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Principle 5: Belief in Last Day
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"The claimants would surely get their claims on the Day of Resurrection
so much that the hornless sheep would take its right from the
horned sheep."
Accountability differs as there is a hard accountability and an easy one.
Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"Allah, Exalted be He, calls people <strong>to</strong> accountfor their deeds; He makes
His believing servant admits his sins in privacy, as stated in the Noble
Quriln and the Sunnah (Prophetic Tradition). As for the disbelievers,
their account does not include weighing their good and bad deeds, for
they have no good deeds but their deeds are <strong>to</strong> be counted and they are
<strong>to</strong> admit them."
The first thing one will be called <strong>to</strong> account for is one's prayer. The cases which
will be decided first will be the cases ofbloodshedding. This is stated in the hadith
related by At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawlid and AI-Hakim. It is deemed b.asan by At­
Tirmidhl and deemed ~ab.ib. by AI-Hakim. The b.adith is related on the authority
ofAbu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who narrated that the Prophet
(PBUH) said:
"The first thing one will be called <strong>to</strong> account for on the Day of
Resurrection is Prayer. Allah, Exalted be He, will say <strong>to</strong> His angels,
'Look in<strong>to</strong> the prayer ofMy servant and see whether he has performed
it perfectly or imperfectly.' Ifit is perfect, that will be recorded perfect.
And if it is defective, He will say, 'See whether there are some optional
prayers performed by My servant or not.'Ifthere are optional prayers <strong>to</strong>
his credit, He will say, 'Compensate the obliga<strong>to</strong>ry prayer by the optional
prayerfor My servant.' Then all the deeds will be considered similarly.'"
AIso, An-Nasai related on the authority ofIbn Mas' ud (may Allah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet (PBUH) said:
"The first thing one will be called <strong>to</strong> account for is prayer."
2) Giving Records of Deeds
Records are the books in which the angels record and count the deeds that
everyone has done in this worldly life either by words or deeds. Allah, Exalted be
He, says:
"And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and
We wUl produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which
he will encounter spread open. [It will be said], 'Read your record.
Suffi.cient is yourself against you this Day as accountant: "
(Qur'an: AI-Isra: 13-14)