Part 85

In a narration related by Abu Dharr 4 from the Prophet #8, Allah a says about a man, “Present to him his minor sins and leave the major ones.” “It will be said td him, ‘Do you deny anything from this?’ He will say, ‘No,’ and he is afraid lest his major sins be presented to him. Then Allah 4¥ will say, ‘Indeed, we have changed

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for you in the place of every sin a good deed.’ He will say, ‘O my Lord, I have indeed perpetrated sins that I do not see here?” And the Messenger of Allah #% Iaughed until his front teeth appeared. (Muslin)

We have previously related the hadith of Najwaa, which is related by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar a: “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will bring the slave near, and will then place His cover over him. And He 4@ will make him acknowledge his sins, until when. he thinks that he has been destroyed, Allah will say to him, ‘T covered them for you in the world, and I forgive them for you today.’ And he will be given his major good deeds in his right (hand).””

Al-Waleed ibn Muslim related from ‘Uthmaan ibn Abee Al-’Aatikah (or someone else), who said, “Whoever is given his book in his right (hand) will come with a book, the inside of which will contain his sins, and the surface of which will have his good deeds. Then it will be said to him, ‘Read your book.’ He will read the inside and be

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stricken by what is in it in terms of his sins. When he reaches the end of it, he reads in it, ‘These are your sins: I have covered them for you in the world, and I have forgiven them for you today.’ “The witnesses,” or he said, “The people of the gathering will envy him for the good they read on the surface of his book. They will say, ‘This one has become happy.’ Then he is ordered to switch it over and read what is on its surface. Allah will transform the sins that were on the inside, making them good deeds. That person will read his good deeds until he comes to the last of them. Then Allah will say, ‘These are your good deeds, and J have accepted them.’ It is at that time that he says to the people of the gathering:

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“Here! Read my Record! “Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my

Account!’T3 He then said, “And whoever is given his book from behind his back will take it with his left. Then it will be said to him, ‘Read your book.’ He will then read his book, the inside of which contains his good deeds, and the surface of which contains his bad deeds. The people of the gathering will read it (i.e. the surface of his book), and they will say, “This one is destroyed.’ When he will come to the last of his good deeds, it will be said, ‘These are your good deeds, and 1 have already returned them to you.’ Then he will be ordered to switch it over, and he will read his evil deeds until he comes to the end of them. At that point, he will say to the people of the gathering,

Coll KE o Be SO LS hI > “wish that I had not been given me Record! “And that I had never

known what my Account is! “Would that it had been my end (death)! “My wealth has not availed me’?!

lbn Abee Dunyaa related this narration. Al-Hasan related that the Messenger of Allah £% said, “The son of

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Adam will be brought on the Day of Resurrection as if he is a Badhij — Badhij is a baby sheep. Then his Lord will say to him, ‘Where is that which I had bestowed upon you? Where is that which I had put in your possession? Where is that which J gave to you?” He will say, ’O my Lord, I gathered it and invested it, and | have left it in a greater amount than it had ever been,’ He $% will say, ‘What did you give forth from it (ie. charity)?” He will look and will not see anything that he gave forth...” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

In another narration, Anas Tbn Maalik % related the same from the Prophet #%, but with the addition, “He will say, ‘O my Lord, return me (to the world), and I will come to You with it all.’ If he were returned, he would not give anything, He is then taken to the Hellfire.” Allah #@ said:

aoe iat ect Ke as eae way dp Ss GIES Sp cat b> € ane “And truly, you have come unto Us alone (without wealth, companions or any thing else) as We created you the first time. You have left behind you all that which We had bestowed on you,” In a hadith related in sahih Muslim, the Messenger of Allah 28 said, “Ibn Adam will say, ‘My wealth’ And do you really have anything from your wealth except for that which you ate and consumed, that which you attired yourself with and wore out, or that which you gave in charity and left to remain. As for anything

other than that, it is departing and being left for the people.” Allah % said:

“He says (boastfully): “I have wasted wealth in abundance!” Does

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About his knowledge — what did he do with it? About his wealth — from where did he earn it? And on what did he spend it?” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa) And Allah knows best. Makhool related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “O Ghareem, O Abu Ad-Dardaa, how will it be with you when it is said to you on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Did you know or were you ignorant” If you say, ‘I knew,’ then He will say, ‘What did you do with that which you knew?’ And if you say, ‘I was ignorant,’ it will be said, ‘Then-what was your excuse for that which you were ignorant of (ie., what was your excuse for being ignorant?)? Should you not have learned?” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa) It has been related through another chain as a saying of Abu Ad-Dardaa is. And Allah knows best.

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “For every treacherous person a banner will be raised on the Day of Resurrection at his anus, and it will be said, ‘This is the treachery of so and so, son of so and so.” (Bukhaaree)

Abu Ad-Dardaa 4 related that the Messenger of Allah #8 said, “On the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and the names of your fathers, so (choose) good names.” (Related by Abu Bakr Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

Abu Hurairah related that the Prophet #% said, “The earth will bring out its treasures (Aflaadhu-Kabidiha). Then the thief will pass by and say, ‘For this my hand was cut.’ Then the killer will come and say, ‘For this I killed.’ Then the one who broke off ties with his relatives will come and say, ‘For this I cut off ties from my relatives.’ ‘Then they will all leave it, not taking anything from it.” (Related by Al-Bazzaar)

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