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Praise and peace be upon him

1919

“I, (Abu Hurairah) said, ‘There was an occasion when we were with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, when he was invited for a meal and offered a shoulder of lamb. He enjoyed the shoulder and spoke to us as he ate saying: I will be the master of all people on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know how? On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will assemble all mankind, the first and the last, on a wide plain so that they will all be visible and able to hear the caller.

On that Day the sun will be very near mankind and they will undergo tremendous suffering and grief. They will say among themselves: Do you realize what we are in and what has befallen us? Can you find someone who might intercede for you with your Lord? Some will say to the other: Adam is your father, and they will go to him and say: O Adam you are the father of mankind, Allah created you with His own Hands and breathed into you of His spirit and commanded the angels to prostrate towards you and let you live in the Garden. Won't you intercede for us with your Lord? Don't you see our condition and the intense suffering that has overtaken us? Adam will say: My Lord is angry today, in a way in which He has never been angered before, and He will never be angered like it again. He forbade me to eat from a certain tree but I disobeyed Him. I am afraid for myself, for myself, for myself. Go to someone else. Go to Noah.

So they will go to Noah, peace be upon him, and say: O Noah, you were the first Messenger to the people of the world and Allah called you a grateful worshiper. Look at our condition, see how we suffer! Won't you intercede for us with your Lord? He will tell them: My Lord is angry today, in a way in which He has never been angered before, and He will never be angered like it again. I was given one chance of supplication and I supplicated for my nation, I am afraid for myself, for myself, for myself. Go to someone else, go to Abraham.

So they will go to Abraham, peace be upon him, and say: O Abraham, you are the Prophet of Allah, His friend, chosen from the inhabitants of the earth please intercede for us with your Lord. You can see the predicament we are in! Abraham will tell them: My Lord is angry today, in a way in which He has never been angered before, and He will never be angered like it again. I was ambiguous more than once. Myself, myself, myself, therefore go to someone else, go to Moses.

So they will go to Moses, peace be upon him, and say: O Moses, you are a Messenger of Allah, Allah honored you and favored you with His Message and His Speech above the people, please intercede for us with your Lord! Can't you see our condition? He will say: 'My Lord is angry today, in a way in which He has never been angered before. I killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. I am afraid for myself, for myself, for myself, go to someone else, go to Jesus.

So they will go to Jesus, peace be upon him and say: Jesus, you are the Messenger of Allah and His Word which He conveyed to Mary and a (created) spirit from Him and you talked to people when you were in your cradle. Please, intercede for us with your Lord, look at our circumstances! Jesus will say: My Lord is angry today, in a way in which He has never been angered before. He will not mention his sin but say: I am afraid for myself, for myself, for myself, go to someone else, go to Muhammad.

They will come to me, and say: O Muhammad, you are the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, praise and peace be upon him. Allah has forgiven you all your shortcomings, the first and the last please intercede for us with your Lord. Look at the condition we are in! Then I will proceed towards the Throne and fall prostrate before my Lord then Allah will give me knowledge of His Praise and Glorification the like of which has never been given to any before me. Then He will say to me: O Muhammad, raise your head and supplicate, you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted. Thereupon I will raise my head and supplicate. 'My nation, O Lord, my nation. O Lord, my nation, O Lord.' And Allah will say: 'O Muhammad, take into Paradise through its Gate those on the right, those who are not subject to the accounting; the remainder will be admitted along with other people through the various gates of Paradise.'

The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, added: By Him in whose Hands is my life, the distance between two gates of Paradise will be as wide as the distance between Mecca and Hijr, or between Mecca and Basra.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

FOR ALLAH ALONE

Allah, the Exalted says:

“Yet they were ordered to worship Allah alone

making the Religion His sincerely, upright,

to establish their prayers

and to pay the obligatory charity.

That is indeed, the Religion of Straightness.” 98:5 Koran

“Believers,

do not annul your charitable giving

with reproach and hurt,

like he who spends his wealth to show off to the people

and believes neither in Allah nor in the Last Day......” 2:264 Koran

“..... When they stand up to pray,

they stand up lazily,

showing off to the people

and do not remember Allah, except a little.” 4:142 Koran