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And they differed over how the weighing will take place. Some said: The records of deeds will be weighed. It has been narrated to us that “a man will have ninety-nine scrolls spread out before him, each scroll extending as far as the eye can see. Then a card will be brought forth for him containing the testimony: There is no god worthy of worship but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. The scrolls will be placed in one pan of the Balance and the card in the other; the scrolls will fly up, while the card will weigh heavily.” (1)

It was also said: People themselves will be weighed. It has been narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: “On the Day of Resurrection, a huge, fat man will come, yet in the sight of Allah he will not weigh as much as the wing of a mosquito.” (2)

It was also said: Deeds will be weighed. This was narrated from Ibn Abbas: good deeds will be brought in a beautiful form, and evil deeds in an ugly form, and they will be placed on the Balance. The wisdom behind weighing deeds is that Allah tests His servants with faith in this world and establishes the proof against them in the Hereafter.

“Then whoever’s scales are heavy”—Mujahid said: with his good deeds—“it is they who will be successful.”

“And whoever’s scales are light—it is they who have lost themselves because they used to wrongfully reject Our signs. (9) And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein means of livelihood. Little are you grateful. (10) And We certainly created you, then fashioned you, then said to the angels, ‘Prostrate to Adam’; so they prostrated, except Iblis—he was not among those who prostrated. (11)”

(1) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi in al-Iman (Faith), the chapter on one who dies while testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, 7:395-397. He said: “A sound, uncommon hadith.” It was also recorded by Ibn Majah in al-Zuhd (Asceticism), the chapter on what is hoped for from Allah’s mercy on the Day of Resurrection, no. 4300, 2:1437; authenticated by al-Hakim, 1:6; and by Ibn Hibban, p. 625 of al-Mawarid. It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, 2:213, and by the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:134. (2) Recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis), the chapter on “Those are the ones who disbelieved in the signs of their Lord and in meeting Him, so their deeds came to nothing,” 8:426; and by Muslim in Sifat al-Munafiqun wa Ahkamuhum (The Characteristics and Rulings of the Hypocrites), the chapter on the description of the Resurrection, Paradise, and Hellfire, no. 2785, 4:2147; and by the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:143.

وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ الْوَزْنِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: تُوزَنُ صَحَائِفُ الْأَعْمَالِ: وَرُوِّينَا: "أَنَّ رَجُلًا يُنْشَرُ عَلَيْهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ سِجِلًّا كُلُّ سِجِلٍّ مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ، فَيُخْرَجُ لَهُ بِطَاقَةٌ فِيهَا شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَتُوضَعُ السِّجِلَّاتُ فِي كِفَّةٍ، وَالْبِطَاقَةُ فِي كِفَّةٍ، فَطَاشَتِ السِّجِلَّاتُ وَثَقُلَتِ الْبِطَاقَةُ" (١) . وَقِيلَ: تُوزَنُ الْأَشْخَاصُ، وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "لَيَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ الْعَظِيمُ السَّمِينُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا يَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ" (٢) . وَقِيلَ: تُوزَنُ الْأَعْمَالُ، رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَيُؤْتَى بِالْأَعْمَالِ الْحَسَنَةِ عَلَى صُورَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ وَبِالْأَعْمَالِ السَّيِّئَةِ عَلَى صُورَةٍ قَبِيحَةٍ فَتُوضَعُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، وَالْحِكْمَةُ فِي وَزْنِ الْأَعْمَالِ امْتِحَانُ اللَّهِ عِبَادَهُ بِالْإِيمَانِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِقَامَةُ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْعُقْبَى، ﴿فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ﴾ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: حَسَنَاتُهُ، ﴿فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾ ﴿وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ (٩) وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ (١٠) وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ (١١) ﴾

(١) أخرجه الترمذي في الإيمان، باب فيمن يموت وهو يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله: ٧ / ٣٩٥-٣٩٧، وقال: حديث حسن غريب، وابن ماجه في الزهد، باب ما يرجى من رحمة الله يوم القيامة، برقم (٤٣٠٠) : ٢ / ١٤٣٧، وصححه الحاكم: ١ / ٦، وابن حبان ص (٦٢٥) من الموارد، وأخرجه الإمام أحمد: ٢ / ٢١٣، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ١٣٤. (٢) أخرجه البخاري في التفسير، باب "أولئك الذين كفروا بآيات ربهم ولقائه فحبطت أعمالهم": ٨ / ٤٢٦، ومسلم في صفات المنافقين وأحكامهم، باب صفة القيامة والجنة والنار، برقم (٢٧٨٥) : ٤ / ٢١٤٧، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ١٤٣.