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A Hadith says that those condemned to go to Jahannam will be drawn up in a line.

A dweller of Jannah will pass by, when one of them will ask him to intercede for him with Allah Taala. The Jannati will ask him, "Who are you?" and he will say, "Do you not recognize me? I am the one whom you had once asked for a drink of water, which I had given you". Another Hadith has: Those condemned to go to Jahannam will be drawn up in a line. When one of the dwellers of Jannah passes by them, one of them will say, "So and so, do you not recognize me? I am the one who gave you a drink of water and gave you water for ablution at such and such time". Still another Hadith has: On the Day of Resurrection, the Jannatis and the Jahannamis will be drawn up in separate lines. A man from among the Jahannamis will see a person standing in the row of the Jannatis and he will remind him of the good turn he had done to him (the Jannati) in his worldly life. At this the Jannati will hold him by the hand, take him into the presence of Allah Taala, and say, O Allah, I owe this man a good turn!" Allah Taala will say, "Let him go to Jannah on account of Allahs infinite mercy towards him!" Another Hadith says: "Have a frequent contact with the poor and pour favours on them, as they are very rich people." Someone asked Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam as to the nature of their wealth. Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam replied that on the Day of Judgement they would be told to lead every such person to Jannah who had ever given them food or a drink of water or a piece of cloth. Another Hadith says that, on that Day, Allah Taala will apologise to the poor in the same was as a person does to another person in this life, by saying, "I swear by My Honour and Greatness that I did not keep away the worldly wealth from you because you were disgraced in My eyes, I did so for the sake of bestowing on you the great honours of this day; you go and look into the rows of Jahannamis for those who fed you or clothed you for My sake, they are all yours. When the poor approach such persons they will all be drowned in their own sweat and the poor people will pull them out and lead them to Jannah. There will be a declaration on the Day of Judgement, "Where are the poor ones of the Ummah of Muhammad Sallallaho alaihe wasallam; let them go round the rows of Jahannamis and look for those who had given them a morsel of food for Allahs sake or a draught of water to drink or a piece of new or old clothing; take them by the hand into Jannah". On that call, the poor of the Ummah will rise and look round for such people and get them their entry into Jannah, saying that they did them such and such a good turn. All young and old of the Ummahs poor will thus get many people an entry into Jannah. One of the Ahadith says that whoever feeds a hungry animal, Allah Taala will give him the best of food to eat in Jannah. Another Hadith has it that prosperity enters as swiftly into a house that feeds people as a dagger penetrates the hump of a camel. Abdullah Ibne Mubarik Rahmathullah alaihe used to give the best dates to others to eat and used to say that whoever eats the most dates will be rewarded with one Dirham for each date. A Hadith says that on the Day of Judgment an announcer will call, "Where are those who were kind to the poor and the destitute; today they may enter Jannah without any fear or sorrow", while another announcer will say, "Come forward those who had visited the poor and the

meek during their illness, for you there are pulpits of Noor to sit on and to converse with Allah Taala when the rest will be suffering from the severity of reckoning. Another Hadith says, There is many a houri (in Jannah) whose dower is but a handful of dates or a like amount of something else given as Sadaqah". One Hadith says that no Sadaqah is superior to feeding the hungry. Another Hadith says that Allah Taala likes best the act of pleasing a Muslim, or relieving him of a sorrow or a debtor feeding him when hungry; all these are pleasing deeds to be accomplished as far as possible. Still another Hadith says that any action meant to please a Muslim, is bound to receive the grant of Divine pardon. i.e. actions such as satisfying some ones hunger, or relieving him of a hardship. Yet another Hadith says, "Whoever meets a worldly need of a Muslim, Allah Taala will meet seventy two of his needs of which the pardoning of all his sins will be the lightest".

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