Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

A man asked Ibn `Umar, “What have you heard from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) regarding An-Najwa?” He said,
“Everyone of you will come close to His Lord Who will screen him from the people and say to him,
‘Did you do so-and-so?’ He will reply, ‘Yes.’ Then Allah will say, ‘Did you do so-and-so?’ He will
reply, ‘Yes.’ So Allah will question him and make him confess, and then Allah will say, ‘I screened
your sins in the world and forgive them for you today.’ ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The person who will be the last one to enter Paradise and the last to come out of
Hell (Fire) will be a man who will come out crawling, and his Lord will say to him, ‘Enter Paradise.’
He will reply, ‘O Lord, Paradise is full.’ Allah will give him the same order thrice, and each time the
man will give Him the same reply, i.e., ‘Paradise is full.’ Thereupon Allah will say (to him), ‘Ten times
of the world is for you.’ ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There will be none among you but his Lord will talk to him, and there will be
no interpreter between him and Allah. He will look to his right and see nothing but his deeds which he
has sent forward, and will look to his left and see nothing but his deeds which he has sent forward, and
will look in front of him and see nothing but the (Hell) Fire facing him. So save yourself from the
(Hell) Fire even with half a date (given in charity).” Al-A`mash said: `Amr bin Murra said, Khaithama
narrated the same and added, ‘..even with a good word.’ ”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “On the Day of Resurrection I will intercede and say, “O my Lord! Admit
into Paradise (even) those who have faith equal to a mustard seed in their hearts.” Such people will
enter Paradise, and then I will say, ‘O (Allah) admit into Paradise (even) those who have the least
amount of faith in their hearts.” Anas then said: As if I were just now looking at the fingers of Allah’s
Apostle.

We, i.e., some people from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik, and we went in company with
Thabit Al-Bunnani so that he might ask him about the Hadith of Intercession on our behalf. Behold,
Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coincided with his Duha prayer. We asked permission to enter
and he admitted us while he was sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, “Do not ask him about anything
else first but the Hadith of Intercession.” He said, “O Abu Hamza! There are your brethren from Basra
coming to ask you about the Hadith of Intercession.” Anas then said, “Muhammad talked to us saying,
‘On the Day of Resurrection the people will surge with each other like waves, and then they will come
to Adam and say, ‘Please intercede for us with your Lord.’ He will say, ‘I am not fit for that but you’d
better go to Abraham as he is the Khalil of the Beneficent.’ They will go to Abraham and he will say,
‘I am not fit for that, but you’d better go to Moses as he is the one to whom Allah spoke directly.’ So
they will go to Moses and he will say, ‘I am not fit for that, but you’d better go to Jesus as he is a soul
created by Allah and His Word.’ (Be: And it was) they will go to Jesus and he will say, ‘I am not fit for
that, but you’d better go to Muhammad.’
They would come to me and I would say, ‘I am for that.’ Then I will ask for my Lord’s permission, and
it will be given, and then He will inspire me to praise Him with such praises as I do not know now. So
I will praise Him with those praises and will fall down, prostrate before Him. Then it will be said, ‘O
Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for your will be granted
(your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say, ‘O Lord, my
followers! My followers!’ And then it will be said, ‘Go and take out of Hell (Fire) all those who have
faith in their hearts, equal to the weight of a barley grain.’ I will go and do so and return to praise Him
with the same praises, and fall down (prostrate) before Him. Then it will be said, ‘O Muhammad, raise
your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say, ‘O Lord, my followers! My followers!’ It
will be said, ‘Go and take out of it all those who have faith in their hearts equal to the weight of a
small ant or a mustard seed.’ I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and
fall down in prostration before Him. It will be said, ‘O, Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for
you will be listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your
intercession will be accepted.’ I will say, ‘O Lord, my followers!’ Then He will say, ‘Go and take out
(all those) in whose hearts there is faith even to the lightest, lightest mustard seed. (Take them) out of
the Fire.’ I will go and do so.”‘
When we left Anas, I said to some of my companions, “Let’s pass by Al-Hasan who is hiding himself
in the house of Abi Khalifa and request him to tell us what Anas bin Malik has told us.” So we went to
him and we greeted him and he admitted us. We said to him, “O Abu Sa`id! We came to you from
your brother Anas Bin Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercession the like of which I
have never heard.” He said, “What is that?” Then we told him of the Hadith and said, “He stopped at
this point (of the Hadith).” He said, “What then?” We said, “He did not add anything to that.” He said,
Anas related the Hadith to me twenty years ago when he was a young fellow. I don’t know whether he
forgot or if he did not like to let you depend on what he might have said.” We said, “O Abu Sa`id ! Let
us know that.” He smiled and said, “Man was created hasty. I did not mention that, but that I wanted
to inform you of it.
Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet (ﷺ) added, ‘I then return for a fourth time
and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him me the same as he ‘O Muhammad, raise your head
and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your request): and intercede,
for your intercession will be accepted .’ I will say, ‘O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoever said,
‘None has the right to be worshiped except Allah.’ Then Allah will say, ‘By my Power, and my
Majesty, and by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I will take out of Hell (Fire) whoever said:
‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.’ ”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “If somebody commits a sin and then says, ‘O my Lord! I have sinned,
please forgive me!’ and his Lord says, ‘My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and
punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sins).’ Then he remains without committing
any sin for a while and then again commits another sin and says, ‘O my Lord, I have committed
another sin, please forgive me,’ and Allah says, ‘My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives
sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sin). Then he remains without
Committing any another sin for a while and then commits another sin (for the third time) and says, ‘O
my Lord, I have committed another sin, please forgive me,’ and Allah says, ‘My slave has known that
he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for it I therefore have forgiven My slave (his sin), he
can do whatever he likes.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned a man from the people of the past or those who preceded you. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said a sentence meaning: Allah had given him wealth and children. When his death approached, he
said to his sons, “What kind of father have I been to you?” They replied, “You have been a good
father.” He told them that he had not presented any good deed before Allah, and if Allah should get
hold of him He would punish him.’ “So look!” he added, “When I die, burn me, and when I turn into
coal, crush me, and when there comes a windy day, scatter my ashes in the wind.” The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, “Then by Allah, he took a firm promise from his children to do so, and they did so. (They burnt
him after his death) and threw his ashes on a windy day. Then Allah commanded to his ashes. “Be,”
and behold! He became a man standing! Allah said, “O My slave! What made you do what you did?”
He replied, “For fear of You.” Nothing saved him then but Allah’s Mercy (So Allah forgave him).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah said, ‘I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able to do for him
what he thinks I can do for him). (See Hadith No. 502)

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “A man who never did any good deed, said that if he died, his family should burn
him and throw half the ashes of his burnt body in the earth and the other half in the sea, for by Allah,
if Allah should get hold of him, He would inflict such punishment on him as He would not inflict on
anybody among the people. But Allah ordered the sea to collect what was in it (of his ashes) and
similarly ordered the earth to collect what was in it (of his ashes). Then Allah said (to the recreated
man ), ‘Why did you do so?’ The man replied, ‘For being afraid of You, and You know it (very well).’
So Allah forgave him.”

It rained (because of the Prophet’s invocation for rain) and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah said, ‘Some of My
slaves have become disbelievers in Me, and some others, believers in Me.’”