I believe in the Hereafter

[ابوالوليد المسلم]

I believe in the Hereafter

Mohammad Ashraf Salah Higazy


- It is the day when the world (the place of acting; good or bad) ends, and the Hereafter (the place of recompense) begins. The Muttaqoon (i.e. the pious people) will be rewarded by entering the Paradise, while the Fujjar (i.e. the criminals, disbelievers, wicked, etc.) will be punished by entering the Hellfire.
- The balance is set and the Records of deeds are given. As for him who will be given his Record in his right hand, he will be with the Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) in Paradise, but whosoever is given his Record in his left hand, he will be with Fir'aun (Pharaoh) – curse be upon him – in the Hellfire.
- The Sirat (a thin bridge on the Hell) is set. Whoever crosses it will reach the Paradise, and whoever is snatched by the hooks, due to his evil deeds, will fall in the Hellfire.
- The Day of Resurrection has minor and major signs.
- Among the minor signs are: the disappearance of honesty, spread of murder, evil people will govern oppressively, and the fools will talk in serious matters.
- Among the Major Signs are: the coming of Al-Mahdi, the establishment of a righteous Caliphate rule according to prophethood methodology before the Hour, and the appearance of Al-Dajjal (AntiChrist).
- The coming of Jesus (alaihis salam) as a Muslim to lead Muslims; fight the disbelievers; break the Cross; kill the swine (pigs), and the only accepted religion will be Islam.
- There will be no place where Islam will enter not it, willingly or unwillingly.
- Islam will take the upper hand in the whole universe by those honoured people who carried Islam in their hearts and on their shoulders, struggling in the Cause of Allah, until they gain victory over the disbelievers.
- And the appearance of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), the appearance of the Daabbah (an animal looks like a camel and speaks to people, telling who is a real believer and who is not), the sun rises from the west, raising the Qur'an, etc.
- Whosoever does any good or evil act equal to the weight of an atom, shall see it recorded in his book.
- So be keen in doing good deeds and acts of obedience before time runs out and you pass away in a fixed time that no one knows but Allah. There will be no chance to go back and regret or manage anything.
- Hereupon, the Muslim will be washed, enshrouded, the funeral prayer will be performed upon him, and he will be buried. Then the two questioning Angels; Munkar and Nakir, will sit him and ask: "Who is your God? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet?"
- If his answers are: "My God is Allah, Islam is my religion, and Muhammad is my Prophet and Messenger" - may Allah assist him in saying so -, a hole leads to Paradise will be opened in his grave to show him his house, palaces and kingdom therein. He will be happy and his grave will be extended as much as he could see.
- However, if he is a disbeliever, he will not answer at all. At that time, the answer will not depend on intelligence.
- Indeed, Allah makes the believers hold fast; according to their good deeds in declaring that there is no other God but Allah, accomplishing all the enjoined duties, striving themselves in the Cause of Allah, being kind to their kinsfolk, enjoining Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden), giving charity and donations, reciting and reading the Qur'an, fasting the hottest days, and performing supererogatory prayers in the coldest long nights.
- However, if he is a disbeliever, then his grave will be narrowed till his ribs interpenetrated in his body, and his grave will be turned into Hell according to his evil deeds.
- So, dear brother, do your best in doing good deeds before the Hour comes. This life is for act without reckoning, but then, in the Hereafter, act will have no place, only reckoning.
- On that day, only obedient Muslims enter Paradise, because Allah will not accept but Islam.
- There is bliss in Paradise that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard of and no heart has ever imagined. That bliss lasts forever and never ends and people of Paradise live forever and never die. The greatest bliss, moreover, is to look to the face of Allah.
- Those who disobeyed, spread mischief and corruption, and disbelievers will enter Hellfire, where they will find intolerable torture that Allah prepared for them.
- Therein, those who followed false deities will ask Allah to double the torture for false leaders who misled them. Allah will double the torture for all of them; those false leaders who mislead and those who were misled, to be tortured forever.
- So, dear brother, steadfast to the Truth and do not be deceived by the plentifullness of those who disobey Allah. If you follow most of the people on earth, they will mislead you from the right path of Allah. But follow Prophet Muhammad, with those who seek the path to Allah.
- There shall remain a single group from Muhammad's community upon the Truth until the Final Hour, victorious, unharmed by those who abandon them or oppose them.
- Be with people with your body, mingling and socializing in a lawful way according to what Allah permits.
- But your heart should not be attached to such worldly matters. It should be there, under Allah's Throne, filled with love and owe for Allah.
- There, prostrate with your heart and never rise up till the Day of Judgement.
- So, leave those disobedient people to the day that when it comes, they will bite their fingers out of regret, saying, "If only we had followed the right path of Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)."