Ep.4 Your Actions Will Be Exposed | Dhul Hijjah Series | Dr. Omar Suleiman & Sh. Ali Hammuda

What will happen when every hidden deed is brought into the open?

Episode four of The Book of Heart Softeners takes us to the overwhelming scenes of the Day of Judgment: a purified earth, no landmarks to hide behind, and humanity gathered together as every action is exposed before Allah.

In a world where so much is curated and concealed, this reminder strips everything down to one reality: what’s written in your book? From the people who will stand closest to Allah to the souls who enter Jannah without reckoning, this episode explores what truly distinguishes a believer when titles, status, and possessions disappear. Join Sh. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Ali Hammuda to prepare for the Day when nothing will remain hidden.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:05

The only way that you are confronted by your money on the Day of Judgment is either for it to testify against you because you used it wrong, or for it to testify for you because you spent it right. Your family will flee from you because of the terror of the Day of Judgment, or they will testify on your behalf because of the goodness that you did for them.

SPEAKER_01 0:25

Let's go back to renew in our heart the sense of awe of Yom al-Tiyamah plus what gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that He has given us these names and these details and these colours and these textures to enable you and I to make that preparation and to not be caught off God in any shape or way or form.

SPEAKER_02 1:02

He narrates. He said, Radiallahu anhu, that I heard the Prophet say that the people will be gathered on the day of judgment on reddish white land like a pure loaf of bread. He said, Radiallahu ta'ala, or other than him, Laysafiha Ma'alamunni Ahad. There will be no landmark for anyone to make use of. So you long for the meeting with Allah, you rush and chase after the things that will benefit you for that meeting. You don't worry about other people's journey, you worry about your own. And now you arrive at the land of the day of judgment, the land of the assembly, and it is like a reddish-white land, a pure loaf of bread with no landmarks at all. Shaykh, what is the purpose of this hadith in this particular collection, and what benefit can we derive from it?

SPEAKER_01 2:14

Alhamdulillah Sulatul Asalam ala Rasulilla. So maybe we can start with some of the key terms mentioned in the hadith, just to unpack them. Though from the translation I think it's quite self-evident. So the Prophet describes the land, the plane of resurrection, and he describes it as being baydah. He describes it as being baydah, meaning white. But then he says afra', which in the use of the modern-day Arab it's not so clear as per what it means. The linguists like Ibn Faris mentioned, afra'ah, it means khali satul bayad. So imagine, of utmost purity, white of the utmost purity. Others have mentioned, like Al-Khab Hayab, that al-afr, it's in reference to Al-Bayab Al-Ma'i'ul il Al-Humra, meaning white that has a pinkish tinge to it, a hue of pink. So it's off-red. This is the texture or this is the surface of Yom al-Qiyyamah. It has no brand or no impurity within it whatsoever. And we've heard as well from one of the narrators, Sahel, or somebody else, that it has no landmarks. So there's not nothing that you can lean on. There's no trees that you can say this is city such and such or village such and such. There are no hills. There is generally no shade. There are no dips, there's no valleys, there's nothing that you can clutch onto or hold or fiddle with. It's a pure land. And it's not the land of this world. And that is why Ibn al-Hajar he says, commenting on this hadith, he said this hadith is a subtle dig at the life of this world. He said it is a subtle dismissal of the life of this world. He said the fact that we have the description of Yom al-Qayyama in this way is an indication that all connection has been severed to the life of this world. Meaning it is a brand new land. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala said, on the day when the land will be replaced with another land. And so will the heavens. Why do we have these very specific descriptions? What does it mean to me as Ali or Shaykh Omar or yourselves, my brothers, for us to know that this land is like a pure loaf of bread, that this land is pure, that this land is has a pinkish hue to it. What does that do for you? The Prophet not only doesn't speak in vain, but he also wouldn't say something unless it carries huge benefit, a transformational fa'idah for you. The idea here is Yom Qiyamah will be a time and a place where the justice of Allah Almighty will be dispensed. In a way that has never happened before. And so the earth is purified in a way to match the justice and the purity of what will be dispensed and distilled on that day. So the plane of resurrection is a land that has never seen a sin before. No idol was worshipped here. No genocide has ever happened on this land. No trench was ever dug here. No child ever lost a limb. No bomb has ever erupted here. No ego was prostrated to. No sin has happened here. Why? Because the justice of Allah Almighty is about to be expressed here. So the land matches the purity of what is going to happen. And that is why the Prophet said in another hadith, Ya Jama Allahina Wallahi. Yeah, which means that Allah will gather the first and last on a single plane of resurrection. And so the caller will be heard by all. And everybody will be seen by all.

SPEAKER_02 7:19

Who is the narrator of the hadith? The idea that not stained by our sins, your heart was once that pure place and it was stained by your sins. The black stone that we see at the Ka'aba was once pure, but stained by the sins of man. And so unstained. But there's another benefit that some of the Riddamat mention that also comes to light. That when the sins are brought forth on that day, they are so pronounced because they are being brought forth upon a land that is unstained by them. So just think of it this way: there are private sins that you may have been struggling with and that you're seeking help from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to overcome, and you're hoping for His forgiveness, and you really want to overcome them. And Bidn alita, those will be sheltered and forgiven on the day of judgment. But then there are some people that think they're getting away with their sins, and they're not getting away with their sins. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has merely delayed the exposure. And when they're brought out in 4K, and on the day of judgment, it's so much more than that. They're there for everyone to see. And there's nothing that can hide them. That's something for us to think about. That just because you are concealed or you are immune to consequence, or so you think for those sins in this world, does not mean that they're not going to be brought back out and brought to light. You know, Shaykh, you mentioned the genocide, subhanAllah. Imagine when everything is dug up from under the rubble, right? And that idea that it will speak, the rubble will speak, it will testify. All of the secrets, all of its asrar will come out on that day and be brought out for everyone to see. So that's a reflection, and there's another reflection that everything you've built on this earth is now gone. And this will really take us into the fifth hadith bidninahita when we get there, because there's an internal component to this, and then there's an external component. The reputation you've built, the house that you've built, the tribe that you've built, tribe in the broadest sense of the word, your friend group, the banners, everything that has been constructed in the external sense that you sought safety in is no longer there. And that's not just physical structures, right? Everyone is on an equal plane, which represents an equal standard of accountability for everybody. And a lot of times we resort back to our safety nuts. They're called safety nets and safety mechanisms. And subhanAllah, we connect this to the hadith of the family and the wealth walking away. Right? Once they walk away from you at the time of the grave, the only way that you are confronted by your money on the day of judgment is either for it to testify against you because you used it wrong, or for it to testify for you because you spent it right. Your family will flee from you because of the terror of the day of judgment, or they will testify on your behalf because of the goodness that you did for them. And so the same family and wealth that left you at the grave confronts you on that day of judgment, on that white plane. And you have to now deal with the consequences, or Bidnina reap the rewards in plain sight, on a plain field, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brings it all back.

SPEAKER_01 10:44

Before we came to this um place to film Sheikh Omar, there was, at least by the time we arrived for me, no nothing out of the ordinary, nothing unexpected. Why? Because the team did such a huge job in briefing us about what to expect, the details of the weather, what type of clothes we should be wearing, the brothers who will be sat with us. When we arrived, there was no surprise. And Alhamdulillah, we feel quite well prepared to receive you and to work with you. This links immensely to the hadith that we're covering now because you think to yourself, what benefit is there for us to know that your multiyamah is white? And the added detail that it's just off-red as well, off-pink. How does that benefit me in my growth? A hadith like this and the many that we have in our collection should renew in our hearts the sense of a awe of Yomul Qiyamah, but also be gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for briefing us about what to expect on that long day, that will be 50,000 years, just as we are grateful to those who briefed us about what to expect when we come here. These details are so that you and I are not caught of God. And this is what Ibn Abi Jamra, by the way, says Shaykh in his Shah to this hadith, in his commentary to this hadith, he says that this is a sign of the ability of Allah and His mercy upon creation, that He gives them the details needed so that they are not shocked when they see your muqpiyam, although there still will be a shock. But no one can say, I didn't know. And this is how we interpret the many names of the day of judgment that have been given to us in the Qur'an. It's to help you develop an image, a foreking image of what to expect, and therefore to lessen the shock and to increase the chances of success. So you come out, Yom al-Qiyama, and you realize that this is a texture that your feet have never felt before. And this is a sky you're not used to seeing. This is a new ceiling. And you remember, I read this. On the day when the earth will be replaced with another earth, and so will be the heavens. And then you see people climbing out of their graves in their millions, in their billions. And flesh is being connected to bones, and the jinn are meeting with the malaika, and the animals are being resurrected with the insan, and you remember. This is why Allah called it Yomul Khuroj, the day of emergence. Listen, Allah says, when the caller will call from a nearby place. And as you see hearts beating in terror, you remember why Allah called this day Al-Kashiya. The overwhelming overwhelming event. And as eyes gape in horror, you remember why it's called Al-Kariah, another detail given in the Quran, the striking calamity. Allah said, Al-Kariah, the striking calamity. Malqariah. What is the striking calamity? What will make you know what the striking calamity is? When people will be like scattered moths. And mountains will be like dispersed tufts of wool. And then regret begins to crawl up your body, and you remember the time that was wasted. And the habits that were not repented from, and the salah that was missed, and the advice that was overlooked. And then you begin to be consumed by hasrah. And you remember subhanAllah, Allah called it the day of regret. And then here Shaykh Omar people start calling out, blaming one another. The followers are blaming who? The one who was followed. And the worshipped are blaming those who worship them. And the oppressed are calling the oppressor. You killed me. Come, I have an account with you. You remember. This is why Allah called it the day of calling. The believer of Beni Israel, or the believer at the time of Firaun, he said, Oh my people, I fear for you the day of calling. And then people across all generations are coming together. You remember, I read this in the Quran. It is the day of meeting. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Rafiyya uddarajat, he's the owner of the high degrees. Dul Arshi, owner of the majestic throne. To warn of the day of meeting. Lillahidul Qahar, it belongs to Allah the one, the prevailer. Why do I mention this, brothers? Let's go back to renew in our hearts the sense of awe of Yom al-Qiyamah, plus what? Gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that He has given us these names and these details and these colours and these textures to enable you and I to make that preparation and to not be caught off God in any shape or way or form.

SPEAKER_02 16:39

Arakullah fiqh shaykh. I want to bring it back to three things, inshaAllah, for you in this regard. Number one, the idea that every distress for the believer is followed by a relief in proportion to that. So there's the distress of dying. We started off with Manahabali Kha Allah, whoever wants to meet Allah. For the believer, when they die and they experience the pain of those moments of death, there's a moment where their soul is taken to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and Allah Azwajal writes it down in Al Aliyen. May Allah write us down in the highest scroll. So there's a comfort. The day of judgment, which is far more severe than this moment, right, of death. There is the fear and the trepidation of what takes place and the proceeding of the day of judgment, and then there is the meeting with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in Jannah, which will put all of them to ease. But you just have to make sure that you're on that climb. That's the point. Are you on that climb? The second thing that I will mention is the shattering of this earth first, right? We talked about the illusions being shattered before the new reality is being constructed. Right? So imagine, and of course, the day of judgment, taqum alashi khakilah as the Prophet said, will be established on the worst of Allah's creation, the earth completely trembling. Malaha, what's happening? Right? Everything that you thought was stable, not being stable, the stars falling from the sky, the galaxies crashing, all of it coming to show its reality. And then a stable, constructed earth where nothing will be lost, or a constructed uh surface where nothing will be lost. And the third thing that I want you to think about in conclusion, when you were born, your book of deeds was empty. It was all white pages. Right? Right now, no matter how old you are, you filled those pages with something. What's in your book right now? Because on the day of judgment, you receive a book. You either get it in your right hand or you get it in your left hand. You're either proud to open it up and to walk around through the day of judgment, through that plane of the day of judgment, say, Ha umqra u kitabi, everyone come read my book. These are the deeds you didn't know about that I was rewarded for, or you're trying to hide the book behind your back because of the shame. What's in your book right now? The hope though, and this is important, is that with astagvirullah, a sincere istighfar, a sincere seeking forgiveness from Allah, no matter what bad deed is on those pages, it can be wiped out and in fact replaced by a good deed so long as it's repented for while you are still here. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala clear our record, clear our hearts, and allow us on that day when the land is cleared to only have our good put forth. Allah.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

Which groups of people or people that did certain actions?

SPEAKER_02 19:42

There are multiple hadith about banners on the Day of Judgment. The banners of the truthful ones versus the banners of the deceitful, the uh legions of martyrs led by Hamza, Radiallahu Ta'ala Anu, Sayyid the Shuhada, the mastery of the martyrs, and the Mu'advineen, the people of Adam, led by Bila Radiallahu Ta'ala Anu, Sayyid al-Muaddineen. There are so many different qualities and groups of people. There are those who will be amongst the ones that forgave when it was very difficult. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, when he says, that whoever forgives and reconciles, then his reward is with Allah. And Azul Hassan Wahimallah says that on the day of judgment there will be a point where no one will be asked to stand or allowed to stand up to receive the reward except for those who fit this ayah. Manafa wa aslaha, those who forgave and those who reconciled. The point is that you want to distinguish yourself enough with a good deed that you will be identified by that good deed on the day of judgment. That's your banner. You want to do that good deed to a point that it becomes a station and you become identified by that good deed. We're identified by our marks of wudu, by our salah, by our forgiveness, by our charity, by judging in truth the hadith of the seven that are shaded under the throat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Be distinguished by your good deed. When people speak of you in this world after you are buried, let them bury you with that good deed. Oh Sayyid, mashallah, this was a person who was always in the masjid. This was a person that always used to give. This was a person that always used to do that. And then on the day of judgment, let Allah decorate you with that good deed.

unknown 21:23

Masha.

SPEAKER_00 21:27

Is there anything in particular that defines people who will be who will not be judged wanna have hisab?

SPEAKER_01 21:35

Yeah, Alhamdulillah, there will be certain uh group of people who will meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala without a hishab. And this was mentioned in the Sahih Sahih Muslim authority of Abdullah ibn Abbas, where the Prophet spoke about a group of 70,000 people who will enter Jannah without any prior accountability. And he says that they are layaster, they don't request ruqya. Uhalla yetayaroon, they don't believe in omens. They don't cauterize themselves with fire. Now, of course, these first three categories that you just heard about, these are legitimate means of treatment, right? Quarterization or ruqyah or their likes. But the idea here is that their reliance upon Allah Almighty reached such a pinnacle that they don't ask for these things. So if somebody cultivatizes them or treats them or somebody offers them ruqya, they don't reject it. It's not from the Sunnah to reject it. But their reliance upon Allah and dependency is such that what? They don't seek these things out. And generally speaking, the fourth statement captures this and more, which is, and upon their Lord they rely. So that's in your trade, upon their Lord they rely. When they invest, upon their Lord they rely. When they are searching for marriage, they stay within the parameters of halal, upon the Lord they rely. For such a people, Allah Almighty will give them access to Jannah without any prior accountability. And of course, there are other categories, like the matas. And the Sa'i Rahim Allah narrates in His Sunnah that the Prophet was asked the question, Ya Rasulullah Messenger of Allah. Why is it that believers will be tested in their grave? Except the mata. Why is he spared? He said, He said, Because sufficient is the glimmering of swords over their heads in battle as a test. They've made the down payments. They've already tested in the life of this world, and it costed them their lives. So why do they need to be tested again in their grave? That is another category who will be honored in this way on Yom Al Qiyama.