He went on to say: “Imam Ahmad, Abu Yaʿla, and Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ have transmitted—through Abū Saʿīd al-Khuḍrī, traced back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—that he said: ‘A day whose span is fifty thousand years.’ 1 Some people exclaimed, ‘How tremendously long that day is!’ The Prophet replied, ‘By Him in whose hand is my soul, it will be made so light for the believer that it will seem easier to him than an obligatory prayer.’

Another view is that it is called the Day of Rising because on that day the angels and the Spirit will stand arrayed in ranks. The Exalted says: ‘On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand arrayed in ranks.’ 2

He further said: “Al-Bukhārī and Muslim relate—through Abū Hurayrah, traced back to the Prophet—that ‘people will perspire on the Day of Resurrection until their sweat sinks seventy cubits into the earth and bridles them until it reaches their ears.’ In another wording of the Ṣaḥīḥ we read: ‘seventy years.’ Muslim also reports—from al-Miqdād—who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘On the Day of Resurrection the sun will be brought near to the servants until it is only a mile or two away.’ He continued: ‘It will scorch them, and they will stand in sweat according to their deeds: for some it will reach their ankles, for others their knees, for others their waists, and for others it will bridle them completely.’

In that station the people will face immense ordeals, among them: