Gardens of the Righteous — Page 52
52. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS said: There is among such and such a tribe a man who is trustworthy. It will be said of a man: How clever he is, how handsome and how intelligent; yet he will not have in his heart faith even as much as a mustard seed. Huzaifah added:. Time was when I did not mind with whom I did business, for if he was a Muslim his faith was a sufficient guarantee, and if he was a Jew or a Christian his guardian was a sufficient guarantee. But today I do not do business except with. So and So (Bokhari and Muslim). 203. Huzaifah and Abu Hurairah relate that the Holy Prophet said: On the. Day of Judgment Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will assemble mankind and the believers will be standing close to Paradise. They will approach Adam and ask him: Father, have Paradise opened for us. He will answer them: Was it not the default of your father which brought about your expulsion from the garden?. I am not qualified for this. Go to my son Abraham, the Friend of Allah. Then they will approach Abraham, and he will say to them: I am not qualified for this. I was the Friend of Allah from long ago. Address yourselves to Moses with whom Allah talked at great length. They will go to Moses and he will say to them: I am not qualified for this; go to Jesus, word of Allah and a spirit from. Him. He will also say: I am not qualified for this. Then they will come to. Muhammad. He will stand forth and will be granted permission to intercede. . The spirit of integrity and of kinship will be released and will stand on either side of me at the right and left of the Bridge; and the first group from among you will pass over the Bridge with the speed of lightning. At this we inquired:. May our fathers and mothers be your ransom, what is the speed of lightning? He said: Have you not observed how the lightning flashes forth and back in the twinkling of an eye? Those following them will pass over with the speed of the wind, and then with the speed of flying birds, and with the speed of running men, according to the quality of their deeds. Your Prophet will continue standing at the Bridge, supplicating: Lord, keep them safe, keep them safe. . When the quality of people's deeds declines the speed will slow down till a man will come who will not be able to walk but will creep along. On both sides of the. Bridge will be hanging hooks which will attach themselves to those they are commanded to seize. He who is merely scratched will be saved, but those who are heaped up will fall into the Fire. Abu Hurairah adds: By Him in Whose hands is the life of Abu Hurairah, the depth of hell is equal to seventy years' travel (Muslim). 204. Abdullah ibn Zubair relates: When Zubair stood up ready to fight on the day of the battle of Jamal, he called me and I went and stood by his side. . He said: My son, whoever is killed today will be a wrongdoer or one wronged. I am sure I shall be one of the wronged ones killed today. My greatest worry is my debt. Do you think that anything will be left over from our property after the discharge of my debt? My son, sell our property and discharge my debt. Should anything be left over after the discharge of my debts one ninth of it will be for thy sons. He kept on instructing me about his debts and then said: My son, should you find yourself unable to discharge any portion of my debt then have