Lu'lu' wal-Marjan

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the people asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked in response, “Do you have any doubt in seeing the moon on the night of the full moon when there are no clouds near it?” The people replied, “No, O Messenger of Allah!” Then he asked, “And do you have any doubt in seeing the sun when there are no clouds near it?” The people replied, “No, O Messenger of Allah!” Then he said, “You will see your Lord in the same way. The people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, then Allah, the Exalted, will say, ‘Let everyone follow what they used to worship.’ So, many people will follow the sun, many will follow the moon, and many will follow idols. This Ummah will remain, and among them will be hypocrites. Then Allah, the Exalted, will come to them in a form different from what they know and will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ The hypocrites will say, ‘We will stay here until our Lord comes; when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.’ Then Allah, the Exalted, will come to them in the form they recognize and will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, ‘Indeed, You are our Lord.’ Then Allah, the Exalted, will call them, and the bridge (Sirat) will be set up over the middle of Hell. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘I will be the first Messenger to cross it with my Ummah. On that day, no one will be able to speak except the Prophets, and even the Prophets will only say, “O Allah, keep me safe! O Allah, keep me safe!” In Hell, there will be hooks like the thorns of Sa‘dan. Have you seen the thorns of Sa‘dan?’ The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, ‘Yes.’ (The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said,) ‘They will be like the thorns of Sa‘dan, but none knows their length and size except Allah, the Exalted. These hooks will seize people according to their deeds. Many will be destroyed because of their deeds, and many will be torn to pieces. Then they will be saved. From among the people of Hell, Allah, the Exalted, will show mercy to whomever He wills, and will command the angels to bring out those who used to worship Allah alone. So, they will bring them out, and they will be recognized by the marks of prostration. Allah, the Exalted, has forbidden the Fire to consume the marks of prostration. So, when they are brought out of Hell, the Fire will have consumed all of their bodies except the marks of prostration. When they are out of Hell, they will be completely burnt, so the water of life will be poured over them, and they will grow as a seed grows in the silt left by a flood.’ Then Allah, the Exalted, will finish judging between the servants, but one man will remain between Paradise and Hell. He will be the last person from Hell to enter Paradise. His face will be turned towards Hell, so he will say, ‘O my Lord, turn my face away from Hell, for its stench has poisoned me and its blaze has burnt me.’ Allah, the Exalted, will ask, ‘If I grant you this, will you ask for anything else?’ The man will say, ‘No, by Your Majesty,’ and he will make promises to Allah as much as Allah wills. Finally, Allah, the Exalted, will turn his face away from Hell. When he turns towards Paradise and sees its beauty, he will remain silent as long as Allah wills, then he will say, ‘O Allah, bring me near to the gate of Paradise.’ Allah, the Exalted, will ask, ‘Did you not make a covenant that you would not ask for anything else?’ The man will say, ‘O my Lord, I should not be the most miserable of Your creation.’ Allah, the Exalted, will say, ‘What guarantee is there that if I grant you this wish, you will not ask for anything else?’ The man will say, ‘No, by Your Honor, I will not ask for anything else.’ So, he will make covenants and promises to his Lord, and he will be brought to the gate of Paradise. When he reaches the gate and sees the vastness, freshness, and joys of Paradise, he will remain silent as long as Allah wills, but then he will say, ‘O Allah, admit me into Paradise.’ Allah, the Exalted, will say, ‘Woe to you, O son of Adam! How treacherous you are! Did you not make a covenant that you would not ask for anything more than what I have given you?’ The man will say, ‘O Lord, do not make me the most miserable of Your creation.’ Allah, the Exalted, will laugh and permit him to enter Paradise. Then He will say, ‘Ask, what is your wish?’ So, he will present his wishes before Allah, the Exalted, and when all his wishes are fulfilled, Allah, the Exalted, will say, ‘Ask for such and such, and such and such more.’ Allah, the Exalted, Himself will remind him, and when all his wishes are fulfilled, He will say, ‘You have been given all this and as much more besides.’

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that we said, "O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon when the sky is clear?" We said, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then you will have no difficulty in seeing your Lord, just as you have no difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon." Then he said, "A caller will call out: 'Let every nation go with what they used to worship.' So the worshippers of the cross will go with their cross, the worshippers of idols will go with their idols, and the worshippers of all false gods will go with their false gods (just as the worshippers of graves will go with those graves, and those who worship tazias, flags, and banners will go with them). Only those will remain who used to worship Allah sincerely. Among them will be both righteous and sinful Muslims, and some remnants of the People of the Book will also remain. Then Hell will be brought before them, shining like the sand of a plain (which from a distance appears like water). Then it will be asked of the Jews, 'Whom did you worship?' They will say, 'We used to worship 'Uzair, the son of Allah.' They will be told, 'You are liars. Allah has neither a wife nor a son. What do you want?' They will say, 'We want water, that we may be given to drink.' They will be told, 'Drink.' They will walk towards that shining sand, thinking it is water, and then they will be thrown into Hell. Then it will be said to the Christians, 'Whom did you worship?' They will reply, 'We used to worship the Messiah, the son of Allah.' They will be told, 'You are liars. Allah had neither a wife nor a child. Now what do you want?' They will say, 'We want to be given water to drink.' They will be told, 'Drink.' (They too will be driven towards that shining sand) and they too will be thrown into Hell, until only those remain who used to worship Allah sincerely, both righteous and sinful Muslims. They will be asked, 'Why are you standing here when all the people have gone?' They will say, 'We parted from them in the world at a time when we were in great need of their worldly benefits, and we have heard a caller announce that every nation should go with what they used to worship, and we are waiting for our Lord.' It is narrated that then Allah, the Compeller, will come to them in a form different from the one in which they first saw Him and will say, 'I am your Lord.' The people will say, 'You are our Lord.' And on that day, none will speak except the Prophets. Then He will ask, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say, 'The Shin (Sāq).' Then Allah will uncover His Shin, and every believer will fall in prostration before Him, except those who used to prostrate for show and fame; they will also try to prostrate, but their backs will become like a board (stiff). Then they will be brought to the Bridge. We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah! What is the Bridge?' He said, 'It is a slippery place where one may fall. On it are hooks, tongs, and wide thorns, their heads bent like the thorns of Sa'dan found in the land of Najd. The believers will pass over it as quickly as the blink of an eye, like lightning, like the wind, like swift horses and mounts. Some will be saved unharmed, and some will be scorched by the fire of Hell but will escape, until the last person will crawl across it.' You people today demand your rights from me, but on that day the Muslims will demand and plead with Allah even more. And when they see that some of their brothers have been saved, they will say, 'O our Lord, our brothers used to pray with us, fast with us, and do other (good) deeds with us (so save them from Hell).' So Allah, the Exalted, will say, 'Go and bring out whoever has faith in his heart equal to a gold coin.' So they will bring out those whom they recognize. Then they will return, and Allah, the Exalted, will say, 'Go and bring out whoever has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a particle.' So they will bring out those whom they recognize. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said (about this), 'If you do not believe me, then recite this verse: "Indeed, Allah does not wrong even the weight of a particle; and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it..." (An-Nisa 4:40).' Then the Prophets, the believers, and the angels will intercede, and the Lord will say, 'Now only My intercession remains.' So Allah, the Pure, will take a handful from Hell and bring out people who have become like charcoal, then He will throw them into a river at the edge of Paradise, which is called the River of Life. They will sprout forth from its banks as vegetation sprouts from the debris of a flood. You have seen this scene on the edge of a rock or a tree: that which is exposed to the sun grows green, and that which is in the shade grows white. Then they will come out shining like pearls. After that, a seal will be placed on their necks (that these are the freed slaves of Allah), and they will be admitted to Paradise. The people of Paradise will call them 'the freed ones of the Most Merciful' (the slaves freed by the Merciful Allah). Allah has admitted them to Paradise without any deed that they did or any good that they performed, and it will be said to them, 'You will have whatever you see and as much again.' (These will be the sinful, non-practicing people of this Ummah.)