Eternal stops

Dear readers,

After reckoning is completed on the judgment day, good people will take their place in the paradise while bad people will go to the hell:

“As for the Righteous, they will be in Bliss;  And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,”  [Infitar, 13-14]

“Faith” will be the most important thing on the judgment day. Those who have even a modicum of faith in their hearts will be treated well while unbelievers and those who reject the truth and deny Allah (swt) and His Messenger will not be esteemed, they will be punished eternally, and no mercy will be shown to them.

# The situation of deniers

This is explained in the following Quranic verses:

“Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and We too will forget you - taste ye the Chastisement of Eternity for your (evil) deeds!”  [Sajdah, 14]

“They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.”  [Kahf, 105]

“But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: but he finds Allah there, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking account.”  [Nur, 39]

“Let not the strutting about of the unbelievers through the land deceive thee:  Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (to lie on)!”  [Al Imran, 196-197]

“This is (true) Guidance and for those who reject the Signs of their Lord, is a grievous Chastisement of abomination.”  [Jathiya, 11]

“And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!”  [Fath, 13]

“But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be companions of the Fire; they shall abide therein.”  [Baqarah, 39]

# Faith is the key to salvation both in the world and also in the afterworld

Undoubtedly, the key to salvation both in the world and also in the afterworld is “faith”. Good deeds performed by unbelievers will be of no use in the afterworld.

“The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are as ashes, on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous day:”  [Ibrahim, 18]

“And if any of you turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter.”  [Baqarah, 217]

Mundane riches will also be useless for the afterworld.

“Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah. They will be companions of the Fire,- dwelling therein (for ever).”  [Al Imran, 116]

“Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him: And enough is Hell for a burning fire. Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.”  [Nisa, 55-56]

“As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth, and twice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a grievous penalty.”  [Maida, 36]

# On that day, efforts for salvation by unbelievers will be wasted

On the judgment day, efforts for salvation by unbelievers will be wasted.

“Their wish will be to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.”  [Maida, 37]

In fact, they will want to be soil, but even that will not be possible.

“and the Unbeliever will say, 'Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!'” [Nabaa, 40]

Dear readers, there will be an intermediate zone called purgatory between the paradise, which is the place of award, and the hell, which is the place of punishment on the judgment day. This zone is described in the Qur'an in the following way:

“Between them shall be a veil, and on the Heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "Peace on you": they have not entered it, but still hoped to (enter it).

When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers."

The men on the Heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways?”  [A'raf, 46-48]

# On that day, mercy will only be to those who have had faith in Allah and done good deeds

On the judgment day, Allah (swt) will show mercy only to those who have had faith in Allah and performed good deeds, avoided what is forbidden, and those who did not skimp but gave zakats.

“'And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee.' He said: I afflict on whom I will; but My mercy extended to all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and pay Zakat, and those who believe in Our signs;-”  [Araf, 156]

Those who were not arrogant but believed in Allah (swt) and His Messenger and performed good deeds will both possess all the blessings and favors in this world and also reach unlimited blessings in the afterworld in proportion to the good deeds that they performed:

“Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden, that will achieve Felicity.”  [Hashr, 20]

“But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions of the Garden: Therein shall they abide (For ever).”  [Baqarah, 82]

“But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal home: Therein shall they have spouses purified: We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.”  [Nisa, 57]

# Deniers must know the treatment that they will be subjected to

Dear readers,

Believe me that I would be lying if I said I did not feel shudder while I was sorting the tens of Quranic verses above which describe the eternal agonies that deniers will suffer on the judgment day. Here, the purpose of your powerless brother is not to spread fear and terror to the hearts of people. I just try to explain “faith” and the importance that our Rab attaches to it. Our Master the Prophet said:

“When you talk about your Rab, do not mention things which will cause fear!”  [Bayhaqi]

“Make Allah’s servants love Him so that Allah, in turn, loves you!”  [Tabarani]

But is not it necessary that those unbelievers clearly know the treatment that they will find in the afterworld?

Either believer or unbeliever, everyone should certainly fear very much their Rab who created them, who cannot be prevented from doing anything He wants to do, and who is the unique owner of all kinds of powers and forces. Our Master the Prophet explained:

“Among all of you, I am the one who fears Allah (swt) the most.”  [Bukhari]

“The fear of Allah is the start of all wisdom.”  [Tabarani]

“A big fear of Allah (swt) means big intelligence.”  [I. Muhbar]

“If you sufficiently feared Allah, you would have a good wisdom.”  [Ibn Sunni]

“One who weeps out of God’s fear will not go to the hell.”  [Tirmidhi]

“As for one whose heart feels tremble due to the fear of Allah, their sins will fall just like leaves falling from trees.”  [Bayhaqi]

“All of the pious avoiding from the harams for fear of Allah will go to the Paradise without a reckoning.”  [Tabarani]

# Allah (swt) possesses unlimited mercy and compassion

Although a believer fears his Rab much, they will also never lose their hope from His mercy. It is explained in the verses:

"O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”  [Zumar, 53]

“What can Allah gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and ye believe.”  [Nisa, 147]

Hadiths provide us with the following information:

“If a believer knew the severity of Allah’s wrath, they would not hope the Paradise, and if an unbeliever knew the infinity of Allah’s mercy, they would not lose their hope of the Paradise.” [Muslim]

“Allah’s mercy to believers is more than a mother’s mercy to her child.”  [Bukhari]

“Allah (swt) will prohibit the Hell for those who recite, La ilahe illallah, Muhammadur Rasulullah”.  [Bukhari]

“Allah (swt) will forgive so many people as no one can guess on the judgment day. Even Satan will hope that he might be forgiven.”  [Ibn Abiddunya]

“I am Allah; there is no god but me. My mercy exceeds my wrath. One who acknowledges that there are no gods but Allah and that Mohammed is His servant and messenger will go to the Paradise.”  [Daylami]

# Those who deserve the Paradise will not experience sorrow

Our Rab has infinite mercy. Do not you see that although unbelievers commit all kinds of vulgarities against Allah (swt) every day, He patiently waits until their last breath for them to repent? But they will not find the same mercy in the afterworld. Only believers will be treated with mercy there.

Believers will be blessed by having Allah’s assistance and support in all moments in the world and they will also have the same in the afterworld in proportion to their faith, and they will be provided with a great favor and beneficence. Even those who have a modicum of faith in their heart will take their share from this support.

No one will be treated unjustly there, unbelievers will be directly sent to the hell while believers will eventually be awarded in the paradise after suffering a punishment in the rate of their sins. As for the blessings of the paradise:

“The paradise contains blessings which no one has seen, heard of, or even imagined.” [Muslim]

“Only a name similarly exists between the blessings in the paradise and those in the world.” [Bayhaqi]

“Dwellers of the paradise will never get sick or aged; they will never feel sorrow but be always joyful.”  [Muslim]

# The greatest happiness of believers: The Sight (Ruyatullah)

Dear readers, although an eternal paradise life where one reaches all their desires is a great award for believers, the main happiness for them will be to see their Rab who they had always desired to see in the world but failed. Unbelievers will be destitute of this great happiness too. The sight is a right.

“Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.”  [Mutaffifin, 15]

“Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);- Looking towards their Lord;”  [Qiyamah, 22-23]

Our Master the Prophet stated:

“As you can see the full moon, you will clearly see your Rab on the judgment day.”  [Bukhari]

Dear readers, as you all know, Allah (swt) is free of all temporal and spatial limitations. And only He can know how He will manifest without such limitations in the afterworld. Valued scholars of our religion stated that everyone will see Allah (swt) in the afterworld to the extent in which they remembered Him in the world. So let us remember Him much in the world so that we will see Him much in the afterworld.

May our Lord make us one of those who He pleases with His paradise in the eternal world.

Be entrusted to Allah.

The key to eternal salvation

Dear readers,

Certainly, the most important aim for us is to die with “faith” in our hearts, even if a modicum of it, so that we do not suffer the eternal torment special to the unbelievers. But that which is essentially desired is a “complete faith”. A proper and complete faith freed from hesitations is the key to salvation and happiness in both this mortal world, also in the moment of death and in the afterworld which will last for all eternity. Mature individuals who possess a complete faith live in peace and happiness by welcoming the troubles of this world with patience and resignation, and they also reach the eternal bliss without feeling the troubles of the hereafter. A hadith states:

“Allah (swt) will make any of His servants it likes feel the length of the judgment day as short as an obligatory salat.” [Bayhaqi]

May Allah (swt) destine all of us to migrate to the hereafter with a complete faith.

# Intercession is subject to the consent of Allah

On the Mahshar day, our Master the Prophet and some special people who have high degrees in the sight of Allah (swt) will intercede for those people who, although they have faith, submitted to their egos and passed to the afterworld with the dirt of their sins having failed to repent. Intercession is real. But it is subject to the consent of Allah. Without His consent, no one will be able to intercede. Allah’s will and consent also determine whether a request for intercession will be accepted. See the following Quranic verses:

“Who is thee can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?”  [Baqarah, 255]

“No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained).”  [Yunus, 3]

“To Allah belongs exclusively (the right to grant) intercession:” [Zumar, 44]

“they offer no intercession except for those with whom He is well pleased, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).” [Anbiyaa, 28]

Dear readers, as you can see, intercession is only possible with Allah’s consent and therefore the most important thing for a believer is, of course, to win His consent.

# Our Master the Prophet will intercede for the sinners of his community

The following hadiths relate to intercession^[1]:

"I will intercede on the judgment day. I will say, ‘My God, send those who have a mustard seed size of faith in their heart to the Paradise’. They will go to the Paradise. Then I will say to those who have a little in their hearts, ‘Go to the Paradise." [Bukhari]

“On the judgment day, I will intercede first of all.” [Muslim]

“I will be the one who intercedes for the first time on the judgment day and whose intercession will be accepted.” [Ibn Maja]

“With Allah’s consent, I will intercede for everyone from my community who does not die with sin of polytheism.” [Bukhari, Muslim]

“Every prophet possesses a special prayer which is accepted. I have saved mine for the Judgment Day to intercede for my community.” [Bukhari]

“Intercession is one of the five things which have not been given to any prophet before me. I will intercede for everyone who does not die with a polytheistic belief (but dies with faith).” [Bazzar]

“I will intercede for those who are deceived by their ego” [Daylami]

# Those who commit big sins will also benefit from intercession

“I will intercede for those who committed many sins.” [Khatib]

“I will intercede for those members of my community who committed big sins.” [Imam Ahmad, Nasai]

“The number of those for whom I will intercede on the judgment day will be more than the number of sand grains.” [Tabarani]

“On the Judgment Day, I will say, ‘My Lord, send those who have a mustard seed size of faith in their heart to the Paradise!’ All of them will go to the Paradise with my intercession.” [Bukhari]

“Lest no member of my community falls back, I will not sit on my throne although I will enter the Paradise. I will say to Allah (swt), ‘My community, my community’. My Lord will ask, ‘What do you want me to do with your community?’ And I will answer, ‘My Lord, make their reckoning quickly so that they get rid of agony.’ I will be given the list of those who deserve the Hell. I will intercede for them. In fact, the Guard of the Hell, Malik, will say, ‘You have left no one to be punished.’” [Bayhaqi, Tabarani]

“Those who do not believe in my intercession may not benefit from it.” [Shir’a]

“Those who deserve my intercession the most are those who recite the salawat for me the most.”  [Tirmidhi]

Dear readers, in order to benefit from the intercession of our Master the Prophet, we must live in accordance with the path taken by him and say lots of salawat for him.

# Kawthar (Hauzu'l-Kausar)

On the Judgment Day, each prophet will have a pond. See the following hadith:

“Each prophet possesses a pond. Their communities will come there to take water. Each prophet prides on the high number of those who come to their pond to take water.  I hope that I will be the one who will have the highest number of people to come for receiving water.” [Tirmidhi]

See the following Quranic verse:

“To thee have We granted the (Fount of) Abundance.”  [Kawthar, 1]

Our Master the Prophet explained Kawthar in the following way:

“It is a pond which my community will gather around on the Judgment Day.” [Muslim, Abu Dawud]

“I will have arrived in there before all of you.” [Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Maja]

And it is stated as relating to the water that entire pond:

“Its water will be whiter than milk, colder than ice and sweeter than honey. The soil on its bottom will smell fragrant. On the edge of the pond, there will be so many jugs and containers as the number of stars in the sky. One who drinks that water for once will never feel thirsty again. One who does not drink it will never satisfy their thirst.”  [Bukhari, Muslim]

Our Master the Prophet said that his community will come next to the pond, one of the groups will be prevented, an angel will explain that they are the ones who brought heresies after him [Bukhari, Muslim]; and he also stated that those who do not accept the apology of their religious siblings will not be able to drink from that water.

"One who does not accept the apology of his religious sibling cannot drink from the Kawthar pond." [Hakim]

# The key to the eternal salvation: Faith

Dear readers,

Doubtlessly, the two greatest blessings granted to human beings after the blessing of existence are “reason” and “faith”. A human being is included in the class of humanity with a modicum of "reason" and has a place among other human beings. And with a modicum of "faith", that human being begins to ascend to the position of decency and maturity, and thus possesses a place in the sight of his Rab. That modicum of "reason" is the start of all the values and traits which distinguish a human being from animals. And a modicum of "faith" is the start of all the decent behaviors and maturity which will come from their Rab and which will distinguish them from rude people. In short, "reason" is the start point of being a human while "faith" is the start point of decency.

Therefore our Rab has attached great importance to that modicum of faith. In the words of our Master the Prophet:

“Allah (swt) will place deservers of the paradise to the paradise and deservers of the hell to the hell, and then command, ‘If you find one who has a mustard seed size of faith in their heart, remove them from the hell.’”  [Bukhari, Muslim]

Dear readers, just like that modicum of faith is the main reason for all blessings and the salvation of human beings in the mundane life, it is also the main reason for an eternal salvation in the afterworld. Therefore, we should strive to possess a proper and complete faith, protect our faith well and stay away from anything which will damage it.

# The most important thing which damages one’s faith

Certainly, the most important thing which damages the faith of a human being is to forget their Rab by obeying to the desires of the nafs (ego). Or, to explain it in a clearer way, it is to engage in those works which are forbidden by Allah (swt) and unlawful and abominable deeds. What causes faith to hold on to one’s heart and grow is to remember the Glorious Allah much. Qur’an reading, worshipping, obedience, prayers, contemplation, all of them are a tool for this. Our Master the Prophet said:

“There is a polish for everything; the polish for the heart is to remember Allah.” [Bayhaqi]

“Qur’an and dhikr (mention) feed the faith in the heart just like water feeds grasses.” [Ramuz al-Ahadis]

Our masters the Sahabah (Those who saw Muhammad, believed in him and died as a Muslim) formed dhikr groups after each salat and mentioned Allah (swt) in order to keep their faith completely fresh.

According to Abdullah ibn Abbas (r.a.):

"In the time of the Messenger of Allah, dhikrs were performed aloud after obligatory salats."  [Bukhari]

Ali (r.a.) said about the Sahabah:

“When they invoked Allah (swt) in the morning, they used to shake like the branches of trees shaking on a windy day! Their eyes used to water and they used to cry so much as to soak their clothes!”  [Ibn Kathir, Abu Nuaym]

# False gods that nestle in our hearts

Unfortunately, we have abandoned this very important Sunnah (tradition) like many others. Instead of them, we have produced heresies which have nothing to do with religion. And now, global secret powers make us invoke “money”, which is their own god, for 24 hours and 7 days. We are always thinking about it… All the media ceaselessly inject the love of property, money and entertainment into our hearts from morning to night. We are now unable to think anything other than the desires of our egos. We are now like those who Allah (swt) referred to as:

“Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance” [Jathiyah, 23]

Certainly, the way to get rid of this situation is to properly perform salat, which is the most important tool of remembering Allah, and to never abandon it. The Rab of all the Realms ordered that:

“establish regular prayer for My remembrance.”  [Taha, 14]

“establish regular prayer: ... remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt.” [Ankabut, 45]

“When ye have performed the prayers, celebrate Allah's praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides;.” [Nisa, 103]

# The most important indication of faith

Salat is the most important indication of remembering Allah, remembering Allah is also the most important indication of faith. Our Master the Prophet informed:

“Salat means faith. A believer is one who performs salat in accordance with its time and other requirements.” [Ibn Najjar]

“What distinguishes unbelief from faith is to abandon Salat.” [Tirmidhi]

As it can be seen, there is an absolute connection between “remembering Allah” and “faith”. Therefore, if we don't perform salat by lazing around, let us start again immediately. If we already perform them, let us try to perform them in the best and most proper manner with an awake heart.

Dear readers, when Qur’an commentators comment on the 3^rd verse of the surah of Fatiha, they state that Allah, with His attribute the ‘rahman’, shows mercy to everyone without distinguishing unbelievers from believers in the world, but that, in the afterworld, He, with the His attribute the 'rahim", will show mercy only to believers.

While we have opportunities in the world, let us try to do everything that we need to do for our hereafter. Let us not forget that our record book will be closed when we die. And everything will be finished then.

Be entrusted to Allah.

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Mahshar

Dear readers,

After the doomsday and resurrection, all human beings will gather in the presence of Allah (swt) for reckoning. This meeting, in which the divine justice will manifest, is called "mahshar". That day is the one which is expressed as the “Judgment Day” or the “Day of Reckoning” in the Qur’an and hadiths. It is the day on which the divine promise will be fulfilled, everyone will give an account of what they did and said while they were alive in the world, and everyone, either believer or disbeliever will clearly understand that Allah (swt) is the only ruler of all the realms. It is the day on which those blinds who failed to understand that Allah (swt) is the only Creator, the only arranger, the only rule maker and the only ruler of everything, while they were in the world, now will be clearly aware of everything, but their awareness will be useless.

“(such is) the Promise of Allah. never doth Allah fail in (His) promise.” [Zumar, 20]

“Master of the Day of Judgment.” [Fatiha, 4]

“They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.” [Kahf, 26]

“He is the Irresistibly Supreme over His servants,” [Anaam, 61]

“He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for theirs).” [Anbiyaa, 23]

# On that day, no one will be treated unjustly

Everyone will be questioned one by one regarding whether they acknowledged Allah, complied with the divine rules declared to humanity, and respected the divine restrictions imposed on them in the social life. No one will be treated unjustly here. Everyone will be given their rights.

“surely His is the Command, and He is the swiftest in taking account.” [Anaam, 62]

“Or do they doubt, or are they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal unjustly with them?” [Nur, 50]

“But how (will they fare) when We gather them together against a Day about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned, without (favor or) injustice?” [Al Imran, 25]

“the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!” [Nisa, 77]

“Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them shall be wronged.” [Jathiya, 22]

“To every people (was sent) a messenger: when their apostle comes (before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged.” [Yunus, 47]

# Distribution of record books

Before proceeding with reckoning, record books are distributed to everyone so that they can see what they did and said.

“And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein; they will say, 'Ah! woe to us! what a Book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great, but takes account thereof!' They will find all that they did, placed before them: And not one will thy Lord treat with injustice.” [Kahf, 49]

Record books are given to those who deserve the paradise from their right side and to those who deserve the hell from their left side.

“Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: Ah here! Read ye my Record! . I did really think that my Account would (One Day) reach me!” [Haqqa, 19-20]

"And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me! And that I had never realized how my account (stood)!"  [Haqqa, 25-26]

# Questioning

After record books are distributed and everyone sees what they did, it is then the questioning time.

“Then shall we question those to whom Our Message was sent and those by whom We sent it.” [Araf, 6]

“Therefore, by thy Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,  For all their deeds.” [Hijr, 92-93]

Also see the following hadiths:

“In the final judgment day, no servant may move from where they stand before they are questioned about where they spent their life, what they did with their knowledge, where they acquired their possessions and where they spent them, and where they wore out their body.” [Tirmidhi]

“On the Judgment Day, Allah (swt) will question His servants about their possessions.” [Khatib]

# The reckoning

Reckoning will take place very quickly. And everyone will get what they deserve.

“That Allah may requite each soul according to its deserts; and verily Allah is swift in calling to account.”  [Ibrahim, 51]

 “And the Earth will shine with the Light of its Lord: the Record (of Deeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward and a just decision pronounced between them; and they will not be wronged (in the least).  And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its Deeds;” [Zumar, 69-70]

“We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account.” [Anbiya, 47]

“The balance that day will be true (to a nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:” [Araf, 8]

“Those whose scale will be light, will find their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our Signs.” [Araf, 9]

Also see the following hadith:

“On the day of judgment, each human being will be brought in front of the pans of the scale. An angel will be assigned to each of them. If their scale weighs more, the assigned angel will say ‘This person is saved eternally’. If their scale weighs less, then the angel will say, ‘This person has lost.’” [Abu Nuaym]

May our Lord make us one of those whose reckoning is easily performed and whose scale weighs more.

# Even the slightest good and bad actions will be counted in the scale

Dear readers,

On the Mahshar day when the divine justice will manifest, no one will be treated unjustly. Even the slightest good and bad actions will be counted in the scale. This is explained in the following Quranic verse:

“Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it! And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.” [Zalzalah, 7-8]

After all the reckoning is completed, good ones (believers) will be sent to the paradise while bad ones (heathens; those who failed to acknowledge the truth, treated Allah’s verses unfairly and concealed the truth) will be sent to the hell. Everyone who will go to the hell will be punished in the rate of the impairment in their faith.

# Agony in proportion to the impairment in one’s faith

A hadith declares:

“Sinners in the hell will suffer in proportion to the impairment in their faith.”  [Hakim]

The impairment in one’s works is already due to the impairment in their faith. To the extent one possesses a complete faith, their works and words will be decent, complete and right. Completeness of faith is directly proportional to the fear of Allah (taqwa) and the love of Allah (the light of faith). What any human being needs before anything else is a proper and complete faith free of hesitation and doubts. Therefore, let us correct our faith in the way explained by Ahl al-Sunnah scholars. And then let us strive to carry our faith towards perfectness by staying away from what our Lord has forbidden and doing the good things that He ordered us to do.

Dear readers, everyone, either good or bad, will certainly see the hell.

“Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a Decree which must be accomplished. But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall leave the wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees.” [Maryam, 71-72]

And hadiths:

“Either good or bad, everyone will enter the Hell. But it will be cool and peaceful for the believers just like the fire was cool for Abraham. Allah (swt) will save the pious and abandon the tyrant.” [Ibn Maja]

“In the Hell, Allah (swt) will torture believers to the extent of their sins. He will then send them to the Paradise eternally for their faith.” [Abu Nuaym]

# A modicum of faith

Dear readers, even a modicum of faith is extremely important for being saved from eternal agony.

“One who possesses even the slightest amount of faith in one’s heart will be taken out of fire.” [Tirmidhi]

“Allah (swt) will place the goods deserving of heaven to the paradise and the sinners deserving of hell to the hell, and then command, If you find one who has a mustard seed size of faith in their heart, remove them from the hell.”  [Bukhari, Muslim]

“One who says, there is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, although they have only a modicum of faith in their heart will get out of the hell.” [Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maja]

Giving up a sin by the fear of Allah (swt) is also a significant indication of faith. A hadith states:

"A Muslim who remembers Allah (swt) or fears Him just once in their whole lifetime will get out of the Hell." [Tirmidhi]

# The first thing to be reckoned after faith

The first thing that a servant will be questioned about after faith is salat (Muslim’s worship).

“The first deed on which a servant will be questioned on the Day of Judgment is salat. If that deed comes out well, so will other deeds. But if it comes out badly, so will others.”  [Tabarani]

So we should certainly do not underestimate salat. Prostration and salat are the most important indicators of faith and servitude.

“Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited to them, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride.”  [Sajdah, 15]

Reckoning of those who do not perform salat will be difficult. So let us not avoid performing salat with fear of sarcastic words of those indecent ones who exceed their limits. Allah, the true owner of strength and force, is the one to be avoided and to be feared about. Sooner or later, human beings will reach their Lord. We endure great difficulties when we fulfill even the slightest desire of our ego (nafs). So let us allocate some time to our Lord, and endure some difficulty for His mercy. The most important thing for a human being is to try to acquire the consent of Allah who is the true owner of all kinds of favors that reach him. As long as Allah (swt) concurs with him, who can do anything against him? Is not it understood by repetitive emphases in the Qur’an and hadiths that faith and salat are what pleases Allah (swt) the most? Allah (swt) renders easier all the works of those who perform salat through peace of mind and heart. Salat becomes a light for them both in the world and also in the afterworld. Pay attention to those whose works continuously go wrong, who cannot get rid of the troubles and restlessness all the world; almost all them are people who have forgotten Allah, who do not perform salat and who turn away from Qur’an. Salat is the most important tool of remembering Allah.

“establish regular prayer: for prayer restrains from shameful and evil deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt.” [Ankabut, 45]

“But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.”  [Taha, 124]

Be entrusted to Allah.