Belief in the Day of Judgment

This article will focus on the fifth Pillar of Iman – The Day of Judgment.

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• The fifth Pillar of Iman is belief in the Day of Judgment. Apart from Allah ﷻ , everything will come to an end and then mankind will be resurrected and made to account for whatever they did. Allah ﷻ says in the Qur’aan

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌۭ يَنظُرُونَ ( سورة الزمر: ٦٨ )

“And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on. (Soorat az-Zumar-68)

• The Day of Judgment will be fifty thousand years long and will include many tests such as the actual judgment, the weighing of deeds and crossing the bridge over the Hellfire. The weighing of deeds is where a person’s deeds will be weighed on a pair of scales. All the good deeds will be put on one side and the bad deeds will be placed on the other.
• If the good deeds are heavier, then the person has passed the test. If the bad deeds are heavier, then the person has failed the test and will be punished in Hellfire.
• The bridge over Hellfire has been described in many ahaadeeth. Aboo Sa’eed Al-Khudri said that the Prophet ﷺ described the bridge in the following way: It will be a very hard time for people, except those who followed Islam. It will be easy for them because they were patient in life.

The Prophet ﷺ 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 on it with bent ends. Such a thorny seed is found in Najd and is called As-Sa’daan. some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the blink of an eye, and others as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. Therefore, some will be safe without coming to any harm, others will be safe after receiving some scratches, and some will fall down into Hell. The last person will be dragged across.” (Al-Bukhaari)

• Allah ﷻ will reward them for their patience and obedience by making the Day of Judgment easy for them.
• The first thing that people will be questioned about on the Day of Judgment will be their Salah. If a person is successful regarding this deed, then the rest of the person’s judgment will be made easy.
• It is important for Muslims to judge themselves before judging others, because Allah ﷻ will ask each individual about what he/she did first. Some of the things that Allah ﷻ will ask people about are their worship, how they treated their parents and how they spent their money.

What we learn from the lesson:

1. The Day of Judgment will come.
2. People will be questioned about what they did in their life.
3. The first thing people will be questioned about is their Salah.

“Discussion:”

1. Describe some of the events that will happen after the horn is blown