Is a person called by his name in this world on the Day of Resurrection, and do people recognize one another?

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Question:
Is a person called by his name in this world on the Day of Resurrection? And do people recognize one another, especially those who used to know each other? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Yes, a person will be called by his name and his father's name on the Day of Resurrection, so-and-so, son of so-and-so; he will be called by his name and his father's name, and they will recognize one another. And Allah the Exalted said:

And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other.

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ كَأَن لَّمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّنَ النَّهَارِ يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ

[Yunus 10:45]

. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: "And not…

⁽¹⁰⁾ And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend, ⁽¹¹⁾ They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ

[Al-Ma'arij 70:10-11]

" meaning that some of them will see others and recognize them. Allah the Exalted said:

⁽³⁴⁾ On the Day a man will flee from his brother ⁽³⁵⁾ And his mother and his father ⁽³⁶⁾ And his wife and his children,

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

['Abasa 80:34-36]

This is evidence that he knew them, but he fled from them because he was preoccupied with himself. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل في يوم القيامة ينادى الإنسان باسمه في الدنيا وهل يعرف الناس بعضهم بعض؟الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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