Belief in the Last Day

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As'salam Alaikum,

Belief in the Last Day

It is to believe in the end of the life of this world and entering, after that, into another life. This new life starts with death in this world and passes by the barzakhiyyah life, the Final Hour, the Resurrection, the Gathering and the Recompense and ends with admittance to the Paradise or Hell.

Belief in the Last Day is one of the pillars of Faith without which the faith of man cannot be complete. Whoever denies it has disbelieved. Allah says,

"Piety is (the quality of the one who believes in Allah and the Last Day."

The Messenger of Allah (may blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, as was reported in the Hadith about angel Gabriel when he asked him, "Then tell me about the Faith." He answered,

"You should believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day. You should also believe in the pre decree, it’s good and bad".

it is also obligatory to believe in the precursors of the Last Day; that the Prophet (may blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) has informed us of the Signs of the Hour. The scholars has categorized these signs into two:

a. Minor signs: they are those signs that indicate the nearness of the Hour and they are very many. Many if not most of them have actually happened. Among them are:

Mission of Prophet Muhammad (may blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), loss of trust, decoration of the mosques and boasting with that, erection of high rising buildings by the shepherds, fighting the Jews and killing them, closeness of times to each other, reduction in deeds, advent of crises, much killings and the spread of adultery and immoralities.

Allah says, "The Hour has come near and the moon has been cleft asunder "'

b. Major Signs: These are the signs that will appear immediately before the Hour and about the appearance of which mankind are warned. They are ten signs and none of them has appeared.

Some of them are: The appearance of Al Mahdee, the appearance of Ad Dajjal (the Anti Christ) and coming down of Jesus from the heaven as a just judge. When Jesus will come, he will break all crosses, kill the Dajjal and the pigs, impose Jizyah and judge with the law of Islam. The Gog and Magog will also appear and Jesus will invoke Allah against them and they will die. There will also be three eclipses of the sun or the moon: one in the east, one in the west and one in the Arabian Peninsula. There will also be the Smoke; it is a great smoke that will come from the heaven and cover all the mankind. The Qur'an will be removed from the earth and raised up to the heaven. The sun will rise from the west. There will be appearance of a beast. A great fire will come from Eden that will force people to the land of Syria. This will be the final of the great signs.

Muslim reported on the authority of Hudhayfah bin Usayd AlGhifaaree who said,
"The Messenger of Allah (may blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) emerged while we were discoursing. He said, "What are you discoursing about?" They said, "We were discoursing about the Hour." He then said, "it will not come until you see before it ten signs." He then mentioned: "the Smoke, the Dajjal, the Beast, sunrise from the west, descend of Jesus son of Mary, the Gog, three eclipses: one in the east, one in the west and one in the Arabian Peninsula and the last of the signs is the a fire that will come from Yemen and force people their place of gathering (for the Final Hour)."


The Messenger of Allah (may blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) also said,

"The Mahdee will come at the end of my nation. Allah will bless him with abundant rain and he will cause the earth to bring out its plants. He will give abundant wealth. The livestock will be plenty and the Muslim Ummah shall be in glory. He shall live for seven or eight years."'

It has been said that these signs will come in succession like pearls in its order. When one of them appears another will follow, and when they have all appeared, the Hour is come by the will of Allah.

What is meant by the Hour is the Day in which men will come out of their graves by the command of their Lord to call them to reckoning. The good doer among them will be rewarded and the evildoer will be punished accordingly.

Allah says,
"The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal "

This Day is named with more than one name in the Qur'an. Among its names are: Day of Resurrection, the striking Hour. Day of Reckoning, Day of Recompense, the Catastrophe, the Event, the Inevitable, Day of Blowing of the Trumpet, the Overwhelming, among other names.

Day of Resurrection: Allah says,
"I swear by the Day of Resurrection."

The striking Hour: Allah says,
"The striking (Hour). What is the striking (Hour)"?

The Day of Reckoning: Allah says,
'Verily those who wander astray from the path of Allah shall have a severe torment because they forgot the Day of Reckoning. “

The Day of Recompense: Allah says,
"And verily, the sinners will be in the blazing Fire. Therein they will enter and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense.”

The Catastrophe: Allah says,
"But when there comes the greatest Catastrophe."

The Event: Allah says,
"When the Event befalls.

The Inevitable: Allah says,
'The Inevitable. what is the Inevitable?

The blowing of the Trumpet: Allah says,
"Then when there comes As Saakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection).

The Overwhelming: Allah says,
"Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming? ¬

Source: Pillars of Eeman

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