[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will be the first to be given permission to prostrate on the Day of Resurrection and the first to be given permission to raise my head. So, I will raise my head and look in front of me to recognize my Ummah (community) among the nations. And I will look to my right to recognize my Ummah among the nations. And I will look to my left to recognize my Ummah among the nations." A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how will you recognize your Ummah among the nations from the time of Noah until your Ummah?" He said, "They will have bright faces from the traces of ablution. No one from the nations will have that except them. And I will recognize them by the marks of prostration on their faces, and I will recognize them by the light that is in front of them, to their right, to their left, and from their right sides."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ فِي السُّجُودِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَأَرْفَعُ رَأْسِي فَأَنْظُرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فَأَعْرِفُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأُمَمِ وَأَنْظُرُ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَأَعْرِفُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأُمَمِ وَأَنْظُرُ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَأَعْرِفُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأُمَمِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ تَعْرِفُ أُمَّتَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأُمَمِ مَا بَيْنَ نُوحٍ إِلَى أُمَّتِكَ؟ قَالَ «غُرٌّ مُحَجَّلُونَ مِنْ أَثَرِ الْوُضُوءِ وَلَا يَكَادُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ غَيْرِهِمْ وَأَعْرِفُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُؤْتَوْنَ كُتُبَهُمْ بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ وَأَعْرِفُهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ وَأَعْرِفُهُمْ بِنُورِهِمُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِهِمْ»  

[Machine] "Regarding the saying of Abdullah in the verse {Their light proceeds swiftly before them} [Al-Hadid 12], he said, 'They will be given their light according to their deeds. Among them are those whose light is like a mountain, and the lowest of them has a light that reaches up to his thumb, sometimes it flickers and other times it is lit.'"  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {يَسْعَى نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ} [الحديد 12] قَالَ «يُؤْتَوْنَ نُورَهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ نُورُهُ مِثْلُ الْجَبَلِ وَأَدْنَاهُمْ نُورًا مَنْ نُورُهُ عَلَى إِبْهَامِهِ يُطْفِئُ مَرَّةً وَيُوقَدُ أُخْرَى»  

[Machine] Here we see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ showing us Hell.  

هَا هُنَا أُرَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَهَنَّمَ  

“Lest they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were rebellious.” [57:16] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4192)   

أَنْ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فَعَاتَبَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ (وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ) إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, "The people of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period of ignorance) used to say that omens are only in women, animals, and houses." Then I recited, "{No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allah, is easy}" [Surah Al-Hadid 22].  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا الطِّيَرَةُ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّابَّةِ وَالدَّارِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَتْ {مَا أَصَابَ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَبْرَأَهَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ} [الحديد 22]  

[Machine] "Is there not anyone who does not experience sadness and happiness? But it is those who make calamity a source of patience and make joy a reason for gratitude." It is a soundly-narrated Hadith, and it has not been excluded from being valid.  

فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ} [الحديد 23] قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَحْزَنُ وَيَفْرَحُ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ جَعَلَ الْمُصِيبَةَ صَبْرًا وَجَعَلَ الْفَرَحَ شُكْرًا» صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح  

˹regarding the āyah:˺ 'And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.' (Ḥadīd 57:27), Ibn Masʿūd said that the Prophet ﷺ said to me, "O ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd!" So I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah three time. He said, "Do you know which one of the holds of Īmān (Faith) is the strongest?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said, "The strongest ˹holds˺ of Īmān is wilāyah in ˹the name of˺ Allah whether in love in ˹His name˺ or and enmity in ˹His name.˺ O ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd!" So I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah three time. He said, "Do you know which of the Believers are best?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said, "The best of people are the ones that have the best deeds if they have an understanding of the Religion. O ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd!" So I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah three time. He said, "Do you know which of the people is the most knowledgable?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said, "The most knowledgeable of the people is the one most insightful for the truth when people differ even if he has been deficient in deed and even if he was crawling."

"The ones before us differed into seventy-two sects. The saved among them were three and the rest will be ruined: the sect that faced the ˹tyrant˺ kings and fought them for the sake of Religion of Allah and the Religion of Jesus, the son of Mary, until they were killed, and (2) and the sect that had no strength to face the ˹tyrant˺ kings nor in steadfastness in another one within their nation by they called to Allah and theto the Religion of Jesus, the son of Mary, and they poured into the mountains and observed monasticism there. They are the ones about whom Allah said, 'and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except ˹that they did so˺ seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.' (Ḥadīd 57:27) i.e. the Believers are the one who believe in Me and have certainty in Me and the disbelievers are the ones who reject Me and deny me."  

لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ» فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيُّ عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ أَوْثَقُ؟» قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «أَوْثَقُ الْإِيمَانِ الْوَلَايَةُ فِي اللَّهِ بِالْحَبِّ فِيهِ وَالْبُغْضِ فِيهِ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ؟» قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُهُمْ عَمَلًا إِذَا فَقِهُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ؟» قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ أَبْصَرُهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَتِ النَّاسُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُقَصِّرًا فِي الْعَمَلِ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَزْحَفُ عَلَى اسْتِهِ وَاخْتَلَفَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَنَا عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً نَجَا مِنْهَا ثَلَاثٌ وَهَلَكَ سَائِرُهَا فِرْقَةٌ وَازَتِ الْمُلُوكَ وَقَاتَلَتْهُمْ عَلَى دِينِ اللَّهِ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ حَتَّى قُتِلُوا وَفِرْقَةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ طَاقَةٌ بِمُوَازَاةِ الْمُلُوكِ فَأَقَامُوا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ قَوْمِهِمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ إِلَى دِينِ اللَّهِ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فَقَتَلَتْهُمُ الْمُلُوكُ وَنَشَرَتْهُمْ بِالْمَنَاشِيرِ وَفِرْقَةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ طَاقَةٌ بِمُوَازَاةِ الْمُلُوكِ وَلَا بِالْمُقَامِ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ قَوْمِهِمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى دِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فَسَاحُوا فِي الْجِبَالِ وَتَرَهَّبُوا فِيهَا فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ {وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا} [الحديد 27] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَاسِقُونَ} [الحديد 27] فَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِي وَصَدَّقُونِي وَالْفَاسِقُونَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِي وَجَحَدُوا بِي