Sahih Muslim 183a

Suwayd ibn Sa‘id narrated to me: Hafs ibn Maysara narrated to me, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from ‘Ata ibn Yasar, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, that some people, during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), said, ‘Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Yes.’ He then said, ‘Do you have difficulty seeing the sun at midday on a clear day with no cloud? And do you have difficulty seeing the full moon on a clear night without clouds?’ They said, ‘No, Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘You will have no more difficulty seeing Allah, Blessed and Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection than you have seeing either of them. On that Day, a caller will announce: “Let every community follow what it used to worship.” Then everyone who worshipped anything besides Allah, Glorified is He, such as idols and graven images, will fall into the Fire. Only those who worshipped Allah will remain—the righteous and the wicked—and the few remaining from the People of the Book. The Jews will be summoned and asked, “What did you worship?” They will say, “We worshipped ‘Uzayr, the son of Allah.” It will be said to them, “You have lied. Allah has taken neither a consort nor a child. What do you want?” They will say, “We are thirsty, our Lord; give us water.” They will be pointed toward it and asked, “Will you not go to the water?” They will be driven toward the Fire, which will appear like a mirage, each part crushing the other, and they will fall into it. Then the Christians will be summoned and asked, “What did you worship?” They will say, “We worshipped the Messiah, the son of Allah.” It will be said to them, “You have lied. Allah has taken neither a consort nor a child. What do you want?” They will say, “We are thirsty, our Lord; give us water.” He said: They will be pointed toward it and asked, “Will you not go to the water?” They will be driven toward Hell, which will appear like a mirage, each part crushing the other, and they will fall into it. When only those who worshipped Allah, Exalted is He—the righteous and the wicked—remain, the Lord of the worlds, Glorified and Exalted, will come to them in a form nearest to the one in which they had seen Him. He will say, “What are you waiting for? Every community has followed what it used to worship.” They will say, “Our Lord, we parted from people in the world when we needed them most, and did not keep their company.” He will say, “I am your Lord.” They will say, “We seek refuge in Allah from you. We associate nothing with Allah”—they will say this twice or three times, until some of them nearly turn back. He will say, “Is there a sign between you and Him by which you can recognize Him?” They will say, “Yes.” Then the shin will be uncovered. Everyone who used to prostrate to Allah of his own accord will be granted permission to prostrate, while everyone who used to prostrate out of fear or ostentation will have his back made into a single rigid piece; whenever he tries to prostrate, he will fall backward. Then they will raise their heads. He will have changed to the form in which they first saw Him, and will say, “I am your Lord.” They will say, “You are our Lord.” Then the bridge will be laid across Hell, and intercession will be permitted. They will say, “O Allah, grant safety; O Allah, grant safety.” It was asked, “Messenger of Allah, what is the bridge?” He said, “A slippery, treacherous crossing. It has hooks, grappling hooks, and thorny spikes like the small thorn found in Najd called sa‘dan. The believers will cross it as fast as the blink of an eye, like lightning, like the wind, like birds, and like the finest horses and camels. Some will cross safely; some will be scratched and released; and some will be piled into the Fire of Hell.”

When the believers have escaped the Fire, by the One in whose hand is my soul, none of you is more fervent in pleading with Allah to secure what is due than the believers will be on the Day of Resurrection, pleading for their brothers who are in the Fire. They will say, “Our Lord, they used to fast with us, pray with us, and perform pilgrimage with us.” It will be said to them, “Bring out those whom you recognize.” Their forms will be forbidden to the Fire, and they will bring out many people whom the Fire has scorched up to halfway along their shins or up to their knees. Then they will say, “Our Lord, no one whom You commanded us to bring out remains in it.” He will say, “Go back. Whomever you find with a weight of a dinar of good in his heart, bring him out.” They will bring out many people, then say, “Our Lord, we have left no one whom You commanded us to bring out.” He will say, “Go back. Whomever you find with a weight of half a dinar of good in his heart, bring him out.” They will bring out many people, then say, “Our Lord, we have left no one whom You commanded us to bring out.” He will say, “Go back. Whomever you find with an atom’s weight of good in his heart, bring him out.” They will bring out many people, then say, “Our Lord, we have left no good in it.” Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri used to say, “If you do not believe me about this hadith, recite, if you wish: ‘Indeed, Allah does not wrong even an atom’s weight; and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.’” Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will say, “The angels have interceded, the prophets have interceded, and the believers have interceded. None remains but the Most Merciful of the merciful.” He will take a handful from the Fire and bring out people who never did any good at all and have become charcoal. He will cast them into a river at the entrance to Paradise called the River of Life. They will emerge as a seed does from the silt carried by a torrent. Do you not see how some grow beside a stone or a tree? What grows in the sun is yellowish or greenish, while what grows in the shade is white. They said, “Messenger of Allah, it is as though you used to tend a flock in the open country.” He said, “They will emerge like pearls, with seals around their necks. The people of Paradise will recognize them and say, ‘These are those whom Allah has set free, whom Allah admitted to Paradise without any deed they performed or good they sent ahead.’ Then He will say, ‘Enter Paradise. Whatever you see there is yours.’ They will say, ‘Our Lord, You have given us what You have given no one else in all the worlds.’ He will say, ‘With Me you have something better than this.’ They will say, ‘Our Lord, what could be better than this?’ He will say, ‘My pleasure. I will never be displeased with you after this.’”