It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood before us, exhorting us, and he said:
“You will be gathered unto Allah barefoot, naked and uncircumcised. ‘As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it’ [al-Anbiya’ 21:104]. The first of mankind to be clothed will be Ibraheem, the Close Friend of the Most Merciful (Khaleelur-Rahman). Then some of you will be taken to the left - Ibn Ja'far said; Some men of my ummah will be brought and taken to the left - and I shall say: 'My Lord, my companions!’ but it will be said to me: ‘You do not know what they introduced after you were gone; they kept turning on their heels since you left them.’ And I shall say the same as the righteous slave [‘Eesa] said: ‘And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them; and You are a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are the All Mighty, the All-wise’” (al-Ma'idah 5:117).
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- Arabic/English book
- Book 25, Hadith 2096