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Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudree 2 said, “We said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord?’ He #€ said, ‘Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun when the sky is clear?’ We said, ‘No.’ The Prophet #% then said, “Then you will indeed have no difficulty in seeing your Lord, except as you find difficulty in seeing it (i.e. the sun on a clear day). Then a caller will call out, ‘Let each people go to what they used to worship.’ The people of the cross will go with their cross; the people of the idols will go with their idols; and the people of each god will go with their gods, until only those who used to worship Allah remain, both the righteous from them and the wicked from them, along with the remainder from the people of the Book. Then the Hellfire will be brought, being presented as if it is a mitage. Then it will be said to the Jews, ‘What did you used to worship?’ They will say, ‘We used to worship ‘Uzair, the son of Allah.’ It will be said, “You have lied: Allah has neither a female companion nor a son. And what is it that you want?’ They will say, ‘We want You to give us drink.’ Then it will be said, ‘Drink,’ and they will fall into Hell. Then it will be said to the Christians, ‘What did you used to

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worship?” They will say, ‘We used to worship Al-Maseeh ibn Maryam.’ It will be said, ‘You have lied: Allah has neither a female companion nor a son, Then it will be said, ‘And what do you want?” They will say, “We want You to give us drink.’ It will be said, ‘Drink, and then they will fall into Hell, until only those will remain who used to worship Allah ‘Azza We-Jall (to Him belongs Might and Majesty), including the righteous and wicked (from them). Then it will be said to them, ‘What is holding you back, when the people have went” They will say, ‘We have parted from them, and we are in most need of Him today. And we heard a caller call out: Let each people go to what they used to worship, and we are waiting for our Lord (Allah) ##'Azza We-Jall (to Him belongs Might and Majesty). Then the All-Mighty ‘Azza We-Jall (to Him belongs Might and Majesty) will come to them in an appearance other than the one they know (or recognize). He will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, “We seek refuge in Allah from you. This is our place until our Lord comes to us, until our Lord comes to us, when we will know (or recognize) Him.’ Then Allah will come to them in the form that they know (or recognize), and not in the form that they saw Him upon the first time. Then He will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, "You are our Lord.’ None shall speak to Him except for the Prophets. It will be said, ‘Between you and Him, is there a sign by which you know” They will say, ‘The Shin.’ Allah @s will reveal His Shin, just as Allah 4% said: ” (Remember) the day when the Shin shall be laid bare (i.e. the day of Resurrection)“

“And every believer will perform prostration to Him. He wilt remain who used to perform prostration for Allah in order to be seen and heard (for show). He will go to prostrate, but his back will remain like a single piece (a single piece which does not bend). Then the bridge will be brought, and will be placed over the Hellfire... (Then those who will cross it will intercede for their brothers), saying, ‘O our Lord, our brothers who used to fight with us, fast with us, and do (good) deeds with us.’ Then Allah will say, ‘Go, and in whoever’s heart you find Eemaan equal to the weight of a tiny ant,

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then take him out’ And Allah forbids their Suwar (faces) to the Hellfire. Some of them are submerged into the Hellfire until their feet; others are submerged until the middle of their legs. They will take out those they know and will then return. Then Allah will say, ‘Go, and in whoever's heart you find (Eemaan) equal to the weight of a dinar, then take him out.’ Then they will take out those who they know...” Abu Sa’eed 4 said, “If you do not believe me, then recite if you will:

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“Then the Prophets, the angels, and the believers will intercede. Then the All-Mighty ‘Azza Wa-Jall (to Him belongs Might and Majesty) will say, ‘There remains My intercession.’ He # will praba handful and take out people who were confined. They will be thrown in a river at the mouth of Paradise; it is called the River of Life. They will grow at its side just as a seed grows on top of the flood (or stream or flowing river, etc.) — you have seen it at the side of a rock or at the side of a tree. Whatever from it is facing the sun is green, and whatever from it is facing the shade is white. They will come out as if they are pearls, Then Allah will put stamps in their necks, after which they will enter Paradise. The people of Paradise will say, ‘These are the freed ones of the Most-Merciful. Allah made them enter Paradise with no deed that they performed and no good that they had sent forth.’ Then it will be said to them, ‘For you is what you see and that which is like it.” (Bukhaaree)

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah 4 asked about the passing (over the bridge), and the Prophet # said, “...Then the nations will be called by their idols and by that which they used to worship, in sequence beginning with the first. Then our Lord will come to us after that and say, ‘Who are you waiting for?’ They will say, ‘We are waiting for our Lord.’ He 4g will say, ‘Tam your Lord.’ They will say, ‘(We do not accept that) until we see You.’ Then He 8 will appear to them, and He 8 will be laughing. He will take them, and they will follow Him. Each person from them, both the hypocrite and the believer, will be given light that he will follow. On the bridge of the

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Hellfire there are hooks and thorns of iron, taking whomsoever Allah wills. Then the light of the hypocrites will be put out, and then the believers will be preserved. As for the first group that is saved, their faces are like the moon on the night of the full moon; they are 70,000 (in number), and no account will be taken of them. Then as for those who follow them, they are brighter than the brightest star in the sky... Then the intercession will begin, and they will intercede until he will come out of the fire who said, ‘Laailaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), and he has goodness in his heart that is equal to the weight of a small hair. They will be placed in the courtyard of Paradise, and the people of Paradise will spray water on them, until they will grow like the growing of the seed in the flowing (of a flood or stream). The fear of one (of them) will go away. Then he will ask until the world and along with it ten that are equal to it are given to him.” (Muslim)

Hudhaifah related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Allah will gather the people, and the believers will stand until Paradise is brought near for them. Then they will go to Adam and say, ‘O our father, ask for the gates of Paradise to be opened for us." He will say, ‘Did anything other than the mistake of your father, Adam, cause you to leave Paradise? I am not the one for that, go to Ibraaheem, Khaleel (one who is given extra special love; a very high ranking with Allah, which Allah grants to whomsoever He pleases) of Allah’ Then Ibraaheem will say, ‘1 am not the one for that...betake yourselves to Moosa #4.’ Then Moosa will say, ‘I am not the one for that, go to “Besa, Allah’s Word (“Bel” — and he was) and a spirit (Rooh) created by Him.’ Then ‘Fesa will say, ‘Tam not the one for that.” “Then they will go to Muhammad, who will then stand, and permission will be given to him, The Trust and the Mercy will be sent and they will stand at the two sides of As-Siraat (the path), on its right and on its left. You will be made to go over it like lightning.” Abu Hurairah te said, “Be my mother and father be sacrificed for you, how does lightning go by?” He # said, “Do you not see lightning, how it passes and returns in the blinking of the eye? And (some) will pass the passing of the wind; then like the passing of rain and of a journey (fast racing); their deeds will make them flow, and your Prophet is standing upon the Siraat (path over the Hellfire), saying, ‘My Lord, rescue (deliver), My Lord, rescue (deliver), until the deeds of the slaves will not be able (to make them advance forward) — until a man comes and is not able to