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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “(There will be) two Paradises of silver and all the utensils and whatever is therein
(will be of silver); and two Paradises of gold, and its utensils and whatever therein (will be of gold),
and there will be nothing to prevent the people from seeing their Lord except the Cover of Majesty
over His Face in the Paradise of Eden (eternal bliss).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a tent and said to them, “Be patient till you
meet Allah and His Apostle, and I will be on the lake-Tank (Al-Kauthar).

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) offered his Tahajjud prayer, he would say, “O Allah, our Lord! All the praises
are for You; You are the Keeper (Establisher or the One Who looks after) of the Heavens and the
Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is
therein. You are the Truth, and Your saying is the Truth, and Your promise is the Truth, and the
meeting with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth. O Allah! I
surrender myself to You, and believe in You, and I put my trust in You (solely depend upon). And to
You I complain of my opponents and with Your Evidence I argue. So please forgive the sins which I
have done in the past or I will do in the future, and also those (sins) which I did in secret or in public,
and that which You know better than I. None has the right to be worshipped but You.”

We said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of
Resurrection?” He said, “Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun
and the moon when the sky is clear?” We said, “No.” He said, “So you
will have no difficulty in seeing your Lord on that Day as you have no
difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon (in a clear sky).” The
Prophet then said, “Somebody will then announce, ‘Let every nation
follow what they used to worship.’ So the companions of the cross will
go with their cross, and the idolators (will go) with their idols, and
the companions of every god (false deities) (will go) with their god,
till there remain those who used to worship Allah, both the obedient
ones and the mischievous ones, and some of the people of the
Scripture. Then Hell will be presented to them as if it were a mirage.
Then it will be said to the Jews, “What did you use to worship?’ They
will reply, ‘We used to worship Ezra, the son of Allah.’ It will be
said to them, ‘You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son.
What do you want (now)?’ They will reply, ‘We want You to provide us
with water.’ Then it will be said to them ‘Drink,’ and they will fall
down in Hell (instead). Then it will be said to the Christians, ‘What
did you use to worship?’They will reply, ‘We used to worship Messiah, the son of Allah.’ It
will be said, ‘You are liars, for Allah has neither a wife nor a son.
What: do you want (now)?’ They will say, ‘We want You to provide us
with water.’ It will be said to them, ‘Drink,’ and they will fall down
in Hell (instead). When there remain only those who used to worship
Allah (Alone), both the obedient ones and the mischievous ones, it
will be said to them, ‘What keeps you here when all the people have
gone?’ They will say, ‘We parted with them (in the world) when we were
in greater need of them than we are today, we heard the call of one
proclaiming, ‘Let every nation follow what they used to worship,’ and
now we are waiting for our Lord.’ Then the Almighty will come to them
in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He
will say, ‘I am your Lord,’ and they will say, ‘You are not our Lord.’
And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be
said to them, ‘Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?’
They will say. ‘The Shin,’ and so Allah will then uncover His Shin
whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him and there will
remain those who used to prostrate before Him just for showing off and
for gaining good reputation. These people will try to prostrate but
their backs will be rigid like one piece of a wood (and they will not
be able to prostrate). Then the bridge will be laid across Hell.” We,
the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What is the
bridge?’He said, “It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and
(Hooks like) a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the
other and has thorns with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in
Najd and is called As-Sa’dan. Some of the believers will cross the
bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as
lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will be
safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some
scratches, and some will fall down into Hell (Fire). The last person
will cross by being dragged (over the bridge).” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You
(Muslims) cannot be more pressing in claiming from me a right that has
been clearly proved to be yours than the believers in interceding with
Almighty for their (Muslim) brothers on that Day, when they see
themselves safe.They will say, ‘O Allah! (Save) our brothers (for they) used to pray
with us, fast with us and also do good deeds with us.’ Allah will say,
‘Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal
to the weight of one (gold) Dinar.’ Allah will forbid the Fire to burn
the faces of those sinners. They will go to them and find some of them
in Hell (Fire) up to their feet, and some up to the middle of their
legs. So they will take out those whom they will recognize and then
they will return, and Allah will say (to them), ‘Go and take out (of
Hell) anyone in whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of one
half Dinar.’ They will take out whomever they will recognize and
return, and then Allah will say, ‘Go and take out (of Hell) anyone in
whose heart you find faith equal to the weight of an atom (or a
smallest ant), and so they will take out all those whom they will
recognize.” Abu Sa’id said: If you do not believe me then read the
Holy Verse:–‘Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a smallest
ant) but if there is any good (done) He doubles it.’ (4.40) The
Prophet added, “Then the prophets and Angels and the believers will
intercede, and (last of all) the Almighty (Allah) will say, ‘Now
remains My Intercession. He will then hold a handful of the Fire from
which He will take out some people whose bodies have been burnt, and
they will be thrown into a river at the entrance of Paradise, called
the water of life.They will grow on its banks, as a seed carried by the torrent grows.
You have noticed how it grows beside a rock or beside a tree, and how
the side facing the sun is usually green while the side facing the
shade is white. Those people will come out (of the River of Life) like
pearls, and they will have (golden) necklaces, and then they will
enter Paradise whereupon the people of Paradise will say, ‘These are
the people emancipated by the Beneficent. He has admitted them into
Paradise without them having done any good deeds and without sending
forth any good (for themselves).’ Then it will be said to them, ‘For
you is what you have seen and its equivalent as well.’”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The believers will be kept (waiting) on the Day of
Resurrection so long that they will become worried and say, “Let us
ask somebody to intercede far us with our Lord so that He may relieve
us from our place.Then they will go to Adam and say, ‘You are Adam, the father of the
people. Allah created you with His Own Hand and made you reside in His
Paradise and ordered His angels to prostrate before you, and taught
you the names of all things will you intercede for us with your Lord
so that He may relieve us from this place of ours? Adam will say, ‘I
am not fit for this undertaking.’ He will mention his mistakes he had
committed, i.e., his eating off the tree though he had been forbidden
to do so. He will add, ‘Go to Noah, the first prophet sent by Allah to
the people of the Earth.’ The people will go to Noah who will say, ‘I
am not fit for this undertaking’ He will mention his mistake which he
had done, i.e., his asking his Lord without knowledge.’ He will say
(to them), ‘Go to Abraham, Khalil Ar-Rahman.’ They will go to Abraham
who will say, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking. He would mention
three words by which he told a lie, and say (to them). ‘Go to Moses, a
slave whom Allah gave the Torah and spoke to, directly and brought
near Him, for conversation.’They will go to Moses who will say, ‘I am not fit for this
undertaking. He will mention his mistake he made, i.e., killing a
person, and will say (to them), ‘Go to Jesus, Allah’s slave and His
Apostle, and a soul created by Him and His Word.’ (Be: And it was.)
They will go to Jesus who will say, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking
but you’d better go to Muhammad the slave whose past and future sins
have been forgiven by Allah.’ So they will come to me, and I will ask
my Lord’s permission to enter His House and then I will be permitted.
When I see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him, and He will
leave me (in prostration) as long as He will, and then He will say, ‘O
Muhammad, lift up your head and speak, for you will be listened to,
and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for
anything) for it will be granted:’ Then I will raise my head and
glorify my Lord with certain praises which He has taught me. Allah
will put a limit for me (to intercede for a certain type of people) I
will take them out and make them enter Paradise.” (Qatada said: I
heard Anas saying that), the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I will go out and take
them out of Hell (Fire) and let them enter Paradise, and then I will
return and ask my Lord for permission to enter His House and I will be
permitted.When I will see Him I will fall down in prostration before Him and He
will leave me in prostration as long as He will let me (in that
state), and then He will say, ‘O Muhammad, raise your head and speak,
for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession will
be accepted, and ask, your request will be granted.’ ” The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, “So I will raise my head and glorify and praise Him as He has
taught me. Then I will intercede and He will put a limit for me (to
intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out and let
them enter Paradise.” (Qatada added: I heard Anas saying that) the
Prophet said, ‘I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire) and let
them enter Paradise, and I will return for the third time and will ask
my Lord for permission to enter His house, and I will be allowed to
enter.When I see Him, I will fall down in prostration before Him, and will
remain in prostration as long as He will, and then He will say, ‘Raise
your head, O Muhammad, and speak, for you will be listened to, and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask, for your
request will be granted.’ So I will raise my head and praise Allah as
He has taught me and then I will intercede and He will put a limit for
me (to intercede for a certain type of people). I will take them out
and let them enter Paradise.” (Qatada said: I heard Anas saying that)
the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “So I will go out and take them out of Hell (Fire)
and let them enter Paradise, till none will remain in the Fire except
those whom Quran will imprison (i.e., those who are destined for
eternal life in the fire).” The narrator then recited the Verse:– “It
may be that your Lord will raise you to a Station of Praise and
Glory.’ (17.79) The narrator added: This is the Station of Praise
and Glory which Allah has promised to your Prophet.

On the authority of Abu Huraira: The people said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!
Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?”
They said, “No, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He said, “Do you have any
difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?” They said,
“No, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He said, “So you will see Him, like that.
Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say,
‘Whoever worshipped something (in the world) should follow (that
thing),’ so, whoever worshipped the sun will follow the sun, and
whoever worshiped the moon will follow the moon, and whoever used to
worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow those deities.
And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or its
hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim is in doubt.) Allah will come
to them and say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will (deny Him and) say, ‘We
will stay here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will
recognize Him.’ So Allah will come to them in His appearance which
they know, and will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, ‘You are our
Lord,’ so they will follow Him.Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)’ I and my followers will
be the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day
except the Apostles. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day
will be, ‘O Allah, save! Save!’ In Hell (or over The Bridge) there
will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa’dan (thorny plant). Have you
seen As-Sa’dan? ” They replied, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” He said, “So
those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa’dan, but none knows how big
they are except Allah. Those hooks will snap the people away according
to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be destroyed)
because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the
hooks (and fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then
relieved. When Allah has finished His Judgments among the people, He
will take whomever He will out of Hell through His Mercy. He will then
order the angels to take out of the Fire all those who used to worship
none but Allah from among those whom Allah wanted to be merciful to
and those who testified (in the world) that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. The angels will recognize them in the Fire by
the marks of prostration (on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat
up all the human body except the mark caused by prostration as Allah
has forbidden the Fire to eat the mark of prostration. They will come
out of the (Hell) Fire, completely burnt and then the water of life
will be poured over them and they will grow under it as does a seed
that comes in the mud of the torrent.Then Allah will finish the judgments among the people, and there will
remain one man facing the (Hell) Fire and he will be the last person
among the people of Hell to enter Paradise. He will say, ‘O my Lord!
Please turn my face away from the fire because its air has hurt me and
its severe heat has burnt me.’ So he will invoke Allah in the way
Allah will wish him to invoke, and then Allah will say to him, ‘If I
grant you that, will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply,
‘No, by Your Power, (Honor) I will not ask You for anything else.’ He
will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allah will demand.So Allah will turn his face away from Hell (Fire). When he will face
Paradise and will see it, he will remain quiet for as long as Allah
will wish him to remain quiet, then he will say, ‘O my Lord! Bring me
near to the gate of Paradise.’ Allah will say to him, ‘Didn’t you give
your promises and covenants that you would never ask for anything more
than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam’s son! How
treacherous you are!’ He will say, ‘O my lord,’ and will keep on
invoking Allah till He says to him, ‘If I give what you are asking,
will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply, ‘No, by Your
(Honor) Power, I will not ask for anything else.’Then he will give covenants and promises to Allah and then Allah will
bring him near to the gate of Paradise. When he stands at the gate of
Paradise, Paradise will be opened and spread before him, and he will
see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he will remain quiet as long
as Allah will wish him to remain quiet, and then he will say, O my
Lord! Admit me into Paradise.’ Allah will say, ‘Didn’t you give your
covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than
what you had been given?’ Allah will say, ‘Woe on you, O Adam’s son!
How treacherous you are! ‘The man will say, ‘O my Lord! Do not make me the most miserable of
Your creation,’ and he will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will
laugh because of his sayings, and when Allah will laugh because of
him, He will say to him, ‘Enter Paradise,’ and when he will enter it,
Allah will say to him, ‘Wish for anything.’ So he will ask his Lord,
and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allah Himself will
remind him to wish for certain things by saying, ‘(Wish for)
so-and-so.’ When there is nothing more to wish for, Allah will say,
‘This is for you, and its equal (is for you) as well.”‘Ata’ bin Yazid added: Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri who was present with Abu
Huraira, did not deny whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira
said that Allah had said, “That is for you and its equal as well,” Abu
Sa’id Al-Khudri said, “And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira!” Abu
Huraira said, “I do not remember, except his saying, ‘That is for you
and its equal as well.’” Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri then said, “I testify
that I remember the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, ‘That is for you, and ten times as
much.’ ‘ Abu Huraira then added, “That man will be the last person of
the people of Paradise to enter Paradise.”

On the authority of Abu Huraira: The people said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!
Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?”
They said, “No, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He said, “Do you have any
difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?” They said,
“No, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).” He said, “So you will see Him, like that.
Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and say,
‘Whoever worshipped something (in the world) should follow (that
thing),’ so, whoever worshipped the sun will follow the sun, and
whoever worshiped the moon will follow the moon, and whoever used to
worship certain (other false) deities, he will follow those deities.
And there will remain only this nation with its good people (or its
hypocrites). (The sub-narrator, Ibrahim is in doubt.) Allah will come
to them and say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will (deny Him and) say, ‘We
will stay here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will
recognize Him.’ So Allah will come to them in His appearance which
they know, and will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, ‘You are our
Lord,’ so they will follow Him.Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)’ I and my followers will
be the first ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day
except the Apostles. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day
will be, ‘O Allah, save! Save!’ In Hell (or over The Bridge) there
will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa’dan (thorny plant). Have you
seen As-Sa’dan? ” They replied, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” He said, “So
those hooks look like the thorns of As-Sa’dan, but none knows how big
they are except Allah. Those hooks will snap the people away according
to their deeds. Some of the people will stay in Hell (be destroyed)
because of their (evil) deeds, and some will be cut or torn by the
hooks (and fall into Hell) and some will be punished and then
relieved. When Allah has finished His Judgments among the people, He
will take whomever He will out of Hell through His Mercy. He will then
order the angels to take out of the Fire all those who used to worship
none but Allah from among those whom Allah wanted to be merciful to
and those who testified (in the world) that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. The angels will recognize them in the Fire by
the marks of prostration (on their foreheads), for the Fire will eat
up all the human body except the mark caused by prostration as Allah
has forbidden the Fire to eat the mark of prostration. They will come
out of the (Hell) Fire, completely burnt and then the water of life
will be poured over them and they will grow under it as does a seed
that comes in the mud of the torrent.Then Allah will finish the judgments among the people, and there will
remain one man facing the (Hell) Fire and he will be the last person
among the people of Hell to enter Paradise. He will say, ‘O my Lord!
Please turn my face away from the fire because its air has hurt me and
its severe heat has burnt me.’ So he will invoke Allah in the way
Allah will wish him to invoke, and then Allah will say to him, ‘If I
grant you that, will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply,
‘No, by Your Power, (Honor) I will not ask You for anything else.’ He
will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allah will demand.So Allah will turn his face away from Hell (Fire). When he will face
Paradise and will see it, he will remain quiet for as long as Allah
will wish him to remain quiet, then he will say, ‘O my Lord! Bring me
near to the gate of Paradise.’ Allah will say to him, ‘Didn’t you give
your promises and covenants that you would never ask for anything more
than what you had been given? Woe on you, O Adam’s son! How
treacherous you are!’ He will say, ‘O my lord,’ and will keep on
invoking Allah till He says to him, ‘If I give what you are asking,
will you then ask for anything else?’ He will reply, ‘No, by Your
(Honor) Power, I will not ask for anything else.’Then he will give covenants and promises to Allah and then Allah will
bring him near to the gate of Paradise. When he stands at the gate of
Paradise, Paradise will be opened and spread before him, and he will
see its splendor and pleasures whereupon he will remain quiet as long
as Allah will wish him to remain quiet, and then he will say, O my
Lord! Admit me into Paradise.’ Allah will say, ‘Didn’t you give your
covenants and promises that you would not ask for anything more than
what you had been given?’ Allah will say, ‘Woe on you, O Adam’s son!
How treacherous you are! ‘The man will say, ‘O my Lord! Do not make me the most miserable of
Your creation,’ and he will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will
laugh because of his sayings, and when Allah will laugh because of
him, He will say to him, ‘Enter Paradise,’ and when he will enter it,
Allah will say to him, ‘Wish for anything.’ So he will ask his Lord,
and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allah Himself will
remind him to wish for certain things by saying, ‘(Wish for)
so-and-so.’ When there is nothing more to wish for, Allah will say,
‘This is for you, and its equal (is for you) as well.”‘Ata’ bin Yazid added: Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri who was present with Abu
Huraira, did not deny whatever the latter said, but when Abu Huraira
said that Allah had said, “That is for you and its equal as well,” Abu
Sa’id Al-Khudri said, “And ten times as much, O Abu Huraira!” Abu
Huraira said, “I do not remember, except his saying, ‘That is for you
and its equal as well.’” Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri then said, “I testify
that I remember the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, ‘That is for you, and ten times as
much.’ ‘ Abu Huraira then added, “That man will be the last person of
the people of Paradise to enter Paradise.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will definitely see your Lord with your own eyes.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came out to us on the night of the full moon and said, “You will see your Lord on the
Day of Resurrection as you see this (full moon) and you will have no difficulty in seeing Him.”

I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding the Verse:–‘And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term decreed for
it.’ (36.28) He said, “Its fixed course is underneath Allah’s Throne.”