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[451] 299 - (182) Abû Hurairah narrated that some people said to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ: "O Messenger of Allâh, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Do you have to crowd together to see the moon on the night when it is full?" They said: "No, O Messenger of Allâh." He said: "Do you have to crowd together to see the sun when there are no clouds in front of it?" They said: "No [O Messenger of Allâh!]" He said: "Similarly you will see Him. Allâh will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and will say: 'Whoever used to worship anything, let him follow it.' So those who used to worship the sun will follow the sun, those who used to worship the moon will follow the moon, and those who used to worship At-Tawâghît (false gods) will follow the false gods. There will remain this Ummah, including its hypocrites. Then Allâh [Blessed is He and Most High] will come to them with an appearance other than the appearance which they recognize, and He will say: 'I am your Lord.' They will say: 'We seek refuge in Allâh from you. We will stay here until our Lord comes, and when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.' Then Allâh [Most High] will come to them with an appearance which they recognize, and will say: 'I am your Lord.' They will say: 'You are our Lord,' and they will follow Him. Then As-Širât (the Bridge) will be laid across Hell, and I and my Ummah will be the first ones to cross it. On that day, no one but the Messengers will speak, and the supplication of the Messengers will be: 'O Allâh, grant safety, grant safety!' In Hell there will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa'dân;[1] have you seen As-Sa'dân?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allâh!" He said: "They are like the thorns of As-Sa'dân, except that no one knows how big they are except Allâh. They will snatch the people according to their deeds. Some of them will be doomed because of their deeds, and some will cross (the Bridge) and be saved. Then when Allâh has finished judging between His slaves, and He wants to bring out by His Mercy whomever He wills from among the people of Hell, He will command the angels to bring out of Hell whoever did not associate anything with Allâh - of those to whom Allâh, the Most High, wants to show mercy - among those who said 'Lâ ilâha illallâh.' They will recognize them in the Fire, and they will recognize them by the marks of prostration - for the Fire will consume everything of the son of Âdam except the marks of prostration - for Allâh has forbidden the Fire to consume the marks of prostration. They will be brought out of the Fire having been completely burnt, and Al-Hayat (the water of life) will be poured over them, and they will sprout like a seed sprouts in what the flood carries. Then Allâh [the Most High] will finish judging between His slaves, and there will be left one man with his face turned towards the Fire, and he will be last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise. He will say: 'O Lord, turn my face away from the Fire, for its smell has poisoned me and its flames have burned me.' He will pray to Allâh as Allâh wills that he should pray, then Allâh, [the Blessed and] Most High, will say: 'If I do that for you, will you ask for anything else?' He will say: 'I will not ask for anything else,' and he will make as many pledges and promises to his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, as Allâh wills. So Allâh will turn his face away from the Fire, and when he turns towards Paradise and sees it, he will remain silent for as long as Allâh wills that he should remain silent. Then he will say: 'O Lord, bring me closer to the gate of Paradise.' Allāh will say to him: 'Did you not give your pledge and promise that you would not ask Me for anything more than that which I had given to you? Woe to you, O son of Ādam, how treacherous you are!' He will say: 'O Lord,' calling upon Allāh, until He says to him: 'If I do that for you, will you ask for anything else?' He will say, 'No, by Your Honor!' So he will make as many pledges and promises to his Lord as Allāh wills, and Allāh will bring him closer to the gate of Paradise. "When he stands at the gate of Paradise and all of Paradise lays before him, and he sees the goodness and joy that is therein, he will remain silent for as long as Allāh wills that he should remain silent, then he will say: 'O Lord, admit me to Paradise!' Allāh, [the Blessed and] Most High, will say: 'Did you not give your pledge and promise that you would not ask Me for anything more than that which I had given to you? Woe to you, O son of Ādam, how treacherous you are!' He will say: 'O Lord, I do not want to be the most wretched of Your creation,' and he will keep praying to Allāh until Allāh, [the Mighty and Sublime] will laugh because of him, and when Allāh laughs because of him, He will say: 'Enter Paradise.' When he enters it, Allâh will say to him: 'Wish (for whatever you want).' So he will ask his Lord and wish (for whatever he wants) until Allâh reminds him of such and such, and when he has finished wishing, Allâh [Most High] will say: 'You will have that and as much again.'" (One of the narrators) 'Aṭṭā' bin Yazîd said: "Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî was with Abû Hurairah, and he did not rebuke him in his narration for anything, until when Abû Hurairah narrated: 'Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, will say to that man: "You will have that and as much again." Abû Sa'eed said: 'And ten times as much: O Abû Hurairah!' Abû Hurairah said: 'All I remember is that he said: 'You will have that and as much again.' Abû Sa'eed said: 'I bear witness that I remember that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "You will have that and ten times as much."' Abû Hurairah said: "That man will be the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise."