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EXPLANATION OF THE
LĀMIYYAH OF IBN TAYMIYYAH
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1. According to the sequence of events on the day of judgement, the next phase after the Ḥawḍh is the Mīzān (scale).
BELIEF 11:
ᴀʜʟᴜs sᴜɴɴᴀʜ ᴀғғɪʀᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪ̄ᴢᴀ̄ɴ; ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ sᴄᴀʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴘᴀɴs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ sᴇᴛᴜᴘ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴏғ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴇɪɢʜ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ's ᴅᴇᴇᴅs.
2. This is proven by the Qur'ān, the sunnah, as well as the ijmā' of the Salaf.
As for the Qur'ān, then there are numerous evidences:
(1) Allāh ﷻ said:
{فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِیَةࣱ}
"As for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds.
They will live a life of bliss.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light.
Their home will be Hāwiyah (pit, i.e. Hell)."
[Sūrah Al-Qari'ah 6 - 9]
(2) Similarly, Allāh ﷻ said:
{وَٱلۡوَزۡنُ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّۚ}
"The balance that day will be (absolutely) true."
[Sūrah Al-A'rāf 8]
(3) And He ﷻ said:
{وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَ ٰزِینَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَیۡـࣰٔاۖ}
"We will set up the scales of justice on the Day of Judgment, so no soul will be wronged in the least."
[Sūrah Al-Anbiyā' 47]
There are also numerous evidences found in the Sunnah. Here are some of the most common ones:
(1) On the authority of Abū Hurayrah, may Allāh be pleased with him, that the prophet said ﷺ:
((كلمتان خفيفتان على اللسان، ثقيلتان في الميزان، حبيبتان إلى الرحمن‏:‏ سبحان الله وبحمده، سبحان الله العظيم‏))
"There are two statements that are easy for the tongue to say, but heavy on the Scale and beloved to the Most Merciful: 'Subḥāna-llāhi wa biḥamdihi,
Subḥāna-llāhil 'adhīm.'
'How perfect Allāh is and I praise Him; and How perfect Allāh is the Most Great'."
[Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]
(2) On the authority of Abū Mālik Al-Ash'arī in Ṣahīh Muslim, that the prophet said ﷺ:
((الطهور شطر الإيمان، والحمد لله تملأ الميزان))
"Purity is half of Īmān (faith), and ‘Al-ḥamdu lillāh (all praise belongs to Allāh)’ fills the scales."
(3) on the authority of Abū Ad-Dardā', may Allāh be pleased with him, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
((لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَثْقَلَ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ خُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ))
"There's nothing that weighs more heavily on the Scale than good manners."
[Reported by Aḥmad & others]
As for the Ijmā':
Abū Is-ḥāq Az-Zajjāj [D. 311 H] said:
«أجمع أهل السنة على الإيمان بالميزان، وأن أعمال العباد توزن يوم القيامة، وأن الميزان له لسان وكفتان، ويميل بالأعمال»
"Ahlus-Sunnah are agreed with regards to their belief in the Mīzān; and that the servant's deeds will be weighed on the Day of judgement, and that the Mīzān has a tongue and two weighing pans which will move according to a person's deeds."
[Fat-ḥul Bāri of Ibn Ḥajar 7563]
NOTE:
Our teacher, Sheikh Abū Mūsā 'Abdullāh Ḥablīl -may Allāh preserve him- said, although some scholars mentioned that the Mīzān has a tongue, we have no proof affirming this. Sheikh Ṣāliḥ Āl Ash-Sheikh also mentions the same thing in his explanation of 'Aqīdah Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwiyyah.
3. As for the scale having two weighing pans, then this is found in the famous narration of 'Abdullāh ibn 'Amr ibnil-'Ās; also known as Ḥadīthul Biṭāqah (card).
In this ḥadīth, the prophet ﷺ said: