The Rising and the Hereafter

However, it is still quite a wicked deed. Avoid it, too!”
If­there­is­îmân­in­the­heart­of­a­person­who­committed­grave
sins,­ he­ will­ attain­ shafâ’at­ (intercession)­ after­ some­ torment.
Allâhu­ ta’âlâ­ will­ be­ kind­ to­ them­ and­ take­ them­ out­ of­ Hell
thousands­of­years­later.­However,­skins­of­people­in­Hell­will­be
created­ again­ after­ being­ burned.­ Hasan­ Basrî­ ‘rahmatullâhu
’alaih’,­(d.­110­[728­A.D.],)­would­say,­“I­wish­I­were­one­of­those
people.”­ There­ is­ no­ doubt­ as­ to­ the­ fact­ that­ Hasan­ Basrî
‘rahmatullâhi­’alaih’­was­a­person­who­knew­well­about­the­events
in­the­Hereafter.­On­the­day­of­Judgment,­a­Muslim­is­brought.­He
has­no­charity­to­weigh­heavier­on­the­scales.­Allâhu­ta’âlâ,­for­the
sake­of­his­îmân­and­out­of­His­compassion­for­the­Believer,­tells
him:­“Go to other people and look for a person who will give you
the thawâb (rewards) that he deserved on account of the good
deeds and acts of charity (that­he­performed­in­the­world). You
will enter Paradise owing to his kindness!”­That­person­goes­and
looks­for­someone­to­help­him­to­attain­his­wish.­Everyone­he­asks
gives­ the­ same­ answer:­ “I­ fear­ that­ my­ own­ charity­ may­ weigh
lighter­on­the­scales.­I­am­more­needy­than­you­are.”­He­is­very
sad­now.­Someone­comes­near­him­and­asks­him­what­he­wants.­“I
need­ charity­ [thawâb].­ I­ have­ asked­ almost­ a­ thousand­ people.
Each­ person­ I­ ask­ finds­ a­ pretext­ and­ declines,”­ he­ says.­ That
person­says­unto­him:­“I­entered­the­presence­of­Allâhu­ta’âlâ.­I
found­nothing­in­my­page,­except­for­a­single­thawâb.­It­will­not
suffice­ to­ save­ me­ anyway.­ Let­ me­ donate­ it­ to­ you.­ Take­ it!”
Relieved­and­happy,­the­needy­person­leaves.­Allâhu­ta’âlâ­knows
what­has­happened,­but­He­asks:­“What­are­you­back­with?”­That
person­tells­about­his­adventures.­Allâhu­ta’âlâ­bids­the­donator
also­ to­ His­ presence­ and­ says­ unto­ them:­ “My Kindness to
Believers is more than your kindness. Hold your Muslim brother
by the hand, and you two go to Paradise.”
If­both­scales­of­the­balance­stay­on­the­same­level­and­the­scale
carrying­ the­ thawâb­ does­ not­ weigh­ heavier,­ Allâhu­ ta’âlâ­ says:
“This person is neither for Paradise nor for Hell.”­Thereupon­an
angel­comes­forth­with­a­page­and­places­it­on­the­scale­of­seyyiât
[sins].­A­sign­on­it­says,­‘Ugh’.­So­that­scale­weighs­heavier­than
that­ of­ good­ deeds.­ For,­ it­ is­ a­ word­ of­ protest,­ “Ugh,”­ uttered
towards­parents.­It­incurs­the­commandment­that­that­person­be
hurled­into­Hell.­That­person­looks­right­and­left.­He­demands­that
he­be­called­by­Allâhu­ta’âlâ.­Allâhu­ta’âlâ­calls­him,­saying:­“O,
you, disobedient slave! Why do you ask Me to call you?”­ He
answers:­“Yâ­Rabbî!­I­understand­that­I­am­going­to­Hell­because
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