WE ARRIVED IN THIS WORLD NAKED &
DEPART SHALL WE, NAKED!
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THURSDAY 13TH DHUL QIDA 1439 AH– 26th JULY 2018 CE
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيم
Bismillah
Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum
Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu.
Alhamdulillah, nahmaduhu wa nasta’inuhu wa nastahdiihi
wanastaghfiruhu. Wa na’uzubillahi min shururi anfusina, wa minsayyi’aati
‘a’maalina. Man yahdihillahi fala mudhillallah waman yudhlil fala haadiyalah.
Wa nash-hadu alla ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa nash-hadu anna
Muhmmadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu.
Praise be to
Allaah, we praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge with
Allaah from the evil of our own selves and from our evil deeds. Whomsoever
Allaah guides cannot be misled, and whomsoever He leaves astray cannot be
guided. I bear witness that there is no god except Allaah alone, with no
partner or associate, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and
Messenger (sallalahu alaihi wa salaam).
يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا
تَفۡعَلُونَ (٢) ڪَبُرَ مَقۡتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُواْ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
(٣)
‘’O
ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not? Grievously odious is it in the
sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not.’’ (Holy Quran chapter 61: 2-3)
وَلَا
تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ
كُلُّ أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولاً۬ (٣٦)
And
do not occupy yourself with what you have no knowledge of. The hearing, and the
sight, and the brains—all these will be questioned. (Holy Quran Chapter 17:36).
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَہِدَ عَلَيۡہِمۡ سَمۡعُهُمۡ وَأَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ وَجُلُودُهُم
بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ (٢٠) وَقَالُواْ لِجُلُودِهِمۡ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡنَاۖ
قَالُوٓاْ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ۬ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمۡ
أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ۬ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ (٢١)
At length, when they reach the
(Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their skins will bear witness against
them, as to (all) their deeds. They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye
witness against us?" They will say: "Allah hath given us speech― (He)
Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto
Him were ye to return. (Holy Quran Chapter 41:20-21)
PREAMBLE
Don't think
your value is related to how much you have amassed. Never judge your self-worth
by your net worth(Leader, King, Rich, knowledgeable etc.). You came into this
world with nothing (at birth were you clothed?) & you’re not taking
anything material out of it (When you are lucky and put in a grave; would you
take all your possessions with you?). Life’s not about the wealth you’ve
acquired. It’s about the bonds you’ve forged (faith, beliefs, taqwa etc) and
especially with your Creator to start with.
The path to
life is not conquest of money, but victory over evil, baking our 'ever
demanding devil's mind' to the path of reality, oneness, warmth, love and
compassion.
Of what use is
our life with riches & no one around and how does it profit a man to gain
the whole world and lose his soul?
THE GATHERING OF MANKIND AND THE ANIMALS
What can you say
about how people will look following the Resurrection? Will people will be
wearing their clothes or not? Will the animals be resurrected after death or
not?
Allaah calls
the Day of Resurrection the Day of Gathering because Allaah will gather His
slaves, mankind and the jinn. Allaah says:
إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَةً۬ لِّمَنۡ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلۡأَخِرَةِۚ
ذَٲلِكَ يَوۡمٌ۬ مَّجۡمُوعٌ۬ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٲلِكَ يَوۡمٌ۬ مَّشۡهُودٌ۬ (١٠٣)
“Indeed in that
(there) is a sure lesson for those who fear the torment of the Hereafter. That
is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that is a Day when all
(the dwellers of the heavens and the earth) will be present”[Hood 11:103]
قُلۡ
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأَخِرِينَ (٤٩) لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ
إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوۡمٍ۬ مَّعۡلُومٍ۬ (٥٠)
“Say (O
Muhammad): (Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times.
All will surely
be gathered together for appointed Meeting of a known Day”[al-Waaqiyah
56:49-50]
إِن ڪُلُّ
مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّآ ءَاتِى ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ عَبۡدً۬ا (٩٣) لَّقَدۡ أَحۡصَٮٰهُمۡ وَعَدَّهُمۡ عَدًّ۬ا (٩٤) وَكُلُّهُمۡ ءَاتِيهِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ فَرۡدًا (٩٥)
“There is none
in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Gracious (Allaah) as a
slave.
Verily, He
knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting.
And everyone of
them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or
protector or defender)”[Maryam 19:93-95]
وَيَوۡمَ
نُسَيِّرُ ٱلۡجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَارِزَةً۬ وَحَشَرۡنَـٰهُمۡ فَلَمۡ
نُغَادِرۡ مِنۡہُمۡ أَحَدً۬ا (٤٧)
“And (remember)
the Day We shall cause the mountains to pass away (like clouds of dust), and
you will see the earth as a levelled plain, and we shall gather them all
together so as to leave not one of them behind”[al-Kahf 18:47]
Also included
in this gathering are the animals. Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said:
“As for the
animals, they will all be gathered by Allaah, as is indicated by the Qur’aan
and Sunnah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
وَمَا
مِن دَآبَّةٍ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا طَـٰٓٮِٕرٍ۬ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيۡهِ إِلَّآ
أُمَمٌ أَمۡثَالُكُمۚ مَّا فَرَّطۡنَا فِى ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ مِن شَىۡءٍ۬ۚ ثُمَّ
إِلَىٰ رَبِّہِمۡ يُحۡشَرُونَ (٣٨)
‘There is not a
moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings,
but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto
their Lord they (all) shall be gathered’[al-An’aam 6:38]
(٤) وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ (٥)
‘And when the wild beasts are gathered together’[al-Takweer
81:5]
وَمِنۡ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ۬ۚ
وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمۡعِهِمۡ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ۬ (٢٩)
‘And among His
Ayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.) is the creation of the heavens
and the earth, and whatever moving (living) creatures He has dispersed in them
both. And He is All-Potent over their assembling (i.e. resurrecting them on the
Day of Resurrection after their death, and dispersion of their bodies) whenever
He wills’[al-Shoora 42:29]
The word idha
(translated here as when or whenever) refers to something that will inevitably
come to pass. And there are many well-known ahaadeeth on this topic. On the Day
of Resurrection Allaah will gather the animals, and the scores among them will
be settled. Then it will be said to them, “Be dust!” and they will become dust.
وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٲبَۢا (٤٠)
At that point
the kaafir will say, “Would that I were dust!” (al-Naba’ 78:40 – interpretation
of the meaning). Whoever says that they will not be brought back to life is
making a serious mistake, indeed he is misguided or is a kaafir. And Allaah
knows best. Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/248
Ahmad (20534)
narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) was sitting, and two sheep locked horns, and one of them
butted the other and defeated it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) smiled, and it was said to him, “Why are you smiling, O
Messenger of Allaah?” He said, “Because of the sheep. By the One in Whose hand
is my soul, it will settle its score with the other on the Day of
Resurrection.”
Ahmad Shaakir
said, its isnaad is hasan and unbroken.
Muslim (2582)
narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “All rights will be restored on the Day of
Resurrection, until even the hornless sheep will settle its score with the one
that has horns.”
Al-Nawawi said:
This clearly
indicates that the animals will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, and
that they will be brought back to life like human beings who are accountable,
and like children and the insane and those who were not reached by the call of
Islam. This is what is indicated by the Qur’aan and Sunnah. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ (٥)
“And when the
wild beasts are gathered together”[al-Takweer 81:5]
If something is
stated in a shar’i text, and there is no rational or shar’i reason not to
interpret it according to what it appears to mean, then it must be taken at
face value. The scholars said that it is not a condition of the gathering or
the resurrection that there should be reward or punishment. With regard to the
hornless sheep settling their scores with those that have horns, this is not
the retaliation that comes with accountability, because they are not
accountable. Rather it is simply settling the scores. And Allaah knows best.
People will be
gathered on the Day of Resurrection barefoot, naked and uncircumcised. It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You will be gathered
barefoot, naked and uncircumcised.” Then he recited, “As We began the first
creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We
shall do it” [al-Anbiya’ 21:104 – interpretation of the meaning]. Then he said:
“The first one to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Ibraaheem. Some
people from among my followers will be taken away towards the left and I will
say, ‘My followers, my followers!’ He will say, ‘They kept turning back on
their heels after you left them.’ And I will say what the righteous slave said:
‘And I was a
witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were
the Watcher over them; and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great
admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world).
If You punish
them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are
the All-Mighty, the All-Wise’ [al-Maa’idah 5:117].”
(Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 3349)
It was narrated
that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘You will be gathered
barefoot, naked and uncircumcised.’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, men and
women will be looking at one another?!’ He said, ‘The situation will be so
terrible that that will not concern them.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6527)
And it was
narrated in the hadeeth that people will be resurrected in the clothes in which
they died. It was narrated that when Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri was dying, he called
for new clothes and put them on, then he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘The deceased will be
resurrected in the clothes in which he died.’” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 3114;
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1671).
This hadeeth
may seem to contradict the hadeeth quoted above, which says that they will be
resurrected naked. The scholars reconciled between the two reports by noting
the following points:
1- That they
will be raised in those garments but they will wear out after the resurrection,
and when they reach the place of standing they will be naked.
2- They will be
raised naked then when the Prophets and Siddeeqs etc have been clothed,
everyone else will be clothed in the same kind of clothes as those in which
they died.
3- Some of the
scholars interpreted this hadeeth as referring to the martyrs (shuhada’),
because they are the ones whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) commanded should be buried in the clothes in which they died, so they
will be resurrected in their clothes in order to distinguish them from others.
4- What is
meant by clothes is righteous deeds, as in the verses (interpretation of the
meanings)
“and the
raiment of righteousness, that is better”[al-A’raaf 7:26]
“And purify
your garments”[al-Muddaththir 74:4]
What is meant
by a person being resurrected according to what he was doing when he died is
that if his final action was good, then it will be good (for him) and if it was
bad then it will be bad (for him). This is indicated by the hadeeth of Jaabir
who said: “I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say,
‘Every person will be resurrected in the manner that he died.’” (Narrated by
Muslim, 2878)
And Ibn ‘Umar
(may Allaah be pleased with him): “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘When Allaah sends down punishment upon a people,
the punishment also befalls those who were among them, then they will be
resurrected according to their deeds.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7108).
This is also
indicated by the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) who
said: “Whilst a man was at ‘Arafah, he fell from his mount and broke his neck
(or it broke his neck). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said, ‘Wash him with water and lotus leaves, and shroud him in two garments,
but do not apply perfume or cover his head, for he will be raised on the Day of
Resurrection reciting the Talbiyah.’” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1265).
And it was
narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “Every wound that the Muslim receives for the sake of Allaah
will appear on the Day of Resurrection as it was at the time when it was
inflicted; blood will be flowing from the wound and its color will be that of
blood but its smell will be the fragrance of musk.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
237).
Hence it is
mustahabb to encourage one who is dying to say Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, so that
these good words will be his last words in this world and he will be raised
saying them on the Day of Resurrection.
See Fath
al-Baari, 11/383
The people will
be gathered on that Day on another earth, one that is different from this
earth, with specific features that are explained in the Sunnah. It was narrated
that Sahl ibn Sa’d said: “I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) say, ‘The people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection on
reddish white land like a pure loaf of bread (made from pure fine flour).” Sahl
or someone else said, “It will have no landmarks for anyone (to make use of).”
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6521)
‘Afra’
(translated here as reddish) means white that has a hint of redness; or it was
said that it is intensely white; or it was said that it means pure white. A
pure loaf of bread means a loaf that is made from pure flour that is
unadulterated.
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