We believe in the Last Day and that this is one of the six pillars of faith. It is called the Last Day because it will be the last day in this world. No day will follow it. It also has numerous other names, such as the Day of Judgment, the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Reckoning, the Day of Recompense, At-Tāmmah (the Supreme Calamity), Al-Hāqqah (the Inevitable Hour), Al-Wāqi‘ah (the Inevitable Event), As-Sākhkhah (the Deafening Blast), and Al-Ghāshiyah (the Overwhelming Event). Allah Almighty mentions the Last Day in many verses of His noble Book.
Part of the belief in the Last Day is to believe in its signs and in what happens after death. We will start with the signs of the Hour and then with what happens after death, for this occurs before the Last Day.
The signs of the Hour are these signs that point to the imminence of the Last Day. They belong to the unseen which we are commanded to believe in.
They are of three types:
First: Signs of the Hour that have already appeared and finished, and these are too numerous.
Second: Signs of the Hour that have taken place and continue to exist.
Third: Signs of the Hour that have not yet taken place, but they will occur shortly before the Day of Judgment.
Part of the belief in the Last Day is to believe that everything will perish except Allah Almighty and that the angel of death takes people's souls, and to believe in what happens after death, like questioning of the dead in the grave, and the bliss and punishment therein.
We believe that when Allah Almighty decides to bring this world to an end, He commands the angel to blow the trumpet for the first time, upon which all that is in the heavens and earth will fall unconscious, except those whom Allah wishes; then Allah will send down rain from which the bodies of mankind will grow; then Allah Almighty will command the angel to blow the trumpet for the second time, upon which people will come out of their graves and stand for the Lord of the worlds. The first to come out of the earth will be our Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and the first to be clothed will be Prophet Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him). People will be resurrected barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised. The gathering ground will be white.
We believe in our Prophet's intercession and in the resurrection, the reckoning, and the recompense, and that Allah Almighty is quick in reckoning. And we believe that Allah's reckoning of His servants has different levels and conditions. Some of them will face a hard reckoning, while others will pass through an easy one. And among the believers, there are those who will enter Paradise without reckoning.
No one will be wronged on that Day. The first people to be questioned on the Day of Judgment will be the Ummah of Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), and the first thing to be judged among people will be bloodshed.
We believe that the witnesses will be brought forth on that Day. The angels will testify, so will the earth about what the people had done thereupon. The body organs will also give testimony.
We believe that Allah Almighty will place real scales to weigh people's deeds.
We believe that there is a cistern for Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), which his Ummah will converge on. Then, people will be led either to Paradise or to Hellfire, Allah forbid, and the bridge will be erected over Hellfire, having hooks like the thorns of Sa‘dān (a kind of plant). They will snatch people, according to their deeds. The first to cross the bridge will be Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him).