Ibn Kathir RH narrates a story on the authority of Ibn Asakir from Abu Zabyah that when 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud RA was on his deathbed, Uthmaan RA came to visit him and the following converstion took place.
Uthman RA: "What are you suffering from?"
Ibn Mas'ud RA: "From my sins."
Uthman RA: "Do you desire anything?"
Ibn Mas'ud RA: "Yes, Allah's Mercy."
Uthman RA: "Shall I call a Doctor for you?"
Ibn Mas'ud RA: "It is the Doctor who has enabled me to become ill."
Uthman RA: "May I send you an allowance from the Bayt ul Maal (public treasury)?"
Ibn Mas'ud RA: "I have no need for it."
Uthman RA: "Accept it please. You are leaving behind daughters. It will help them."
Ibn Mas'ud RA: "You are worried about my daughters, that they do not suffer from poverty. I have no such worry,, because I have instructed them to recite Surah al-Waqi'ah every night. I have heard the Messenger SAW say, 'Whoever recites Surah al-Waqi'ah every night will never suffer from poverty."
Hadhrat Abu Bakr RA said, "Oh Messenger of Allah SAW, You are becoming grey!"
The Messenger SAW replied, "Surah Hud, Surah Waqi'ah, Surah Mursalaat, Surah Naba' and Surah Shams have made me grey." [Tirmidhi]
The Day of Qiyamah
Surah Waqi'ah contains many warnings for Muslims about the Day of Resurrection. It is impossible to mention all of them so we shall discuss a few of the important points.
Ibn Kathir RH has stated that on the Day of Judgement there will be three categories of people present.
1. There will be those on the right, who were created from the right side of Adam AS and they will be given their book of deeds in their right hand. They will be gathered on the right side of the Arsh of Allah and they will be the residents of Paradise.
2. The group on the left who were created from the left rib of Adam AS and they will be given their book of deeds in their left hand. They will be gathered on the left side of the Arsh of Allah and they will be the residents of the Hellfire.
3. The third group of people will be gathered in front of the Arsh of Allah and they will be those who are closest to Allah. They are the Prophets, the Awliyah, Martyrs and the Righteous.
It is narrated from Aisha RA that the Prophet SAW asked the Sahaabah RA, "Do you know who will be under the shade of Allah's Arsh on the Day of Qiyamah?"
They RA replied, "Allah and His Messenger SAW know best."
The Prophet SAW replied, "It is those people who, when they are called towards the Haq (truth), they accept it, and when someone asks them to fulfil a Haq (right) they do so and they deal justly with other people, just as they would deal with themselves."
Surah Sajdah
Hadhrat Jaabir RA narrates that the Prophet SAW would not sleep until he had recited Surah Sajdah and Surah Mulk. [Tirmidhi]
Hadhrat Khalid bin Ma'dan RA said,
"Recite the Deliverer, which is Surah Sajdah for I have heard of a man who had committed many sins and used to recite this and nothing else. When he passed away it spread it's wings over him and said, "Oh My Lord, forgive him, for he used to recite me often.
So the Lord Most High made it an intercessor for him and said, "Record for him a good deed and raise him a degree in place of every sin."Hadhrat Khalid RA also said, "It will dispute on behalf of the one who recites it when he is in his grave saying, "Oh Allah, if I am part of the Book, make me an intercessor for him. But if I am not part of the Book, then erase me."
The Surah will intercede on his behalf and will protect him from the punishment of the grave. He said the same about Surah Mulk.
Hadhrat Khalid RA followed the Sunnah of the Messenger SAW by not sleeping until he recited these. [Daarimee]
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