Authentic Hadith pertaining to THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT Extracted from Imam Nawawi’s Reference “The Gardens of Righteousness” translated and presented by Shaykh Ahmad Darwish, Anne (Khadeijah) Stephens Allah.com Muhammad.com Mosque.com ©1984-2012 Darwish Family. All rights reserved BOOK 49 THE RESURRECTION REPARATION FOR THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 370 “A sage asked: ‘When will the Day of Judgement come?’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, inquired: ‘What preparation have you made for it?’ The man replied: ‘The love of Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him.‘ So the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, informed him: ‘You will be with those you love.’ ‘My preparation has not been with a lot of praying, fasting or with charity, but I love Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him.’" Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related that a sage asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, this. RAISED ACCORDING TO INTENTION |H 1881 “When Allah afflicts people with His punishment it envelops all of them but they will be raised up according to their behavior in life.” Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Omar who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE RAISED FROM THE DEAD |H 117 “Everyone will be raised in the condition in which he dies.” Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. FIRST MATTER ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 1897 “The first matter human beings will be judged upon on the Day of Judgement will be the shedding blood.” Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Mas'ud who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. RESURRECTION |H 401 “People will stand (up from their tombs) for the Lord of the Worlds, some of them are immersed in their perspiration up to the middle of their ears.” Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Omar who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. PERSPIRATION ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 404 “People will perspire so much on the Day of Judgement that the earth will be saturated with it to a depth of seventy yards and people will be bridled with it once it reaches their ears.” Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. INTERCESSION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Praise and peace be upon him |H 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 THE REJECTION OF ALLAH |H 1661 “Allah, the Exalted, says: I am far above the association of associators. If any one associates another with Me in anything he does, I reject him and his act of associating anything with Me." Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. EVENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT BRINGING FORTH OF HELL |H 398 “On the Day of Judgement, Hell will be brought forward with its seventy thousand bridles. Each bridle will be pulled by seventy thousand angels.” Muslim with a chain up to ibn Mas'ud who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. SUN ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 403 “On the Day of Judgement the sun will be as close to the people as if it were only a meel away from them. Miqdad commented: ‘By Allah, I do not know what was meant by a meel - a mile or the application stick of mascara. People will perspire according to the quality of their deeds. The perspiration of some will rise to their ankles, others to their knees, some to their waist and there will be some who will be bridled by their perspiration. Thereupon the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, illustrated the matter by pointing to his mouth.” Muslim with a chain up to Miqdad who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this. QUESTIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 408 “The worshiper of Allah will remain standing on the Day of Judgement until he is questioned about his age and how he spent it; about his knowledge and what he did with it, about his wealth and the way in which he acquired it and how it was spent; and about his body and how he used it.” Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Barzah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. WITNESSING OF THE EARTH |H 409 “’On that Day it shall proclaim her news.’ 99:4 Koran. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, inquired: ‘"Do you know what its news is?’ They replied: ‘Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, know best.’ He said: ‘Its news is that it will bear witness against every man and women concerning the things they did on its back. It will say: You did this and this on such and such a day. This will be its news.” Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, recited this. THE ANGEL IS READY TO BLOW THE TRUMPET |H 410 "’How can I expand and enjoy (this life) when the Angel who will blow the Trumpet has put his lips on the Trumpet ready to blow it?’ This was heavy upon the Companions, so the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, told them to say: ‘Sufficient for us is Allah, an Excellent Guardian is He.’" Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Sa'id Khudri who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. THE GATHERING ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT |H 412 “On the Day of Resurrection people will be gathered together bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised. Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, will men and women be together and look at each other?’ He replied: ‘Ayesha the matter is so hard that it will be of no concern to them.” Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, who related that she heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this. DELIVERANCE FROM THE FIRE |H 433 “On the Day of Judgement Allah will give to each Muslim a Jew, or a Christian and will say: ‘He is your ransom for your deliverance from the Fire.’” “On the Day of Judgement there will be some Muslims who come with sins piled up as high as mountains but Allah will forgive them.” Muslim with a chain up to Abu Musa Ash'ari who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this hadith CROSSING THE BRIDGE OVER HELL |H 202 “On the Day of Judgement, Allah, the Glorified, the Exalted, will assemble mankind and the believers will stand near Paradise. They will approach Adam first and ask him: ‘Father, ask for Paradise to be opened for us.’ He will answer them: ‘Wasn't it the fault of your father that brought about your expulsion from the Garden? I am not qualified to ask for this, go to my son Abraham, the Friend of Allah.’ Then they will approach Abraham, and he will say to them: ‘I am not qualified to do this. I was the Friend of Allah a long time ago. Speak to Moses with whom Allah talked at great length.’ So they will go to Moses and he will say to them: 'I do not have what you want, go to Jesus, the Word of Allah and a (created) spirit from Him.’ He will also say: "I am not qualified to do this." Then they will come to me (Muhammad), praise and peace be upon him. I will come forward and be granted permission to intercede. Trust and kinship will be released and stand at either side of me on the right and left side of the Bridge. The first group among you will pass over the Bridge with the speed of lightning. We asked: ‘May our fathers and mothers be your ransom, what is the speed of lightning?’ He replied: ‘Haven't you seen how lightning flashes forth and back in the twinkling of an eye?’ Then, those who follow will pass over with the speed of the wind, followed by those with the speed of flying birds, followed by those with the speed of running men, according to the quality of their deeds. Your Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, will continue to stand at the Bridge, supplicating: ‘O Lord, make it peaceful, make it peaceful.’ When the worshiper's deeds become incapable the speed will slow down until a man will come who will be unable to walk, only crawl. On both sides of the Bridge will hang hooks which will attach themselves to those they are commanded to seize. Therefore they are either snatched and saved or piled up in Hell.” Abu Hurairah added: "By Him in whose Hands is the life of Abu Hurairah, the depth of Hell is equal to the traveling of seventy years!" Muslim with a chain up to Huzaifah and Abu Hurairah relate that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. THE RESULT OF HARM DOING |H 204 “Avoid doing harm. Because indeed, doing harm is darkness on the Day of Resurrection. Safeguard yourselves against miserliness, for miserliness has ruined nations before you. It incited them to murder and to treating unlawful sexual practice (fornication and sodomy) as lawful.” Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. FINAL ACCOUNT |H 205 “Allah will enforce the settlement of all that is due on the Day of Judgement. Even the wrong doing of a horned goat to a hornless goat will be settled.” Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. POSITION OF THOSE WITH GOOD MANNERS |H 1787 “The dearest of you to me and the closest of you to me on the Day of Judgement will be those who have the best manners, and the most hated to me and the farthest from me on the Day of Judgement will be the most gossipy, the most affected in speech and those who mimic speech.” Tirmidhi with a chain up to Jabir the son of Abdullah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this. THE MERCY OF ALLAH |H 87 “Adhere strictly to the faith and be steadfast; remember that no one can achieve salvation through his conduct. Someone asked: ‘Not even you, O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him?’ He replied: ‘Nor I, unless Allah covers me with His Mercy and Grace.’" Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. INDEX THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT BOOK 49 THE RESURRECTION REPARATION FOR THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT RAISED ACCORDING TO INTENTION THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE RAISED FROM THE DEAD FIRST MATTER ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT RESURRECTION PERSPIRATION ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT INTERCESSION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, praise and peace be upon him FOR ALLAH ALONE KORAN THE REJECTION OF ALLAH EVENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT BRINGING FORTH OF HELL SUN ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT QUESTIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WITNESSING OF THE EARTH THE ANGEL IS READY TO BLOW THE TRUMPET THE GATHERING ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT DELIVERANCE FROM THE FIRE CROSSING THE BRIDGE OVER HELL THE RESULT OF HARM DOING FINAL ACCOUNT POSITION OF THOSE WITH GOOD MANNERS THE MERCY OF ALLAH