Sahih al-Bukhari 767

It is related that Abu Hurayra said that the people said, "Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Rising?" He said, "Do you have any doubt about seeing the moon on a night when it is full and there are no clouds obscuring it?" They said, "No, Messenger of Allah." He said, "Do you have any doubt about seeing the sun when there are no clouds obscuring it?" They said, "No." He said, "That is how you will see Him. On the Day of Rising people will be gathered together. Allah will say, 'Whoever used worship something should follow it.' Some of them will follow the sun, some will follow the moon and some will follow idols. This community will be left, together with its hypocrites. Then Allah will come to them and say, "I am your Lord." They will say, "This where we stay until our Lord comes to us. When our Lord comes to us, we will recognise him." Then Allah will come to them again and say, "I am your Lord." They will say, "You are our Lord." He will summon them and the Sirat will be set up over Jahannam, and I will be the first of the Messengers to cross it with my community. No one will speak that day except for the Messengers and their words that day will be, "O Allah, preserve us ! Preserve us!" "'In Jahannam there will be hooks like the thorns of the prickly-plant Have you seen the thorns of the prickly-plant?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'They are like the thorns of the prickly-plant except that only Allah knows how huge they are. They will hook onto people according to their actions. Some of them will be destroyed by their actions and some will be lacerated and then saved. When Allah wishes to show mercy to those He chooses among the people of the Fire, He will command the angels to take out all those who worshipped Allah. They will bring them out, recognising them by the mark of sajda. Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark of sajda. Thus they will come out of the Fire. The Fire consumes every part of the son of Adam except for the mark of sajda. They will emerge from the Fire burned and blackened and the water of life will be poured over them and they will grow as a seed on the bank of a stream grows. "Then Allah will finish judging between His slaves and only one man will be left between the Garden and the Fire. He will be the last of the people of the Fire to enter the Garden. His face will be turned towards the Fire and he will say, "O Lord! Turn my face away from the Fire! Its wind has poisoned me and its blaze has burned me." Allah will say, "If that is done for you, will you not for something else?" He will say, "No, by Your might!" and he will give Allah whatever pledge and promise he wishes and Allah will turn his face away from the Fire. "'When Allah turns him to face the Garden and he sees its radiance, he will be silent as long as Allah wills that he be silent. Then he will say, "O Lord, take me to the door the Garden!" Allah will say, "Did you not give me pledges and promises that you would not ask for anything other than what you asked for?" He will say, "O Lord, do not make me the most wretched of Your creation!" He will say, "If that is granted to you, will you not ask for something else?" He said, "No, by Your might, I will not ask for anything except that!" So will give his Lord whatever pledge and promise he wishes. He will bring him right up to the door of the Garden. "'When he reaches its door and sees its flowers and the splendours and pleasures it contains, he will be silent for as long as Allah wishes him to be silent. Then he will say, "O Lord, let me enter the Garden!" Allah will say, "Woe to you, son of Adam! How treacherous you are! Did you not give pledges and promises that you would not ask for other than what you asked for?" He will say,"O Lord, do not make me the most wretched of Your creation!" Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, will laugh at him and then give him permission to enter the Garden and will say, "Wish" and he will make wishes until, when he stops wishing, Allah the Mighty and Exalted will say, "Ask for more of such and such and such and such." His Lord will go on reminding him and when his wishes are exhausted, Allah the Almighty will say, "You can have that and the same again." ' " Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said to Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that Allah said, 'You can have that and ten times like it.' " Abu Hurayra said, "I only recall from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said, 'You can have that and the same again.' " Abu Sa'id said, "I heard him say, 'You can have that and ten times like it.' " XLVI: Keeping the upper arms away from the body and the abdomen away from the thighs