The status of the Saints on the Day of Judgment

There is for them the good news (of honor and recognition) in the life of the world, and (also of forgiveness and intercession) in the Hereafter. (Or there are blessed spiritual visions in this world in the form of pious dreams, and in the Hereafter in the shape of effulgent disclosures of Allah’s absolute beauty and sight.) The commands of Allah never change. That is the colossal achievement.   Surah Yunus (10:64)

 

In this verse of the Holy Quran, Almighty Allah declares that for His Saints, this life and the life of the hereafter have both been made happy and joyful.  Almighty has granted them greatness in this world and has graced them with honor in the hereafter as well.  Imam Suyuti (May Allah shower His mercy on him) writes in the exegesis of this verse:

 

Translation: …..In the exegesis of this verse, Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him) would relate the Hadith that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  The glad tidings of this world mean good dreams which a slave sees or others see about him (or her).  The glad tidings of the hereafter mean paradise.  (Al Durr Al Manthur, Surah yunus-64)

 

The status of the Saints on the Day of Judgment

 

Indeed the Day of Judgment will be a day of great fright, anxiety and difficulties, but Almighty Allah will protect those special slaves of Almighty Allah who were conscious of Him every moment of their lives and did not fear anybody except Him, from every sorrow and anxiety.  There are many verses of the Holy Quran and by many Hadith, which establish that Almighty Allah will grant special rewards to His pious and virtuous slaves and will reveal their status before the whole creation.  Because of the rewards and benevolence of Almighty Allah, those Saints and special slaves of Almighty Allah will be very happy and the anxiety and tension of the Day of Judgment will not trouble them. 

 

Almighty Allah says:

 

(Even) the Greatest Horror (of the Day of Rising) will not grieve them.  Surah Ambiya (21:103)

 

From the huge corpus of Hadith, only some are being mentioned as an example:

 

There is a Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawood:

 

Translation:  It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Umar bin Khattab (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Indeed! There are some among the slaves of Almighty Allah who are neither Prophets nor martyrs.  Because of their status on the Day of Judgment, the Prophets and the martyrs will praise them. 

 

The Companions asked: O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!  Who will they be?  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: They love each other only because of Allah’s mercy, neither because of any personal relationship and neither because of any monetary dealings. 

 

By Allah!  Their faces will be very radiant and they will be on pulpits of radiance.  When people will be frightened, they will have no fear, when people will be in sorrow, they will have no sorrow and the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) recited this verse:

 

Beware! Verily, the friends of Allah will not have any fear, nor will they grieve.

 

 

This Hadith is in Mishkaat Ul Masabeeh, Vol. 2, Pg No. 426 and Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 4, Pg No. 103 and apart from this is also present in the following books of Hadith:

 

Mustadrak Al Hakim

 

Musnad Imam Ahmed

 

Mo’jam Tabarani

 

Shu’ab Ul Iman

 

Hilyatul Auliya Li Abi Nu’aim

 

Ibn ‘Asaker

 

Ibn Abi Dunya

 

Ibn Abi Hatim

 

More than 8 times in Kanz Ul ‘Ummal on the authority of Ibn Mardwaiya (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 9, Pg No. 6-9, Pg No. 97)

 

At Targhib Wa Tarhib, 2 times (Vol. 4, Pg No. 12; Vol. 4, Pg No. 11)

 

Jame' Ul Ahadith Wal Maraseel, 3 times.  Vol. 1, Pg No. 330, Vol. 3, Pg No. 152, Vol. 18, 248

 

Majma ‘Uz Zawaaid, once (Babil Mutahabbeen Fillah)

 

Musnad Al Harith (Vol. 2, Pg No. 993)

 

Muhaddith-E-Deccan Abul Hasanaat Syed Abdullah Shah Sahab Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has recorded a Hadith on the authority of Jame' Tirmidhi, which says that there will be pulpits of light for them, the Prophets and martyrs will praise them.  Along with this, their garments will also be radiant. 

 

There is a lengthy Hadith in Kanz Ul ‘Ummal, which has the words:

 

Translation:  Almighty Allah will place pulpits for them on the Day of Judgment, so they will take their place on those pulpits and indeed their garments will be radiant and their faces will be radiant. 

 

Thus, the beloved and pious slaves of Almighty Allah will be in great ease.  They will be happy on the rewards and grants of Allah Most High.  There will be pulpits of light for them, their garments will be radiant and their faces will be radiant.