The Number of Blasts of the Trumpet
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The questioner:
He asks: What is the number of blasts on the Day of Resurrection? And after rising from the graves, do people witness the terrors of the Resurrection, such as the bursting of the seas and the scattering of the stars, or does that occur in the first blast, the blast of the shock?
The Shaykh:
The correct view is that there are two blasts, as indicated by the Qur'an: the blast of terror, which is the shock, and the second is the blast of resurrection. When the blast of the shock occurs, the sky splits, the sky breaks apart, the heavens are folded up, and so on; the mountains are shaken, the mountains are blown away, and so on; and people die.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
The second blast is when people are resurrected from their graves, from the seas, and from every place. They gather before Allah, Mighty and Majestic, from every corner of the earth. Allah gathers them on a single plain where they can hear the speech and see clearly. He judges between them with His just ruling, and they are given their scrolls, some in their right hands and some in their left. Their deeds are weighed; for some, the scale is heavy, and for others, it is light. All of this happens after the resurrection and the rising. As for the first one, it is death. It is called the blast of the shock and the blast of terror. When Jibril blows it, everyone who hears it dies. This one is buying and selling, and he dies in his place. This one is tying his camel to a tree, and he dies in his place. This one is eating, and he dies in his place with the mouthful in his hand, and so on. Everyone dies in the place where he hears it. It is a tremendous blast that Israfil blows. A weak hadith states that there are three blasts: the blast of terror, where people are terrified; then the blast of the shock, where they die; and then the third, where they are resurrected. But the hadith is weak. What is established in the Qur'an and in the authentic hadith is two blasts: one is called the blast of the shock, which is the terror, and people die by it; and the second is the blast of resurrection and rising. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
He asks: What is the number of blasts on the Day of Resurrection? And after rising from the graves, do people witness the terrors of the Resurrection, such as the bursting of the seas and the scattering of the stars, or does that occur in the first blast, the blast of the shock?
The Shaykh:
The correct view is that there are two blasts, as indicated by the Qur'an: the blast of terror, which is the shock, and the second is the blast of resurrection. When the blast of the shock occurs, the sky splits, the sky breaks apart, the heavens are folded up, and so on; the mountains are shaken, the mountains are blown away, and so on; and people die.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
The second blast is when people are resurrected from their graves, from the seas, and from every place. They gather before Allah, Mighty and Majestic, from every corner of the earth. Allah gathers them on a single plain where they can hear the speech and see clearly. He judges between them with His just ruling, and they are given their scrolls, some in their right hands and some in their left. Their deeds are weighed; for some, the scale is heavy, and for others, it is light. All of this happens after the resurrection and the rising. As for the first one, it is death. It is called the blast of the shock and the blast of terror. When Jibril blows it, everyone who hears it dies. This one is buying and selling, and he dies in his place. This one is tying his camel to a tree, and he dies in his place. This one is eating, and he dies in his place with the mouthful in his hand, and so on. Everyone dies in the place where he hears it. It is a tremendous blast that Israfil blows. A weak hadith states that there are three blasts: the blast of terror, where people are terrified; then the blast of the shock, where they die; and then the third, where they are resurrected. But the hadith is weak. What is established in the Qur'an and in the authentic hadith is two blasts: one is called the blast of the shock, which is the terror, and people die by it; and the second is the blast of resurrection and rising. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 5799 - عدد النفخات في الصور - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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