Allah's Messenger, will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Judgment? He said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. He again said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the moon on the fourteenth night when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Thereupon he said: By Allah Who is One in Whose Hand is my life. you will not face any difficulty in seeing your Lord but only so much as you feel in seeing one of them. Then Allah would sit in judgment upon the servant and would say: O, so and so, did I not honour you and make you the chief and provide you the spouse and subdue for you horses, camels, and afforded you an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes. And then it would be said: Did you not think that you would meet Us? And he would say: No. Thereupon He (Allah) would say: Well, We forget you as you forgot Us. Then the second person would be brought for judgment. (And Allah would) say: 0, so and so. did We not honour you and make you the chief and make you pair and subdue for you horses and camels and afford you an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes, my Lord. And He (the Lord) would say: Did you not think that you would be meeting Us? And he would say: No. And then He (Allah) would say: Well, I forget you today as you forgot Us. Then the third -one would be brought and He (Allah) would say to him as He said before. And he (the third person) would say: O, my Lord, I affirmed my faith in Thee and in Thy Book and in Thy Messenger and I observed prayer and fasts and gave charity, and he would speak in good terms like this as he would be able to do. And He (Allah) would say: Well, We will bring our witnesses to you. And the man would think in his mind who would bear witness upon him and then his mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his thighs, to his flesh and to his bones to speak and his thighs. flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds and it would be done so that he should not be able to make any excuse for himself and he would be a hypocrite and Allah would be annoyed with him.
The Reality of Seeing Allah
The Prophet ﷺ affirmed the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Judgment, comparing it to the clarity of seeing the sun at noon and the full moon on a cloudless night. This establishes the Ahl al-Sunnah position that believers will behold Allah with their eyes in the Hereafter, without modality (kayf) or resemblance to creation.
The Divine Reckoning
Allah will remind the ungrateful servant of His blessings: leadership, marriage, wealth, and authority. When asked if they anticipated this meeting, their denial reveals their heedlessness. The response "We forget you as you forgot Us" demonstrates the correspondence between divine treatment and human action.
The Testimony of Limbs
The third person represents the hypocrite who outwardly performs righteous deeds but lacks sincerity. When his limbs testify against him, it manifests the ultimate justice where no excuse remains. This confirms that Allah's knowledge encompasses both apparent and hidden realities.
Spiritual Lessons
This hadith from The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts in Sahih Muslim 2968 teaches constant remembrance of the Hereafter, gratitude for blessings, and sincerity in worship. It warns against being deceived by worldly status while neglecting ultimate accountability before the All-Knowing Lord.