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Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah will single out 1 a man from my nation before all creation on the Day of Resurrection and spread out ninety-nine scrolls for him, each scroll as far as the eye can see. Then He will say: ‘Do you deny any of this? Have My recording scribes wronged you?’ He will say: ‘No, O Lord.’ He will say: ‘Do you have an excuse?’ He will say: ‘No, O Lord.’ He will say: ‘Indeed, you have a good deed with Us, and there will be no injustice to you today.’ A card will be brought forth with: ‘I testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.’ He will say: ‘Attend 2 your weighing.’ He will say: ‘O Lord, what is this card against these scrolls?’ He will say: ‘You will not be wronged.’ The scrolls will be placed in one pan and the card in the other, and the scrolls will fly up, and the card will weigh heavy, for nothing weighs heavier than the name of Allah.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2639 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 4300 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 5559 (unverified) 80% confidence
Mishkat (candidate) 5559
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Commentary and footnotes (4)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Will single out”: With emphasis on the lam, meaning select. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement: “Attend your weighing”: If it is said that deeds are accidents and cannot be weighed, only bodies can, it is answered that the scrolls recording the deeds are weighed, varying according to circumstances, or Allah materializes the actions and words, so they are weighed, with obedience weighing heavy and sins flying up, due to the difficulty of obedience on the soul and the ease of sin, as in the narration: “Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and the Fire is surrounded by desires.” (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: سيخلص : بتشديد اللام ، أي يختار. كذا في المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: أحضر وزنك فإن قيل: الأعمال أعراض لا يمكن وزنها، وإنما توزن الأجسام أجيب بأنه يوزن السجل الذي كتب فيه الأعمال، ويختلف باختلاف الأحوال، أو أن الله يجسم الأفعال والأقوال، فتوزن فتثقل الطاعات تطيش السيئات؛ لثقل العبادة على النفس وخفة المعصية عليها، ولذا ورد: حفت الجنة بالمكاره وحفت النار بالشهوات كذا في «المرقاة».