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Question.
Have you ever desperately needed shelter from severe weather?
There are often times throughout the seasons, when we seek shade and shelter!
It could be on a rainy day, when the rain pelts down and you run for cover.
Or It could be during the hot summer days..
When the sun beams down unbearable heat from the sky..
But what if I told you..
About Allah’s shade on a day, when the heat will be so intense, that the sweat produced will rise to a person's face.
Let’s find out more..
Ayat Al Qur’an - Surah Al Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - (75:8-12)
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
So, when the sight shall be dazed
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And the moon darkens
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No! There is no refuge.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
1 Hadith
وعنه قال: قال رسول الله ، صلى الله عليه وسلم: "سبعة يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله: إمام عادل، وشاب نشأ في عبادة الله ، ورجل قلبه معلق في المساجد، ورجلان تحابا في الله، اجتمعا عليه، وتفرقا عليه، ورجل دعته امرأة ذات منصب وجمال، فقال: إنى أخاف الله، ورجل تصدق بصدقة فأخفاها حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تنفق يمينه، ورجل ذكر الله خالياً ففاضت عيناه” ((متفق عليه)) .
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Seven people Allah will give them His Shade on the Day when there would be no shade but the Shade of His Throne (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection): And they are: a just ruler; a youth who grew up with the worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom an extremely beautiful woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer and) says: 'I fear Allah'; a man who gives in charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand does not know what the right has given; and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes become tearful".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Hadith 2
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The people will stand before the Lord of the worlds for the length of half of a day, which is like fifty thousand years. That day will be made easy for the believer like the sun lowering itself until it has set.”
Source: Musnad Abī Ya’lá 6025
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ مِقْدَارَ نِصْفِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ فَيَهُونُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ كَتَدَلِّي الشَّمْسِ لِلْغُرُوبِ إِلَى أَنْ تَغْرُبَ
6025 مسند أبي يعلى
3589 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الترغيب
Reflection Point
The average life expectancy of a human being is currently 73 years of age, according to the World Health Organization as of today.
73 years to the average human being currently living may seem like a long time.
But in the grand scheme of our existence in this life compared to the hereafter.
It is in fact a microscopic, miniscule unit of time.
A day will come when mankind will have to stand for a period of 50,000 years.
Something unfathomable and unimaginable.
But we believe in it.
For some this day will be quick and for others it will be unbearable.
So, let us ask ourselves?
How can I be from those who are under Allah’s shade on this great day?
Our Messenger Muhammad ﷺ informed us of 7 who will be shaded on that day.
Let's run by the 7 again...
A just ruler, a youth who grew up worshiping Allah, a person whose heart is attached to the Masjid, two people who meet and depart for the sake of Allah, a man who is seduced by a beautiful woman, and says “I fear Allah”, a man who secretly conceals his giving of charity and a man who remembers Allah in private and weeps.
Out of concern for our online community and the Muslim Ummah across the world.
We are setting a task for everyone!
Let's try to work towards one of these tremendous actions and be alert if it presents itself in any of the ways mentioned.
To help you with this...
We have designed a comprehensive and well-designed infographic to remind you and others of this great protection.
Let's nurture and cultivate the good character that will protect you and your family on a day, when there will be no shade, but the shade of Allah alone.
Remember...
"Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like one who did it."
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1893
