Part 77

The Two Haafizs, Al-Bazzaar and Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa related the above narration through a different chain. In another narration, ‘Ubaidullah ibn Abee Al-Gharraar said, “At the Balance, there is an angel; after the slave’s deeds are weighed, that angel will call out, ‘Lo! The Balances of so-and-so, son of so and so, are heavy, and he has become happy with such a happiness that he will never again be wretched after it. (Or in the other case) Lo! The Balances of so-and-

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so, son of so-and-so, are light, and he has become wretched with a wretchedness, after which he will never again be happy.” ‘Abdullah ibn Al-Mubaarak related this narration.

Hudhaifah # said, “The one (entrusted) to the Balance on the Day of Resurrection is Jibreel. Some wil] return (good and bad deeds) to others, for there is neither gold nor silver on that day. So the good deeds of the transgressor will be taken, and if he doesn’t have good deeds, he will take from the bad deeds of the one who was wronged, so that they will be returned to the transgressor.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

Abul-Ahwas said, “The Quraish boasted and were proud in front of Salmaan ., and Salmaan # said, “But I was created from filthy sperm, then I will end up being a decomposed corpse. Then the Balance will be brought, and if my Balances are heavy, then I am honorable. And if they are light, then 1 am ignoble.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

Abul-Ahwas said, “Do you know from what one is saved? If the Balance of a slave is heavy, an announcement will be made in a gathering that consists of the first ones and the last ones: Lo! So and so, son of so and so has become happy with a happiness after which he will never again be wretched. And if his Balance is light, this announcement will be called out: Lo! So-and-so, son of so-and-so has become wretched with a wretchedness after which he will never again be happy.”

Sho’bah related that ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood - said, “For people at the Balance there is argumentation and crowding.”

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And the angels will say, ‘O Our Lord, who will be weighed with this?’ He 48 will say, ‘Whomsoever J please from My creation.’ They will say, ‘O our Lord, we have not worshipped You as You truly deserve to be worshipped.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

“And We shall set up balances of justice on the day of Resurrection’

Commenting on this verse: Hammaad ibn Ibraaheem said, “The deeds of a man will be brought and will be placed in the pan (scale) of his Balance. Then something like a Ghumnamah (cloud) or Sihaab (cloud) will be brought in abundance, and will then be placed on another pan in his Balance, and they (his bad deeds) will be outweighed in his Balance. Then it will be said, ‘Do you know what this is? This is knowledge that you learned, and that you taught to the people, which they then knew and practiced after you.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

Ibn Mas’ood & said, “People will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection. So he, whose good deeds are more than his bad deeds by one, enters Paradise. And he, whose bad deeds are more than his good deeds by one, enters the Hellfire.” He 2 then recited the saying of Allah #&: othe nee eg eee 4 oh Shope atte ve Hie BB 5 0 GAUL A SSE ye CF oe “Then, those whose scale (of good deeds) are heavy, they are the successful. Then those whose scale (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their ownselves, in Hell they will abide.’?1 He # then said, “Indeed the Balance is either light or outweighs by the weight of a mustard seed (ie., this is how exact and how just the weighing will be).”” Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa related this narration.

Al-Hasan said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah # will mention

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three reasons to Adam, saying, ‘O Adam, had I not cursed the liars and had I not hated lying and the oath, I would have had mercy on your progeny today because of the severity of what I prepared for them in terms of punishment. But the saying from Me becomes true for he who rejected My Messengers and disobeyed My command: I shall fill the Hellfire with them all (i.e. those who disbelieved, etc.). O Adam, know that J will not punish with the Hellfire anyone from your progeny and I will not make to enter the Hellfire anyone except for he who, based on My prior knowledge - were he returned to the world, he would return to a greater state of evil than he was upon, but he will not return. O Adam, today you are just between Me and between your progeny, so stand at the Balance, and look at what is raised to you from their deeds. He, whose good outweighs his evil by the weight of a tiny ant, then for him is Paradise, so that he knows that I do not punish except every transgressor.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

Abee Umaamah -% related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “On the Day of Resurrection, a group of people will stand and block the horizon — their light is like the light of the sun. And it will be said to the illiterate Prophet, and every Prophet will try to know about in, ‘Muhammad and his nation.’ Then ancther group will stand and block the horizon; their light will be like the light of the moon on the night of the full moon. It will be said to the illiterate Prophet, and every Prophet will try to know about it, ‘Muhammad and his Nation.’ Then the Lord, Most Blessed and Exalted will come and say, ‘This is for you from Me, O Muhammad. This is for you from Me, O Muhammad.’ Then the Balance is placed, and the taking of the accounts begins.”’ (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

The Sayings Of The Scholars Regarding The Tafseer Of The Balance That Will Exist On The Day Of Resurrection

Al-Qurtubee related from some that the Balance has two huge pans: were the heavens and the earth to be placed in one of them, it would have enough space for them. As for the pan of good deeds, it is light. And as for the other (pan), it is darkness. The Balance is erected

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“And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance. In order that you may not transgress (due) balance. And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient") Here, “And He has set up the Balance,” means jastice: Allah 4% ordered His slaves to deal with justice in their dealings with one another. As for the Balance that is mentioned to weight the worth (of deeds), there are Mutawaatir narrations concerning it, as you have seen, and the meaning of that Balance is clear from the Quran. “And those whose scales (of good deeds) are heavy... And those whose scales of (good deeds) are light’: this can only refer to something that is tangible.

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On The Day Of Resurrection, The Balance Is Not For Every Single Individual

Al-Qurtubee said, “The Balance is a reality, though it is not (applicable) to every person, which is proven by the saying of Allah

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"The Mujrimun (polytheism, criminals, sinners) will be known by

their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks

and their feet’?] And the Prophet 2 said, “Allah 8% will say, ‘O Muhammad, admit (into Paradise) from your Nation he who has no Hisaab (taking of accounts) upon him from the Al-Baab Al-Aymin (the Right Door), and they (this category of people) are partners with the people in the other (doors of Paradise).”” And the Ahaadeeth about the 70,000 who will enter Paradise without Al-Hisaab (being called upon for accountability) are Mutawaatir. This necessitates, however, that their deeds will not be weighed, and this requires further study, and Allah #% knows best. The happy, successful ones may have their deeds weighed, even though their good deeds outweigh the bad ones, and that is to demonstrate their honor before all who are present and to give a kind of tribute to their happiness and to their being saved. As for the disbelievers, their deeds will be weighed, even if they have no good deeds to help them, to be in contrast with their disbelief, and that is to demonstrate their wretchedness and to expose them in front of all created beings. It is related in a hadith that, “Allah does not wrong anyone even for a single good deed.” As for the disbeliever, He 3% feeds him for his good deeds in the world, until he comes to Allah, without having a good deed remaining that he should be rewarded for, In A-Tadhkirah, Al-Qurtubee chose the view that a disbeliever may come with an act of charity or an act of joining ties with relatives, so that his punishment is lightened for him. He mentioned the case of Abu Taalib, for he is placed in a shallow part of the