To underscore the reality of the Hereafter, Allah informs us of the events that we will encounter. The Quran and the Sunnah are replete with details of these events. From the certitude and comprehensiveness with which these events are described to us, the conversations of the various actors in the events of the Hereafter are preserved.
A Plea for Judgement The first of the conversation of the Hereafter is set immediately after all creatures have been resurrected from their grave. Abu Huraira (RA) reported: Meat was one day brought to the Messenger of Allah (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) and a foreleg was offered to him, a part which he liked. He sliced with his teeth a piece out of it and said: "I shall be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.
Do you know why? Allah would gather in one plain the earlier and the later (of the human race) on the Day of Resurrection. Then the voice of the proclaimer would be heard by all of them and the eyesight would penetrate through all of them and the sun would come near. People would then experience a degree of anguish, anxiety and agony which they shall not be able to bear and they shall not be able to stand. ,Some people would say to the others: Dont you see in which trouble you are? Dont you see what (misfortune) has overtaken you? Why don't you find one who should intercede for you with your Lord? Some would say to the others: Go to Adam.
And they would go to Adam and say: O Adam, you are the father of mankind. Allah created you by His own Hand and breathed in you of His spirit and ordered the angels to prostrate before you. Intercede for us with your Lord. Dont you see in what (trouble) we are? Dont you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Adam would say: Verily, my Lord is angry, to an extent to which He had never been angry before nor would He be angry afterward.
Verily,He forbade me (to go near) that tree and I disobeyed Him. I am concerned with my own self. Go to someone else: go to Noah. They would come to Noah, (alayhi salaam) and would say: O Noah, you are the first of the Messengers (sent) on the earth (after Adam), and Allah named you as a "Grateful Servant," intercede for us with your Lord. Dont you see in what (trouble) we are? Dont you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? He would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before, and would never be angry afterwards. There had emanated a curse from me with which I cursed my people. I am concerned with only myself, I am concerned only with myself; you better go to Ibrahim (alayhi salaam).
They would go to Ibrahim and say: You are the Prophet of Allah and His Friend amongst the inhabitants of the earth: intercede forus with your Lord. Dont you see in which (trouble) we are? Dont you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Ibrahim would say to them: Verily,my Lordis today angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards, and (Ibrahim) would mention his lies (and then say): I am concerned only with myself, I am concerned only with myself. You better go to someone else: go to Musa, They would come to Musa (alayhi salaam) and say: O Musa, you are Allah's Messenger.
Allah blessed you with His messengership and His conversation amongst people. Intercede for us with your Lord. Dont you see in what (trouble) we are? Dont you see what (misfortune) has overtaken us? Musa (alayhi salaam) would say to them: Verily, my Lord is angry as He had never been angry before and would never be angry afterwards. I, in fact, killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill. I am concerned with myself. I am concerned with myself You better go to Isa (alayhi salaam).
They would come to Isa and would say: O Isa, you are the messenger of Allah and you conversed with people in the cradle, (you are) His Word which He sent down upon Mary and (you are) the Spirit from Him; so intercede for us with your Lord. Dont you see (the trouble) in which we are? Dont you see (the misfortune) that has overtaken us? Isa (alayhi salaam) would say: Verily, my Lord is angry today as He had never been angry before or would ever be angry afterwards. He mentioned no sin of his.
(He simply said:) I am concerned with myself, I am concerned with myself; you go to someone else: better go to Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa sallam). They would come to me and say: O Muhammad, you are the messenger of Allah and the last of the Prophets. Allah has pardoned you all your previous and later sins. Intercede for us with your Lord; dont you see in which (trouble) we are? Dont you see what.(misfortune) has overtaken us? I shall then set off and come below the Throne and fall down prostrate before my Lord; then Allah would reveal to me and inspire me with some of His Praises and Glorifications which He had not reveqled to anyone before me.
He (Allah) would then say: Muhammad, raise your head; ask and it would begranted; intercede and intercession would be accepted.I would then raise my head and say: O my Lord, my people, my people.It would be said: 0 Muhammad, bring in by the right gate of Paradise those of your people who would have no account to render.They would share with the people some other door besides this door. The Prophet then said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, verily the distance between two door leaves of the Paradise is as great as between Makkah and Hajar, or as between Makkah and Basra. (Muslim)
Anas bn Malik (RA) reported: We were in the company of Allahs Messenger (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) that he smiled and said: Do you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best.Thereupon he said: It was because of the (fact that there came to my mind the) talk which the servant would have with his Lord. (on the Day ofjudgment). He would say: My Lord. have you not guaranteed me protection against injustice?He would say: Yes.Then the servant would say: I do not deem valid any witness against me but my own self. and Allah would say: Well.
Enough would be the witness of yourself against you and that of the two angels who had been appointed to record your deeds.Then the seal would be set upon his mouth and it would be said to his hands and feet to speak and they would speak of his deeds. Then the mouth would be made free to talk. he would say (to the bands and feet): Be away, let there be curse of Allah upon you. It was for your safety that I contended. (Muslim) An-Najwa (Private Conversation) This is the conversation that will transpire between Allah and His righteous salve at the plane of judgement.
Narrated Safwan bin Muhriz Al-mazini: While I was walking with Ibn Umar holding his hand. a man came in front of us and asked. What have you heard from Allahs Messenger about An-Najwa?" Ibn Umar said. "I heard Allahs Messenger saying. Allah will bring a believer near Him and shelter him with His Screen and ask him: Did you commit such-and-such sins? He will say: Yes, my Lord.
Allah will keep on asking him till he will confesses all his sins and will think that he is ruined. Allah will say: "I did screen your sins in the world and I forgive them for you today, and then he will be given the book of his good deeds". Regarding infidels and hypocrites (their evil acts will be exposed publicly) and the witnesses will say: These are the people who lied against their Lord. Behold! The Curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers. (11.18) (Bukhari).
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