabahwer ewi ll
i
ngt odefendhim –incl udingAl HassanandAl Hussain–buthedi dn’twant
bloodt obespi ltbecauseofhim.Theybr okei nt
ot hehouseandki ll
ed‘Uthmaanwhi l
ehewas
readingQur’an, andhisbloodspil
tov ert hemushaf .

AbuMusaAl ‘Ashari
saidthatheinterpretedt
hear r
angementoft hewaytheyweresit
ti
ngtobe
theirgr
aves.TherewasRasul Al
l
ahsal lall
ahu‘
alayhiwasallam si
tti
ngontheri
m ofthewell
,Abu
Bakrand‘Umarsatbesi dehim.‘Uthmaanhadt ositfur
therbecausether
ewasnor oom.The
Prophetsall
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasallam, AbuBakrand‘ Umarar eburi
edintheroom of‘
Aa`i
sha,but
‘
Ut hmaanisburiedinBaqiy.

Ot
her
sWhower
eGi
venGl
adTi
dings

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhi
wasall
am sai
dthatt
hemasteroft
hemar
tyr
sisHamza.Thi
s
obvi
ousl
ymeansthatheisi
nthehi
ghestl
evel
sofJannah.

InAt-Ti
r mi
dhi
, t
heProphetsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am said,
“IhaveseenJa’f
aribnAbi Taal
ib
fi
ghtingwithtwowingswi t
htheangelsinJannah.
”Whywashef lyi
ngwithtwowings?Hewas
theleaderofthearmythatwentt of
ighttheRomans.Hewashol dingthebanneri
nhi shands,
andbot hofhisarmswer echopped,sohehuggedt hebannerwit
hhischest,andthatishowhe
died.Sincehedidn’
thavearmswhenhedi ed,
All
ahr epl
acedthem wit
hwings.
InMusnadofI mam Ahmad, whenMu’ aadhibnJabl wasdy ing, oneofhi sstudent ssaid, “Giveus
anadv i
ce.
”Mu’ aadhibnJabl said,“Knowl edgei sinitsplace; i
fy ouwanti t,you’l
lfindit.”The
fi
rstthingheissay ingist hatknowl edgewi l
lnotdi eordisappear .Thenhesai d,“Ifyouwantt o
l
ear n,gotofourpeopl e: AbuDar daa` ,
Sal maanAl -Farsi
,‘Abdul l
ahi bnMas’ oodand‘ Abdul lahibn
Salaam.And‘ Abdul l
ahi bnSal aam wasaJewwhobecameMusl im, andIhear dRasul Allah
sall
allahu‘
alayhiwasal lam sayt hathei sthetenthper soni npar adise. ”Wedonotsayt hat
‘
Abdul lahi
bnSal aam wi llbet het entht oenterJannah, butwesayt hatt hi
smeanshewi llbe
amongstt heear li
esttoent erPar adise.‘AbdullahibnSal aam wast heheadr abbi oft heJewsi n
Madi nah.Heknewt hedescr ipti
onsofRasul Allahsallall
ahu‘ alayhi wasal l
am i ntheirbooks, and
assoonasRasul Al
lahsal lall
ahu‘ alayhiwasal lam came, herecogni zedhim andbel i
ev ed.
Becauseofhi sbackgr oundi nknowl edge, t
hathel pedhimi nI slam.TheJewswhobecame
Musl i
m werev eryfew, butt heyt endedt obev eryknowl edgeabl ebecauseoft heirbackgr ound
ofbei ngali
ter
at enation.TheAr abswer eil
li
terate,buttheJewshadt hescripturewhi cht hey
studied.

RasulAl
lahsal
l
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am sai
d,“Ienter
edi
ntoJannah,
andIwasmetbyayoung
l
ady.Iaskedher‘
Whodoy oubel
ongto?’Shesaid,‘
ToZai
dibnHari
tha.
’
”Zai
dibnHar
it
hais
anotherper
songrant
edJannah.

‘
Aa` ishasaysthatRasul Allahsall
all
ahu‘alayhiwasallam says, “Ienteredi ntoParadiseandsaw
thatZay dibn‘Amri bnNuf aylhadtwol evelsinJannah.”Zaydi bn‘ Amri bnNuf aylwasaman
whodi edbeforethepr ophethoodofMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alay hiwasal l
am.Muhammad
sall
al l
ahu‘alay
hi wasal l
am metwi thhim.Zay dusedt ofoll
owt her el
igionofI braheem ‘al
ayhi
s
salaam.Hewasanamazi ngexampl eofremai ni
ngsteadfastont het ruth.Henev erwor shi
pped
i
dol s.Hewoul dpr eacht othepeopleandt ellt
hem thatthesei dolsar enoty ourgods; theyare
fal
se; youshoul dwor shipAll
ah.Hewoul dnoteatt hemeatoft hepeopl eofMakkah.Hewoul d
sayt hatAll
ahi stheOneWhof eedsthesesheepandbr ingsdownr ai
nf rom t hesky,butwhen
yousl aughterthem, youslaughterthem fortheseidols?!Hewoul dnoteatf rom anymeatt hat
All
ah’ sNamewasnotpr onouncedon;her eali
zedallofthisfrom hi sfitra,subhaanAllah.
Rasul All
ahsallal
lahu‘alayhiwasallam saidthathehast wolev el sinJannah.

Rasul
All
ahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhiwasal
l
am sai
d,“
Ient
eredi
ntoPar
adi
seandIhear
dsomer
eci
tat
ion.
Isai
d,‘
Whoisthi
smanreci
ti
ng?
’Theysai
d,‘
Har
it
haibnNu’
man.’
”

RasulAll
ahsall
all
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam say
s,“
Ienter
edint
oParadiseandheardsomenoise[he
heardthesoundofsomeonewal ki
ng]andIasked,‘
Whoisthi
s?’Jibr
eel
‘al
ayhissal
aam sai
d,
‘
ThisisBilaal
,themu`addhi
n.’
”WhenRasulAl
l
ahsallal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasall
am cameback,hesai
d,
“Bi
laalhassucceeded.”

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
l
ahu‘
alay
hiwasall
am gr
ant
edAbuDahdaa`Jannahbecauseofhi
sgener
osi
ty.
Hedonatedt
hebestf
arminMadinah.

Af
ewf
inal
issuesr
elat
ingt
oJannah:
Jannahi
sNotaPr
icef
orOurDeeds

Wearenotgi
venJannahapay
backforourdeeds.Nomat
terhowmuchwewor
shi
pAl
l
ah,
it
woul
dnotqual
if
yusamomentt ogotoJannah.

Thereisast ory–Al lahu‘ Al

am ifi ti
sauthent i
cornot–butt herewasamanf rom Bani Isr
a`i
l
whowor shippedAl lahf orav er
yl ongtime.Ont heDayofJudgment ,hewaspr esentedwi t
ha
hugemount ainofhi sgooddeeds.Theangel saskedhi m,“Doy ouwantt oenterJannahwi t
h
yourgooddeedsort heMer cyofAl l
ah?”Sohel ookedathi sgooddeedsandsai d, “
Iwantt o
enterwit
hmydeeds. ”Al l
aht ol
dt heangelstoputhi sdeedsononet ipoft hescaleandputhi s
eyesontheot herscal e.Assoonashi sey eswer epl acedont hescale,alloft
hedeedsf lewin
theair
.Thisbl essi
ngofsi ghtwhi chAll
ahhasgi venusi smor ewort
hyt hanev erythi
nghedi d.
Evenifweassumet hathewast hebestwor shipperofAl l
ah,wouldn’thecommi tsinsasa
humanbei ng?Woul dn’thet aketimest orest ?Woul dn’thehav eupsanddowns?Ev enthoughhe
i
swor shi
ppingAl l
ahasmuchashecan, t
hebl essingofhisey esarewi thhim 24/7, buthis
‘
ibaadah(wor ship)isnot24hour saday .Addt ot hathisears,mind,health,wealth,andal l
ofhis
otherbl
essings….

RasulAl
lahsal
l
all
ahu‘
al
ayhi
wasallam sai
dthatnotev
enhi
sowndeedswoul
dgr
anthi
m
Jannah.Thi
shadit
hisi
nBukhaar
i.

Wher
edoourdeedscomeint
oplay
?Theydeter
minewhatl
evel
ofJannahwewi
l
lbei
n.Thati
s
whyi
t’
simpor
tantt
oaccumul
ateasmanydeedsaswecan.

AFi
nal
Not
eonJannah

ThePr
ophetsallall
ahu‘
alayhi
wasallam said,“
All
ahcreatedAdam inhiscompleteshapeand
for
m(dir
ectly
),sixt
ycubit
s(about30met ers)i
nheight.[
..
.]Sowhoeverwill
enterParadi
se,wil
l
beoft
heshapeandf or
m ofAdam.Si ncethenthecreati
onofAdam’s(offspri
ng)(i
.e.st
atur
eof
humanbeingsisbeingdimini
shedcontinuousl
y)tothepresentt
ime.”[
Bukhaari,
8/74/246]

Whataboutt
hei
rage?I
nat
-Ti
rmi
dhi
,i
tment
ionst
hatt
heywi
l
lent
erJannahatt
heageof33
year
sold.

Rasul
All
ahsal
lal
lahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam al
sosay
s,Sl
eepi
ngisabrot
herofdeat
h,andt
hepeopl
e
ofJannahdonotsleep.I
t’
scont
inuousfun–whywouldanyonesl
eep?

Rasul
All
ahsall
all
ahu‘
alayhiwasal
lam sai
d,ther
ewouldbebounti
eswhi chtheeyehasnotseen,
andtheearhasnotheardandhumanhear thaseverper
cei
vedit
.Itsai
dinthehadit
ht hathe
tal
kedaboutJannahi
nt hehadi
thandthensaidthi
s.Yourmindi
slimit
edtot hi
sdunya.

Therewasapr i
mit
ivetri
bewhichsomeant hr
opologist
sv i
sit
ed.Thet r
ibeli
vedinaver
yhot
cli
mate,sotheyneversawsnowi nt
heirl
i
ves.Theseant hr
opologist
skeptdescribi
ngsnowto
them bythi
ngsi nt
heirenvi
ronmentthatt
heyknew.Then, whent heypresentedt
hem wit
hsnow,
theydidn’
trecogni
zeit.Si
milar
ly,
whenwewi llnevergr
aspJannahunt i
lweseeit.
Ther
ewi
l
lbenour
inat
ionorspi
tt
ingorany
thi
ngdi
sgust
ingi
nJannah.

“Andwhenyoul
ookther
ein(Paradi
se)youwil
lseepl
easur
eandagr eatki
ngdom.”(
76:20)You
areaki
nginwhatAl
lahhasgivenyou;ori
nthecaseofussist
ers,
wewi l
lbeQueensinwhich
All
ahhasgi
venus(i
nshaAll
ah).

Al
l
ahsays:“Nopersonknowswhatdel i
ght
soft
heey
ear
ekepthi
dden(
inr
eser
ve)f
ort
hem –as
ar
ewardforthei
r(good)deeds.
”(32:
17)

Jannahv
s.Duny
a

All
ahtol
dMuhammadsal l
all
ahu‘alay
hiwasall
am, “
Andstr
ainnotyoureyesinlongingf orthe
thi
ngsWehav egiv
enforenjoymenttovari
ousgroupsoft
hem (poly
thei
stsanddi sbeli
ev er
sin
theOnenessofAll
ah),
thesplendouroft
helif
eofthiswor
ldthatWemayt estthem t her
eby .But
thepr
ovisi
on(goodrewardintheHereaf
ter
)ofyourLordi
sbetterandmor el
asting.”(20:131)

All
ahi
stell
ingMuhammadsall
all
ahu‘
al
ay hi
wasal
lam,whowaspoor
,nott
olookatthewealt
h
andpl
easureHehasgi
venthem.Don’
tlookatt
hei
rpal
aces,
gar
densandweal
th,becausewhat
All
ahhasforyoui
sbet
ter
.

Therei
sapr ogram i
ntheUS[
Ithi
nkhe’sr
efer
ri
ngto“
Cri
bs”
].Theytakeyouintomansi
onsand
thehousesoftheri
chandfamous.Don’
tgeti
ntot
hat
.Don’
tgetyourheartat
tachedt
othe
dunya.

Jannahi
sbet
tercompar
edt
othi
swor
ldi
nfouraspect
s:

1.Quant
it
y

Thequanti
tyofeveryt
hinginJannahismul ti
fol
dsofev eryt
hinginthiswor l
d.Allahsays:“[
..
..
]
Say,‘
Shor
tistheenjoymentofthisworld.TheHer eaft
eris(far)bet
terforhim whof earsAll
ah,
andyoushallnotbedealtwit
hunjustl
yev enequal t
otheFat il
a(ascali
sht hr
eadi nthelongslit
ofadate­stone.’
”(4:
77)Qaleeli
stranslatedas“short”here,butwhatitissayingthatthe
quant
ityi
sveryli
ttl
e.WhatAll
ahhasf ory ouinJannahisal ot.Thepersonwi t
ht heleasthas10
ti
mesofthisworld.

2.Qual
i
ty

RasulAll
ahsallal
lahu‘al
ayhi wasall
am saysinBukhaari,
“A(small)placeequalt
oanar ea
occupiedbyawhi pinParadiseisbett
erthanthe(whole)worldandwhat everi
sinit[
..
.]
”
[
Bukhaar i,
8/76/424]Howmuchwoul dthatareaoccupy?1inchbyaf oot
?Soifyoubuyt hat
muchi nJannah, thati
swor ththepri
ceoft hewholeworld.Ofcourse,youhavedist
ancesin
Jannaht hatcanbemeasur edinli
ghtyears.

Rasul
All
ahal
sosay
s,“
ByAl
l
ah,
thi
swor
ld(
issoi
nsi
gni
fi
canti
ncompar
ison)t
otheHer
eaf
ter
thati
foneofyoushoul ddiphi
sfinger(andwhil
esayi
ngt hisYahyapoi
ntedwithhisfor
efi
nger)
i
nt heoceanandthenheshouldseeast owhathasstucktoit.
”[Musli
m,40/6843]Theduny ai
s
l
ikeadropofwatercompar edtotheakhi r
ah.Wearefi
ghtingandkil
li
ngoursel
vesoveradr opl
et
ofwater!Weareneglecti
ngourreli
gionforadropl
etofwat er
.

Ifev
er yonewaspr omi
sed$100f orshowingupf orfajreverymorni
ng,surelythemasj i
dswould
bepacked.I s$100worthJannah?Wear ebar
gainingf orthewrongthi
ng!Rasul Al
l
ahsal l
all
ahu
‘
alayhiwasal l
am sai
d,“Idonotfearpovert
yony ou.Myconcer ni
sthatyouwi ll
becomeweal t
hy,
andwheny oubecomeweal t
hyyouwill
compet eont hiswor l
dli
kethenationsbefore.Anditwill
destroyyoulikei
tdestr
oy edthem.”

Andwementi
onedthehadi
thbefor
einwhi
chRasulAl
lahsal
lal
l
ahu‘al
ayhiwasal
lam ment
ioned
thewomanofPar
adise,
appear
ingbef
oret
hiswor
ld.Thati
sthequali
tyofev
eryt
hingi
nJannah.

3.Jannahi
sPur
e,Duny
aisCont
ami
nat
ed

Ever
ythi
nginJannahispur
e,wher
easevery
thinginduny
aiscont
ami
nat
ed.Ev
ery
thi
ngi
nduny
a
i
scontaminat
ed–ev enwhatyoudeem aspleasur
e.

Let’
slookatsomeoft hethingsthatweenjoy–food,forexample.I
magi neforamomentt hat
thedigest
ivesystem wasmadet ranspar
entandyoucouldseeallofwhatwentononcet he
foodwasi nyourmout h.Youwoul dseethefoodmi xwithsal
i
va,thecolourchangi
ng.You
wouldseeitgoi ntoyourstomachandcoat edwithfl
uid.Whatifyoucouldsmell?Youwoul d
neverhaveameal wi
thany oneifyoucouldseealloft
hat!Nevert
heless,weenjoyfood,
ev en
thoughiti
s[int
ernall
y]av er
ygruesomepr ocess.

Withoutget
ti
nggraphic,
theprocessofreproduct
ion,
justthi
nkaboutt
heprocess.Thewhol
e
t
hingisquit
edisgust
ing.Becauseofdesir
e,itmakesitseem ver
ypassi
onat
eanddesi r
abl
e.

I
bnAl
Jowz
eesai
dtot
hinkaboutki
ssi
ng–i
fpeopl
ereal
l
ythoughtabouti
t,t
heywoul
dn’
tdoi
t.

Thati
sever
ythi
nginduny
a–i
tisamask.Assoonasy
oupi
ckupt
hatl
ater
,youseehowr
ott
en
i
tisfr
om t
heinsi
de.

All
ahsays,
aboutthewi
neofJannah:
“Fr
eef
rom headi
ness;
norwi
l
ltheysuf
feri
ntoxi
cat
ion
ther
efr
om.”(37:
47)

I
fwat erset
tl
essomewheref
oral
ongt
ime,
algaebegi
nst
ogr
owi
nit
.Al
l
aht
ell
sust
hewat
erof
Jannahisincor
rupt
ibl
e.

Andmi l
klef
toutofthefri
dgef
orawhi
l
ewi
l
lspoi
landbecomesour
.Al
l
ahsay
sthatt
hemi
l
kof
Jannahwill
neverchange.

Oneofthedif
fi
cult
iesofhoneyi
sthati
tishar
dtocl
eanse.Al
l
ahsay
sthati
nJannaht
hehoney
wil
lbepuri
fi
edforyou.
SoAllahsay saboutthef ourri
versthatyouwillhav
einJannah,t
hatt
heywi l
lbepure.Your
compani onswillbepure.Allofthenaturalpr
ocessesthatawomangoest hr
oughint heduny
a–
menst r
uation,
etc–wi l
l notexisti
nJannah.Al l
oftheimpuri
ti
esandsinsoftheheartwil
lbe
gone.Thehear tswouldbel iketheheartofoneman.

All
ahhasgi
venusagli
mpseofJannahandNaari
nthi
swor
ld,
butt
her
eal
thi
ngi
sint
heakhi
rah.
Thereal
thi
ngisi
nakhi
rah.

Every
onehasexperi
encedthepainoffi
re–whetheri
twashotwat
er,bur
ningoi
l
,anopenf l
ame,
etc.I
tseemsthatAl
lahhaseveryonet
astet
hepainoffi
re,
asawarni
ngforther
ealt
hing.And
thi
sisjustaper
sonalobser
vat
ion.

4.Duny
aisTempor
ary

Eveni
fther
eisenj
oymentindunya,
itist
emporar
y.I
nakhirah,
it’
spermanent.I
ntheduny
a,i
f
youenj
oyfood,
youcannotkeepeati
ngbecausei
twil
lcausehealthpr
oblems.

You’
llf
indthati
nthi
sworldtheoneswhocanaf
for
dtheexot
icf
oodsar
etheoneswhocannot
eati
t–t heyhav
ehighcholest
erol
,et
c.

Ever
ythi
ngi
nJannahispermanent.Youcandr i
nky
ourenti
reri
veri
fyouwant.Youcanhavef
rui
t
andmeatofyourchoi
ce.Youwil
lbeentert
ainedwi
thyourspouse’
sfory
earsandyears.

Thepuni
shmentforadulter
yisstoning.SubhaanAl
lah,
theygot
hroughthi
senjoymentofafew
minut
esforapunishmentli
kethat.Inakhir
ah,thepuni
shmenti
sforev
er.Ever
ythi
nginduny
ais
tempor
aryandeveryt
hinginthehereafteri
spermanent.

~~~

Aft
ergoingthr
oughthi
stourofJannahandNaar
,weshouldmakeacommi t
menttooursel
ves
toalway
sr ememberandbri
ngupt hi
stopi
c.Weshoul
dtr
ytoli
veinakhi
rah,
thoughweare
walki
ngindunya.

Andpr
ayall
theti
me–i nyoursuj
ood,r
aisi
ngyourhandsfordu’
aa`
.Pr
ayt
hepr
ayer
sment
ioned
i
nQur’
an.Pr
ayforpr
otect
ionfr
om theFi
reandprayforJannah.