Combining the Reckoning of the Believers and Allah’s Pardon of Them
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The questioner:
And he said, to you, truly, at length: How do we combine the reckoning of the believers on the Day of Resurrection, and what came in some narrations that Allah looks at the believer’s account and then pardons him? Is this the light reckoning?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best, but it is authentic in the hadith that the poor will enter Paradise before the rich by a long time, five hundred or forty years, and this has been reported, and the rich will be occupied with the reckoning of their wealth. They must be asked about this.
The questioner:
And he says: If the rich man is being reckoned with regarding his wealth and his dealings with people, how do we combine this with what happens
Another questioner:
after crossing the Sirat, and before entering Paradise on the bridge, regarding the settling of accounts between them?
The Shaykh:
These are states. The reckoning has states; a degree of reckoning has states. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
A reckoning of balancing between the sins and the good deeds, and a reckoning of investigation regarding injustices and rights.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is specific to the oppressed and the oppressors on the Day of Resurrection. The reckoning is a title, not one type. The reckoning is a balancing between the good deeds and the sins, a reckoning of retaliation for the oppressed from the oppressors, and a reckoning of settling after they cross the Sirat. They do not enter Paradise with anything upon them, ever, except that they have been purified and refined and cleansed, and then they are permitted to enter Paradise. They do not enter Paradise with anything owed to people, ever. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Allah. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
And he said, to you, truly, at length: How do we combine the reckoning of the believers on the Day of Resurrection, and what came in some narrations that Allah looks at the believer’s account and then pardons him? Is this the light reckoning?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best, but it is authentic in the hadith that the poor will enter Paradise before the rich by a long time, five hundred or forty years, and this has been reported, and the rich will be occupied with the reckoning of their wealth.
The feet of a servant will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about four things: Where did he acquire his wealth, and in what did he spend it?
لا تزول قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسأل عن أربعة منها ماله من أين اكتسبه وفيما أنفقه؟The questioner:
And he says: If the rich man is being reckoned with regarding his wealth and his dealings with people, how do we combine this with what happens
Another questioner:
after crossing the Sirat, and before entering Paradise on the bridge, regarding the settling of accounts between them?
The Shaykh:
These are states. The reckoning has states; a degree of reckoning has states. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
A reckoning of balancing between the sins and the good deeds, and a reckoning of investigation regarding injustices and rights.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
It is specific to the oppressed and the oppressors on the Day of Resurrection. The reckoning is a title, not one type. The reckoning is a balancing between the good deeds and the sins, a reckoning of retaliation for the oppressed from the oppressors, and a reckoning of settling after they cross the Sirat. They do not enter Paradise with anything upon them, ever, except that they have been purified and refined and cleansed, and then they are permitted to enter Paradise. They do not enter Paradise with anything owed to people, ever. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Allah. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
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