The 5 Questions which we must answer it on The Day of Resurrection

It was narrated from Ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The son of Adam will not be dismissed from before his Lord on the Day of Resurrection (Qiyamah) until he has been questioned about five things:

1. His life and how he spent it.
2. His youth and how he used it.
3. His wealth and how he earned it.
4. And how he disposed of it.
5. And how he acted upon what he acquired of knowledge.

[Reference: Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2422; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 1969]
Brief Explanation:
So there is no escape from being questioned about:

• Your life - how you spent it. Was it in righteousness and piety or in sin and transgression?
• Your youth - how you spent it. Was it in acts of obedience or acts of disobedience to Allah?
• Your wealth - how you acquired it. Was it from that which is halaal or from that which is haraam?
• Your wealth - how you spent it. Did you give others their rights in it - your relatives, the needy, the orphans, in the way of Allah... or did you squander it on yourself alone?
• Your knowledge - how you acted upon it. How much of your knowledge of Allah’s Deen did you put into practice? Did you study Islam to live by its teachings or did you acquire knowledge of the Quran and hadith to appear knowledgeable with it or gather wealth with it?

These things we seldom think about or question ourselves over. Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) has promised us our sustenance, but not promised us forgiveness. Yet we fret over the acquisition of wealth but not over acquiring Allah’s forgiveness. Doomed is the person who does not question himself, but waits to be questioned!
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