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Hadith:- Narrated ‘Ata’ bin Yazid Al-Laithi(radhiyallahu anhu): On the authority of Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu):
The people said, “O Allah’s Messenger(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?”
The Prophetﷺ said, “Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?”
They said, “No, O Allah’s Messengerﷺ.”
Heﷺ said, “Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?”
They said, “No, O Allah’s Messengerﷺ.”
Heﷺ said, “So you will see Him, like that.
Allahﷻ will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say, ‘Whoever worshipped something (in the world) should follow (that thing),’ so, whoever worshipped the sun will follow the sun, and whoever worshiped the moon will follow the moon, and whoever used to worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow those deities.
And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or its hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim is in doubt.)
Allahﷻ will come to them and say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will (deny Him and) say, ‘We will stay here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.’ So Allahﷻ will come to them in His appearance which they know, and will say, ‘I am your Lord.’
They will say, ‘You are our Lord,’ so they will follow Him.
Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)’. I and my followers will be the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day except the Apostles(may peace & blessings of Allahﷻ be upon all of them).
And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day will be, ‘O Allahﷻ, save! Save!’ In Hell (or over The Bridge) there will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa’dan (thorny plant). Have you seen As-Sa’dan? “
They replied, “Yes, O Allah’s Messengerﷺ!”
Heﷺ said, “So those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa’dan, but none knows how big they are except Allahﷻ. Those hooks will snap the people away according to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be destroyed) because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the hooks (and fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then relieved.
When Allahﷻ has finished His Judgments among the people, He will take whomever He will out of Hell through His Mercy.
He will then order the angels to take out of the Fire all those who used to worship none but Allahﷻ from among those whom Allahﷻ wanted to be merciful to and those who testified (in the world) that none has the right to be worshipped but Allahﷻ.
The angels will recognize them in the Fire by the marks of prostration (on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat up all the human body except the mark caused by prostration as Allahﷻ has forbidden the Fire to eat the mark of prostration.
They will come out of the (Hell) Fire, completely burnt and then the water of life will be poured over them and they will grow under it as does a seed that comes in the mud of the torrent.
Then Allahﷻ will finish the judgments among the people, and there will remain one man facing the (Hell) Fire and he will be the last person among the people of Hell to enter Paradise.
He will say, ‘O my Lord! Please turn my face away from the fire because its air has hurt me and its severe heat has burnt me.’
So he will invoke Allahﷻ in the way Allahﷻ will wish him to invoke, and then Allahﷻ will say to him, ‘If I grant you that, will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply, ‘No, by Your Power, (Honor) I will not ask You for anything else.’ He will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allahﷻ will demand.
So Allahﷻ will turn his face away from Hell (Fire). When he will face Paradise and will see it, he will remain quiet for as long as Allahﷻ will wish him to remain quiet, then he will say, ‘O my Lord! Bring me near to the gate of Paradise.’
Allahﷻ will say to him, ‘Didn’t you give your promises and covenants that you would never ask for anything more than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam’s son! How treacherous you are!’ He will say, ‘O my lord,’ and will keep on invoking Allahﷻ till He says to him, ‘If I give what you are asking, will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply, ‘No, by Your (Honor) Power, I will not ask for anything else.’
Then he will give covenants and promises to Allahﷻ and then Allahﷻ will bring him near to the gate of Paradise. When he stands at the gate of Paradise, Paradise will be opened and spread before him, and he will see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he will remain quiet as long as Allahﷻ will wish him to remain quiet, and then he will say, O my Lord! Admit me into Paradise.’
Allahﷻ will say, ‘Didn’t you give your covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than what you had been given?’ Allahﷻ will say, ‘Woe on you, O Adam’s son! How treacherous you are! ‘
The man will say, ‘O my Lord! Do not make me the most miserable of Your creation,’ and he will keep on invoking Allahﷻ till Allahﷻ will laugh because of his sayings, and when Allahﷻ will laugh because of him, He will say to him, ‘Enter Paradise,’ and when he will enter it, Allahﷻ will say to him, ‘Wish for anything.’ So he will ask his Lord, and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allahﷻ Himself will remind him to wish for certain things by saying, ‘(Wish for) so-and-so.’ When there is nothing more to wish for, Allahﷻ will say, ‘This is for you, and its equal (is for you) as well.”
‘Ata’ bin Yazid added: Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri who was present with Abu Huraira(may Allahﷻ have mercy on them), did not deny whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu) said that Allahﷻ had said, “That is for you and its equal as well,” Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri(radhiyallahu anhu) said, “And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu)!” Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu) said, “I do not remember, except his saying, ‘That is for you and its equal as well.'” Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri(radhiyallahu anhu) then said, “I testify that I remember the Prophetﷺ saying, ‘That is for you, and ten times as much.’ ‘ Abu Huraira(radhiyallahu anhu) then added, “That man will be the last person of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise.”
📚Sahih Al Bukhari 7437, 7438 [In-book reference: Sahih Al Bukhari Book 97 Chapter 24 Hadith 4]; Grade:Sahih; similar narrative in Sahih Al Bukhari 7439, Grade:Sahih
Only Allaah subḥānahu wa ta’āla knows the best…
Sub’hana rabbika rabbil ‘izzati amma yasifun wa salamun alal mursaleen wal’hamdulillahi rabbil aalameen♥️
May the Almighty make it easy for us to swiftly cross the siraat bridge🤲
Allaahumma ‘innee ‘as’alukal-jannata wa ‘a’oodhu bika minan-naar🤲
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
[O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and seek Your protection from the Fire.]
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