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This is known as the The Great Intercession thats unique for the ummah of Muhamad
IN the confusion and terror of the resurrection plain, people will remember the prophets who were sent to them, and will wonder if those men can intercede for them before Allah to relieve them of the horrors which are afflicting them.
In the long Hadith of the Intercession, narrated by Bukhari, Muslim and others, we are told that people will go first to Adam ‘alayhis-alam, the father of mankind, and reminding him of his dignified status, will ask him to intercede before Allah. He will reply,
“My Lord is angry today such as He has never been before, nor will He ever be [so angry] ever again. Indeed, He forbade me from the tree, but I disobeyed. My self! My self! My self [am I concerned for]! Go to someone else. Go to Noah.”
They will then go to Noah, reminding him of his status as the first messenger to mankind, and put the same request before him. He will also decline, mentioning his worry over the fact that he had been given a single supplication which was guaranteed to be answered, but that he had used it against his people. He will send them to Abraham ‘alayhis-salam, who will also decline in the same way, mentioning that he had told three lies.
In the same manner, people will go to Moses, who will decline due to his having killed a man in error. Jesus ‘alayhis-salam will also decline their request, although he will not mention any sin. It should be noted that the ‘sins’ mentioned by the Prophets as the reasons why they are afraid to intercede before Allah are sins only in relative terms; ie they were permissible deeds which were merely not the best choices for the circumstances in question, but due to the extreme piety of the prophets, they regard these incidents as severe.
Finally, they will come to Muhammad
(Sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi was-sallam), and say,
“O Muhammad! You are the Messenger of Allah, and the Last of Prophets; Allah forgave you your former and latter sins, so intercede for us before Allah; do you not see what [situation] we are in? Do you not see what has come to us?”
Then, the Prophet
will get up, go and prostrate beneath the ‘Arsh, and glorify Allah with unique praises. He will be told,
“O Muhammad! Ask, that you may be given, and intercede that your intercession may be granted!”
The Prophet
will ask for intercession, and the first intercession he requests will be to relieve all people of the terrors of the Resurrection Plain. This is refferred to as the Great Intercession, since it encompasses all of mankind, and as we have seen it is exclusive to the Prophet Muhammad
.
This dignified position of intercession is the Praiseworthy Station, which the Qur’an mentions will be granted to the Prophet on that day.
“Surely, your Lord will raise you up to a Praiseworthy Station.” [
(17) Al-Isra, 79] Ibn Jareer al-Tabari reports in his tafseer,
“That [ie the Praiseworthy Station] is the place that Muhammad will take on the Day of Resurrection, to intercede for people in order for their Lord to relieve them of the severity they will be experiencing on that day.”
The Exposure
Mankind will be exposed before their Lord.
“And they shall be exposed before their Lord in ranks.” [(18) Al-Kahf, 48].
The Prophet
Said,
“Mankind will be exposed three exposures on the Day of Resurrection. The [first] two exposures shall be disputation and excuses, but at the third [exposure], the scrolls [of deeds] will be distributed, and then some will take them in their right hands, others in their left.” [Narrated by Tirmidhi]
So, the first time, people will dispute with one another: the weak with the tyrants who hindered them from faith, the tyrants responding that they are, in the final analysis, not to blame, for each individual believes or disbelieves by his/her own conscious decision.
The disbelievers will deny that prophets came to them. At the second exposure, people will acknowledge their wrongs, and will seek excuses. With the third exposure, the books of deeds will be distributed amongst them. Receiving the book in the right hand signifies success, while receiving it in the left hand or behind one’s back signifies failure.
“O makind! You are striving in your deeds towards your Lord and [towards] meeting Him. Then, as for he who is given his book in his right hand shall be reckoned an easy reckoning, and he shall return to his family members in joy. And, as for the one who is given his book in his left hand, he shall call for destruction, and shall taste of a blazing fire.” [(84) Al-Inshiqaq, 6-12]
The Questioning
“Then, by your Lord, We shall surely question them all, about what they used to do.” [(15), Al-Hijr, 92-93]
“Then, We shall surely question those to whom were sent (messengers), and We shall surely question the Messengers.” [Al-A’raf, 6].
The people will be questioned about whether messengers came to them, and how they responded to them. The messengers themselves will be questioned about whether they conveyed the message.
Belief in the questioning and reckoning of the Hereafter instills a sense of responsibility and accountability in the Muslim. He must be constantly watching over his heart and his deeds, and must be prepared to forego those fleeting, ephemeral pleasures of this world which are available to him on the path of sin.
He must be prepared to undergo some suffering and hardship in the temporary abode, in order to avoid the inescapable consequences of evil in the Hereafter.
He must fear standing before his Lord if he desires safety on that ghastly day. Allah, the Mighty, the Majestic has said in the Hadith Qudsi,
“By My Might! I shall not combine for My servant two lives of fear, nor two lives of surety.” [Narrated by Ibn Hibban].
People will be questioned, on the Day of Judgment:
1. About faith: “You will be asked about ‘Laa ilaaha illallaah’” [Narrated by Tirmidhi]
2. About Salah: “The first thing which the servant will be questioned about on the Day of Resurrection will be his salah. If it is in order, then he shall have prospered and succeeded, while if it is impaired, then he shall have failed and be ruined.” [Narrated by Tirmidhi]
3. About those under their care: “O believers! save yourselves and your families from a Fire, whose fuel is mankind and stones.” [(66), Al-Tahreem, 6] “Every one of you is a guardian, and every one of you will be asked about those in his care. The man is a guardian over his family, and will be questioned about those in his care. The woman is a guardian over her husband’s house, and will be questioned about that in her care. The servant is a guardian over his master’s property, and will be questioned for that in his care.” [Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim]
4. About the bodily organs: “Do not follow that which you have no knowledge of; (your) hearing, sight and hear – you will be questioned about all of them.” [(17), Al-Isra, 36]
5. About delight: “Then, you shall be questioned on that day about delight.” [(17), Al-Isra, 36]
6. About intentions: “Whoever desires the life of the world and its adornment, We shall repay their deeds to them in it, and they will not suffer any short payment therein. they are those for whom there is nothing but the Fire in the Hereafter. In vain shall be that which they wrought therein, and null shall be that which they used to do.” [(11) Hud, 15]
In a long hadith narrated by Muslim, we are told that the men whose cases shall be judged first on the Day of Resurrection shall be a man who was martyred, a man who acquired knowledge and taught it and who recited the Qur’an and a man to whom Allah had been generous and given many varieties of wealth.
These men will acknowledge Allah’s favours upon them, and will claim that they did these deeds for His sake. They will be exposed as liars, for they did not do these deeds for the sake of Allah. The man who was martyred had been fighting in order to be called brave, the scholar or reciter of the Qur’an had acted thus in order to gain a reputation as such, and the philanthropist had sought recognition as a generous person. Since deeds are according to their intentions, these people received what they had sought through these deeds, and so they will not receive reward for them on the Day of Judgment. Hence, they will be dragged into Hell.
7. There are four questions which everyone must face: “The feet of a servant will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he has been questioned about [four things:] his life – how he spent it, his knowledge – how he acted upon it, his wealth – where he earned it and how he spent it, and his body – how he used it.” [Narrated by Tirmidhi]
The Reckoning
“To Us shall be their coming, then with Us shall be their reckoning.” [(88) Al-Takweer, 25-26]
People will be brought to account for their deeds, as well as for their resolved intentions.
“When two Muslims encounter one another with their swords, the murderer and the murdered shall be in the Fire.” [Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim]
The murdered individual is also in the Fire because he was intent on killing his companion. However, out of Allah’s grace, we are excused for fleeting thoughts which we do not consciously entertain or sustain, nor verbalise.
“Allah does not task a soul beyond its scope.” [(2) Al-Baqarah, 286]
The Prophet
has said,
“Allah has forgiven my ummah for those things which their hearts whisper to them.” [Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim]
There will be some who will enter heaven without reckoning. In the hadith narrated by Muslim, the Prophet
says:
That the nations of all the prophets were exposed to him. He saw some Prophets with only one or two people, or their family members with them (ie no-one else had believed in them).
Then, he saw a huge crowd, and thought that was his ummah. Jibreel alayhis-salam told him that it was actually the ummah of Moses alahis-salam, but he indicated to him a larger crowd which stretched from one horizon to the other, and told him that this was his ummah.
He
said,
“and with them are 70,000 who shall enter heaven without reckoning or punishment. They are those who do not use charms, nor seek them from others, nor draw omens, but rely upon their Lord.”
Martyrs of the battlefield will also be exempted from the reckoning. “While the servants are standing at the place of reckoning, a [group of] people will come with their swords on their backs dripping blood, and they will assemble at the gate of Heaven. It will be asked, ‘Who are these?’ whereupon it will be said, ‘They are the martyrs; they were alive, receiving sustenance.’” [Narrated by Tabarani]
