Al-Hawd (The Prophet's
Pool)
In the Court of Judgment is the Prophet's
Pool (Hawd) with its water whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, its drinking
vessels as numerous as the stars, and its length a (travel for) a month and its
width a (travel for) a month. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst.
As-Sirat (The Bridge Over
Hell)
The Sirat is stretched over Hell. It is
the bridge between Paradise and Hell. People cross it in accordance with their
deeds. Some cross as quickly as the eye winks; Some cross as if a flash of
lightening; Some cross as if wind; Some cross as a noble horse would; Some cross
as a camel rider might; Some cross it running, some walking; Some cross it
crawling; And some are snatched and thrown into Hell. The bridge has hooks to
snatch the people according to their deeds. Whoever passes over it enters
Paradise. If they cross the Sirat, they will be halted over a bridge between
Paradise and Hell to settle accounts between themselves; If they are cleared and
purified, they are permitted to enter Paradise.
Ash-Shafa'ah (The Prophets
Intercession)
The first to knock at the gate of
Paradise will be Muhammad (peace be upon him); And the first Ummah to enter
Paradise will be his Ummah.
And he (Muhammad) (peace be upon him) has three
intercessions to perform on the Day of Resurrection:
His first intercession will be on behalf of the people
still held for judgment, after all Prophets, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus, the son of Mary, have passed over intercession and it reaches him
(Muhammad).
His second intercession will be on behalf of the people
of Paradise in order that they may enter it. These two intercessions are unique
to him.
His third intercession is to be on behalf of those who
warrant Fire. This intercession is for him (Muhammad), for all prophets and
saints and for others, so that they may intercede on behalf of those who deserve
Fire, preventing them from entering it, and on behalf of those who have entered
into the Fire, taking them from it. Allah, The Exalted, out of His Generosity
and Mercy, sends some people out from the Fire without intercession. Space will
be left unfilled in Paradise, so Allah will create more people for it, and bring
them into it.
The Hereafter includes judgment, reward, punishment,
Paradise and Hell. These are mentioned in detail in the Revealed Books from
heavens, in the tradition of the prophets, and in the inherited knowledge from
Muhammad (peace be upon him) what is sufficient and satisfactory (in this
regard), and whoever wishes to seek it can find it.
Al-Qadar (Divine
Decree)
The Saved Group-the people of the Sunnah
and of the Community- believe in Qadar (Divine Decree) whether good or bad.
Belief that fate has two parts, each part includes two things: The first part is
belief that Allah ,The Exalted, knows what the creatures will do in accordance
with His Ancient Knowledge, which He described as being of Eternity; He has
known all their states of obedience and disobedience, all their sustenance and
their life span.
Allah wrote in al-Lawh al-Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet)
the fate of creatures:
"The first thing He created is the pen (al-qalam),
He said to it: 'Write'. It said: 'What shall I write?' He said: 'Write what will
take place until the Day of Judgment.' Whatever is to strike a human being will
never miss him, and whatever is to miss him will never strike him. The pens had
been dried and the scrolls had been folded as Allah, The Glorified, The Exalted,
said: "Did you not know that Allah knows (all) what in heaven and earth?
Verily, all put down in a record. Indeed, that is very easy of Allah."
(al-Hajj 22/70)
And He said:
"No disaster befalls earth but it is in a record
before We created it. Indeed, it is easy of Allah." (al-Hadid 57/22)
This predestination which belongs to His Knowledge-may He
be Glorified-is in some places summarized and in others detailed. He has written
in the Pre- served Tablet whatever He has willed: When He creates the body of
the fetus and before blowing the soul into it, He sends an angel to it and
orders him to write four words, his livelihood, his life span, his deeds, and if
he is happy or miserable and so forth. This kind of predestination was rejected
by extremist Qadariyah of the past. But these days very few reject it.
The second step is the executed Will of Allah and His
Inclusive Ability. The belief in that whatever Allah wills, will come to pass
and whatever He does not will, will never occur, that whatever motion or silence
is in heaven or earth is by the will of Allah, The Glorified. Nothing takes
place in His dominion except what He wills, and He, The Glorified, The Exalted,
is capable of all that exists and all that does not exist.