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Fatwa CenterDay of Judgment for an eleven year old
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I need information about the Day of Judgment for my age. I am 11 years old.
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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
May Allah bless you for your desire to know religion, and we pray to Him to grant all of us guidance, success and steadfastness on the right path.
Dear Brother! Know that Allah has not created us in this life to no avail. He, The Exalted has created us to worship Him, to obey Him and to translate His Orders into actions on earth. Then, each and every one of us will die and be resurrected and held accountable for his deeds on the Day of Judgment.
The Day of Judgment will begin with the blowing of the trumpet by the Angel Israfel (peace be upon him) that resurrect the dead, who will rise towards the Lord of the Creation (Allah) unshod, naked and uncircumcised. The heaven will be cleft a sunder; the stars shall fall; the seas shall become as blazing fire; the sun shall come nearer to people's heads so as they will be encircled by sweat according to their misdeeds. There, people will gather in front of Adam (peace be upon him) and ask him for al-Shafa'ah (intercession) for themselves to be counted. Adam will send them to Noah , who will not accept and then send them to Moses , who will refuse and send them to Jesus , who will refuse and send them to Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) who will make al-Shafa'ah to hold people accountable, and then He, The Exalted, will permit al-Shafa'ah for those people with a good balance of good deeds; others will be on the opposite side. Some will receive their book with their right hand, others with their left hand. Those who have a good balance of good deeds and receive their book with their right hands will achieve success and enter Paradise - by Allah's Favor - and the others, whose balance will be light and who receive their books with their left hand will be losers. They will enter the Hell-Fire.
All the above-stated will occur in one day, that equals 50,000 years. The first nation that will be held accountable is the Muslim Ummah.
After that, the successful will go directly to al-Hawd (the basin) of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) to receive a drink, while others -Losers - will be dispelled. People then go to pass over al-Siraat (the bridge over the Hell-Fire) which is as thin as a hair and as sharp as a sword. Each and every one will pass over the Siraat according to his deeds.
Some will creep; others will fall in the Fire; whoever can pass will reach Paradise, and whoever cannot will fall into the Hell-fire.
When people reach the gate of Paradise, they will seek al-Shafa'ah to open that gate. So they will seek it from Adam who sends them to Noah … then Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) will ask Allah for that and then the Angel will open the gate and the people will enter the Paradise.
There are different ranks in the Paradise; each one will be ranked according to his deeds.
Anyway, the lowest degree is equal to ten times that of some king in the present life.
We pray to Allah to guide all of us that we may be among the successful.
Allah knows best.
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