Part 47

“O mankind! Fear your Lord and be dutiful to Hirt! Verily, the earthquake of the Hour (of judgment) is a terrible thing. The Day you shall see it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop her load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken state, yet they will not be drunken, but severe will be the Torment of Allah’ gee Beg Be he Bete nce a 335 YO ABb TwBO ab Us o Rah cay iy) 2% 0 EH Ms Sho Uy JM 6 0 bs SN

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of milk) but he will not taste it. And the Hour will indeed arrive when one is plastering his basin, but he will not drink from it. And the Hour will indeed arrive when one raises food to his mouth but he will not taste it.” (Bukhaaree)

This applies to what is before the blowing of the terror, so that blowing is here referred to as the Hour, and that is because it is from its early stages. We have previously related the hadith in which it is mentioned that the people of the end of times are the worst of people and upon them the Hour will arrive.

In the previous hadith of the horn that is related by Ibn Raafai’, it is mentioned that the sky will be cleft asunder between the blowing of the terror and the blowing of the swooning away; also, the stars will scatter, and the sun and the moon will be eclipsed. What is apparent ~ and Allah knows best — is that this will be after the blowing of the swooning away. Allah & said:

“On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will be the heavens, and they (all creatures) will appear hefore Allah, the One, the Irresistible, And you will see the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.) that Day bound together in fetters; (Muqarranun in fetters; mean: — with their hands and feet tied to their necks with chains.) Their garments will be of pitch, and fire will cover their faces.” (Quran 14:48-50)

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"So, when the sight shall be dazed, and the moon will be eclipsed, and the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light, etc.) On that Day man will say: “Where (is the refuge) to flee?” No! There is no refuge! Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day. On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil or good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions). Nay! Man will be a witness against himself (as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds). Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds)" We will later on establish that all of this will occur after the blowing of the swooning away. As for the shaking of the earth and its splitting that will result from that shaking and the fleeing of the people to its different regions, it is appropriate that that will all occur after the blowing of the terror but before the blowing of the swooning away. Mentioning the believer from Fir’aoun’s family, Allah $ said:

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“O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)! Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both Ginn and men) deny? There will be sent against you smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?” We have hitherto related the hadith of Abu Shuraihah Hudhaifah ibn Usaid, a hadith that is related in Musnad Ahmad, sahih Muslim, and the Four Suntan. In it, the Messenger of Allah #% said, “Indeed, the Hour will not arrive until you see ten Signs.” He then began enumerating them until he #4 said, “And the last of them is a fire them will emerge from the floor of ‘Adn; it will steer people to the place of gathering.” This fire will steer those who are present and alive at the end of times, steering them from all regions of the earth to the land of Ash-Sham (Gyria and surrounding areas), the land of the gathering.

The Mention Of The Fire And How It Will Gather The People To Ash-Sham

Abu Hurairah . reported that the Messenger of Allah # said, “The people will be gathered upon three groups; they will be hopeful and fearful. There will be two on a camel, three on a camel, and ten ona camel. The fire will gather the rest of them. It will be with them in the day wherever it is they take their noon nap, and it will spend the night with them wherever it is they spend the night.” (Bukhaaree and Muslim)

in the narration of Ahmad, ‘Abdullah ibn Salaam # asked the Messenger of Allah #8 about the first Signs of the Hour. He 28 said, “A fire that will gather the people from the east to the west.” (Alimad)

On The Day Of Resurrection People Will Be Gathered Into Three Categories

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people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, and they will be of three kinds: a category that will walk, a category that will ride, and a category that will (move) on their faces.” The Companions 2 asked, “O Messenger of Allah 4%, and how will they walk on their faces?” He #% said, “Indeed, the One Who made them walk on their legs is capable of making them walk on their faces. With their faces they will shield themselves from every high place and every thorn.” (Ahmad)

Abu Shuraihah Huzaifah ibn Usaid Al-Ghaffaaree # reported that he heard Abu Dharr Al-Ghaffaaree -% recite this Verse:

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and passing on their faces, and they will be displayed before Allah. And upon their mouths will be Al-Fidaam (a covering, which in this instance is meant to prevent them from speaking).” (Ahmad)

The phrasing of the previous narrations indicates that the gathering referred to is the gathering of those who are present when the world comes to an end. The place of gathering for them will be the land of Ash-Sham (Syria and surrounding areas), They will be of three categories; a group will be gathered, fed, and clothed, and they will be upon mounts; a group will be walking sometimes and riding sometimes, They will take turns riding on a single mount, as has been mentioned in Bukhaaree and Muslim. There will be two on a camel, three on a camel, and ten on a camel; this means that they will take turns riding because there will be few mounts. And the fire will gather the rest of them, and it is that fire which will emerge from the floor of ‘Ad’n. It will encompass the people from behind them, and it will steer them from all directions to the land of the gathering. As for those who remain behind from them, the fire will eat them, This all goes to prove that these occurrences will take place at the end of this world, when peopte will eat and drink, and when they will ride on level mounts and other mounts as well. That the fire mentioned occurs at the end of this world is further proven by the fact that the fire will destroy those who remain behind. If all of that were indeed for after the blowing of the resurrection, there would not remain death, a aount that travels, eating or drinking, or even clothing for the ‘Arasaat. What is indeed bewildering is that after having related most of these Ahaadeeth, Al-Haafiz Abu Bakr AlBaihagee said the aforementioned riding refers to the Day of Resurrection. He mentioned the following proof to support his opinion: