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“And (all) faces shall be humbled before Allah %, Al-HayyulQayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists). And he who carried (a burden of) wrong doing (i.e. he who disbelieved in Allah $8, ascribed partners to Him, and did deeds of His disobedience), will be indeed a complete failure (on that Day). And he who works deeds of righteousness, while he is a believer (in Islamic Monotheism), then he will have no fear of injustice, nor of any curtailment (of his reward)" This means that no wrong will be done to him: one’s good deeds will not be decreased in the least, nor will one carry the burden of another man’s deeds.

Allah #% will first issue judgment not for man or jinn, but for animals. That animals will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection is proven by Allah’s Saying:

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“There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that

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flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered’)

And Allah 4 said:

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“Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan i related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “The hornless (beast) will exact retribution form the horned (beast) on the Day of Resurrection.” (Related by ‘Abdullah ibn AlImam Ahmad)

Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “Rights will be given to its possessors on the Day of Resurrection, to the degree that a hornless sheep will exact retribution from a horned sheep by butting it.” (Akad) Though Muslim did not relate this hadith, its chain fulfills his conditions.

In another narration, Abu Hurairah 4s related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Retribution will be exacted for the creation, some from the others — even for the hornless (animal) from the horned (animal), and even for the tiny ant from the tiny ant.” (Ahmad) Abu Dharr .# related that the Messenger of Allah was sitting down, when two sheep were being fed. One butted the other, and Ajhadathaa (i.e. harmed it). The Messenger of Allah #% laughed, and it was said to him, “What is making you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?” He 3% said, “I was amazed at it: for by the One Who has my soul in His Hand, retribution will be exacted for it on the Day of Resurrection.” (Related by ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad)

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Allah #8 passed by two sheep that were butting one another, and he 2% said, “Allah will indeed judge for this hornless one on the Day of Resurrection against this horned one.”

Thaabit ibn Zareef related that he once asked permission to enter upon Abu Dharr 4, and heard him say in a loud voice, “Lo! By Allah, were it not for the Day of Dispute, I would have done harm to you.” Thaabit said, “I entered and said, ‘What is the matter with you, O Abu Dharr...’”” Abu Dharr ¢ said, “By the One Who has my soul in His Hand,” or he said, “By the One Who has the soul of Muhammad in His Hand, the sheep will be asked regarding it butting its companion, and the inanimate object will be asked regarding it harming (or pricking) the finger of a man.” (Related by Al-Qurtubee in his Tadhkirah)

Abu Hurairah # said, “One day, the Messenger of Allah #% stood among us, and he mentioned the taking of booty (spoils of war) in a treacherous manner before its distribution (ie., the distribution of the Ameer — the one in authority — to the people); he #8 gave great significance to it and to its matter. He 8 then said, “Let me not find one of you, coming on the Day of Resurrection, and on his neck is a camel that has a Rughaa (sound that a camel makes), saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help me.’ [I will say, ‘I have no control whatsoever regarding you from Allah: I did indeed convey to you (that you must not wrongfully take from the booty).’ Let me not find one of you on the Day of Resurrection, coming, and on his neck is a sheep that has a Thughaa (sound of a sheep), saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help me’ And | will say, ‘I have no control whatsoever in your matter from Allah: I did convey to you.’ Let me not find one of you, coming on the Day of Resurrection, and on his neck is a horse that has a Hamhamah (sound of a horse), saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help me.’ I will then say, ‘I have no control whatsoever in your matter from Allah: I did indeed convey to you.’ Let me not find one of you, coming on the Day of Resurrection, and on his neck is a soul that has a shouting, and then he (ie. the one that has a soul on his neck) says, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help me.’ Then I will say, ‘T have no control whatsoever in your matter from Allah: I did indeed convey to you.’ Let me not find one of you, coming on the Day of Resurrection with the quiet one (i.e. gold and silver, which he took unlawfully; they are quiet, as opposed to animals and people that make sounds), and then he will say, ‘O Messenger of Allah, help

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me.’ And I will say, ‘I have no control whatsoever in your matter from Allah: | did indeed convey to you.” (Ahmad)

And we have already mentioned the following hadith, which is related by Abu Hurairah : “There is no owner of camels who does not pay their Zakaal, except that he is thrown onto a flat, vast land, and then is tread upon by their Akhfaaf (feet of camels); each time the last of them passes by him, the first one comes over him again.” He @ then related the rest of the hadith, which was about cows and sheep. These Ahaadeeth, along with the verses, prove that all animals will be resurrected as well.

And the following is from the hadith of the horn, which we have hitherto related: “Then Allah will judge between his creation, except for At-Thagalain — mankind and jinns, So He # will judge between beasts and livestock, to the extent that the hornless (animal) will exact retribution from the homed (animal). When that is finished with, and there remains no right for one upon another, Allah 4% will say to them (to the animals): Be you all dust. At that point, the disbeliever will say, “Alas! Would that I were dust!”

Abu ‘Umar related that Al-Joonee said, “On the Day of Resurrection, when the animals will see the children of Adam, witnessing a group from them breaking off from before Allah, heading towards Paradise, and a group heading towards the Hellfire, they (the animals) will call out: O children of Adam, all praise is for Allah, Who has not made us like you today - with no Paradise that is hoped for and no punishment that is feared.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

In At-Tadhkirah, Al-Qurtubee related the following account from Abu Al-Qaasim Al-Qushairee: “The beasts and livestock will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, and they will perform a prostration to Allah. The angels will say, “This is not a day of prostration, but rather it is a day of reward and punishment,’ Then they will say to the livestock, ‘Indeed, Allah did not gather you for reward or punishment, but rather He only gathered you in order for you to testify to the scandals (transgressions, etc.) of the children of Adam,” Al-Qurtubee mentioned that, after the animals will be gathered and their accounts (regarding the exacting of retribution, etc.) are taken, they will return to being dust, and then that dust will be thrown into the faces of the wicked-doers from the children of Adam. And that is the Saying of Allah 3:

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The First Matter That Will Be Judged Upon On The Day Of Resurrection Will Be Blood (ie. The Shedding Of Blood)

The following is mentioned in the hadith of the horn: “Then Allah will judge between the slaves (of Allah). The first matter that He will judge is in (matters pertaining to) blood (i.e. the shedding of blood, killing).” And this is what will occur on the Day of Resurrection. After Allah 3% completes the settlement between animals, He # will then begin to rule between His slaves. Allah # said:

“And for every Ummah (a community or a nation) there is a Messenger; when their messenger comes, the matter will be fudged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged’)

The First Nation To Have Their Account Taken On The Day Of Resurrection Is The Nation Of Muhammad 2

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them before the (rest of the) creation.”

Tbn ‘Abbaas .# related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “We are the last of the nations and the first to be held accountable. It will be said, ‘Where is the illiterate nation and its Prophet?’ Therefore we are the last ones (last ones to come in this world) and the first ones (on the Day of Resurrection).” And Allah 4% knows best.