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The Day of Judgement

The signs of the Day of Judgement

Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) as saying: The Last Hour (the Day of Judgement) will not come till the remembrance of “Allah, Allah”, is not uttered in this world. (Muslim)

Hadrat Hudhayfa bin Asid al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) came to us all of a sudden (one day) while we were busy in a discussion. He asked: What are you discussing about? They (the Companions) said: We are discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon, he said: It will not come until you see ten signs beforehand and (in this connection) he mentioned the Smoke (ad-Dukhan); the Beast; Dajjal (Anti-Christ); the rising of the sun from the west; the descent of Nabi ‘Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon them); (the appearance of) Ya’juj and Ma’juj (God and Magog); and land-slides in three places, one in the east, one in the west, and one in the Arabian Peninsula; at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen and would drive people to their place of assembly. (Muslim)

Hadrat Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: How will you be when the son of Maryam (that is, Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon them), descends amongst you, and he will judge people by the law of the Qur’an and not by the law of the Injil (Gospel). (Bukhari)

Vivid Qur’anic description of the Day of Judgement

Hadrat AbdAllah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said: If anyone would like to look at the Day of Resurrection as though it were before his eyes he should recite: “When the sun is folded up”,* “When the sky is split open,** and “When the sky bursts open.”*** (Ahmad and Tirmidhi)

*(Qur’an, Surah 81)

**(Qur'an, Surah 82)

***(Qur'an, Surah 84)

The blowing of the trumpet

Hadrat Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) as saying: “How can I be at ease when the one who blows the trumpet (that is, Israfil, peace be upon him) has put it to his mouth, inclined his ear and bent his forehead waiting to see when he will be ordered to blow it.” Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) was asked what command he had to give them and he told them to say, “Allah is sufficient for us and what an Excellent Guardian He is.” (Qur'an, 3:173) (Tirmidhi)

The dead will be brought to life

Harat Abu Razin al ‘Uqayli (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he asked Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) how Allah (The Glorified and The Exalted) would restore all things and what indication there was of that in His creation. He replied, “Have you not come by the farm of your people when it was barren, then come by it when it was shaking with greenery?” When he replied that he had, he said, “That is Allah’s sign in His creation and thus will Allah (The Glorified and The Exalted) bring the dead to life.” (Razin)

The sun will be brought near

Hadrat Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, the sun will be brought near the created beings till it is about a mile from them, and mankind will sweat according to what they had done, the sweat reaching the ankles of some, the knees of others, the waists of others, while some will have their mouths covered by the sweat and Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) pointed his hand at his mouth. (Muslim)

The balance sheet of deeds

Related Sayyidatina Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her): “I heard the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) making the supplication in some of his Prayers (Salah): O Allah! Judge me leniently on the Day of Judgement. Thereupon, I asked him. ‘O RasulAllah! What is meant by lenient reckoning?’ RasulAllah (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) replied: “It means that the bondsman’s Book of Deeds is seen and passed over (that is, he is not questioned about it). The truth is, O ‘Aisha, that he will be lost whose Balance Sheet of Deeds is examined on the Day of Judgement.” (Ahmad)

Justice will be done

Hadrat Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) once asked his Companions: “Do you know who is a pauper?” The Companions replied that a pauper is a person who had no money or property. The Holy Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) elucidating the point said: “A pauper from among my followers (Ummah) is one who will come on the Day of Judgement with a record of Salah (Prayers) and Sawm (fasting) and Zakat (payment of poor due) but also he had abused somebody, slandered someone, usurped the goods of another person, had killed someone or beaten yet another person. Then all the oppressed persons will receive a part of the aggressor’s good deeds. Should his good deeds fall short (of his aggression), then the aggrieved person’s sins and faults will be transferred from them to him, and he will be thrown into the Fire (of Hell). (Muslim)

Hadrat Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: Truly, everyone will get his rights on the Day of Judgement, even the wrong done to a hornless goat by a horned goat will be redressed. (Muslim)

Allah will cover up shortcomings

Hadrat Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: One who covers up the shortcomings of somebody in this world will have his shortcomings covered up by Allah on the Day of Judgement. (Muslim)

The Bridge, the Scales and the Pond

Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he asked Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) if he would intercede on his behalf on the Day of Judgement. “I will”, the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) replied. “So, where should I look for you on the Day of Judgement?” enquired Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). “When you need me, first of all look for me at Sirat (The Bridge)”, said the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him). “And if I do not find you there?” asked Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). “Look for me, then, at the Mizan (the Scales),” replied the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him). “Where may I seek you”, asked Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), “if you are not near the Mizan as well?” “Then look for me at the Hawd (the Pond). I will not go away from these three places at that time,” the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) replied. (Tirmidhi)

Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) will intercede

Hadrat Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: I shall be pre-eminent amongst the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first intercessor and the first whose intercession will be accepted (by Allah). (Muslim)

People from his Ummah will intercede

Hadrat Abu Sa’id (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: Some of my people will intercede for a large number, some for a tribe, some for a group, and some for a single man, till they enter Paradise. (Tirmidhi)

Allah will shower His Mercy

Allah’s Messenger (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: Allah has a hundred mercies, one of which He has sent down to be divided between humans, the jinn, birds, cattle, and insects, by which they have compassion and mercy towards each other. And He has saved ninety-nine mercies with which He will be merciful to His slaves on the Day of Judgement. (Bukhari and Muslim)

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