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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 91 that had not an equal. They covered their faces and fell into a paroxysm of sobbing. 405. Miqdad relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: On the Day of. Judgment the sun will be as close to people as if it were only a mile away from them, and people will perspire according to the quality of their deeds. The perspiration of some will rise to their ankles, of others to their knees, of others to their waists and some will be bridled by their perspiration. The Holy. Prophet pointed to his mouth by way of illustration (Muslim). 406. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: People will perspire so much on the Day of Judgment that the earth will be soaked with it to a depth of seventy yards and people will be bridled with it after it has come up to their ears (Bokhari and Muslim). 407. Abu Hurairah relates: We were with the Holy Prophet when he heard the sound of something heavy falling, and he asked us: Do you know what that was? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: This was a stone that had been thrown into hell seventy years before; it kept falling into it up to this moment. It has now reached its bottom and you have heard the sound of its touching bottom (Muslim). 408. . This hadith is the same as No. 139. 409. Abu Dharr relates. that the Holy Prophet said: I see that which you do not. The heaven creaks and is justified in doing so. There is not in it a hand's breadth of space but is occupied by an angel whose forehead is in prostration before Allah. If you knew what I know you would laugh little and weep much, you would not enjoy consorting with your wives and you would issue forth into the streets and open spaces seeking shelter with Allah (Tirmidhi). 410. Abu Barzah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A servant of Allah will remain standing on the Day of Judgment till he is questioned about his age and how he spent it; and about his knowledge and what he did with it; and about his wealth, how he acquired it and in what did he spend it; and about his body and how he wore it out (Tirmidhi). 411. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet recited: On that day the earth will narrate its account (95. 5); and inquired: Do you know what its account is? He was told: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: Its account is that it shall bear witness against every servant and handmaiden of. Allah concerning that which they did on its back. It will say: You did this and this on such and such a day. This will be its account (Tirmidhi). 412. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: How can I feel at rest when the Angel of the Trumpet has put his lips to the Trumpet so that he might blow it forthwith? He perceived as if this had distressed his companions, so he told them to seek comfort through repeating: Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He (Tirmidhi). 413. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who is afraid sets out in the early part of the night and he who sets out early arrives at the