Zahir Mahmood – The Day of Judgement #24 Weighing of Deeds
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The narratives indicate that the way people act will be different based on their actions. The narratives also suggest that people will be weighed based on their actions. The narratives also suggest that people will be weighed based on their actions.
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Have you ever thought on the day of
judgment how your actions will be weighed?
The The narrations seem to indicate
for different individuals
the method will be different. The famous hadith,
hadith of Ba Taqah,
where a man will come and he will
have
99 scrolls of evil deeds
as far as the eye can see
and he will have nothing
on his good deeds.
So he will be dragged to the fire
of Jahannam and then all of a sudden
they will angels will be told to stop,
bring him back, and they will bring a
bataka, a little note.
And that little note will be placed on
his right hand scale, and the right hand
scale will be heavier
than his 99
scrolls of evil deeds.
What will that one
note have on it? It will have La
Illaha Illallah.
Why
one note is heavier than 99 scolds of
evil deeds? Because this individual when he recited
La Illaha Illallah, it was with so much
Ikhlas. This could have been a person who
may not have known much about religion
like you often have in places where there
is not much education.
But these individuals,
they love Allah, they love Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam. If the commands had come to them,
if they were taught, they would have acted
upon all the commands.
Other narrations
indicate toward the fact that the person himself
will be weighed. The narration in Sahih Muslim
that a man will be bought. This man
will be a
fat individual, a large individual, and he will
be placed
in the scale. And the message of Allah,
salallahu alaihi wa sallam, said he will be
lighter than a mosquito's
wing. Why? This person had no good in
him. This person had no iman. On the
other hand, one day the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam was with the companions and Abdullah
bin Masood radiAllahu is climbing the tree.
And he climbs the tree and his shins
are exposed and Abdullah bin Masood radiAllahu's
shins were very thin and the Sahaba radiAllahu
anhu began to laugh and the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam
said what is making you laugh? They said
oh Messenger of Allah the thin shins of
Abdullah bin Masood. The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam said let me tell you
on the day of judgement
if the thin shins of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
were placed on one side of the scale
and the mountain of Uhud was placed on
the other side of the scale. The thin
shins of Dula bin Mas'ud would be
heavier than the mountain of Uhud. Other narrations
indicate towards the fact that Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala will give the actions a physical form,
and then they will be weighed.
What
is the heaviest thing that you will have
on your scales on the day of judgment?
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
said, that thing which is the heaviest on
the day of judgment.
There is nothing
which will be heavier
on the scales on the day of judgment
than good manners.
Some things that we might not even take
into consideration,
but that will be the heaviest thing
on the day of judgement. The Messenger of
Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, on that day
when every individual will want to be with
the Messenger of Allah, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam said, that person
who has the best character
will be the closest to me. Everybody will
be running to be with the message of
Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And the message of
Allah is saying, this person who had good
manners,
good character, he will be the closest
individual
to me. Other things which will be heavy
in the scales will be as the Messenger
of Allah, salallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Al
hamdulillah.
He said Al hamdulillah.
By just reciting Al hamdulillah
the scale will fill up. Another thing which
will be heavy on the day of judgment
is mentioned in the final hadith in Sahih
al Bukhari. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
That 2 words, 2 sentences
which are light on the tongue, heavy on
the state, and beloved to Allah
SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi.
SubhanAllah.