Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, he will call each people to
account by its Imam. The scholars differed as to the meaning of this (i.e. Imam.
Mujahid and Qatadah said that it meant each nation would be called to account by
its Prophet. Some of the Salaf said this is the greatest honor for the people of
Hadith, because their leader is the Prophet . Ibn Zayd said it means they would
be called to account by their Book which was revealed to their Prophet with its
laws. This was also the view favored by Ibn Jarir. Ibn Abi Najih narrated that
Mujahid said, "With their Books.'' It may be that what is meant here is what
Al-`Awfi narrated from Ibn `Abbas concerning this Ayah,
[يَوْمَ نَدْعُواْ
كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَـمِهِمْ]
((And remember) the Day when We shall call together all human beings with
their (respective) Imam), which is that it refers to the Book (or record) of
their deeds. This was also the view of Abu Al-`Aliyah, Al-Hasan and Ad-Dahhak.
This view is the most correct, because Allah says:
[وَكُلَّ شىْءٍ
أَحْصَيْنَـهُ فِى إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ]
(and all things We have recorded with numbers (as a record) in a Clear Book
[Fi Imamin Mubin]) [36:12]
[وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَـبُ
فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ]
(And the Book (one's record) will be placed, and you will see the criminals,
fearful of that which is (recorded) therein) [18:49]
[وَتَرَى كُلَّ
أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً كُلُّ أمَّةٍ تُدْعَى إِلَى كِتَـبِهَا الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا
كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ]
[هَـذَا كِتَـبُنَا
يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
]
(And you will see each nation humbled to their knees, each nation will be
called to its record (of deeds). This Day you shall be recompensed for what you
used to do. This Our record speaks about you with truth. Verily, We were
recording what you used to do.) (45:28-29) This does not contradict the fact
that the Prophet will be brought forward when Allah judges between his Ummah,
for he will inevitably be a witness against his Ummah over their deeds. But what
is meant here by Imam is the Book of deeds. Allah says:
[يَوْمَ نَدْعُواْ
كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَـمِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ
يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَـبَهُمْ]
((And remember) the Day when We shall call together all human beings with
their (respective) Imam. So whosoever is given his record in his right hand,
such will read their records,) means, because of their happiness and joy at what
is recorded therein of good deeds - they will read it and want to read it. As
Allah says:
[فَأَمَّا مَنْ
أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ اقْرَؤُاْ كِتَـبيَهْ ]
(Then as for him who will be given his record in his right hand will say:
"Here! read my record!) until His saying,
[وَأَمَّا مَنْ
أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ]
(But as for him who will be given his record in his left hand,) [69:19-29]
[وَلاَ يُظْلَمُونَ
فَتِيلاً]
(and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least [Fatilan].) We have
already mentioned that the Fatil is the long thread in the groove of a date-pit.
Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bazzar recorded a Hadith from Abu Hurayrah according to
which the Prophet said, concerning the Ayah,
[يَوْمَ نَدْعُواْ
كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَـمِهِمْ]
((And remember) the Day when We shall call together all human beings with
their (respective) Imam.)
«يُدْعَى أَحَدُهُمْ
فَيُعْطَى كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَيُمَدُّ لَهُ فِي جِسْمِهِ، وَيَبْيَضُّ
وَجْهُهُ، وَيُجْعَلُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ يَتَلَأْلَأُ،
فَيَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَرَوْنَهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، فَيَقُولُونَ:
اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا بِهَذَا، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي هَذَا، فَيَأْتِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ
لَهُمْ: أَبْشِرُوا فَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا، وَأَمَّا
الْكَافِرُ فَيَسْوَدُّ وَجْهُهُ، وَيُمَدُّ لَهُ في جِسْمِهِ، وَيَرَاهُ
أَصْحَابُهُ فَيَقُولُونَ: نَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ هَذَا، أَوْ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا
اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ فَيَأْتِيهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَخْزِهِ.
فَيَقُولُ : أَبْعَدَكُمُ اللهُ فَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلَ
هَذَا»
(One of you will be called and will be given his Book in his right hand. He
will be in a good physical state, with a white face, and there will be placed on
his head a crown of shining pearls. He will go to his companions and they will
see him from afar, and will say, "O Allah, let him come to us and bless us with
this.'' Then he will come to them and will say to them, "Rejoice, for every man
among you will be like this.'' As for the disbeliever, his face will be black
and his body will be enlarged. His companions will see him from afar and will
say, "We seek refuge in Allah from this, or from the evil of this, O Allah, do
not let him come to us.'' "Then he will come to them and they will say, O Allah,
humiliate him!'' He will say, "May Allah cast you away, every man among you will
be like this.'') Then Al-Bazzar said: "This was only reported through this
chain.''
[وَمَن كَانَ فِى
هَـذِهِ أَعْمَى]
(And whoever is blind in this) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and Ibn Zayd
said: this means in this worldly life.
[أَعْمَى]
(blind) means, blind to the signs and proofs of Allah.
[فَهُوَ فِى
الاٌّخِرَةِ أَعْمَى]
(then he will be blind in the Hereafter,) as he was blind in this world.
[وَأَضَلُّ
سَبِيلاً]
(and most astray from the path.) most astray as he was in this world. We seek
refuge with Allah from that.
[وَإِن كَادُواْ
لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُ
وَإِذاً لآَّتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلاً - وَلَوْلاَ أَن ثَبَّتْنَـكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ
تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا قَلِيلاً - إِذًا لأَذَقْنَـكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيَوةِ
وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا ]
(73. Verily, they were about to tempt you away from that which We have
revealed to you, to fabricate something other than it against Us, and then they
would certainly have taken you as an intimate friend! (74. And had We not made
you stand firm, you would nearly have inclined to them a little.) (75. In that
case We would have made you taste a double portion in this life and a double
portion after death. And then you would have found none to help you against
Us.)
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