Explanation of the author's statement: "And sweat will reach their bridles."
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The Shaykh : He said: "And sweat will reach their bridles"
"Sweat will reach their bridles", meaning: it reaches them at the place of the bridle on the horse. And what is the place of the bridle on the horse? The mouth, the mouth. But this is the limit of what the sweat reaches; otherwise, for some of them, the sweat reaches their ankles, their knees, and their loins. And some of them have sweat reaching their bridles. So they differ in this sweat. They sweat from the intensity of the heat, and they sweat from the intensity of the heat, because the standing is a place of crowding, intensity, and the nearness of the sun. So a person sweats, a person sweats from what occurs on that day. But they are according to their deeds; the sweat is according to their deeds.
If you say: How is that, when they are in one place? How is that, when they are in one place?
The answer is: We have established a principle to which we must return, which is: that these unseen matters, we must believe in them and affirm them without saying: How? Because they are something beyond our minds, and we cannot grasp them or encompass them.
These are two men buried in one grave: one is a believer, and the other is a disbeliever. The believer receives of the pleasure what he deserves, and the disbeliever receives of the punishment what he deserves, and they are in one grave, is that not so? Yes. And with this, we say: the sweat on the Day of Resurrection will be like this. They are in one place, in one standing place, yes. Some of them have sweat reaching their bridles, and the sweat reaches some of them, in some of them to their ankles, to their knees, and to their loins, and there is no impediment.
If you say: Do you say that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) gathers those whose sweat reaches their bridles in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their ankles in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their knees in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their loins in one place? What is the answer?
The answer: We do not know, we do not assert this, and Allah knows best. Rather, we say: it is permissible that the one whose sweat reaches his ankle is next to the one whose sweat reaches his bridle. And Allah is capable of all things. And this is analogous to the light that will be for the believers, which moves before them and on their right, while the disbelievers are in darkness.
So on the Day of Resurrection, as I said, we must believe in it. As for how? That does not concern us.
Just as the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), likewise we believe in them and affirm them, but how does not concern us at all. Yes.
He says: "Sweat will reach their bridles". So the statement of the author (may Allah have mercy on him) in his saying: "Sweat will reach their bridles", did he intend to clarify? Yes? The limit and the extreme of the sweat, or otherwise, the hadiths have been established that among people, some will have their sweat less than that.
"Sweat will reach their bridles", meaning: it reaches them at the place of the bridle on the horse. And what is the place of the bridle on the horse? The mouth, the mouth. But this is the limit of what the sweat reaches; otherwise, for some of them, the sweat reaches their ankles, their knees, and their loins. And some of them have sweat reaching their bridles. So they differ in this sweat. They sweat from the intensity of the heat, and they sweat from the intensity of the heat, because the standing is a place of crowding, intensity, and the nearness of the sun. So a person sweats, a person sweats from what occurs on that day. But they are according to their deeds; the sweat is according to their deeds.
If you say: How is that, when they are in one place? How is that, when they are in one place?
The answer is: We have established a principle to which we must return, which is: that these unseen matters, we must believe in them and affirm them without saying: How? Because they are something beyond our minds, and we cannot grasp them or encompass them.
These are two men buried in one grave: one is a believer, and the other is a disbeliever. The believer receives of the pleasure what he deserves, and the disbeliever receives of the punishment what he deserves, and they are in one grave, is that not so? Yes. And with this, we say: the sweat on the Day of Resurrection will be like this. They are in one place, in one standing place, yes. Some of them have sweat reaching their bridles, and the sweat reaches some of them, in some of them to their ankles, to their knees, and to their loins, and there is no impediment.
If you say: Do you say that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) gathers those whose sweat reaches their bridles in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their ankles in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their knees in one place, and those whose sweat reaches their loins in one place? What is the answer?
The answer: We do not know, we do not assert this, and Allah knows best. Rather, we say: it is permissible that the one whose sweat reaches his ankle is next to the one whose sweat reaches his bridle. And Allah is capable of all things. And this is analogous to the light that will be for the believers, which moves before them and on their right, while the disbelievers are in darkness.
So on the Day of Resurrection, as I said, we must believe in it. As for how? That does not concern us.
Just as the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), likewise we believe in them and affirm them, but how does not concern us at all. Yes.
He says: "Sweat will reach their bridles". So the statement of the author (may Allah have mercy on him) in his saying: "Sweat will reach their bridles", did he intend to clarify? Yes? The limit and the extreme of the sweat, or otherwise, the hadiths have been established that among people, some will have their sweat less than that.