resurrection القيامة
 

[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=red]T[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]he[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=red]R[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#cc0000]e[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]surrection[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=purple]The Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/CENTER]






[RIGHT][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Published by:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/RIGHT]



[RIGHT][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/RIGHT]


[CENTER][B][COLOR=purple][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Preface[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]





[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]All praise be to Allah, The Lord of The Day of Judgment, and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]may the Peace and may the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon the seal of all [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]prophets, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon his companions [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]and followers till the Day of Judgment.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]We all believe that our life has an end, and nothing is eternal ex-[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](1)[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman].[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman]cept Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/CENTER]



[CENTER][SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ * وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Whatsoever is on it (the Earth) will perish. * And the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Face of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honour, will[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]remain forever.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah Ar-Rahmaan (55):26-27][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]It is better for all of us to ponder deeply about out future and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]about our eternal life which is everlasting. We are expected to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]devote some time in this to ponder what will occur in the life[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]to come.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]The Day of Judgment is the day on which all creation will meet,[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]fully and fairly, the reward for how they conducted themselves in[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]this life. It is a day which is different from all other days. It will[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]come, sooner or later. But some questions must be raised: Are we[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]fully prepared and aware of this day? What are its signs and hor-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]rors? When will it come? What will it look like?[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Sheikh Muhammad bin 'Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him, gave a sermon describing the signs and horrors of such a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]day.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]May Allah[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]save us and make us steadfast on the right path till[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]the Day of Judgment. [/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](1) Subhaanahu wa Ta'alaa: trans. ‘Most Glorified [May Allah be exalted above[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]all what the disbelievers attribute to Him] and Most High is He’.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#cc0000]Biography[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Abu 'Abdullah, Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn Muhammad ibn[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]'Uthaymeen at-Tamimi an-Najdi was born in the city of 'Unayzah,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]in the region of al-Qaseem on 27[/B][B]"th" [/B][B]day of Ramadan, in the year[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]1347 A[/B][B].H./1926 C.E. into a religious family.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He received his religious education from many prominent school-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ars, from them Sheikh 'Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa'di, Sheikh Mu-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]hammad Ameen ash-Shinqeeti and Sheikh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Baaz. He was from among those who served Islam without any[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]type of religious prejudice and kept himself away from the limita-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]tions of blind following. He was distinguished for his great exer-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]tion in religious matters and analogical deductions. In giving reli-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]gious verdicts, like Sheikh ibn Baaz, his fataawaa (verdicts) were[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]based on evidence from the Qur'aan and Sunnah[COLOR=#333399].[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399](2) [/COLOR][/B][B]He taught reli-[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]gious fundamentals in the Faculty of Sharee'ah at Imaam Mu-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]hammad ibn Sa'ud Islamic University in al-Qaseem. He was also a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]member of the Council of Senior Scholars in [/B][B]Saudi Arabia[/B][B].[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]During the final years of his life, he suffered greatly from cancer.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]He undertook a trip to [/B][B]America[/B][B] for chemotherapy to alleviate his[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]sickness, but due to personal reasons and other circumstances, he[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]chose to forego the treatment and was admitted to King Faisal[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Specialist[/B][B]Hospital[/B][B] in Jeddah on 3 Shawwal/30 December.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]He passed away on Wednesday, the 15[/B][B]"th"[/B][B] of Shawwaal in the year[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[CENTER][SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]1421 A[/B][B].H/10 January [/B][B]2001 C[/B][B].E. at the age of 74. May Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]have mercy upon his soul, Ameen.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


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[CENTER][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](2) The Sunnah of the Prophet [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman] is that path which he followed. It could also[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/CENTER]


[CENTER][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman]denote something established to have been practiced by the Prophet [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman], con-[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]trary to bid'ah, or innovation. At other times, it used to denote ahaadeeth.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]












[CENTER][B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Introduction[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Judgment Day is just a blink away. We live and we die, and then[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]we will inevitably be resurrected. The step from death to resurrec-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]tion is indeed small, but no matter how difficult death may be,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]


[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]the Day of Resurrection is far worse. So what lies in between?[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]

[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=red]the D[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]EATH[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]





[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]by:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Ahmad ibn Roysten Boulter[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]






[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Every man has a fixed period of life given to him when he is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]born. This is called Qadar. We do not live longer or shorter than[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]this fixed period of life. When we have finished this period of life,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]the Angel of Death takes the soul from our body. This is called[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]death.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Concerning the journey of the soul after death, the following is a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]saheeh hadeeth[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](3)[/COLOR][/B][B] from the Messenger of Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399].(4) [/COLOR][/B][B]He said,[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When the believer is about to depart from this world and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]proceed to the next, angels with faces as bright as the sun[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]descend from the heavens and sit around him in throngs[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the Angel of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Death comes and sist at his head and says, “Good soul,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]come out to forgiveness and pleasure from Allah!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]His soul then emerges like a drop of water that flows from[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]a water-skin, and the angel takes hold of it. When he has[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]grasped it, the other angels do not leave it in his hand even[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]for the twinkling of an eye.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They take it and place it in a perfumed shroud, and it gives[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]off a fragrance like the sweetest scent of musk found on[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the face of the Earth.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they ascend with it, and whenever they take it past a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]company of angels, they ask, “Who is this good soul?” The[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]angels with the soul reply, “So-and-so, the son of so-and-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]so,” using the best names by which people used to call him[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and ask[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]for the gate to be opened for him.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]It is opened for him, and angels who are near Allah from[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]each of the heavens accompany him to heaven.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]U[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B] says, “Register the book of my slave in 'Illiyun[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](5)[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and take him back to Earth. I created them from it and I[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]return them to it, and I will bring them forth from it again.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]His soul is then returned to his body and two angels come[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]to him. They make him sit up and they ask him, “Who is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]your Rubb.”[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](6)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “My Rubb is Allah.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They ask him, “What is your religion?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “My religion is Islam.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They ask him, “Who is this man who was sent among[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]you?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “The Messenger of Allah.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They ask him, “How did you come to know these things?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “I read the book of Allah, believed it, and de-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]clared it to be true.”[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then a voice from on high declares, “My slave has spoken[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the truth, so spread out carpets from the Garden for him[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and open one of its gates!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then some of its fragrance and perfume reaches him, his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]grave is expanded for him as far as the eye can see, and a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]man in beautiful garments with a fragrant scent comes to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him and says, “Rejoice in what delights you, for this is the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]day which you were promised.”[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He asks, “Who are you? Yours is a face which presages[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]good.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “I am your good actions.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he says, “O Rubb, let the Last Hour come soon so[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]that I may rejoin my family and my property!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When an unbeliever is about to depart from this world and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]proceed to the next, angels with black faces descend from[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the heavens carrying a rough haircloth and sit around him[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]in throngs stretching as far as the eye can see. Then the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Angel of Death comes and sits at his head and says, “Foul[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]soul, come out to the wrath and anger of Allah!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then his soul scatters within his body and it is dragged out[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]like a skewer is pulled out of a wet piece of wool. Then the[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]angel takes hold of it. When he has grasped it, the other[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]angels do not leave it in his hand even for the twinkling of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]an eye. They take it and wrap it in a rough haircloth, and a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]stench comes out of it like the worst stench of a corpse on[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the face of the Earth.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they ascend with it, and whenever they take it past a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]company of angels, they ask, “Who is this foul soul?” The[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]angels with the soul reply, “So- and-so, the son of so-and-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]so,” using the worst names by which people used to call[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him in this world. They bring him to the lowest heaven and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ask for the gate to be opened for him, but it is not opened.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Messenger of Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] then recited,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاء وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]‘The gates of heaven will not be opened to them nor[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]will they enter the Garden until the camel passes[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]through the eye of the needle [i.e never].’[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah al-A'raaf (7):40] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Then Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]U[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]will say, “Register his book in Sijjeen[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](7)[/COLOR][/B][B] in the[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]lowest earth.” And then his soul is flung down.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]then recited,[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاء فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Whoever associates anything with Allah, it is as[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]though he has fallen the sky, and the birds snatch[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him away, or the wind sweeps him headlong into a[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]place far away.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah al-Hajj (22):31] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Then[/B][B]his soul is returned to his body and two angels come[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and say to him, “Who is your Lord?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “Alas, alas, I do not know!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they say to him, “What is your religion?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “Alas, alas, I do not know!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they say to him, “Who is this man who was sent[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]among you?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “Alas, alas, I do not know!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then a voice calls from on high, “My slave has lied, so[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]spread out carpets from the Fire and open one of its gates[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]for him!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then a hot blast from Hell-fire comes to him, his grave is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]made so narrow for him that his ribs are pressed together,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and a man with a hideous face and clothing and a foul[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]odour comes to him and says, “Grieve on account of what[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]has brought you disgrace, for this is the day which you[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]were promised.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He asks, “Who are you? Yours is a face which presages[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]evil.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replies, “I am your bad actions.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he says, “O Lord, do not let the Last Hour come!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Abu Dawud and Ibn Maajah][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](3) A narration of anything attributed to the prophet [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman], whether it be his ac-[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399]tions, statements, affirmations, or attributes. [I]Pl.[/I] ahaadeeth.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399](4) Salla Allahu alaihi sallam: [I]trans.[/I] ‘May Allah exalt him and grant him Peace’.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](5)The register in which the deeds of the righteous are inscribed.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](6) Rubb: usually translated as Lord, is one of the Names of Allah, the Provider[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and Sustainer of all that exists.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](7)The register in which the deeds of evil people are inscribed.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]

[SIZE=6]who is your god??[/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE=6][COLOR=red][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]says in His Mighty Book that He will always support His[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=red]obedient slaves:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏يُثَبِّتُ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]that stands firm in this world (i.e. they will keep on[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]worshipping Allah Alone and none else), and in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Hereafter. And Allah will cause to go astray those who[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]are Dhaalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers), and[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Allah does what He wills.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah Ibraaheem (14):27][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The hadeeth below concerns the questioning in the grave which[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]occurs as the people depart from it after burial.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Ahmad and Abu Hatim reported that Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] said,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When a deceased person is laid in his grave, he hears the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]sound of the footsteps of people as they depart. If he is a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]believer, the salaah[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](8)[/COLOR][/B][B] will stand by his head, the sawm[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](9)[/COLOR][/B][B] will[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]be to his right, zakaah[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](10)[/COLOR][/B][B] to his left, and all other good deeds[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of charity, kindness to relations, and good behaviour will be[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]by his feet.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The angels at his head will question the deceased. The sa-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]laah will say," There is no entrance through me.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he will be questioned at his right side where the sawm[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]will say, “There is no entrance through me.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he will be questioned at his left side where the zakaah[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]will say, “There is no entrance through me.” [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he will be questioned at his feet where good acts of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]voluntary charity, kindness to relations, and good behav-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]iour will say, “There is no entrance through me.” [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they will say to him, “Get up,” and he will get up.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The sun will appear to him and it will begin to set.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then they will ask, “This man who was among you, what[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]do you say about him? What is your testimony about him?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]The man will say, “Leave me alone until I pray!”[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](11)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The angels will say, “You will pray, [but first] answer our[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]question. What do you think about this man who was[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]among you? What do you say concerning him? What do[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]you testify concerning him?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The deceased will say, “I bear witness that Muhammad was[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the Messenger of Allah who brought the Truth from Al-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]lah.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The deceased will be told, “According to this you lived,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]died, and according to this you will be resurrected, if Allah[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]wills.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Then the door to [/B][B]Paradise[/B][B] will be opened for him. He will[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]be told, “This is your place in [/B][B]Paradise[/B][B] and what Allah has[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]prepared for you.”[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]At this, the desire and happiness of the deceased will in-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]crease. His grave will be enlarged seventy arms-lengths and[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]his grave will light up. His body will change to its original[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]form and his spirit will be placed in a dangling lantern by[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]the trees of [/B][B]Paradise[/B][B] in a nice breeze.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]added, “That is what is meant by the statement[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]of Allah,[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏يُثَبِّتُ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]that stands firm in this world (i.e. they will keep on[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]worshipping Allah Alone and none else), and in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Hereafter. And Allah will cause to go astray those who[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]are Dhaalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers), and[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Allah does what He wills.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah Ibraaheem (14):27] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]He [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]also mentioned the unbeliever and said,[/B][B]“His grave will[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]be compressed, so that his ribs will be crushed together.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]About this the Qur'aan says,[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكاً وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]‘But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]neither believes in this Qur'an nor acts on its teach-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ing), Verily, for him is a life of hardship and We will[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]resurrect him blind on the Day of Resurrection.’ ”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah Taa Haa (20):124] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Another hadeeth depicts the consequences faced by the unbeliev-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ers. Qataadah reported on the authority of Anas ibn Maalik that[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]the Prophet[/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] said,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When a human is laid in his grave and his companions re-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]turn and he hears their footsteps, two angels will come to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him and make him sit up. They will ask him, “What did you[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]say about this man, Muhammad [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman]?[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He will say, “I testify that he is Allah’s servant and His[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Messenger.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then it will be said to him, “Look at your place in Hellfire.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Allah has exchanged for you a place in [/B][B]Paradise[/B][B] instead of[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]added, “The dead person will see both of his[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]places.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“As for a non-believer or a hypocrite, two angels will come[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]to him and make him sit up.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They will ask, “Who was the man who was sent on a mis-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]sion among you?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He will reply, “Alas, alas! I do not know, but I used to say[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]what the people used to say!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]It will be said to him, “Neither did you know, nor did you[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]seek guidance from those who had knowledge.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then a crier will call from Heaven, “He has lied, so spread[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]a bed for him from Hell, clothe him from it, and open one[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of its doors for him.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Then he will be hit with an iron hammer between his two[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ears, and he will cry. That cry will be heard by all creation[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]except human beings and the Jinn. [Saheeh Bukhaari, Sa-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]heeh Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawood][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“I asked Abu Abdullah about the punishment in the grave.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He replied, “These are sound ahaadeeth; we believe in them[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and affirm them. We affirm everything that comes from the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] with a sound chain of narrators. If we were to[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]confirm a report as being from the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] and then re-[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ject or oppose it, we would be denying the Words of Allah,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Whatever the Messenger of Allah gives you,[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]take…”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah al-Hashr (59):7] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I asked him, ‘Is the punishment of the grave a reality?’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]He said, ‘Yes, it is a reality. People are punished in their[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]graves.’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I heard Abu Abdullah saying, ‘We believe in the punish-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ment of the grave, in Munkar and Nakeer [the two ques-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]tioning angels], and that the deceased will be questioned in[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]their graves.’”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399](8) Salaah: The prayer[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](9) Sawm or Siyaam: The Fast.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](10) Zakaah: The obligatory charity due upon Muslims who meet the required[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399]conditions.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](11) He will ask to pray because he will see that it is time for the Maghrib prayer.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]

[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#cc0000]Barzakh[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399](12)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Many sinful Muslim will also be punished in their graves due to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]their sins and disobedience. There are several ahaadeeth, espe-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]cially those concerning the ‘Night Journey’ (al-Israa'), which give[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]us a glimpse of the different types of punishments met out before[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the Day of Judgment. The hadeeth below concerns a dream of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman]. Saamura ibn Jundub reported,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Propher [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] after the prayers would turn towards us and[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ask us, “Did any one of you have a dream?” If someone[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]had, he would relate it.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Upon hearing it, the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] would say, “Whatever Al-[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]lah wills [comes to pass].”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]One day he questioned us saying, “Did any one of you have[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]a dream?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]We answered, “No.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Then the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] said, “But tonight I saw two men.[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]They came to [/B][B]me.[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](13)[/COLOR][/B][B] They held my hand and took me to the[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Holy Land[/B][B]. We came across a man lying down, and behold,[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]another man was standing over his head, holding a big[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at the man's head,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]crushing it. The rock rolled away and the thrower followed[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it and brought it back. By the time he reached the man, his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]head was restored to its normal state. The thrower then did[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]the same as he had done before.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I asked my two companions, ‘Who are these two people?’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]They said, ‘Proceed!’[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]So we proceeded and came to a man lying flat on his back[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and another man standing over his head with an iron hook.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man’s[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back of his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]neck and similarly tear his nose from front to back and his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]eye from front to back. Then he turned to the other side of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the man’s face and did just as he had done with the previ-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ous sid. As soon as he tore one side, the other side re-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]turned to its normal state. Then he returned to it to repeat[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]what he had done before.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I said to my two companions, ‘Who are these two people?’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They said to me, ‘Proceed!’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]So we proceeded and saw a hole like an oven, narrow at the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]top and wide at the bottom, and there was fire burning in[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it. In that oven, there were naked men and women, and be-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]hold! Flames of the fire were reaching them from under-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]neath. When it reached them, they would be raised high un-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]til they were close to the mouth of the oven. Then the fire[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]subsided and they went back inside it again.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I asked, ‘Who are these people?’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They said to me, ‘Proceed!’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]And so we proceeded and came to a river of blood, and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]behold! In the middle of the river there was a man stand-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ing, and on its bank there was another who had many[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]stones. The man who was in the river would try to leave,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]but the other man would throw rocks into his mouth so[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]that he would return to where he was. Every time the for-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]mer tried to leave, the latter would throw rocks into his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]mouth. Then he would return to where he was.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]I asked, ‘Who are these people?’[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They replied, ‘Proceed! Proceed!’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]We proceeded until we came to a man with a repulsive ap-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]pearance- the most repulsive appearance you would ever[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]see in a man! Beside him there was a fire which he was kin-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]dling and running around.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]I asked my companions, ‘Who is this (man)?’ [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They said to me, ‘Proceed! Proceed!’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]So we proceeded until we reached a garden of deep green[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]dense vegetation, bedecked with all sorts of spring [IMG]http://www.forsanelhaq.com/en/images/smilies/collapse_tcat.gif[/IMG]ours.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]In the middle of the garden there was a very tall man. I[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]could hardly see his head because of his great height. And[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]around him there were more children than I had ever seen[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]before.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]I said to my companions, ‘Who is this?’[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They replied, ‘Proceed! Proceed!’[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]So we proceeded until we came to a huge majestic garden,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]greater and better than I have ever seen! My two compan-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ions said to me, ‘Ascend,’ and I ascended.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]added,[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]‘So we ascended until we reached a city buit of gold and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]silver bricks. We went to its gate and asked the gatekeeper[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]to open the gate. It was opened and we entered the city.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]There we found men with one side of their bodies as hand-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]some as the most handsome person you have ever seen,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and the other as ugly as the ugliest person you have ever[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]seen.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]My two companions ordered those men to throw them-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]selves into the river. Behold, there was a river flowing[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]through the city, and its water was as white as milk. Those[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]men went and threw themselves in it and then returned to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]us after the ugliness of their bodies had disappeared and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]they turned into the best shape.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]They said to me, “This is the Jannah of 'Adn,[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](14)[/COLOR][/B][B] and this is[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]your home,” so I lifted my eyes until I saw a palace which[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]looked like a white cloud. They said to me, “This is your[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]home.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I said, “May Allah bless you, Allow me enter my house!”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They said, “Not now, You have not completed the life of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the world.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]I said to them, “I have seen many wonders tonight. What is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the meaning of all that I have seen?”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]They replied, “We will inform you. As for the first man you[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]came upon whose head was being crushed with the rock,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]he is the example of the one who studies the Qur'aan but[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]then neither recites it nor acts upon it, and sleeps without[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]offering the obligatory prayers. As for the man you came[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]upon whose mouth, nostrils, and eyes were being torn off[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]from front to back, he is the example of the man who goes[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]out of his house in the morning and tells so many lies that[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it spreads all over the world. As for those naked men and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]women whom you saw in the oven, they are the adulterers[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and the adulteresses, and the man whom you saw in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]river of blood is the usurer. As for the man by the base of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the tree, he was Abraham, and the children around him are[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Muslim] children [who died at a young age].”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The narrator added, “Some Muslims asked the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B], [/B][B]‘O[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Messenger of Allah! What about the children of pagans?’ The[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]replied, ‘And also the children of pagans.’ ”[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“And the man whom you saw near the fire, kindling it and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]circling it, is Maalik, the gatekeeper of Hell.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]added,[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]My two companions explained, “The men you saw that[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]were half handsome and half ugly were those persons who[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]had mixed good deeds with evil ones, but Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]forgave[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]them.”[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](15)[/COLOR][/B][B] [Saheeh al-Bukhaari][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](12) The name of the period of wait between a person’s death and the Day of[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399]Judgment. The life of the grave.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](13) On might mistake the con**** that the Prophet’s [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399]Israa' [Night Journey][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and Mi'raaj [Ascension to the skies and heaven] was a dream, but in fact it was[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]not, as other authentic ahaadeeth state.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](14) Ibn Mas'ood, a companion of the Prophet [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399]explained it to be the center of[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399]‘Jannah’, or [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399]Paradise[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399]. See Tafseer al-Qurtubi, Surah at-Tawbah (9):72.[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](15) In a hadeeth related by Ahmed, the two companions revealed themselves to[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]be Jibreel and Meekaa'eel.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]

[CENTER][B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Lessening the Punishment[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]However, there are several things which ameliorate such punish-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]ment. In one hadeeth, the Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]is reported to have said,[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“When a man dies no further reward is recorded for his actions,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]with three exceptions: Sadaqah[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](16)[/COLOR][/B][B] and knowledge from which[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]benefit continues to be reaped, and the supplication of a right-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]eous son for his deceased father.” [Muslim][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]This punishment and torture that we will receive is inevitable, and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]only those who are misled it.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When we die, we should always make sure we leave a written will[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]behind so that what Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]has given us in this world is dis-[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]tributed to those in need and those to whom we are in debt, and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]so we can leave this world with a clear conscience. If we cannot[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]find Muslims as executer of our will, then we should engage[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]non-Muslims.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]says in the Qur'aan[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]يِا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ شَهَادَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ آخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ الْمَوْتِ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِن بَعْدِ الصَّلاَةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِاللّهِ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ لاَ نَشْتَرِي بِهِ ثَمَناً وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى وَلاَ نَكْتُمُ شَهَادَةَ اللّهِ إِنَّا إِذاً لَّمِنَ الآثِمِينَ[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“O believers! When death approaches any one of[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]you, let two just men from among yourselves act as[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]witnesses at the time of making your last will; or[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]from the non-Muslims if you are traveling through[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the land and the calamity of death overtakes you. If[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]you doubt their honesty, detain them after prayer[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and let them both swear by Allah, ‘We will not sell[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]our testimony for any price, even to a relative, and[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]we will not hide the testimony which we will be giv-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]ing for the sake of Allah; for we shall be sinners if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]we do so.’”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah al-Maa'idah (5):106] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]When a person is in his last moments, his last words before his[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]death should be ‘Laa ilaaha ill-Allah.’[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](17)[/COLOR][/B][B] If you are present at the[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]scene of a Muslim’s last moments, you should advise him to say[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it. Do not strain him to say those words, and do not make him[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]repeat it unless he says something after it. It should be loud[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]enough that he himself can hear it. Also close his eyes in his last[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]moments and do not let them remain wide open.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]This is an example of one Muslim whom Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]helped to be[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]steadfast at the time of death. His name was Abu Zur'ah ar-Raazi,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]one of the Imams of the scholars of ahaadeeth. Abu Ja'far[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Muhammad ibn 'Ali Warraaq said:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]We were with Abu Zur'ah in Shahraan, one of the villages of[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Ar-Riyy, at the time of his death. Abu Haatim, Ibn Warraaq,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]al-Mundhir ibn Shaadhaan and others were with him. They[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]remembered the hadeeth, “Tell those who are dying to say[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]‘Laa ilaaha ill-Allah’,” but they felt too shy to tell Abu Zur'ah[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]to say it. They said “Let us mention the hadeeth.” Ibn Warraaq[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]started by conveying the chain of narrators, “Abu 'Aasim nar-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]rated on the authority of Abdul-Hameed ibn Ja'far, who told[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]us that Saalih…” and he started to say, “ibn Abi…” but he[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]could not go any further. Then Abu Haatim said, “Bandar nar-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]rated on the authority of Abu 'Aasim, who told us that Abdul-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Hameed ibn Ja'far related from Saalih…” but he could not go[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]any further, and the rest remained silent. Then Abu Zur'ah,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]whilst he was dying, opened his eyes and finished the hadeeth[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]by saying, “Bandar narrated on the authority of Abu 'Aasim,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]who told us that Abdul-Hameed related from Saalih ibn Abi[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Ghareeb, on the authority of Katheer ibn Murrah that[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Mu'aadh ibn Jabal said, ‘The Messenger or Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] said,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]‘Whoever says as his last words La ilaaha ill-Allah, will enter[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Paradise[/B][B].’ ’ ” Then his soul departed, may Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]have mercy[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]on him. [Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa', 13/76-85][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]This is what Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]says about such pious believers in the[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Qur'aan, [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Verily, those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah (Alone),’[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and then they stood straight (followed Islam truly),[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]on them the angels will descend ( at the time of their[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]death) (saying), ‘Fear not, nor grieve! But receive[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=blue]the glad tidings of [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]Paradise[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue] which you have been[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]promised!’ ”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah Fussilat (41):30] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=maroon]Du'aa:[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399](18)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]O Allah, make us among them. O Allah, we ask You to make us[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]adhere to Islam with determination and wisdom, and our final[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]supplication is Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](16) Sadaqah: Voluntary charity.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](17) Laa ilaaha ill-Allah: [I]trans.[/I] ‘There is no true deity, beside Allah’.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](18) Du'aa: To invoke Allah. Supplication.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]

[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=red]T[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]he[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=red] T[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]rials[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]of[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=blue]the[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=red] D[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]ay[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]of[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=red]J[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]udgment[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Sheikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]




[CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Translated by:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]The Islamic Propagation office in Rabwah, Riyadh, K.S.A[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]


[B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[CENTER][SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]O people! Have taqwa[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](19)[/COLOR][/B][B] and fear Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman], and think about[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]your worldly life, the Hereafter, your life, your death, your pre-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]sent and your future. Think about this worldly life, of those who[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]passed away from earlier generations, and also of those who will[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]come afterwards. Indeed, in their stories are lessons for those[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]who wish to benefit. They lived building this world; they had[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]more money, more children, were stronger and lived longer. And[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]after some time they were gone… as if they never existed. They[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]have become a part of history, and you are following in their[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]footsteps, and a similar fate awaits you.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]You will be transferred from this worldly life to the grave, having[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]been in palaces. In it, you will be alone, after being happy and[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]gathered with family. You will be alone with your deeds… only. If[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]they are good, you will be in a state of well-being, and if they are[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]not, you will be in torment until the Day of Resurrection.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]On the day when the Trumpet is blown, the dead will be raised[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]from their graves to the Rubb of all that exists; they will be bare-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]foot without shoes, naked without clothes and uncircumcised.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B]described the situation on that Day, and 'Aa'ishah[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]y[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399](20)[/COLOR][/B][B] [one of the Prophet's [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] wives] said to him, “O Messenger of[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Allah, men and women together, both looking at each other?” He[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] replied, “The situation will be too severe for them to look at[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]each other.”[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](21)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The situation will be too severe for men and women to look at[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]each other. It will be so severe that a mother will not even think[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of asking about her child, and a child will not even think of ask-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ing about his father.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَا أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَاءلُونَ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]one another.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah al-Mu'minoon (23):101] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]




[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=green]يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ * يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكَارَى وَمَا هُم بِسُكَارَى وَلَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“O Manking, Fear you Lord! Verily, the earthquake[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of the Hour (of Judgment) is a terrible thing. * The[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Day you shall see it, every nursing mother will for-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]get her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]her load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]state, yet they will not be drunk, but severe will be[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the Torment of Allah,”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah al-Hajj (22):1-2] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][On that day], there will be scared hearts and eyes cast down in[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]shame. Records and ledgers of deeds will be unveiled. The believ-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ers will receive their book in their right hand, while the disbeliev-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ers will receive their book in their left, behind their back. Who-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ever takes his book with his right hand will say with happiness[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and joy, [COLOR=maroon]“Come and read my book!”[/COLOR]Whereas the one who[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]takes his book in his left hand will say with sadness and grief, “I[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=maroon]wish that I had not received my book,”[/COLOR][/B][B] and he will long for[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]his own destruction [before he meets punishment of Allah].[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]At that time, the scales will be placed and people's deeds will be[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]measured. Whoever had done an atom’s weight of good shall see[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]it, and whoever had done an atom’s weight of evil shall see it.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] says in the Qur'aan,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئاً وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَى بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“And We shall set up balances of Justice on the Day[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with un-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]justly in anything. And if there be the weight of a[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]We as Reckoners.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah al-Anbiyaa' (21) 47] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]On that Day, crowds of people will appear in waves, one after the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]other. They will feel tremendous fear and sadness which they will[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]not be able to bear. People will call out, asking for someone to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]intercede for them with Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman]. They will go to the Prophets,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]starting with Adam [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman], Nuh [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B] (Noah), Ibraaheem[/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] (Abra-[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]ham), and Musa [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B] (Moses), and they will all apologize.[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](22)[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]After that, they will go to 'Eesaa [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] (Jesus) who will say, “I am[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]not the one that can do it. However, go to Muhammad [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman], a wor-[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]shipper whose past and future faults were forgiven.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Then they will go to Muhammad [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] and he will say with pride[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]because of Allah's [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] grace, “I am the one that can.”[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]So he [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will ask for Allah’s [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] permission, and he will then fall in[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]sujood[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](23)[/COLOR][/B][B] to Him. Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will reveal to him different ways to[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]praise and exalt Him, in ways no one knew before. Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]allow him to remain in that position as long as He wills.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]He [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will then say to him, “O Muhammad, raise your head.[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]be accepted.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]On that Day Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will come to judge between His creations[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]and will take them to account for their deeds. He [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will be alone[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]with His worshipper, the believer, addressing him of his sins until[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]he admits and confesses. Then Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will show His grace on[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]him and will tell him, “I kept your sins secret in the world and I[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]will forgive them for you today.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]On that day, Prophet Muhammad [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will be granted the ‘Hawd[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]al-Mawrood’ – the pool at which some of his Ummah will gather[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and drink. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and its fragrance is better than the scent of musk. It’s measure is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]one month in length and one month in width. Its [IMG]http://www.forsanelhaq.com/en/images/smilies/cup.gif[/IMG]s are as the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][IMG]http://www.forsanelhaq.com/en/images/smilies/stars.gif[/IMG] in the sky, numerous and sparkling. None but the believers[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]will be able to reach the Pool- the followers of the Sunnah. Who-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ever drinks from it will never feel thirst again, and the first to go[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]to the Pool will be the poor of the Muhaajiroon.[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](24)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]On that Day, the sun will descend upon people until it is only a[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]mile away. People will be sweating according to their deeds. Some[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]will sweat up to their ankles, some up to their knees, some up to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]their waists, and some will be submerged in sweat completely.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will shade with His Shade whomever He wills, a day on[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]which there will be no shade except His.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]On that Day, Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will say, “O Adam,” who will reply, “At[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]your command and what pleases you, all good is in Your Hands.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Then Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will say to Adam [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman], “Bring out the people of[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Hellfire from your descendants.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Adam [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]u[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will ask, “Who are the people of Hellfire?”[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will reply, “From every thousand take out nine-hundred[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and ninety-nine.” At that time a child's hair will turn grey.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]On that Day, the Siraat[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](25)[/COLOR][/B][B] will be set over the Infernal Fire. It will[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]be thinner than a strand of hair and sharper than a sword. Trust[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and ties of kinship will be sent forth and will stand on both sides[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]of the Siraat, right and left. People will pass on it according to [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]their deeds, Some will pass like lighting, some will pass crawling[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and some will be in between the fast and the slow.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Your Prophet [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] will be standing on the Siraat saying, “O Rubb![/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Keep (them) safe.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]On the edges of the Siraat will be hanging hooks, commanded to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]take those whom Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] orders to take. Some will be safe, bear-[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ing only scratches, but others will be piled in Hell.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]On that Day, people will be divided into two groups, one in [/B][B]Para-[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]dise and the others in the Hell-Fire.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]‏وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ * فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَهُمْ فِي رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ * وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَلِقَاء الْآخِرَةِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“And on the Day when the Hour will be estab-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]lished, -that Day shall (all men) be separated (i.e.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the believers will be separated from the disbeliev-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ers). * Then as for those who believed (in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Oneness of Allah – Islamic monotheism) and did[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]righteous good deeds, such shall be honoured and[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]made to enjoy a luxurious life (forever) in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][COLOR=blue]Garden[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue] of [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]Delight[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue] ([/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]Paradise[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=blue]). * And as for those[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]who disbelieved and belied our Ayaat (signs (proofs[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]from verses, revelations, evidence, lessons, Allah’s[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Messenger, the Resurrection, etc.) and the Meeting[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of the Hereafter, -such shall be brought forth to the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]torment (in the Hell-Fire)”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B][Surah Ar-Rum (30):14-16] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]O worshipers of Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman]! Have taqwa and be prepared for that[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]day, for without a doubt it is your fate. Although this day is so[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]serious and frightening, it will be easy for the pious believers, for[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] says,[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]



[SIZE=6][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]}[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=green]وَكَانَ يَوْماً عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ عَسِيراً[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][COLOR=green][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]{[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]



[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]“.. and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](those who disbelieve in the Oneness of Allah – Is-[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=blue]lamic Monotheism)”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][Surah al-Furqaan (25):26] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]So believein Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] and know for sure that Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] knows[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]what is in your minds, so be cautious of Him.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Du'aa:[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]O Allah, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, Knower of the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]unseen and the seen, we ask You to make us witness that You are[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Allah and that there is no true deity but You Alone, the Eternal.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]The One who begets not, nor was begotten and that there is[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]none co-equal or comparable unto to You; You have the Majesty[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and Bounty, You are the Ever-Living, the Eternal Guardian. Ease[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]for us the horrors of that Day and make us among the happy[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ones and join us with the righteous, O Allah, the Sustainer of all[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]that exists.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399](19) Taqwa: Having a shield between you and the wrath of Allah, by obeying[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399]Him and fulfilling all that He ordered and avoiding all that He forbade.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]


[SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman](20) Radi Allahu 'anhu: trans. May Allah [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman] be pleased with him/her.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]



[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399](21) Collected by Bukhaari and Muslim.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](22) Each one will state the reason why they cannot intercede on their behalf.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](23) Sujood: Prostrating in the worship of Allah.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399](24) Muhajiroon: those who migrated with the Prophet[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]r[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=#333399]from Makkah to[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399]Madinah.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT]



[FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#333399](25) Siraat: a bridge extended over Hell.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/CENTER]

[CENTER][B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Advice for Muslims[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=green][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]by Ahmad ibn Roysten Boulter[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]




[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]This booklet explains clearly what to expect on that Day on[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]which we will stand before our Lord in expectation and dread –[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]awaiting the verdict of His Judgment.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]If the Day is fearsome and dreadful for the believer whose sins[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]are relatively few, imagine how dreadful it will be for the believer,[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]whose soul is weighed down by neglect of his Deen (religion).[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]For the unbeliever, it will be the day he loses all hope.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]If you fear Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Times New Roman] and hope for His reward, you may be the one[/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of the thousand who was not picked by Adam. And if you strive[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]with your mind and heart to develop ihsaan,[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](26)[/COLOR][/B][B] then you may one[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]of those who pass the Siraat like lightening.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]The following are eight things we must do to receive Allah’s [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]Forgiveness and Mercy:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]1) Build up your good deeds; they will be a shield for[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]you.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]2) Avoid evil deeds.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]3) Do not expose your sins, nor the sins of others.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]4) Follow the Qur'aan and the Sunnah closely.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]5) Shun wealth, and give what wealth you have in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]way of Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B](as Sadaqah to the poor, or in Jihad[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and Da'wah).[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]6) Ponder on the Ayaat of Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][B],[/B] [B]and seek to know[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]and do what Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]ordains us to do.[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]7) Remember the past and remember the people who[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]disobeyed – do not tread in their footsteps.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]8) Be careful about what you do – do not act thought-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]lessly.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]We should take advantage of the time we have on Earth as an[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]opportunity to prepare ourselves for death and all that comes af-[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]ter it. Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]has told us throughout the Qur'an and Sunnah[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]how we can decrease the horrors that come after death. We can[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]say optional prayers, do optional fasts, give in charity, be kind to[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]our families, and remember Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]with tasbeeh,[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](27)[/COLOR][/B][B] tahleel,[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](28)[/COLOR][/B][B] tak-[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B]beer[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](29)[/COLOR][/B][B] and tahmeed.[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](30) [/COLOR][/B][B]We can also ask Allah [/B][/FONT][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]for forgiveness.[/B][B][COLOR=#333399](31)[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]and make du'aa frequently. Studying and reciting the Qur'aan are[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]also good deeds that can protect us from the punishment in the[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]grave and the horrors of the Day of Resurrection and Judgment.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]All of these deeds along with the love and fear of Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]will[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]help us all get closer to Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]and help make us all successful in[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]the Hereafter.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]May Allah [/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AGA Arabesque][FONT=AGA Arabesque]I[/FONT][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] [B]reward you for listening to the advice Shaykh Mu-[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]hammad ibn Saalih al- 'Uthaymeen has presented to you.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]



[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][B]Ahmad ibn Roysten Boulter[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]



[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](The Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]12 Dhul Qa'dah 1423.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


[COLOR=maroon][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](26) Perfection of deeds, in that one knows that Allah is watching him, so he[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]performs them correctly.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](27) Saying ‘Subhaan Allah’ (May Allah be exalted above what the disbelievers[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]


[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6]attribute to Him.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](28) Saying ‘La ilaaha ill-Allah’ (There is no true deity but Allah).[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](29) Saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ (Allah is the Greatest).[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](30) Saying ‘al-Hamdu lillaah’ (All praise and thanks be to Allah).[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[B][COLOR=#333399][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6](31) By saying ‘Astaghfirullah’ (I seek forgiveness from Allah).[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]