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The Mention Of The One Who Will Be The First To Be Dressed At That Time

‘Aaishah % reported that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “People will be raised on the Day of Resurrection, barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised.” ‘Aaishah 4 said, “O Messenger of Allah, and what about the private parts?” He #8 said:

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The First To Be Clothed On The Day Of Resurrection Will Be Tbraaheem, Al-Khaleel

“As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it, (it is) a promise

binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it.” “Lo! From the creation, the first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Ibraaheem %&. And people from my nation will be brought, and they will be taken on the side of the left (ic. toward the Hellfire). Then I will say, ‘My companions,’ and it will be said to me, You do not know the sins they perpetrated after you.” Then I will say as the righteous slave said:

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In the narration of Al-Baihagee, Ibn ‘Abbaas .& related that the Prophet #% said, “When you will be gathered, you will be naked and barefoot.” His wife said, “Will we be looking at each other?” He & said, “O so-and-so, ‘Every man, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others.” (Al-Buhaigee)

Abu Hurairah 2 said, “The people will be raised (or gathered), and they will be barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised. They will be standing for forty years, and their gazes will be fixed on the sky. Allah will Aljamahum (bridle them) with their sweat because of the severity of their distress. Then it will be said, ‘Clothe Ibraaheem,’ and he will be clothed in two Qibiiyyahs (a Qibtiyyah is a kind of garment) from the Qibtiyyahs of Paradise. Then He will call for Muhaminad #&, and his Basin will gush forth for him: it is (as large as) the distance between Ailaa (a small sea town that is at the borderlands of Hijaaz and Sham) and Makkah. He will drink and wash. The necks of the creation will be Tagatta’at (the literal meaning of this word is ‘cut off’) from the severity of their thirst. The Messenger of Allah # said, ‘Then J will be dressed from the garments of Paradise. I will stand from or on the right of Al-Kursee (literally, the Footstool). No one from the creation will stand at that station on the Day of Judgment other than me. It will be said, ‘Ask and you will be given; intercede and your intercession will be

granted.’” A man stood up and said, “Do you desire anything for

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your parents?” He #4 said, “I will intercede for them, regardless of whether | am given or prevented, and I do not hope for anything for them.” (Related by Al-Baihagee) Al-Baihagee said, “Perhaps this is before revelation was sent down to prohibit asking forgiveness for the disbelievers and praying over the hypocrites.’”

“Alee # said, “The first to be clothed will be Al-Khaleel: in two Qibtiyyahs (a kind of garment), and then Muhammad 3 in a Hullah (a kind of garment) from the right of the Throne.” (Related by AlQurtubee) ~’Abdullah ibn Mas’ood 2 reported that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “The first to be clothed is Ibraaheem. Allah will say, ‘Clothe my Khaleel (one who is chosen for extra love; a very high ranking). Two white Reetahs (a soft, thin garment) will be brought, and he will wear them. He will then sit down, facing the Throne. Then my garment will be brought, and I will wear it. I will stand on his right, ina station that none will stand upon other than me — the first ones and the last ones will envy me for it.” Abu ‘Abdullah Al-Quradhee related this narration in Kitaab At-Tadhkirah. Jaabir # said, “The callers to prayer and the Mulabbeen (those who were making the Talbiyyah for the pilgrimage) will come out on the Day of Resurrection, with the callers te prayer making the Aadhaan and the Mulabee (singular of Mulabbeen) making the Talbiyyah. And the first to be dressed from the garments of Paradise is Ibraaheem 3A); then Muhammad #%; then the Prophets #; and then the callers to prayer.” (Related by Al-Qurtubee) Al-Qurtubee went on to mention the appropriateness of Ibraaheem 420) being given precedence in this issue. He said, “He was the first to wear Saraaweel (a kind of pants), showing extra carefulness in covering himself. Perhaps another reason is that he was stripped of his clothing on the day that he was thrown into the fire (so because of that, it is appropriate that he be dressed first on the Day of Resurrection, as a reward and honor). And Allah # knows best.”

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Its chain is good, but it is neither in Al-Musnad nor in the Books.

Umm Salamah ¥ related that she heard the Prophet # say, “People will be raised (or gathered), and they will be barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised, just as they began.” Umm Salamah %& said, “O Messenger of Allah, we will be looking at one another?’ He 2 said, “People will be occupied away from that.” She asked, “And what will be their preoccupation?” He #8 said, “The spreading out of the scrolls (of deeds); in them are atom weights (of deeds) and mustard seed weights.” (Related by Abu Bakr ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

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the sky for 40 years. Sweat will reach the feet of some of them; it will reach the ankles of others; it will reach the stomachs of yet others; and some among them will be bridled by sweat from standing so long. Then, after that, Allah will have mercy on His slaves. He will order the Mugarrabeen (chosen and close ones) Angels, and they will carry His Throne from the heavens to the earth, until His Throne is placed on a white earth — upon which no blood was spilled and upon which no wrongdoing was perpetrated. It is like white silver. Then the angels will stand, surrounding the Throne. That is the first day that an eye will see Allah, He 8 will order a caller, who will call out with a voice that is heard by Afh-Thagalaan, jinn and mankind, ‘where is so-and-so, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, son of so-and-so?” Peopl> will stretch out their necks for that voice, and the one who is called will come out from the Mawgif (station, place of gathering), and A lah will make the people to be acquainted with him. Then it will be said, ‘Let his good deeds come out with him, and Allah will make the people of the Maugif to be acquainted with those good deeds. When he will stand before the Lord of all that exists, it will be said, ‘Where are the people of Al-Mazaalim?’... It will be said to each one of them, ‘Did you wrong so and so for such and such?’ He (each one) will say, ‘Yes, O my Lord.’ And that is the day wherein their tongues, hands, and legs bear witness upon them, testifying to what they used to do. The good deeds of the transgressor will be taken and then given to the one he wronged. Then there will be neither dinar nor dirham, but rather only taking of good deeds and returning (to someone else) bad deeds. The people of Madhaalim (who were wronged) will continue to take from the good deeds of the transgressor until there remains no good deed with him; then those who remain, who did not take anything, will say, ‘Why are those other than us taking their full right when we are prevented?’ It will be said to them, ‘Do not rush.’ Then their bad deeds are taken and are returned to him, until their remains no one whom he wronged with a single act of transgression (against him). Allah will make all of the people of the Mawgif (place of the gathering) to be acquainted with that. When the accountability of the wrongdoer is finished, it will be said, ‘return to your mother, Al-Haawiyah (the Hellfire), for there is no wrongdoing today, and Allah is quick to take account.’ Because of the severe accountability that they see, every angel, sent Prophet, Siddeeq (truthful One), and. Martyr will think that he will not be saved — except he whom Allah #8 protects