Kashaful Aqaid Author Syed Baqir Nisar Zaidi

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One who has the ability to follow the sayings of Moula Ali (as) will be able to cross the ‘pul e sirat’ (bridge between heaven and hell).

Imam of the day of judgement
This world would cease to exist without the presence of an Imam (as). In the same manner, the day of judgement would also cease to exist if there were an Imam (as) present who has full command over the day of judgement and over all of those present at that time. This world cannot exist without Imam (as) nor can the day of judgement. The beginning is with Imam (as) and the end is also with Imam (as). InshaAllah we will mention this imamate in our next topic. For now, let us see who is the Imam (as) of the day of judgement.

1. Kokab Durri page no. 133 ref Manaqib ibn Merdivia, Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari narrates Allah has two flags. One is made of noor. The other is made of rubies. It is written on both of them, “There is no other worthy of worship except Allah. Muhammad (saw) is the prophet of Allah, and the Offspring (as) of Muhammad (saw) is the best from amongst all of the creation. The owner of these flags is the Imam (as) of the day of judgement, Ali (as) ibn Abi Talib (as).”
2. Kokab Durri page no. 186, RasoolAllah (saw) said regarding Moula Ali (as), “On the day of judgement, Ali (as) will be hujjat (proof) of Allah upon My ummah (nation).”
3. Kokab Durri page no. 197, RasoolAllah (saw) said to Moula Ali (as), “The matters of the day of judgement are Your matters. They are associated with You.”
4. Kokab Durri, RasoolAllah (saw) said, “Ali (as) is the most trustworthy. Give the one who loves Ali (as) the good news that RasoolAllah (saw) has said you are free from the terror of the day of judgement.”
Shifaat (Intercession)
Shifaat (intercession) is a basic principle in the Shia religion. Allama Majilisi writes in “Haqqul Yaqeen Second Edition page no. 143”, “There is no difference regarding shifaat (intercession) amongst the Shia scholars. Shifaat will remove the punishment from sinful shias regardless of the greatness of their sins.” The circle of shifaat (intercession) is extremely wide. Even a common momin has a right to intercession. Even Allah will accept Their intercession for those who are in jahannum. There is a hadith from RasoolAllah (saw) in “Haqqul Yaqeen Second Edition page no. 144”, “Amongst the momineen they will be able to do shifaat (intercession) for forty of their brothers who deserve to be punished.” On page no. 150 there is a hadith by Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) which says, “Momin will be able to do shifaat (intercession) even for that neighbor who has no good deeds.” On page no. 222, Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) said, “Some people who will be in jahannum will remind those in jannah for whom they had done worldly favors. For instance, we fed you when you were hungry, we clothed you when you were naked, we gave you shelter when you were afraid, we kept your secrets hidden. Then the momin will intercede on behalf of these people. Then they will enter the jannah.” This was the introduction of shifaat (intercession), but we wish to look at a different angle of shifaat (intercession). We find three types of ayahs regarding intercession in Quran. Some that tell Allah will intercede Himself. Some that tell some special personalities will intercede by the permission of Allah. Some which tell about those people who will be the owners of intercession on the day of judgement.

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First Kind

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   Sura al-An’aam (The Cattle) 51: “And warn with it those who fear that they shall be gathered to their Lord—there is no guardian for them, nor any intercessor besides Him-“
   
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   Sura al-An’aam (The Cattle) 70: “For you there is no guardian or intercessor besides Allah,”
   
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   Sura Sajda (The Prostration) 4: “you have not besides Him any guardian or any intercessor,”
   
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   Sura az-Zumar (The Groups) 43-44: “Or have they taken intercessors besides Allah? Say: what! Even though they did not have control over anything, nor do they understand. Say: Unto Allah belongs all of creation,”
   

Second Kind

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   Sura al-Baqarah (The Cow) 255: “who is he that can intercede with Him except by His permission?”
   
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   Sura Yunus (Jonas) 3: “there is no intercessor except after His permission;”
   

Now there are two who have the ability to intercede. One is Allah Himself and the other is those whom Allah has bestowed His permission on. Now a question comes to one’s mind. Who will the one to whom They ask if They can intercede upon the behalf of someone? If someone says the answer is Allah, then Allah is Himself the one who is doing the interceding. If someone says They will ask RasoolAllah (saw), it is also wrong because RasoolAllah (saw) Himself will also be doing intercession. One of the titles of RasoolAllah (saw) is “Shafi Roz e Jaza” (intercessor on the day of judgement). It has also been proven the intercession of RasoolAllah (saw) is an ordinary intercession because He will intercede by the permission of Allah.

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Haqqul Yaqeen Second Edition page no. 145, Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) said, “On the day of judgement RasoolAllah (saw) will put His head in sajda (prostrate). He will not lift His head until a voice will come from Allah “Lift Your head and do shifaat (intercession) so that I may accept. Ask whatever You want and I will bless You with it.” This is the meaning of where Allah says, “soon We will take you on ‘Muqam e Mahmood’ (praised stage of RasoolAllah saw).”
Third Kind
Sura Mariam 87: “They will have no power of intercession, save him who has made a promise with his Lord.”

We have presented the ayahs regarding the three different kinds of shifaat (intercession) to you. Now it depends on your own intellect to ponder upon them and decide for yourself. It is your job to find out to whom Allah has made a promise to. We will just remind you about the scene of “Asr e Ashura” when Imam Hussain (as) was in the sajda and Shimr (may Allah never remove His wrath from him) was holding a spade in his hand. The cursed Shimr narrates, “When I tried to slaughter Imam Hussain (as), I saw the lips of Hussain (as) were

moving. When I brought my ears near to the lips of Hussain (as), I heard Him saying, “O’My Lord! I have fulfilled My promise. Now You fulfill Your promise.”
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To whom will the people do sajda (prostrate) on the day of judgement?
Now we have reached the point that we mentioned in the beginning. The day of judgement is a day when all veils will be removed. The secret of wilayat will be revealed. The revelation of wilayat is the true jannah for momin and true jahannum for those who denied it. That truth which Allah ordered the whole of creation to do sajda (prostrate) to in the veil of Hz Adam (as). The stars from the heavens would do sajda upon His doorstep. The whole universe has been in sajda in front of Him. The hearts of momineen bowed at the steps of His physical form. Praising His name was declared as the worship of angels. Today that reality is in front of our eyes. How long humanity had to wait in order to see Him. Only those who went through the pain of waiting will be able to realize its severity. One who did not wait will never believe us. He who does not believe will create ‘scales and bridges’ for the day of judgement. Such people have the desire of jannah and fear of jahannum. While momin by his every breath, his only desire is when could he see His Moula (as) in front of his own eyes. He always waits for his death so he can see his Moula (as). When people perform the funeral for a momin, he asks them to take him to his grave as soon as possible so he can see his Moula (as). This is the day of judgement. We will present an extract from the book of Allama Bu Ali Shah Zaidi “Shia Mazhab kay Usool e Deen First Edition page no. 17”. This will bring great comfort to momineen. Sura al-Qalam (The Pen) 42: “On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,” The meaning of “saaq” is pillar. The whole religion depends on it. Because the marifat (recognition) of Allah is gained through Muhammad (saw) wa Aal e Muhammad (as), therefore, They are “Saaq e Illahi” (Pillars of Allah).
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Allah sent Them to guide the creation in the veil of human form. On the day of judgement, Allah will remove the veil of human form and present Them in Their form of noor. Allah will order the whole creation to do sajda (prostrate) to Them as He did for Adam (as). In Tafseer al Ayyun, Imam Riza (as) said, “It means the Veil of Noor will open and momin (whose hearts bowed at the greatness of Muhammad (saw) wa Aal e Muhammad (as) in this world) will fall down in sajda and the backbone of munafiqeen (whose hearts never accepted the greatness of Muhammad (saw) wa Aal e Muhammad (as) in this world) will become as hard as an iron rod and they will be unable to perform sajda.” In the beginning of guidance Allah ordered sajda to be done to Adam (as) who was the first hujjat (proof) of Allah. This is the foundation and proof that in the end Allah will order the sajda to be done to Muhammad (saw) wa Aal e Muhammad (as) which is the greatest hujjat (proof) of Allah. It will be as if every one is doing sajda to Allah. The whole creation was ordered to do sajda to Masoomeen (as) behind the veil of Adam (as). On the day of judgement, they will be ordered to do sajda to Their Noorani form. The people who are followers of superficial aspects of guidance and deny its true essence do sajda towards Kaaba, but deny the greatness and owner of Kaaba, Moula Ali (as).

You should remember the above-mentioned ayah tells us about sujood which means there is more than one sajda. On the day of judgement Allah will order the whole creation to do sajda to all 14 Masoomeen (as) One by One.
Summary of the Day of Judgement
Sura al-A’araaf (The Heights) 44: “Then a crier will cry out among them that the curse of Allah is on the oppressors.” Moula Ali (as) said, “I am that crier. Oppressors are those people who denied My wilayat and usurped My rights.”


Conclusion
Here briefly is the outcome of our discussions regarding the day of judgement:

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   Questioning at the time of death, in the grave, and on the day of judgement will be regarding the wilayat of Ameerul Momineen (as).
   
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   One who will be asked questions in the grave will not be questioned on the day of judgement nor will he face accountability. These people are pure momins and pure kafirs.
   
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   One who will not be questioned in the grave will be questioned on the day of judgement and have to face accountability. These people are between momin and mushrik. It will depend upon Allah whether He sends them to jannah because of His Mercy or throws them into hell because of His Adl (justice). There will be some people who will not go to jannah or jahannum. They will stay in ‘A’raaf’. This is a place similar to our world. They will be comfortable and also face sufferings.
   
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   No one will go into hell except three kinds of people. Syeda (sa) will take all of the people into jannah except these:
   

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  one who doubts
  
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  kafir
  
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  munafiq
  

After reaching this point, we are now able to present that proof which we have previously mentioned. The day of judgement and the questioning on the day of judgement will be different for everyone. These sayings of RasoolAllah (saw) prove our claim to be true:

Kokab Durri page no. 193, RasoolAllah (saw) said, “O’Ali (as)! It is enough for You that there will be no regrets for Your friends at the time of death. He will have no fear or worries while in his grave. He will have no confusion or concern on the day of judgement.”

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Wonders of Paradise

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   Haqqul Yaqeen Second Edition page no. 165, “The chain at the door of paradise is made of red rubies. It is fixed on a belfry that is made of gold. When this chain hits the belfry, it makes the sound of “Ya Ali (as)”.
   
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   Someone asked me “It has been mentioned in various narrations that three animals will go to jannah. Dog of Sahab e Kahf, Donkey of Balaimbaaur, and Wolf of Hz Yusuf (as). The question is what will be the status of Zuljenah in the paradise?” I replied, “My brother, Quran and hadith only explain Usool. If they had told everything in its details, then you would have a whole library of books. You will notice the rule of punishment and reward does not apply to animals. Yet these three animals will be rewarded. There can only be two reasons. They helped and were loyal to a Masoom. Now whenever you see this attribute, you can know yourself what the result will be.” In Haqqul Yaqeen Second Edition page no. 105, there is a hadith that states, “The mujahhid will have the same horses in jannah as
   

they had in this world.” May our parents be sacrificed on that sacred horse that was not only a horse of a mujahhid, but was a mujahhid himself.

Therefore, our discussion regarding beliefs has reached its end. We have tried our best to explain briefly, but we also tried not to leave out any important points. Even if I missed something, I hope my readers will forgive me.

It is necessary for every momin to stay firmly on three beliefs.
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InshaAllah after this you will get spiritual and ever lasting comfort.

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   To become associated with the Ismat e Khubra of Allah and get use to the Shahadatay Wilayatay Ameerul Momineen (as) regardless if you are at the time of your death, in your grave, or the day of judgement, whenever someone asks you, you will immediately reply “Aliun wali Allah”. Then firmly believe that any act regardless of its size, nothing will be accepted without this shahadat.
   

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   Disassociate yourself from three groups of people, one who doubts, kafirs, and munafiqs. Then give yourself to your Masters.
   

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   Be the dust of the steps of two great personalities. One is Syeda (sa) because jannah is Her Mahr. The woman is the owner of her mahr. Second is Imam e Mazloom Hussain (as) because He has taken a promise from Allah. After this, you will spend your life with such satisfaction and faith. No doubt or fear will even touch you. The thought of death will become jannah for you.
   

If this book gives such an impression that this is a guarantee for a momin that he will go to jannah, even though I agree, but I also warn you that only a TRUE momin who dies on iman (faith) is guaranteed jannah. Every momin should be afraid all of the time. He must try to never do anything that takes his whole iman. At all times he should keep repeating this dua:

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O’My Lord! Forgive my sins and bless me with true iman. When I die, make me die with iman.

This book “Kashaful Aqaid” by the blessings of Allah and with the help of Imam Zamana (ajf) was completed today 22 of June, 2001(29 Rabiul Awal 1422 Hijra on Friday 12:00 am)

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