First of all the accounts of Solat Shail be assessed in this way: How many ‘prayers’ (Solat) this man has offered during his lifetime and how many ‘prayers’ are due from him? And how many objections, physical or spiritual, he has fulfilled, and how many supererogatory prayers he had offered? If he had neglected to perform some obligations, then seventy superero gatory prayers could be taken for one missed obligation.
Namaz shall appear in human form. The ‘prayers’ which were offered without sincere devotion, * remembrance of God and compliments and duty to the Holy Prophet will appear bereft of hands and feet. The ‘prayers’ in which the above-mentioned duties were duly performed and observed will appear in an embellished form. Thereafter the accounts of other physical prayers such as keeping fast, the performance of Hajj (pilgrimage), payment of religious Zakat (poor-due), and fighting in the cause of Allah will be assessed in the ‘like manner. Moreover, accounts regarding piety, thirst for religious knowledge, murder, injury, eating and drinking, unlawful purchase and selling of goods, and fulfilling of the right of people stc. shall be examined. The tormented sk!! receive recompense from the tyrants according to the following rule: If there are any virtues to the credit of the tyrants, those virtues (in proportion to the tyranny committed) shall be credited to the account of the victim of his tyranny.
And if there be no virtues in the account of the tyrant, then the sins of the tormented person (in proportion to the tyranny that he endured) shall be transferred to the account of his tormentor, save that the faith and beliefs of the tyrants shall in no case be transferred to the account of their victims.
There will be some generous and large-hearted people who, trusting the blessings and bounties of Allah
will gift their virtues to others without consideration. It is related to the tradition that ‘Two such men will be present near the Scales of Justice, that the virtues of one will be equal to his sins, and the other man will have only one virtue to his credit. The former shall be ordained: “If you beg one virtue from someone else the balance of goodness may tilt in your favor and you will then find justification for entering into Paradise. That helpless man will beg from everyone, but will not succeed anywhere. At last, he will return empty-handed.
When the latter person shall come to know of the former’s plight, he will say to the former person: “Brother I possess but one virtue. Despite all your goodness, no one gifted you a single virtue. Who will then gift virtues to me? Here, take my one virtue so that your salvation may be ensured. I leave my case to God’s mercy.” Upon this, the Merciful Allah, out of His immense bounty and kindness, shall ordain: ‘‘Take these men to Paradise and let them abide there in the same and equal position.”All big and small virtues will be put on the scales, but they will carry weight in proportion to faith. In other words, the more firm and purer the faith is, the greater the weight the virtues bear.
As it is related in a tradition: One man shall have ninety-nine vices and one virtue when these will be weighed the man will submit to the court of the Almighty: “O Lord, of what consequence is this one virtue which I possess in comparison with so many vices. Therefore, this virtue should not be weighed. When it is obvious that I deserve Hell, send me there without weighing my one virtue’. At that time God will ordain: ‘We are not unjust. This one virtue must be weighed in the scales.” So when that one virtue will be put in the scales against the sins, the scale bearing virtue will bend and the man will be adjudged as a deserver of Paradise.
Shah Rafi-ud-Din (رَحِمَهَا ٱللَّٰهُ) observes: ‘‘According to my knowledge this one virtue will be martyrdom in the cause of Almighty God, which washes away all other sins.”” Only Allah knows better. Although opinions differ among the ulama regarding the narrow bridge over which the faithful shall pass into Heaven and ‘‘the Scales of Justice,’ it is evident that there shall be many scales.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Allah Says (interpretation of the meaning):
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ٧
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ ٩
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ١١
{Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy, He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise). But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light, He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell). And what will make you know what it is? (It is) a hot blazing Fire!}
[Surah Al Qariah:Ayat 6-11]
also Says (interpretation of meaning): {…So as for those whose scale (of good deeds) will be heavy, they will be the successful (by entering Paradise).}"
[Surah Al Araf: Ayat 8].
He also says: {And those whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their own selves, in Hell will they abide.}
[Surah Al Mumminun: Ayat 103]
[Surah Al Araf :Ayat 8-9].
Ibn Abbas said: that good and bad deeds will be weighed in the Scale that has a tongue and two pans. A believer will be brought forward in a good state with his deeds, and when his deeds are put in one of the pans, it becomes heavier than the other. This is mentioned in the verse:
{…So as for those whose scale (of good deeds) will be heavy, they will be the successful (by entering Paradise).}"
[Surah Al Araf : Ayat 8].
The deeds of an unbeliever will be brought in a bad repulsive state, and when they are put in the pan of the scale; they will have no weight, and ultimately he will be thrown in the Fire (Hell).
[ al-Qurtubi ]
Al-Tabari reported from Ibn Masoud that he said: all people would be called to their account on the Day of Judgment. Even if the good deeds of the person surpass his bad deeds by only one good deed, he will enter Paradise. Likewise, only one bad deed more, entitles the person to enter the Fire (Hell). And the one whose good and bad deeds are equal will be among the people of A'araf. The sum of the details mentioned so far is that the people will be of many kinds as far as the matter of weighing the deeds is concerned. First, those who will enter Paradise without reckoning, deeds of such category will not be weighed at all
(Sahihain).
Second, Kuffars (disbelievers), their deeds will have no weight in the scale.
Allah Says (interpretation of meaning):
وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍۢ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هَبَآءًۭ مَّنثُورًا ٢٣
{And We shall turn to whatever deeds they (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered floating particles of dust. }[Surah Al Furqan : Ayat 23]
Allah also Says (interpretation of meaning):
— M. Pickthall
[Suraf AlKahf: Ayat 105]
. Third, those people whose good deeds will surpass the bad deeds thus they will enter Paradise. Fourth, those people whose bad deeds will have more weight than the good ones; will enter the Fire (Hell) and stay there to the extent of their bad deeds. Finally, they will go to Paradise. Fifth, those people whose deeds will be weighed, and their good deeds will be equal to their bad ones; their destination will be al-A'araf. The final abode of these people also will be Paradise since only Paradise and Hell will last forever. Allah knows best.
(1) This tradition up to the end has been related in Tirmidhi separately only God knows better.
Before passing from the plain of Doom over the bridge of Paradise is ordained, darkness will spread over the entire plain of Doom. Hence the faithful of each prophet shall be commanded to move with their Apostles. The believers shall be awarded with two candles of resplendent light each. One candle shall precede them and the other one shall move along their path on the right side. Those who will be inferior in privilege to them, they shall be given one candle each. Those who will be inferior still will find a little light around their toes and those who will be the lowest will be awarded the light of a flickering Jamp which will light up and go out alternately.
Those who are hypocrites and are deprived of their personal light and hence will walk under the light of others and when they shall approach the edge of Hell they will observe that there is a narrow bridge over Hell which is thinner than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword. It will be ordained: “Walk over it into Heaven.” The sum and substance of all this is that when these people shall pass from the plain of Doom to the bridge of Paradise, a voice shall resound: ‘‘O people! close your eyes so that Fatimah (رضي الله عنه) daughter of Muhammad the Apostle (Rasulullah) may pass over.”
Thereafter some people will pass over the bridge with the speed of a flash of lightning, some with the
speed of air, others with the speed of a camel, and yet others with even slower speeds. Some people will walk over the bridge with great labor and hardship. On that occasion, huge hooks rise forth from Hell. These hooks will injure some people a little, and they will drag down some other people into Hell. Similarly, relationships and trusts will now appear alongside the people and those who had not cared for them in the mortal world, these hooks shall drag them down into Hell. At that time pure deeds like prayers, fasts, compliments to Rasulullah, and supererogatory prayers will come to the aid of the people and charity shall stand as a barrier between them and Hell Fire. Sacrifice will serve them as a speed horse. Due to the great frightfulness of that place, the voices of all will be stilled, save that the Apostles shall pronounce in favor of their respective faithful people.
(May Lord grant them protection)
Allah/ Rasulullah / علیہ السلام /رضي الله عنه /رَحِمَهَا ٱللَّٰهُ
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