Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
These hadiths mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) all indicate the greatness of the Day of Resurrection, and that the believer must fear this great day.
He mentioned hadiths regarding the sun drawing near to the creatures by the distance of a mile. Sulayman ibn 'Amir, the narrator from al-Miqdad, said: "I do not know if he meant by that: the distance on the earth, or the mile of the kohl", and both are close. If the sun is at its zenith in this world and is at this distance from us with this heat, how will it be when it is at this closeness?!
But from this sun, whoever Allah wills will be saved, for Allah the Exalted will shade a group of people with His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade. Among them are those whose mention has preceded, meaning the seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade:Sahih al-Bukhari 1423.
And likewise, the one who gives respite to one who is unable to pay, or who remits the debt. The important point is that there are people who are saved from the heat of this sun, and Allah will shade them in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade.
And he mentioned hadiths regarding sweat, and that the people will sweat until the sweat reaches seventy cubits into the earth, and until some of them are submerged in it, and some of it reaches their ankles, and some their knees, and some their waists. People differ according to their deeds in this sweat.
And he also mentioned other hadiths, containing a warning from the Fire of Hell. We ask Allah for safety for us and for you from it.
The conclusion is that when a person reads these hadiths and others that the author did not mention, the believer fears and is cautious. And between the person and this is only that his term in this world ends, and then he moves to the abode of recompense, because the work ends. May Allah make our ending and your ending good.
These hadiths mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) all indicate the greatness of the Day of Resurrection, and that the believer must fear this great day.
He mentioned hadiths regarding the sun drawing near to the creatures by the distance of a mile. Sulayman ibn 'Amir, the narrator from al-Miqdad, said: "I do not know if he meant by that: the distance on the earth, or the mile of the kohl", and both are close. If the sun is at its zenith in this world and is at this distance from us with this heat, how will it be when it is at this closeness?!
But from this sun, whoever Allah wills will be saved, for Allah the Exalted will shade a group of people with His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade. Among them are those whose mention has preceded, meaning the seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade:
They are: (1) a just ruler; (2) a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worship Allah (Alone) sincerely from his childhood), (3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosque (who offers the five compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque); (4) two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only; (5) a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah; (6) a person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity). (7) a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes get flooded with tears.
إمام عادل، وشاب نشأ في طاعة الله، ورجل قلبه معلق بالمساجد، ورجلان تحابا في الله اجتمعا عليه وتفرقا عليه، ورجل دعته امرأة ذات منصب وجمال، فقال إني أخاف الله، ورجل تصدق بصدقة فأخفاها حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تنفق يمينه، ورجل ذكر الله خالياً ففاضت عيناهAnd likewise, the one who gives respite to one who is unable to pay, or who remits the debt. The important point is that there are people who are saved from the heat of this sun, and Allah will shade them in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade.
And he mentioned hadiths regarding sweat, and that the people will sweat until the sweat reaches seventy cubits into the earth, and until some of them are submerged in it, and some of it reaches their ankles, and some their knees, and some their waists. People differ according to their deeds in this sweat.
And he also mentioned other hadiths, containing a warning from the Fire of Hell. We ask Allah for safety for us and for you from it.
The conclusion is that when a person reads these hadiths and others that the author did not mention, the believer fears and is cautious. And between the person and this is only that his term in this world ends, and then he moves to the abode of recompense, because the work ends. May Allah make our ending and your ending good.